Using an AppleTV as a Wallboard Monitor
At Atlassian we use wallboards as information radiators to broadcast data from our Jira and GreenHopper systems out to the software development teams. This “always on” graphical display makes everyone in the team aware of project status by default because nobody has to go digging for information. We use wall-mounted 46-50″ HD TV displays, and […]
Wanted: Build Engineers
It probably doesn’t surprise you to hear that building, testing and releasing software is pretty important for a software company. At Atlassian we do a lot of it – we’ve got scheduled builds, triggered builds, performance builds, tested-platform builds, and many many more. We manage it all with Bamboo and the rest of the Atlassian […]
The Dundee Arms is Open for Business
“The Dundee Arms is Sydney’s fifth oldest pub. Built in the 1840s, it served the ships and warehouses clustered around Darling Harbour and the shopkeepers in the Corn Exchange next door. Rich in history, the Dundee Arms has been home to many interesting residents including T.J. ‘Buttie’ McMahon – grandfather of Australian Prime Minister Sir […]
Confluence Activity Reporting with Earth Hour
A few weeks ago Matt Hodges asked me if I could use some of my Foundation Time to help out with Earth Hour / WWF’s Confluence installation at wiki.earthhour.org. It seems that WWF had been tracking activity with the Usage Tracking Plugin, but they disabled it because of some performance issues. Now they were stuck […]
Confluence for Business Intelligence Part 7 – Security
This post is seventh (and final) in a series on using Confluence as a Business Intelligence tool. In this series we’ve explained how to connect Confluence to a database to produce useful and dynamic reports for your business. When you do this, you’re giving your users new capabilities and access to data that they might […]
Confluence for Business Intelligence Part 6 – Scripting
This post is sixth in a series on using Confluence as a Business Intelligence tool. In our previous post we covered how you can pass parameters into your dynamic pages using the {run} macro, which is pretty cool. In this post we’ll take “dynamic” to the next level with Confluence’s scripting capabilities. The scripting plugin […]
Confluence for Business Intelligence Part 5 – {run}
This post is fifth in a series on using Confluence as a Business Intelligence tool. We’ve covered a lot of ground up to this point, from accessing your data to charting it to making it run like a greased weasel. But Confluence isn’t just for making pretty webpages out of your data. It can also […]
Confluence for Business Intelligence Part 4 – Optimizing
This post is fourth in a series on using Confluence as a Business Intelligence tool. Now that you’re pulling your data onto Confluence pages and making it into eye-popping charts, your reports might be so popular that they’re putting a strain on your database. A flashy executive dashboard that shows daily stats from every division […]
Confluence for Business Intelligence Part 3 – Charts and Formatting
This post is third in a series on using Confluence as a Business Intelligence tool. Nothing compares to a chart for quickly conveying rich, multivariate comparative data. Confluence comes with several types of charts, each of which has many formatting options that let you present your data in cool and powerful ways. Out of the […]
Confluence for Business Intelligence Part 2 – Retrieving Data
As part of our continuing series on Confluence for Business Intelligence, today we’re going to talk about the mechanics of getting data into a Confluence page. We need to know how to do this before we can start producing the fancy charts and dynamic reports that you typically associate with a Business Intelligence solution. Static […]
Confluence for Business Intelligence – Part 1
Everyone knows that Confluence is a great enterprise wiki. At Atlassian, we also use Confluence as our reporting and business intelligence tool for tracking sales activity, monitoring key support metrics and measuring marketing campaigns. We’ve developed powerful techniques to extract and share our company’s information using Confluence, and in this series of posts we’ll share […]
Confluence for Business Intelligence Part 4 – Optimizing
This post is fourth in a series on using Confluence as a Business Intelligence tool. Now that you’re pulling your data onto Confluence pages and making it into eye-popping charts, your reports might be so popular that they’re putting a strain on your database. A flashy executive dashboard that shows daily stats from every division […]
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