Business Intelligence FAQs

Wondering just how does Business Intelligence work, and how it makes those reports for you in a blink of an eye?  We will dive into those questions.  In order to have quality analytics and reports from your business intelligence solution, you need to feed it good quality data.  

Foundation of your Data

It is important to know where and how is your data housed?  This data is what you will be building your reports and dashboards from, so the more you know about behind the scenes the better you can produce quality information.  Data you would like to compare may be in your ERP solution, it could be in a knowledge repository, in your content marketing system or email marketing platform.  Each of these sources may structure the data differently so make sure you look under the hood.  

Integrate your Information 

By using business analytics tools such as Sage Business Intelligence or BI360 you are able to integrate your ERP, CMS and marketing data into one system. From this integration, you are able to create reports for further analysis. 

Create Insights

Business analytics power users, such as our experts at BAASS, can help you shape the types of reports you need based on the data you have access to.  For examples of types of reports, you can pull in Sage Business Intelligence check out this slide deck from BAASS Connect.

For more information about how BI works and how it can work for you, contact us today.  Looking for more on the topic?  Check out our blog How Do You Effectively Collect Data and Use it?

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