Important Dates
Coursework 1 Dates
Releasing date
Friday 10th February 2023
Submission deadline
Friday 3rd March 2023, at 5:00 pm
Feedback date
Friday 31st March
(20 working days after submission due day)
No.
Assessment Description
Weight %
Due
1
Coursework 1
20
3 March
2
Coursework 2
20
24 March
3
Examination
60
TBC (May)
1
Important Dates
Coursework 2 Dates
Releasing date
Friday 3rd March 2023 at 10am
Submission deadline
Friday 24rd March 2023, at 5:00 pm
Feedback date
Friday 21st April
(20 working days after submission due day)
No.
Assessment Description
Weight %
Due
1
Coursework 1
20
3 March
2
Coursework 2
20
24 March
3
Examination
60
TBC (May)
2
Example of an ERP System
3
Business and Financial Computing
Lecture 7
(Week 32)
Foundations of Business Intelligence
Donovan Anderson
daa23@leicester.ac.uk
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Learning Outcomes
After this lecture, successful students should be able to:

Define what is meant by Business Intelligence

Explain the component processes behind Business Intelligence

Discuss the role of Business Intelligence in businesses and organisations
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What is Business Intelligence?
Applications that turn data into meaningful information which helps businesses make
better decisions or actionable insights.
Business
Intelligence
Business Analytics
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What is Business Intelligence?
Applications that turn data into meaningful information which helps businesses make
better decisions or actionable insights.
Here and Now
Business
Intelligence
Business Analytics
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What is Business Intelligence?
Applications that turn data into meaningful information which helps businesses make
better decisions or actionable insights.
Here and Now
Business
Intelligence
Business Analytics
Future
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Business Intelligence – What? When? and How?
Business Intelligence (BI) helps us to ask important questions in business.
Business
Intelligence
Example: How many
courses did we run this
year compared to the
previous year?
Which degree courses
appear to be more
attractive to prospective
employers when
recruiting graduates?
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What is Business Intelligence?
James
Toy Business
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What is Business Intelligence?
So how do we carry out Business intelligence?
James
I need accurate
information quickly
so that I can make
decisions
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What is Business Intelligence?
So how do we carry out Business intelligence?
James
I need to
analyze this
information and
see what it is
telling me
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What is Business Intelligence?
Harry, Business Analyst
I would like a report
telling me the which of
my products were the
best sales and where?
James
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How Do We Achieve Business Intelligence?
We need to gather data in a place in it a way that can become meaningful for
a business
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The ETL Process
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Extract Data
Data A
Data B
Central
Repository of
Integrated Data
Data C
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Transform Data to Become Standardized
(normalized)
Input formats
Output Standardized
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Load into Data Warehouse
Standardized
Data A
Standardized
Data B
Central
Repository of
Integrated Data
Standardized
Data C
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Relational Database Management System
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Relational Database Management System (RDBS)
MySQL
SQL Server
PostgreSQL
Access
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Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s)
How well is the business doing?
Metrics and values which helps a business to measure its performance against
targets
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Business Intelligence
Central
Repository of
Integrated Data
Dashboard
Reports
Models
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In summary:
 Business Intelligence
 Component processes behind Business Intelligence
 Business Intelligence in businesses and organisations
Next week…
 Business Data Analytics
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Any Questions?
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