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If an organization has ability to produce correct reports, within the minimum time, then the uncertainty (or in simple terms RISK) of producing imaginary reports based on one’s experience is reduces. And when the organization has correct reports, their will be correct business decision. And with the help of business intelligence tools, the reports will be in proper format as per organization needs, which make them look professional and help in better understanding.
A “Query” is the business need (or a problem) which may require the analysis of data from past, or present, or may look into future predictions. A “Report” is the result of the business query which could be in the form of either text, or pictorial (like bar graph, pie charts, histogram etc). The business intelligence tool used for query and reporting must include the capability of creating; authorize viewing, and the capability to modifying the reports either online or offline. Also the tools must be able to compatible with various industry standards software line Microsoft Office or OpenOffice.Org etc.
Keeping today’s business demands in mind, a standard query and reporting tool must be able to create the reports is the single environment, but can distribute them to any environment. The business users or experts should be able to create their own business reports without the help of Information Technology users. Also the business users must have authority to modify the existing reports created by themselves and may be authors someone else’s report. The IT experts may have ability to expand the scope (includes change in structure of queries or reports) of query and reporting as per the need of business. Also with the increase in smart phones, the business user may require such a tool which help them performing querying and generate reports on the go on mobile devices.
