A group or set of users with access to a database object. Using the BIRT Analytics Administration tool, the administrator creates a security group or ACL that manages privileges for a database object.

An action is an event executed by a manual or task trigger. Example actions include send e‑mail, query action, delete column, and apply model.

A tool that supports grouping data from multiple tables in one table. Aggregates supports defining a function and filter as properties.

A tool that provides a specific view of data stored in FastDB. BIRT Analytics supports multiple analyses.

Terms representing the left‑hand, or If… clause of an association rule. The antecedent clause of an association rule contains discrete data items.

A predictive analytics tool that uses association rules to identify an If…Then relationship between data values stored in an information repository. For example, an association rule may show the following relationship: If a customer buys products A and B, then the customer also buys product C.

A predictive analytics technique that analyzes data for frequent If…Then patterns and calculates support and confidence criteria that identify the most important relationships. Support indicates how frequently the items appear in the database. Confidence indicates the number of times the If…Then relationships evaluate true.

An association rule has two parts, an antecedent and a consequent. The antecedent represents one or multiple data items. The consequent represents an item found in combination with the antecedent. An association rule returns a lift and a leverage value that measure how well the rule predicts the consequent.