In today’s fast-paced and highly competitive business environment, data governance is more important than ever. Businesses have the chance to capture large amounts of data from various sources, but they also need a way to maximize the value, manage the risks and lower...
Data Exploration
Data exploration is the process of describing the main characteristics of a set of data. This is often the first step people take when performing data analysis. During this process, the analyst decides which questions the data is going to answer, what hypothesis it...
Taleo
The Oracle Talent Acquisition Cloud (Taleo) is a data-enriched talent management software suite that helps organizations find, develop and retain prime talent. Taleo History Oracle acquired this cloud-based talent management software in 2012, though it was founded in...
Tabular Data
The term “tabular” refers to data that is displayed in columns or tables, which can be created by most BI tools. These tools find relationships between data entries in one or more database, then use those relationships to display the information in a table. How Data...
Subject Area Modeling
An initial level of Enterprise Data Model (EDM), which provides a structure for organizing EDM by Subject Areas. A Subject Area Model, together with a Conceptual Model and a Conceptual Entity Model forms the complete structure of the Enterprise Data Model (EMD)....
Scheduling
An automated process of refreshing the jobs or reports on a regular basis. Scheduling is a process of planning any event or a job at a required time. Similarly, on the technical front, scheduling helps in automating the required procedure for refreshing processes,...
SAP HANA
SAP HANA (short for “high-performance analytic appliance”) is an in-memory relational database management system that allows the rapid processing of large sets of data in real time. Having computational power in-memory gives HANA the ability to process the data stored...
Query
A database query is a means for extracting data from a database and formatting it in a readable form. When you’re searching for data from a database, you can submit a query to request specific information. However, a query needs to be written in a language that can be...
Prescriptive Analytics
It provides a best course of action taking a clue from predictive and descriptive analytics. Prescriptive Analytics is the final stage of Business Analytics (BA) that takes insights from descriptive and predictive analytics to identify the best course action for a...
Predictive Analytics
A part of advanced analytics to make future forecasts. Predictive analytics are a part of advanced analytics that provide a probable picture of what might happen in the future. Considering the previous behaviors from the descriptive analytics, predictive analytics...
Pixel Perfect (Printable Reports)
Pixel perfect describes reports where the user can manipulate the size and layout with precision. This includes allowing the user to change the size of the report, the size of the printed page, and the position of the different elements on the report to meet a user’s...
On-Premises
On-premises architecture is comprised of data, software and applications that are installed and operated from an in-house server and computing infrastructure. It utilizes the organization’s native computing resources. It is the traditional method for storing data and...