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patterns from samples for reporting of trends. Techniques such as data
modeling, visualization, and regression analysis are most common in this
analytics.
Descriptive analytics can be classied into following tasks:
• Usual reporting and dashboards: What took place? How does it relate
to our blueprint?
• Ad hoc reporting: How many? Where?
• Analysis/query: What exactly is the challenge? Why is this happening?
Descriptive analytics are the commonly used and well-understood type of
analytics. It basically categorizes, characterizes, consolidates, and classies
data. Tools for descriptive analytics may provide mechanisms for interfac-
ing to enterprise data sources. They contain report generation, distribution
cap ...