Friday, September 4, 2009

Functions of BI

Common functions:
–OLAP (Online Analytical Processing to handle multi-dimensional queries)
–Analytics (Study of Business Data)
–Data Mining (Process of extracting patterns)
–Enterprise Performance Management
–Benchmarks (comparison against set standards)
–Predictive Analytics (based on trend analysis)

Business Intelligence

•Purpose:
–Intelligent Retrieval & Analysis of business data for making effective & timely decisions.

•Methodology:
–Skills
–Technologies
–Applications &
–Practices used to help a business acquire a better understanding of its commercial context.