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What is data analytics? Analyzing and managing data for decisions

CIO Business Intelligence

More specifically: Descriptive analytics uses historical and current data from multiple sources to describe the present state, or a specified historical state, by identifying trends and patterns. In business analytics, this is the purview of business intelligence (BI). Data analytics vs. business analytics.

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Excel Flexibility, Streamlined Workflows: Meet Power ON Budget Planner

Jet Global

The 3 Biggest Budget Stumbling Blocks Effective planning, budgeting, and forecasting is a critical exercise that sets the foundation for the month or year ahead and requires careful consideration and prioritization. Inaccurate or outdated information can undermine the credibility of budget forecasts and hinder informed decision-making.

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Top 10 Analytics And Business Intelligence Trends For 2020

datapine

The development of business intelligence to analyze and extract value from the countless sources of data that we gather at a high scale, brought alongside a bunch of errors and low-quality reports: the disparity of data sources and data types added some more complexity to the data integration process.

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How Tax Professionals Leverage Software to Become More Strategic

Jet Global

Reshaping Future Growth: Top Tips on How to Manage Tax Forecasts. As the world demands greater business agility, and as BEPS promises to radically shift the tax landscape, tax departments have a powerful case for change. The tax team’s work often hinges on the quality and timeliness of the finance data that underpins their forecasts.

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How to Bridge the Skills Gap with Automation

Jet Global

Finance decision makers should seize every opportunity to automate processes when possible, freeing up resources for deeper analysis and strategic planning and forecasting. Get a Demo See how companies are getting live data from their ERP into Excel, and closing their books 4 days faster every month.

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Save Time and Stress with Dynamics Data Merging from Atlas

Jet Global

Atlas Drill-Down: Experience the Power of True Financial Transparency Download Now Security and Access Control Blending data from multiple sources raises concerns about data security and access control. With Atlas, you can put your data security concerns to rest.

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Five Features to Seek When Shopping for a Scenario Modelling Tool

Jet Global

Scenario planning also adds to the accuracy of forecasting, with 54 percent of scenario planners able to forecast to within plus or minus five percent of earnings and revenue. Due to their complexity and susceptibility to manual entry errors, creating agile scenario plans and rolling forecasts is simply not feasible in spreadsheets.