How to load weather data into Information Builders ibi WebFOCUS using the REST API
This article shows the necessary steps to quickly and easily load weather forecast data for any location of the world into the cloud solution ‘Information Builders ibi WebFOCUS’ for further analysis. The tutorial shows step-by-step how to construct the query in the Visual Crossing Weather web interface, how to access the automatically generated connection string …
Using Weather Data in Business Intelligence – Part 2
How to analyze business data using historical weather records
In this article we will continue where part one stopped. Once high-quality, BI-friendly weather data has been found, we next need to understand how it can be used to analysis historical business data, Most business intelligence systems have a warehouse containing years of business records including locations and dates. This article will show how to match those records to weather data and identify useful patterns and trends.
Using Weather Data in Business Intelligence – Part 1
How to find weather data that works well with business intelligence analysis
In this series of three articles we will first discuss how to find weather data that is compatible with both your existing business data and your existing business intelligence systems. Then, in part two we will discuss strategies to analyze historical weather data in conjunction with your BI tools and with your data. Finally, part three will discuss how to apply the insights learned from the historical analysis to make more intelligent decisions using business patterns and weather forecast data.
How to load Weather Data into Apache OpenOffice Calc
This articles shows how to download weather forecast data as a standard Excel file format that can be opened in Apache OpenOffice Calc. If you would prefer, you can also download weather data in CSV format. See how to download weather forecast data or weather history data as CSV format. Step 1 – Open the …
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Using Weather Data in the Legal Profession
Lawyers, paralegals, and other members of the legal profession often need high-quality weather data to help them better understand and prove their cases. However, the requirements for this data are often somewhat different than in other weather data use cases. Unlike other data users who often need a large amount of data representing a broad …
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How to load historical weather data into any database
Many business intelligence, data science, and academic research projects need high quality historical weather data to be available in a database. Weather data is typically quite large in volume, and its analysis often requires processing thousands or even millions of detailed records in order to find valuable patterns and apply them to the task at …
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How to add historical weather data to TIBCO Spotfire via ODATA request
This article shows the necessary steps to quickly and easily load historical weather data sets for any location of the world into TIBCO Spotfire via ODATA request. The tutorial shows step-by-step how to construct the query in the Visual Crossing Weather web interface, how to access the automatically generated connection string and then create a …
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How to load historical weather data into Oracle Analytics Desktop?
Downloading historical weather data for multiple locations provides a fast and simple way to enrich your business data in Oracle Analytics Desktop with matching weather parameters to analyze their impact on business. This article shows the necessary steps to generate weather data for any location of the world and how to load it into Oracle …
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Add location and date time filters to ODATA weather data requests
The Visual Crossing Weather API supports requesting data using OData requests. This makes it easy to integrate weather data into tools that support the ODATA specification. In this article we discuss how to extend the basic ODATA requests to create dynamic queries using ODATA filters. The basic ODATA request As the introductory article discusses, the …
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Visual Crossing Weather Packaged Options
Do you need weather data for a specific use case? Don’t want the hassle of setting up an account or buying an ongoing service plan? Maybe you just need your data along with a single, succinct receipt to submit to a 3rd-party for payment. Or maybe you need weather data for a one-off project such …