February 23, 2007 03:23 PM

Points to Ponder: Delivering BI to the Organization

A basic understanding of users’ needs helps you choose the right tools for delivering the right data
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The challenge of delivering data from a data warehouse or data mart to end users can be daunting. When I present data-warehousing talks, people often ask me, "But after you build it, how do you give users access to it?" Giving users access to the data they need is what turns a data warehouse into business intelligence (BI). Even in the best warehouse, data is meaningless unless users can quickly access it and easily understand it. Many options exist for delivering BI data to end users, and the methods you choose depend entirely on the end users and how they'll work with the data.

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