--- title: Business Intelligence Analysts Spend Too Much Time Cleaning Up Data description: Business Intelligence Analysts Spend Too Much Time Cleaning Up Data image: https://blog.vizexplorer.com/hubfs/featured_images/Clean-hard-disk-600x400.jpg --- [![](https://blog.vizexplorer.com/hubfs/VizExplorerMar2016-theme/Images/VizExplorerLogo1.gif?t=1461648701178)](http://www.vizexplorer.com/) [![](https://blog.vizexplorer.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Images/Header2.png?width=190&height=35&name=Header2.png)](http://www.vizexplorer.com/request-a-demo)[![](https://blog.vizexplorer.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Images/TwitterIcon.png?width=30&name=TwitterIcon.png "Twitter")](https://twitter.com/vizexplorer) [![](https://blog.vizexplorer.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Images/FacebookIcon-1.png?width=30&name=FacebookIcon-1.png "Facebook")](https://www.facebook.com/VizExp) [![](https://blog.vizexplorer.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Images/YouTubeIcon.png?width=30&name=YouTubeIcon.png "YouTube")](https://www.youtube.com/user/BIS2Video) [![](https://blog.vizexplorer.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Images/LinkedInIcon-1.png?width=30&name=LinkedInIcon-1.png "LinkedIn")](http://www.vizexplorer.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/LinkedInIcon.png) [![](https://blog.vizexplorer.com/hubfs/Images/VizExplorerLogo1-1.gif)](http://www.vizexplorer.com/) - [Products](http://www.vizexplorer.com/products-1) - [techViz](http://www.vizexplorer.com/products-1#techviz) - [campaignViz](http://www.vizexplorer.com/products-1#CAMPAIGN) - [floorViz](http://www.vizexplorer.com/products-1#floor) - [hostViz](http://www.vizexplorer.com/products-1#host) - [vizDashboard](http://www.vizexplorer.com/products-1#dash) - [Data Integration Hub](http://www.vizexplorer.com/products-1#data) - Industries - [Sports](http://www.vizexplorer.com/sports) - [Resources](http://www.vizexplorer.com/resources/salessheets) - [Videos](https://blog.vizexplorer.com/videos) - [About](http://www.vizexplorer.com/about/about-the-company) - [About The Company](http://www.vizexplorer.com/about/about-the-company) - [Testimonials](http://www.vizexplorer.com/about/testimonials) - [News](https://blog.vizexplorer.com/news) - [Events](https://blog.vizexplorer.com/events) [![](https://blog.vizexplorer.com/hubfs/Images/sticky.png)](http://www.vizexplorer.com/) - [Products](http://www.vizexplorer.com/products-1) - [techViz](http://www.vizexplorer.com/products-1#techviz) - [campaignViz](http://www.vizexplorer.com/products-1#CAMPAIGN) - [floorViz](http://www.vizexplorer.com/products-1#floor) - [hostViz](http://www.vizexplorer.com/products-1#host) - [vizDashboard](http://www.vizexplorer.com/products-1#dash) - [Data Integration Hub](http://www.vizexplorer.com/products-1#data) - Industries - [Sports](http://www.vizexplorer.com/sports) - [Resources](http://www.vizexplorer.com/resources/salessheets) - [Videos](https://blog.vizexplorer.com/videos) - [About](http://www.vizexplorer.com/about/about-the-company) - [About The Company](http://www.vizexplorer.com/about/about-the-company) - [Testimonials](http://www.vizexplorer.com/about/testimonials) - [News](https://blog.vizexplorer.com/news) - [Events](https://blog.vizexplorer.com/events) # Operational Intelligence News # Business Intelligence Analysts Spend Too Much Time Cleaning Up Data Posted by [Team VizExplorer](https://blog.vizexplorer.com/old/author/team-vizexplorer) on Jul 8, 2015 1:26:08 PM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) We hear a lot about the potential benefits of big data, but a new study reveals that those benefits are won at a cost of considerable time spent in cleaning up and preparing raw information. 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