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This glossary provides terms and definitions for your review. It will help you to understand the language and terminology of the Business Intelligence industry and to better understand the markets, industries and needs served by the BI solution vendors and service providers.

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Scheduling

It is an ability to start an automated process at a particular or recurring time in the future.

Slice and Dice

A term used to describe a function at the core of informational analysis. Multidimensional tools allow users to view data from any angle. The ability to select various angles to view data from is called slice and dice capability. Rotating the presentation between rows, columns and pages is a feature built into crosstabs and pivot tables. After generating a report on enrolment by faculty, a user swaps dimensions to see enrolment by academic level. It is also possible to see enrolment statistics for a single faculty across multiple terms, or view a breakdown according to student degrees. Refer Crosstab and Pivot tables for more information.

Sorting

Sorting is any process of arranging items in some sequence and/or in different sets, and accordingly, it has two common, yet distinct meanings: 1) Ordering: arranging items of the same kind, class, nature, etc. in some ordered sequence. 2)Categorizing: It is grouping and labeling items with similar properties together (by sorts).

Structured Query Language (SQL)

Short for Structured Query Language. The programming language used to get information from and update a relational database system. Refer RDBMS for more information.

SQL Server

It is generically, any database management system (DBMS) that can respond to queries from client machines formatted in structured query language (SQL) language. When capitalized, the term generally refers to either of two database management products from Sybase and Microsoft.

Strategic Alliance

It refers to a collaborative agreement between two or more enterprises to mutually commit resources in order to achieve common goals or objectives. Such an alliance may be between companies, or between a company and its customers, its suppliers, or its competitors. The purpose of such mutual commitment can be sharing the risks and costs of major projects, acquiring access to new technology, inhibiting competitors, gaining entry to new markets, supplementing critical skills etc.

Supply Chain Management

It encompasses the planning and management of all activities involved in sourcing, procurement, conversion, and logistics management activities. Importantly, it also includes coordination and collaboration with channel partners, which can be suppliers, intermediaries, third-party service providers, and customers. In essence, Supply Chain Management integrates supply and demand management within and across companies.

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