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Business Analyst

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






2. 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.






3. The cheapest way to start a business. It is just you doing business under another name. However - you are personally liable for business debts.






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






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






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






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






8. 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).






9. 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






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






11. An unfortunate reuse of the word template






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






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






14. Compares discrete categories on a common measure.






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






16. A business presentation combining concise text and graphics. Schematic reports should be brief - well organized - and easy to navigate. Though usually designed in PowerPoint - schematic reports are intended primarily to be read rather than projected.






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






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






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






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






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






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






23. Describes how best to represent information






24. 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






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






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






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






28. 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.






29. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






38. 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.






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






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






41. Variable names created by capitalizing the first letter of each word and eliminating the spaces between words.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






49. 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.






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