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Chapter 10: Business Intelligence. Analysis of App Sales Data. Agenda. Business Picture Business Intelligence Query Big Picture into Meaningful Data Looking at Queries conceptually How to Run the Queries in MS-Access. Big Picture Business Intelligence.
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Chapter 10: Business Intelligence Analysis of App Sales Data
Agenda • Business Picture Business Intelligence • Query Big Picture into Meaningful Data • Looking at Queries conceptually • How to Run the Queries in MS-Access
BI systems deliver accurate, useful information for making decisions
Drill down in dashboards to access more information http://centerview.corda.com/corda/dashboards/MarketingSegmentation/main.dashxml#cordaDash=3000 http://centerview.corda.com/corda/dashboards/RetailSales/main.dashxml#cordaDash=0001 Retail Sales Dashboard Market Segmentation Dashboard
Utilize data compiled in Data Warehouse Company Databases Business Intelligence (BI) Reporting/Data Mining Database A Decision Support Systems (DSS) Database B Data Warehouse Database C Expert Systems (ES) Database D Artificial Intelligence (AI) Database E
Cross Selling Apps on MS Access Step 1 Add the table twice, then draw a connection from buyer to buyer.
Summary/Conclusion • Business intelligence is a way of uncovering trends and patterns in data to help with business decisions • Most companies already have the data needed for business intelligence. However, analyzing the data, presenting the results, and then following through on where the data leads, differentiates companies in a competitive environment. • Static reports, dynamic reports, and data mining are three different forms of business intelligence.
Summary/Conclusion • Multiple corporate databases feed into a large data warehouse, where data can be queried. • The greatest sin in database design is allowing duplicate data. Duplicate data should not be stored in a database because it has the potential to become inconsistent--sometimes one value, sometimes another. • The higher up a manager is in the organization, the less detail he or she needs to see in the data. In fact, details only becomes important to an upper manager when they are needed to explain an unexpected trend.
Unnecessary Slides These slides are only unnecessary if you do not feel the need to go over Access in class, if so, we can fit them into the Powerpoint.
Cross-Sell Step 1: Purchased Together – Join the File to Itself