Bi-kipedia What is cross tab? Cross tabulation (commonly known as crosstab) is a type of report comparing, or cross-referencing of two variables in order to determine how they are interrelated. Dimanche, 22 mars 2015
Bi-kipedia Gauge A gauge refers to a device that visually displays critical information in an easy-to-read format. It is a tool, an instrument or a dashboard device used for checking the conformity of a factor to a desired dimension. Dimanche, 22 mars 2015
Bi-kipedia Drillable chart Drillable chart stands for a graphical data representation where users can navigate through the underlying, more granular data presented in the graphical analysis. It allows the users to click on an element and drill down to the layer with the desired level of data congregation, or to another element. The two objectives of using drillable charts are receiving the required more granular information quickly for informed decision-making and displaying only the data the user needs at that moment. Dimanche, 22 mars 2015
Bi-kipedia Data dictionary A repository that keeps detailed definitions regarding the data warehouse logical and physical data models. Dimanche, 22 mars 2015
Bi-kipedia Level Levels are an implementation of the hierarchies that represent the level of detail viewed in a dimension. As an example, for a time dimension hierarchy, we have levels for year, quarter, and month. Dimanche, 22 mars 2015
Bi-kipedia Time series chart A time series chart, also called a times series graph, is an illustration of data points at successive time intervals. The terms fever chart and time series chart are often used interchangeably. Dimanche, 22 mars 2015
Bi-kipedia Infographics An infographic (information graphic) is a representation of information in a graphic format designed to make the data easily understandable at a glance. People use infographics to quickly communicate a message, to simplify the presentation of large amounts of data, to see data patterns and relationships, and to monitor changes in variables over time. Dimanche, 22 mars 2015
Bi-kipedia Data scientist A data scientist is a job title for an employee or business intelligence (BI) consultant who excels at analyzing data, particularly large amounts of data, to help a business gain a competitive edge. To do so, the employee is using statistical & data mining techniques. Dimanche, 22 mars 2015
Bi-kipedia Data Latency Data latency, in a data warehouse context, is the time between the creation of data in a source system and the exact time at which the same data is available for end users on the business intelligence platform. Dimanche, 22 mars 2015
Bi-kipedia Big Data defined Big data is an evolving term that describes any voluminous amount of structured, semi-structured and unstructured data that has the potential to be mined for information. Although big data doesn't refer to any specific quantity, the term is often used when speaking about petabytes and exabytes of data. See also Big Data vs. Business Intelligence Dimanche, 22 mars 2015