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Business intelligence (BI) is a set of theories, methodologies, architectures, and technologies that transform raw data into meaningful and useful information. While operational systems - such as {{IMSMANG}} and many others - are designed and optimised for data entry, updates, etc., a BI system is usually designed for analysing and visualising data. It is thus a read-only system.
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Business intelligence (BI) is a set of theories, methodologies, architectures, and technologies that transform raw data into meaningful and useful information [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business_intelligence]. While operational systems - such as {{IMSMANG}} and many others - are designed and optimised for data entry and updates, a BI system is read-only and designed for '''analysing''' and '''visualising''' data. The overall objective is to inform the decision making process, thus allow for evidence-based decision making. An important criterion of the underlying data is its '''quality''' - meaningful analysis can only be achieved if the input data is accurate, complete, and of known quality.
The Mine Action INTelligence Tool (MINT -- the name is a reference to Business Intelligence) has been introduced to allow analysing, visualising and reporting on mine action data from various sources. It is a tool and service provided by the GICHD to the wider mine action community.
 
 
 
Use cases for MINT include:
 
* Creating digital dashboards to convey specific information to specific audiences
 
* Tracking indicators and progress, for example through gauges and traffic lights -- is an activity on track or not
 
* Creating interactive reports
 
* Scheduling reports and sending notifications -- for example, send a specific report as a PDF attachment by email every Monday at 08:00 to the operations manager
 
* Performing ad-hoc data analyses by dragging and dropping fields from predefined data sources
 
 
 
More details and a list of all features are available on the [[MINT|main MINT page]].
 
 
 
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Latest revision as of 19:56, 20 February 2020

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Business intelligence (BI) is a set of theories, methodologies, architectures, and technologies that transform raw data into meaningful and useful information [1]. While operational systems - such as IMSMANG and many others - are designed and optimised for data entry and updates, a BI system is read-only and designed for analysing and visualising data. The overall objective is to inform the decision making process, thus allow for evidence-based decision making. An important criterion of the underlying data is its quality - meaningful analysis can only be achieved if the input data is accurate, complete, and of known quality.