Business Analytics
Glossary

Definitions from A – Z

A

Actionable Analytics
Actionable Reporting
Active Directory
Ad Hoc Reporting
Advanced Analytics
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Analytics ROI
API
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Automated Business Alerts
Automated Processes
Automated Report Scheduling
Autoscaling
AWS Native

B

Big Data
Bucketing
Build vs Buy
Business Analytics
Business Intelligence
Business Intelligence Platform (BI Platform)

C

Centralized BI
Cloud Analytics
Cloud Native
Compliance

E

Embedded Analytics
Embedded Business Intelligence (Embedded BI)
Embedded Data Widgets
Embedded Reports
Embedded Report Builder
End User BI
ERP
ETL: Extract Transform and Load

F

G

Google BigQuery
Governed Data Discovery

H

I

Information Delivery
Infrastructure Costs
Infused Analytics
Inline Analytics
Interactive Data Viewer

J

K

Key Performance Indicators

L

M

Machine Learning (ML)
Managed Reporting
Metadata
Metadata Management
Microservices
Mobile BI
MOLAP
MongoDB
Multi-Tenancy

N

Native Applications
No-Code
NoSQL

O

ODBC
OEM Analytics
OLAP
OLTP
Open Architecture
Operational Reporting

P

Parameterization
Performance Dashboard
Portals
Predictive Analytics
Prescriptive Analytics

Q

R

Relational Databases
Report Building
Report Developer in BI
Reporting in BI
Reporting Performance
Responsive Design
REST API
ROLAP

S

SaaS
Scalability
Scorecard
Self-Service BI
Self-Service Data Prep
Semi-Structured Data
Serverless
Single Sign-On
Standalone Analytics Application
Structured Data

T

Transactional Data

U

Unstructured Data

V

Visualizations
Variety, Velocity, Volume

W

Web Hooks
White-Label Analytics
Write-Back