Comments on: Reporting and Analysis http://www.blog.methodsinexcel.co.uk/2007/03/26/reporting-and-analysis/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 21:48:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.1 by: ross http://www.blog.methodsinexcel.co.uk/2007/03/26/reporting-and-analysis/#comment-6484 Tue, 27 Mar 2007 17:50:23 +0000 http://www.blog.methodsinexcel.co.uk/2007/03/26/reporting-and-analysis/#comment-6484 "To me, a query is nothing more than a pre-defined analysis" That's a fair point - I would say it's true for a lot of cases, but sometimes you just pull a load of data, some times the query is more structured, but sometimes its just getting data out, then you look at it in more detail Cool “To me, a query is nothing more than a pre-defined analysis”

That’s a fair point - I would say it’s true for a lot of cases, but sometimes you just pull a load of data, some times the query is more structured, but sometimes its just getting data out, then you look at it in more detail

Cool

]]> by: Ken Puls http://www.blog.methodsinexcel.co.uk/2007/03/26/reporting-and-analysis/#comment-6470 Tue, 27 Mar 2007 14:22:42 +0000 http://www.blog.methodsinexcel.co.uk/2007/03/26/reporting-and-analysis/#comment-6470 To me, a query is nothing more than a pre-defined analysis. It generates information that you format (into your dashboard), which is then presented as your dashboard report. To me, a query is nothing more than a pre-defined analysis. It generates information that you format (into your dashboard), which is then presented as your dashboard report.

]]> by: ross http://www.blog.methodsinexcel.co.uk/2007/03/26/reporting-and-analysis/#comment-6450 Tue, 27 Mar 2007 08:07:03 +0000 http://www.blog.methodsinexcel.co.uk/2007/03/26/reporting-and-analysis/#comment-6450 Data + Analysis = Information + Formatting = Report I like that! Thats a good point Ken, you have reporting at the oher end to me, and it's quite right to be there, when i run a query I call the thing it outputs a report, but after I've presented this in a dashboard, I call that a report too! cheers Ross Data + Analysis = Information + Formatting = Report

I like that!
Thats a good point Ken, you have reporting at the oher end to me, and it’s quite right to be there, when i run a query I call the thing it outputs a report, but after I’ve presented this in a dashboard, I call that a report too!

cheers
Ross

]]> by: Ken Puls http://www.blog.methodsinexcel.co.uk/2007/03/26/reporting-and-analysis/#comment-6428 Tue, 27 Mar 2007 03:00:23 +0000 http://www.blog.methodsinexcel.co.uk/2007/03/26/reporting-and-analysis/#comment-6428 How about... Data + Analysis = Information + Formatting = Report I agree that reporting and analysis are very different things, as are data and information. It's the latter set that are a more critical distinction than the first though. Most of us inherently work with analysis and try to get a report out of it. The part that I find less people realize is that a sheet of data is meaningless without context. It doesn't become information until you give it something to relate it to. (Preferably formatted into a report that is easy to read.) :) How about…

Data + Analysis = Information + Formatting = Report

I agree that reporting and analysis are very different things, as are data and information. It’s the latter set that are a more critical distinction than the first though. Most of us inherently work with analysis and try to get a report out of it. The part that I find less people realize is that a sheet of data is meaningless without context. It doesn’t become information until you give it something to relate it to. (Preferably formatted into a report that is easy to read.)

:)

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