14 BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE
Business intelligence is the name that has been given to the set of techniques that is used to transform raw data into information that can be used to inform high-level decision making. This set of techniques enable decision makers to take historical, current or predictive views of the business. The techniques include data warehousing, online analytical processing and data mining.
AN INTRODUCTION TO DATA WAREHOUSING
A data warehouse is not just a large collection of data. At its simplest, it is a copy of the transactional data of the enterprise; that is, the data created in the operational-level systems used by the enterprise as part of its day-to-day operations. This copied data is specifically structured to make ...
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