Understanding the home page

The home page appears in the browser when you open BIRT Analytics. This page provides access to all of the features of the product. To access the features, use the icons shown in Table 1-1.

Table 1-1

Icons for BIRT Analytics features

Icon	Label	Purpose of the BIRT Analytics feature
	Start	The initial view
	Explore	Viewing and interacting with data in a segment or table
	Enrichment	Creating more informative data by defining new fields in existing tables or using the data outside BIRT Analytics
	Enrichment—Engineering	Enriching analyses by creating new fields in existing tables
	Enrichment—Import-Export	Inputting and outputting data using various formats
	Analytics	Performing in-depth examinations of data and drawing conclusions from the patterns
	Analytics—Analysis	Examining data in depth using statistical tools
	Analytics—Advanced	Mining data to produce information from operations such as grouping and prediction
	Analytics—Selections	Segmenting the data by identifying groups of items that meet certain criteria
	Canvas	Displaying data in visual form, providing a quick way to see trends and patterns
	Preferences	Personalizing the BIRT Analytics experience by using a panel of configuration options
	Log out	Closing a BIRT Analytics session without saving the work done

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