ADM 2341 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Business Intelligence, Data Mart, Time Series

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Administration
• Course: ADM 2341
• Professor: Prakash Sharma

Document Summary

Information granularity: the extent of detail within the information (fine and detailed or coarse and abstract) Encompasses all of the data contained within a single business process or unit of work, and its primary purpose is to support the performing of daily operational tasks. All org info, and its primary purpose is to support the performing of higher level analysis tasks. Timeliness is an aspect of info that depends on the situation. Real time info: immediate, up to date info. Real time system: provides real time info in response to requests. Consistency: does aggregate or summary info agree with detailed info. High quality info can significantly improve the chances of making a good decision. Good decisions can directly impact an orgs bottom line. Where can info be found in an org. Collection of data organized to serve several applications efficiently. Maintain info about various types of objects (inventory), events (transactions), people (employees), and places (warehouses)