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What is BI?

Business Intelligence

They are analysis tools that support business decisions by transforming raw data into meaningful reports.

Overview

Business intelligence transforms your complex and bulk data into visual graphs and summary reports. In this way, companies see more clearly what has happened in the past and what may happen in the future. It is not just a data collection tool, but also a strategic decision-making guide.

Analogy: It is like a master chef who takes thousands of different ingredients (data) in a kitchen and turns them into a delicious menu (decision) to be presented to the customer.

How it works

First, data is collected from different sources and then cleaned and organized. In the final stage, BI tools visualize this data on the screens we call dashboards. You can optimize your sales or operations by looking at these screens.

Where it is used

It is frequently used in companies' financial reports, sales forecasts and customer behavior analyses.

Commonly confused with

It is similar to data analytics, but BI focuses more on managing the past and present situation.

Frequently asked questions

Why is BI important?

It allows you to make data-based decisions, not guesses.

Can anyone use BI?

Yes, there are very simple BI tools available today that work with the drag-and-drop method.

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