What is business intelligence (BI)?

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Summary Introduction To explain: Business Intelligence. Introduction: Relational database: It is a collection of multiple data sets constituted by rows, columns, and tables. It aids in developing a well-established relationship between different database tables. Information is shared between these tables for efficient use. Explanation Business Intelligence (BI): It is process driven by technology for analyzing various data and providing the executives with actionable information for making important business decisions. It contains the tools and methodologies in a wide variety which play a key role in analyzing data and providing valuable information. It accelerates and improves the decision-making process for the executives.

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Publisher: Cengage Learning

ISBN: 9781337552127

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What is business intelligence (BI)?

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Summary Introduction

To explain: Business Intelligence.

Introduction:

Relational database:

It is a collection of multiple data sets constituted by rows, columns, and tables. It aids in developing a well-established relationship between different database tables. Information is shared between these tables for efficient use.

Explanation of Solution

Business Intelligence (BI):

It is process driven by technology for analyzing various data and providing the executives with actionable information for making important business decisions. It contains the tools and methodologies in a wide variety which play a key role in analyzing data and providing valuable information. It accelerates and improves the decision-making process for the executives.

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Ch. 6 - What is business intelligence (BI)?Ch. 6 - What is an entity? Distinguish an entity and an...Ch. 6 - What is an attribute?Ch. 6 - What is a key attribute (e.g., a primary key)?...Ch. 6 - What is a relationship?Ch. 6 - What are the three steps in the strategy to...Ch. 6 - What are the characteristics of recursive...Ch. 6 - Describe a situation in which one entity has...Ch. 6 - How can an REA model help an organization improve...Ch. 6 - What is a relation? What is a tuple?

Ch. 6 - What is referential integrity? Give an example of...Ch. 6 - What is a composite primary key?Ch. 6 - What is a foreign key? How are foreign keys...Ch. 6 - What is SQL? In general terms, how can it be used?Ch. 6 - What are the three ways to use SQL to change data...Ch. 6 - What is the relationship between BI and enterprise...Ch. 6 - What is a model? How is modeling a database or...Ch. 6 - Discuss how you determine the placement of primary...Ch. 6 - How can primary keys and the linking of tables in...Ch. 6 - Several steps are required when designing a...Ch. 6 - Refer to Figure 6.12 (pg. 212). To implement a...Ch. 6 - Although todays enterprise systems incorporate...Ch. 6 - Although SQL is the de facto standard database...Ch. 6 - Develop an REA data model for ordering inventory....Ch. 6 - Develop the REA data model from Short Problem 6-1...Ch. 6 - Examine Figure 6.18, which contains the REA model...Ch. 6 - Examine the REA model for Hera Industrial Supply...Ch. 6 - Examine the REA model for Hera Industrial Supply...Ch. 6 - What SQL command(s) would you use to add the date...Ch. 6 - Human Resources department needs the work time,...

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