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Business Intelligence Glossary
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Business Intelligence is information about your business presented “intelligently” so that it enables your business performance. Your information is aggregated and presented utilizing a variety of software tools and techniques so that it is clear and useful, meeting your business needs.
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| Business Intelligence as a Service is an on line “Service Solution” that allows you to economically utilize a true Business Intelligence Infrastructure including Hardware, Software and Technical Services. The solution includes collection, consolidation, integration and cleansing of your data into specific business information delivered via online and automated Analytic Tools and Reports. |
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| Analytic Tools provide the ability to slice and dice business information by data dimensions (product, time, sales region...). |
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| Dashboards are “Analytic Tools” that give users the ability to view and query data the way they want to see it. Dashboards should be easy to use and configure. Users should be able to save their own unique views. |
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| Data Mining is an “Analytic Technique” that allows identification of trends, patterns, customer segments, etcetera, through the use of user defined parameters and statistical algorithms. |
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| Data Warehousing provides a clean single view of business data from many sources. This is accomplished by source data consolidation, integration and cleansing in a physical or virtual environment. Hardware and Software are utilized to build a Data Warehouse. |
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Data Warehouse Architecture is the most important aspect of Business Intelligence. The process involves a full understanding of a business requirements and data sources which are mapped into a functional Data Warehouse Architecture.
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Reports are standardized documents formatted with information to meet your business needs. Reports can be automated to be delivered when and where you want them. Reports should be able to be accessed via Internet, email, and PDA. Reports should be able to be exported to standard formats such as excel.
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Exception Alerts notify users of exception conditions via email, pager, PDA, cell phone. Exceptions can be corrected via push button or automated processes.
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Exception Reports provide distilled information that “only” meets specific criteria. This type of reporting is very helpful in distilling large amounts of information.
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KPI, Key Performance Indicator, is a comparable indicator presented graphically that enable executives and managers to quickly evaluate business performance. KPI’s should be available on line in analytic tools as well as in reports.
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OLAP, On Line Analytical Processing, Provides the ability analyze large volumes of data rapidly in real-time.
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Contact Sky IT Group Business Intelligence Group info@skyitgroup.com or 866 SKY-3500 ext 101 |
