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Data & Analytics · Foundational

Business Intelligence (BI)

The technologies and practices for collecting, integrating, analyzing and presenting business data to support decision-making.

Definition

BI spans data warehousing, semantic modeling, reporting, dashboards and ad hoc analysis. Common platforms include Power BI, Tableau, Looker, Amazon QuickSight and Qlik.

Exam tip

BI mostly delivers descriptive and diagnostic analytics; advanced analytics adds predictive and prescriptive.

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