What is BI?
Business Intelligence
BI (Business Intelligence) is the discipline that transforms raw data into decision-supporting reports.
Definition and Word Origin
Complex masses of data are translated into graphs and summaries. Accounting of the past and prediction of the future can be read from these screens. It is not a collection tool, but a decision guide.
How to Know and Use in Daily Life?
Finance: Monthly closing reports.
Sales: Region and product breakdown.
Operations: Stock and delivery tracking.
Technical Depth and Architecture
Line:
Collection: Pulling from sources.
Cleaning: Debugging faulty and duplicate records.
Modeling: Table and relationship layout.
Visualization: Dashboard screens.
Simple metric example:
SELECT bolge, SUM(tutar) FROM satislar
GROUP BY bolge ORDER BY 2 DESC;With self-service tools, the business unit establishes its own report and the technical team maintains the infrastructure.
Frequently Mixed Things
It is considered data analytics. Analytical asks questions, BI gives regular answers. One is discovery and the other is report order.
Use in Different Disciplines
Chef: Creating a menu from the ingredients.
Dashboard: Speed and fuel information.
Weather: Generating predictions from measurement.
Questions and answers
Why is BI important?
It makes decisions based on data rather than guesswork. It makes the past visible and the future planable.
Can anyone use BI?
Yes. Business units set up their own reports with drag-and-drop tools.
What tools are used?
Power BI, Tableau, Metabase and Looker are common. The selection is based on data source and budget.
Is it necessary for a small company?
Simply put, yes. Even a single spreadsheet report is a BI start.
Related terms
Related tools
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