BIRT Analytics is a web application, data repository, and set of web services that support analysis and forecasting of big data. In today’s business climate, business users must be able to address the problems presented by big data, drawn from both structured and unstructured sources. BIRT Analytics supports selecting, grouping, analyzing, and presenting big data in a way that makes it actionable. BIRT Analytics enables a business user to process massive amounts of data, predict business outcomes, and make informed decisions. By making better decisions faster, business strategists can deliver vibrant and informative visual analysis of inherent trends in big data.
BIRT Analytics consists of three key components:
The main user interface described in this manual, Using BIRT Analytics.
BIRT Analytics Loader, a tool described in Using BIRT Analytics Loader. BIRT Analytics Loader extracts, transforms, and loads records from multiple external data sources to FastDB, the BIRT Analytics data repository.
Admin, a toolset described in Administering BIRT Analytics. Admin technology supports administering access and privileges for each module and component of BIRT Analytics.
Using BIRT Analytics describes how to use Actuate BIRT Analytics technology to carry out dynamic analyses. Using BIRT Analytics includes the following sections:
Understanding BIRT Analytics. This section introduces Actuate BIRT Analytics and provides information about the application’s home page.
The main user interface described in this manual, Using BIRT Analytics.