Business Intelligence & Analytics

Dashboards Your Executives
Will Actually Use.

Years in Business
18 +
Customer Retention
97 %
Projects Delivered
250 +
ISOCertified
27001

HST Solutions builds enterprise Power BI, Tableau, and Looker dashboards on properly engineered data foundations for organisations across Ireland, the UK, and Europe, with semantic layers, governed models, and automated pipelines. ISO 27001 certified.

Who brings in a Managed BI Engineer

Finance says one thing, ops says another. Same metric, different answers.
Every meeting starts with "let me pull the latest..."
47 dashboards, zero single source of truth.
"Revenue" means something different in every report.

You don’t need another BI tool. You need trusted data,

consistent definitions, and reports that actually get used.

Who brings in a Managed Kubernetes Engineer

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Finance teams drowning in Excel reconciliation

Manual pulls, manual checks, manual everything
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Executives who don't trust the dashboards

Numbers never match, so they ask for the spreadsheet
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Operations leaders needing real-time visibility

Not yesterday’s data, today’s
companies

CTOs consolidating reporting tools

Too many dashboards, no single source of truth
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Regulated firms needing auditable reporting

Data lineage, access controls, change tracking

If that sounds familiar, we’ve solved it before.

What is Business Intelligence Engineering?

Business intelligence engineering (also called analytics engineering) is the discipline of building the data infrastructure that powers reliable, self-service business reporting. It combines data modelling, transformation (typically using dbt), and visualisation development to create business intelligence systems that users actually trust and use.

Modern BI engineering focuses on the semantic layer defining business metrics once, governing access, and ensuring consistency across all reports. Tools like Power BI, Tableau, and Looker handle visualisation; the real work is building the trusted data foundation underneath.

HST provides BI engineers who build the complete stack from data transformation through visualisation not just pretty dashboards on top of messy data.

What We Build

WHAT YOU GET

BI Engineering Pod

Senior BI Engineer

Project Manager

Architecture Reviews​

Data Engineering assist

SLA & Compliance

One monthly price. One embedded seat. A full bench behind it.

Technology Stack

We mirror your stack. If you're on Power BI with Azure, we work with Power BI on Azure we don't push Tableau just because we know it.

Case Study

Waystone — Fund Administration Reporting

Global fund governance firm with €1.3T+ assets under management

BI Architecture Principles

Semantic Layer First

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Define metrics once in dbt or your BI tool's semantic model. Never calculate the same thing twice. If "revenue" is defined differently in two reports, you have a data problem, not a BI problem.

Governed Self-Service

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Users should be able to explore data without waiting for IT but within guardrails. Role-based access, approved metrics, curated datasets. Freedom with responsibility.

Trust Before Beauty

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A simple dashboard with accurate numbers beats a beautiful dashboard nobody trusts. We fix the data foundation first, then make it look good.

Performance Matters

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If the dashboard takes 30 seconds to load, nobody will use it. We optimise data models, use aggregations appropriately, and design for the queries users actually run.

Document Everything

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Every metric has a definition. Every transformation is explainable. When the auditor asks "where does this number come from?" — you have an answer.

Why companies choose HST over alternatives

Big 4 / Consultancies
BI Tool Vendors
Solo Contractors
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BI expertiseGeneric consultantsSell their toolVariableBuilt for Waystone €1.3T+ fund admin, real regulatory pressure
Data foundationStrategy decksAssume data is readyDashboard onlyFull stack pipelines through visualisation
Business contextLearn your business on your dimeDon’t know your businessLimited domainFinancial services experience built in
Speed8–12 weeksTraining + self-serviceAvailable7–10 days
AccountabilityChange requestsYour problemWalks awaySLAs, ISO 27001, IP assignment
Pricing€200k+ projectsLicense + PSHourly€5–6k/month fixed

How We Work

Week 1

Embed

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Engineer joins your Slack/Teams, gets access, meets stakeholders. PM establishes cadence.
Week 2

Discover

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Understand current state, identify quick wins, document metric definitions. Propose target architecture.
Week 3+

Build

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Semantic layer first, then dashboards. Weekly demos. User testing throughout. Documentation as we go.
Ongoing

Enable

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Training, knowledge transfer, self-service enablement. Scale up or hand off to your team.

