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Business Analyst

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1. A wat to get information out of a database. Often a report will gather information together from multiple tables and present it as a single table






2. Look like standard reports but with a major difference. They are interactive and allow the user to drill down to disover the source for the summary numbers.






3. Make very small loans (typically under 500) to entrepreneurs in developing countries. Most Loans are repaid in six months to a year.






4. A pre-built site with placeholder text - images - and a pre-selected theme. Site templates are the closest thing to an instant website.






5. A part of the spreadsheet - usually at the top - where the key variables are given their values.






6. Compares coninuous categories such as time on a common measure






7. A presentation primarily designed to be projected which combines brief text and graphics. Presentations use few words and large fonts for audience readability.






8. A high level management overview of the data--sometimes depicted using dials and needles similar to an automobile dashboard. In a car.






9. A collection of one or more related tables of data stored in rows and columns






10. The largest systems of all. ERP systems tie together all aspects of the business from accounting to the shop floor.






11. An analysis of the attractiveness of the industry in which the company operates.






12. A cost that the business must pay whether or not they sell anything. Examples include rent - legal fees - development costs and so forth.






13. Defines a set of background elements - colors - and fonts as well as a set of slide layouts.






14. Compares discrete categories on a common measure.






15. The process of copying data from many databases throughout the enterprise into the datawarehouse






16. These are fixed costs associated with starting a business. Often refers to one time costs.






17. This is a job title typical for an IS graduate. Business analysts work both with business units such as Human Resources and the programmers. They discover the needs of the business unit and then translate those needs into documentation for the progra






18. The amount of time between the occurrence of a transaction and the loading of that transaction's information into the business intellegence system.






19. Suggests causality by plotting independent and dependent variables on the same graph.






20. An unfortunate reuse of the word template






21. Running development software such as Dreamweaver on your workstation. The major advantage is that it runs very fast when running locally.






22. A method for designing information systems. The life cycle proceeds through the following stages: an analysis of the current state - development of requirements - design of a solution - development from the design and finally to implementation or rol






23. Similar to a template but without the placeholder text and images. A theme specifies formatting--layout - colors - and fonts






24. Designing websites and applications to meet the needs of the user.






25. Programs that greatly simplify the process of building a website. Google Sites is the authoring tool that we will use.






26. The combination of people - information technology - and business processes to accomplish a business objective.






27. The process of fishing for patterns in the data using computing power because you really do not know what to look for.






28. A cost that business incurs on each sale. For apps - the variable cost is the iTunes store commission.






29. The opposite of contrast. Layouts demonstrating affinity show subtle variations in color or brightness.






30. Compares discrete (distinct) categories on a common measure






31. Printing horizontally rather than vertically on a piece of paper. The normal way to print is portrait or vertical orientation.






32. Model slides that define the theme elements. The slide master defines the background elements - colors - and fonts. The layout masters provide a menu of possible layouts to apply to a slide.






33. One or more fields that uniquely identify each record in the table






34. The total interest paid over the life of the loan. The finance charge is calculated by adding up all of the loan payments and then subtracting from this total the amount originally borrowed.






35. A group of potential customers for a product or service. Segments are typically identified by demographics.






36. A visual query tool in excel that allows you to easily group and summarize data






37. The process of uncovering the numbers that contribute to creating a summary number. Drill down is like being shocked at you ATM balance and then calling the bank to get a list of withdrawls and payments made against your account.






38. A database that consists of related tables and nothing but tables.






39. A model report in which the theme is predefined. In some templates even some of the slides are already created. For example - the Pitchbook template includes a title slide - a table of contents slide - and a section heading slide.






40. The organization of items on a page. For example - a 2up layout consists of two blocks of images and/or text.






41. Accessing development software that lives in the cloud. The major advantage is that the development process tends to be greatly simplified.






42. A form of BI reporting with which we are most familiar-- summary reports distributed at regular intervals.






43. Systems that manage day to day transactions of the business.






44. A marketing term that refers to the ability of a brand to stand out from the crowd.






45. A way to get information into database. Each field in the form corresponds to a field in the database table






46. The delivery of accurate - useful information to the appropriate decision makers within the necessary fime frame to support effective decision making.






47. Describes how best to represent information






48. What you make on every sale after subtracting variable costs.






49. The process of analyzing data to spot trends and opportunities.






50. Describes how easy the system is to use and navigate