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Business Analyst

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1. 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.






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






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






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






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






6. Structured Query Language is the language used by most relational database management systems. It requires very little code to accopmlish powerful operations.






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






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






9. 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.






10. Compares discrete categories on a common measure.






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






12. An analysis of how the calculation results vary with changes in the initial assumptions.






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






14. The ability to capture and store information gathered from a form into a database. Database integration also refers to the ability to extract and display information from a database on a website.






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






16. 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






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






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






19. A PowerPoint template well suited for creating schematic reports because of its small font size and versatile layouts.






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






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






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






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






24. A user-friendly way to get information into a database.






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






26. The idea that a brand's power depends on it's uniqueness






27. 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






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






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






30. 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.






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






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






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






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






35. Usually the recommended way to start a small business. If the business goes under - you are not personally liable for the businesses debts.






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






37. A giant database that contains periodic dumps from many databases throughout the company. BI systems query the data warehouse to spot patterns and trends.






38. Mini services that exist in the cloud and can be snapped into your webpage. For example - you can include a weather gadget.






39. An unfortunate reuse of the word template






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






41. 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.






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






43. A built in Excel function that calculates loan payments. Inputs to the function include the loan amount (pv) - the interest rate (rate) - and the number of loan payments (nper).






44. An analysis of five key forces which profiles the attractiveness of an industry. These include the bargaining power of suppliers and buyers - barriers to entry - threat of substitutes - and the competitive rivalry of firms already in the industry.


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






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






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






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






49. A way to categorize groups of people using age - income level - gender - education level - home ownership - and so forth.






50. Describes how best to represent information