Pricing

Weekly demos, architecture reviews, SLAs, ISO 27001 certified, full IP assignment.

Proof that Reduces Risk

Years in Business
18 +
Projects Delivered
250 +
Customer Retention
97 %
Certified
ISO 27001
Certified
ISO 22301
Aligned
DORA
COMMON QUESTIONS

Frequently asked questions

Power BI is best for Microsoft shops tight integration with Excel, Teams, Azure. Most cost effective for organisations already paying for Microsoft 365. Tableau is best for data exploration and beautiful visualisations preferred by data-savvy users who want flexibility. Looker is best for embedding and governed metrics LookML provides strong semantic layer. We help you choose based on your existing stack, user skills, and governance requirements.

Almost always a definition problem, not a tool problem. Excel reports often include manual adjustments, different date ranges, or business logic that’s not documented. The fix is defining metrics once in a semantic layer and ensuring all reports (including Excel exports) use the same definitions. We audit your current reports to identify discrepancies before building dashboards.

A focused dashboard (single domain, clean data) can be production-ready in 2-4 weeks. Enterprise BI rollout (multiple departments, data quality work, training) typically takes 3-6 months. We deliver incrementally first dashboards in weeks, not months so you see value early and can adjust scope based on feedback.

Yes. We often start by auditing existing BI investments understanding why adoption is low. Usually it’s data quality, performance, or trust issues. We fix the foundation and redesign dashboards based on actual user needs, not assumptions about what executives want.

7–10 business days from signed agreement to engineer embedded in your team.

Give us 20 minutes. We'll show you what trusted BI looks like.

FLEXIBLE ENGAGEMENT MODELS

Find The Perfect Solutions For Your Project

Managed Team

Your product, our dedicated team. From concept to conception, we handle it all.

Staff Augmentation

Need extra hands? Our experts seamlessly join your team, providing the skills you need, when you need them.

Fixed Cost

Upfront price, guaranteed delivery. Your project completed on time and within budget.

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    Certified Capability

    ISO 27001 Certified

    Data & AI, Azure

    Google Cloud Partner

    WHAT MAKES US STAND APART

    We Have Deep
    Technical & Industry Experience

    One Team, One Dream

    At HST, there is no such thing as not my problem.

    Build Trust with Every Interaction

    We’re accountable to our clients and to each other. which means being open even when things aren’t going smoothly.

    Improve Everything

    The world of software and business moves fast so we re always learning and honing our skills.

    Own It

    We are a team of doers and we take responsibility for the success of everything we do.

    Obsessed: Over Results

    We’re obsessed with driving business value for our clients and we know that starts with gaining a deep understanding of the problems they’re facing

    Proven Excellence

    Our word is our bond. With 250+ projects delivered on time and within budget, we’ve built a reputation for keeping every promise.

    Partners in Precision

    Financial services, insurance, healthcare, retail, media. Trust built where excellence is the only option.

    Who Are We ?

    Creativity, Efficiency, & Advanced AI

    Strategy

    We've got all the big ideas and creative talent of an ad agency or creative studio except we deliver working products, not expensive presentations.

    Engineering

    We develop lean, stable code using all the best practices of any leading dev shop, except we focus on the user experience so people actually like using what we build.

    Design

    We validate, design, and prototype proof-of-concepts like any "creative technology" studio, but we do it in less time and for less money.

    Co-paired AI

    Co-paired AI development ensures twice the efficiency at a lower cost. We prioritize your software for innovative, precise, scalable, and quality-assured applications.

    Strategy

    We've got all the big ideas and creative talent of an ad agency or creative studio except we deliver working products, not expensive presentations.

    Engineering

    We develop lean, stable code using all the best practices of any leading dev shop, except we focus on the user experience so people actually like using what we build.

    Design

    We validate, design, and prototype proof-of-concepts like any "creative technology" studio, but we do it in less time and for less money.

    Co-paired AI

    Co-paired AI development ensures twice the efficiency at a lower cost. We prioritize your software for innovative, precise, scalable, and quality-assured applications.

    Contact Us

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    Let our team, be your team

    Get a technical conversation about your project — not a slide deck. Whether you need AI integration, a software engineering team, or a data platform, we’ll tell you honestly if we’re the right fit.

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