Multi-dimensional Navigation Modeling using BI Analysis Graphs

  • Thomas Neuböck
  • , Bernd Neumayr
  • , Thomas Rossgatterer
  • , Stefan Anderlik
  • , Michael Schrefl

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Abstract

To solve analysis tasks in business intelligence, business analysts frequently apply a step-by-step approach. Using their expert knowledge they navigate between different measures, also referred to as business ratios or key performance indicators, at different levels of detail and focus on different aspects or parts of their organization. In this paper we introduce BI Analysis Graphs to document and analyze these navigation steps. We further introduce BI Analysis Graph Templates to model and re-use recurrent navigation patterns. We describe reasoning tasks over BI Analysis Graph Templates and sketch how they are implemented in our proof-of-concept prototype. BI Analysis Graph Templates may serve as formal foundation for interactive dashboards and guided analytics in business intelligence applications.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the ER 2012 2nd International Workshop on Modeling and Reasoning for Business Intelligence (MORE-BI 2012), Florence, Italy, October 15, 2012
PublisherSpringer Verlag
Number of pages10
Publication statusPublished - Oct 2012

Fields of science

  • 102 Computer Sciences
  • 102015 Information systems
  • 502 Economics
  • 509 Other Social Sciences

JKU Focus areas

  • Computation in Informatics and Mathematics
  • Management and Innovation

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