Parameters in Looker increase interactivity for users and provide flexibility from the front end perspective without having to write custom code for each and every field the user asks for. A parameter creates a filter-only field that can be added as a filter when exploring, but cannot be added to the result set. The parameter [...]
In Part 1 of our post about Migrating Data to Snowflake, we exported our data from on-premise, and uploaded it to S3. We are just about ready to start importing the data into Snowflake. First here is a quick recap of what we have done so far. Part 1 Recap Okay, to recap at [...]
In this series, we are showcasing a fictitious midsize brokerage company moving their technical environment to the cloud. We have established previously, the company is experiencing contention issues, at both the user and hardware level. We will talk about the Oracle BI migration in a future blog; but first, we have to get the data [...]
The sun is shining, and the data-driven community is coming out of hibernation to gather across the country. Check out where Red Pill Analytics will be in the coming months, and let us know if you will be attending. We’d love to connect in person! Kafka Summit 2019: April 2, 2019 New York, NY The [...]
How to use the Snowflake Data Warehouse destination in StreamSets Data Collector to replicate an OLTP database StreamSets Data Collector offers incredible flexibility while creating data integration pipelines by allowing developers to either create a custom stage (an origin, processor, executor, or destination) completely from scratch, tailor a universal stage to a specific requirement, or use [...]
In a recent blog titled Managing Snowflake Data Warehouse Compute in OBIEE, I explained how to assign application users and roles to use designated compute clusters (warehouses) in Snowflake. The idea of specifying a Snowflake warehouse on a per user (or groups of users) basis is not specific to OBIEE and can be achieved with [...]
How to dynamically set a Snowflake virtual warehouse Congratulations! You just configured Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition (OBIEE) to connect to your freshly loaded Snowflake Data Warehouseinstance and you’re feeling pretty good. Maybe your OBIEE dashboards are finally meeting SLAs, you’re not sitting with a DBA trying to tune SQL statements, your data is finally all in one [...]
Blending Data in Oracle Analytics Cloud allows us to share additional dimensions or measures from one data set with those from another, without having to do complicated metadata modeling using RPD functionality. This is a great feature for user-sourced categorizations and can empower users to utilize Data Visualization instead of forcing them to export into […]
With Thanksgiving sneaking up on us, we’d like to share a charity befitting the turkey season, Hungry for a Day. H4AD was co-founded by one of Red Pill’s own, David Huey. Watch David’s short video on the program and the families they have helped: H4AD began seven years ago with the idea that life was [...]
Serverless computing is here to stay, and while the term “serverless” is a bit of a misnomer, the concept offers many benefits. Most notably, serverless computing allows developers to focus on writing code and not concern themselves with provisioning, configuring, or maintaining servers. One such example of serverless computing is AWS Lambda. Although there are [...]
