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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. 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.






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






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






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






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






7. 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.






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






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






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






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






12. Describes how best to represent information






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






26. 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.






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






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






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






30. 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.






31. 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.






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






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






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






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






36. Repear the primary key from the parent table in each corresponding record of the child table as a foreign key to link tables together






37. 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.


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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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