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Enterprise PortalsEnterprise portals provide centralized, direct access to relevant information and business applications via intra- or secure extranets and enterprise portals ensure that new or changed information – or a reference to it – is sent to users on a periodic basis (alerting & notification).
Enterprise Application IntegrationIn the user experience, this is the company-wide merging of applications.
Enterprise Application Integration 9EAI)In the user experience, this is the company-wide merging of applications.
Enterprise data modelA logical model that contains all important aspects of an enterprise data architecture.
Enterprise data model (EDM)A logical model that contains all important aspects of an enterprise data architecture.
Enterprise information integrationTerm used to describe the process, procedures and systems by which organization-wide information flows are aligned and merged. The focus of the associated tools is on the real-time presentation of transactional data and not on historical information.
Enterprise information integration (EII)Term used to describe the process, procedures and systems by which organization-wide information flows are aligned and merged. The focus of the associated tools is on the real-time presentation of transactional data and not on historical information.
Enterprise resource planningCompany-wide software applications in which all main processes, such as sales, production, finance, HRM, etc. come together. Large amounts of data are collected and stored within this type of large software environment. However, it often lacks advanced analysis and reporting capabilities. For this purpose (generic) BI solutions are often used.
Enterprise resource planning (ERP)Company-wide software applications in which all main processes, such as sales, production, finance, HRM, etc. come together. Large amounts of data are collected and stored within this type of large software environment. However, it often lacks advanced analysis and reporting capabilities. For this purpose (generic) BI solutions are often used.
Entity relationshipThe relationship between two or more entities in a data model
Entity relationship (ER)The relationship between two or more entities in a data model
Entity relationship diagramA logical diagram describing the relationships between data elements
Entity relationship diagram (ERD)A logical diagram describing the relationships between data elements
ExcelProbably still the most used ‘BI tool’ in the world
ExtendibilityThe ability to add new functionality to systems without large-scale new application builds or changes to the underlying architecture and infrastructure.
Extract dateThe date and time when a particular data element was retrieved
Extract frequencyThe frequency with which data is retrieved. For example daily, weekly, monthly, etc.
Extract programProgram used to retrieve data from a source system
Extract specificationThe specification of the conditions under which and the way in which data is retrieved.
Extract typeThe way in which data is retrieved. For example: refresh, append, update, etc.
Extract, Transform, LoadThe ETL (Extraction, Transformation and Loading) software provides access to source files and correct loading of the data warehouse. It is a general description of the process that leads to the filling of a data warehouse. In short: data is retrieved from a source system (extract), checked and adjusted to meet the data warehouse standards (transform), and loaded into the …
Extract, Transform, Load (ETL)The ETL (Extraction, Transformation and Loading) software provides access to source files and correct loading of the data warehouse. It is a general description of the process that leads to the filling of a data warehouse. In short: data is retrieved from a source system (extract), checked and adjusted to meet the data warehouse standards (transform), and loaded into the …
ExtractionThe process of retrieving data