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Data & Analytics · Foundational

Diagnostic Analytics

Analytics that answers 'why did it happen?' through drill-down, correlation, segmentation and root-cause analysis.

Definition

Diagnostic analytics explores the drivers behind descriptive results, using tools such as Key Influencers and decomposition trees in Power BI.

Example

Investigating why West region sales dropped 12% last quarter.

Exam tip

'Why' questions = diagnostic.

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