Glossary
A | B | C | D | J | R | S | W
A
- analysis
- A selection of data displayed in one or more views, such as a table or chart, to provide answers to business questions.
- analytics
- Business intelligence objects such as analyses and dashboards that provide meaningful data to help with decision making.
B
- briefing book
- A collection of static or updatable analyses or dashboard pages that you can download, print, and share with others.
- business intelligence catalog
- The repository where all business intelligence objects, including analyses, reports, briefing books, and agents, are stored. The catalog contains separate folders for personal, shared, and modified objects.
C
- cube
- A block of data that contains three or more dimensions. An Essbase database is a cube.
D
- dashboard
- A collection of analyses and other content that gives in-depth insight to help with business decisions.
- data model
- The metadata that determines where data for a report comes from and how that data is retrieved.
J
- job definition
- The metadata that determines what a job does and what options are available to users when they submit the scheduled process. A job is the executable for a scheduled process.
R
- report
- An output of select data in a predefined format that's optimized for printing.
S
- scheduled process
- A program that you run to process data and, in some cases, generate output as a report.
W
- work area
- A set of pages containing the tasks, searches, and other content you need to accomplish a business goal.