AIIM ICP Business Intel Flashcards
business intelligence
the process of collecting, analyzing, and presenting business infromation in current and predictive views so better decisions can be made
Business intelligence elements
- Information collection
- Information integration (aggregating results)
- Analysis and synthesis (separating chaff from wheat)
- Reporting/presenting
Data mining
extracing hidden predictive info from large databases or Knowledge discovery in databases KDD
Data cleansing
removing corrupt or erroneous data, and to match format (normalizations) and standardizing values, Mapping attributes
Multi-dimensional madeling
organizating data (excel is two dimensional) but you can add more dimensions
OLAP
online analytical processessing a commen technical in analysing. aggregates the facts of each level
Datamarts
data wharehouse controled by certain department usually and focussed only on the department’s concerns