Understanding Business Intelligence for Effective Business Analysis
Business Intelligence (BI) involves utilizing techniques and tools to convert raw data into valuable insights for strategic decision-making. By analyzing unstructured data, BI helps identify new opportunities and enhance business strategies for competitive advantage and long-term success. Components of BI include operational data, data on the web, data warehouses, reports, dashboards, self-service BI, data mining, predictive analytics, and mobile solutions. Various job opportunities exist within the BI field, such as report writers, ETL developers, cube developers, data scientists, and more. Tools commonly used in Microsoft BI stack include Excel, Power Query, Power Pivot, SQL Server, SharePoint, and Power BI. Watch a demonstration of Power BI from Microsoft here: https://youtu.be/OzjpSl8ugeM
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WHAT IS BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE? Kathi Kellenberger For Coder Girl SQL Group
Business intelligence (BI) is the set of techniques and tools for the transformation of raw data into meaningful and useful information for business analysis purposes. BI technologies are capable of handling large amounts of unstructured data to help identify, develop and otherwise create new strategic business opportunities. The goal of BI is to allow for the easy interpretation of these large volumes of data. Identifying new opportunities and implementing an effective strategy based on insights can provide businesses with a competitive market advantage and long-term stability.[1] DEFINITION FROM WIKIPEDIA
Data Operational data Data on the web Subscription Azure Marketplace, Dun and Bradstreet Master data management Data Warehouse Cubes Reports Dashboards Self-service BI Data mining Predictive analytics Mobile solutions COMPONENTS OF BI
Report writers ETL developers Extract, transform, load Cube developers Analysis Services Business Objects Big Data engineer Data scientists SharePoint developers and administrators JOB OPPORTUNITIES IN BI
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Excel Power Query Power Pivot Power View SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) SQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS) Multidimensional Tabular SharePoint Power BI Dashboard HD Insight TOOLS USED IN THE MICROSOFT BI STACK
https://youtu.be/OzjpSl8ugeM POWER BI DEMO FROM MICROSOFT