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Business Intelligence

Notes Self Assessment

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3. Companies using .......................... devices can make it cheaper for users to access data.
4. Specific returns resulting from Microsoft BI solutions include the reduced development
and ..........................

5.3 Microsoft Business Intelligence Platform Capabilities

Business Intelligence is rather a wide term, thus it wouldn’t be superfluous to state what Microsoft
BI platform can be utilised for:
Preparing dashboards and scorecards: Numbers are significant, although furthermore
meaningful it is to know where the numbers begin from. Dashboards and scorecards
within the Microsoft solution are completely interactive, thus one can quickly dive into
each area of data to watch it from another view and – thereby – find out certain thing more.
Even though the data might have its source in differentiated places, it’s accessible from
within a single dashboard.

Stimulating collaboration: The matter of effective collaboration is vital to all up to date
associations and Microsoft Business Intelligence platform carries it very well. With well-
developed connection capabilities (one can use blogs, wiki sheets, usual documents, and
presentations); it allows all users across the association to work on the same “version of
data” what increases their presentation. On the other hand, search engine allows users to
quickly find exactly what they’re looking for, no issue how high volumes of data are.
Self-sufficient reporting and analysis: Broad reporting and analytics capabilities in
Microsoft Business Intelligence platform permit users to gain the insight as deep as they
need. Without any need for IT agencies involvement, they can arrange and change accounts
and analysis. The working natural environment is, then, secure and intuitive, so that no
specialists need to hold an eye on the system incessantly.
Data mining and predictive analysis: The “next grade” of Business Intelligence also is
supplied inside the Microsoft platform. One can thus analyse data from different points
of view mechanically and find out the tendencies what – if finished without computer
support – could last considerably longer or become impossible at all.
Data warehousing: Microsoft Business Intelligence platform supplies ETL (Extract, change,
burden) methods and – thereby – supports data warehousing.

Self Assessment

Fill in the blanks:
5. ............................... allows users to quickly find exactly what they’re looking for, no issue
how high volumes of data are.
6. Microsoft Business Intelligence platform supplies ............................... methods and thereby
supports data warehousing.

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