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[[File:MINT_scope.png|left|500px]] 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.

[[FileUse cases for MINT include:MINT_scope.png|left|500px]]* Creating digital dashboards to convey specific information to specific audiences* 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