17 June 2015

Data Analytics: Advanced Analytics (Definitions)

"A subset of analytical techniques that, among other things, often uses statistical methods to identify and quantify the influence and significance of relationships between items of interest, groups similar items together, creates predictions, and identifies mathematical optimal or near-optimal answers to business problems." (Evan Stubbs, "Delivering Business Analytics: Practical Guidelines for Best Practice", 2013)

"Algorithms for complex analysis of either structured or unstructured data. It includes sophisticated statistical models, machine learning, neural networks, text analytics, and other advanced data-mining techniques Advanced analytics does not include database query and reporting and OLAP cubes." (Marcia Kaufman et al, "Big Data For Dummies", 2013)

"A subset of analytical techniques that, among other things, often uses statistical methods to identify and quantify the influence and significant of relationships between items of interest, group similar items together, create predictions, and identify mathematical optimal or near-optimal answers to business problems." (Evan Stubbs, "Big Data, Big Innovation", 2014)

"Advanced Analytics is the autonomous or semi-autonomous examination of data or content using sophisticated techniques and tools, typically beyond those of traditional business intelligence (BI), to discover deeper insights, make predictions, or generate recommendations. Advanced analytic techniques include those such as data/text mining, machine learning, pattern matching, forecasting, visualization, semantic analysis, sentiment analysis, network and cluster analysis, multivariate statistics, graph analysis, simulation, complex event processing, neural networks. (Gartner)

"Analytic techniques and technologies that apply statistical and/or machine learning algorithms that allow firms to discover, evaluate, and optimize models that reveal and/or predict new insights." (Forrester)

"Advanced analytics describes data analysis that goes beyond simple mathematical calculations such as sums and averages, or filtering and sorting. Advanced analyses use mathematical and statistical formulas and algorithms to generate new information, to recognize patterns, and also to predict outcomes and their respective probabilities." (BI-Survey) [source]

"Advanced analytics is an umbrella term for a group of high-level methods and tools that can help you get more out of your data. The predictive capabilities of advanced analytics can be used to forecast trends, events, and behaviors. This gives organizations the ability to perform advanced statistical models such as 'what-if' calculations, as well as to future-proof various aspects of their operations." (Sisense) [source]

10 June 2015

Business Intelligence: Report Snapshot (Definitions)

"A SQL Server Reporting Services report that contains data that was queried at a particular point in time and has been stored on the Report Server." (Victor Isakov et al, "MCITP Administrator: Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Optimization and Maintenance (70-444) Study Guide", 2007)

"A report that contains data captured at a specific point in time. Since report snapshots hold datasets instead of queries, report snapshots can be used to limit processing costs by running the snapshot during off-peak times." (Darril Gibson, "MCITP SQL Server 2005 Database Developer All-in-One Exam Guide", 2008)

"A report that contains data captured at a specific point in time. A report snapshot is stored in an intermediate format containing retrieved data rather than a query and rendering definitions." (Jim Joseph et al, "Microsoft® SQL Server™ 2008 Reporting Services Unleashed", 2009)

"A static report that contains data captured at a specific point in time." (Microsoft, "SQL Server 2012 Glossary", 2012)

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