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Business Intelligence (BI) users

Are you a developer or a consumer?

BIRS primarily works with two categories of users with different needs and levels of expertise, developers and consumers. The category of user helps you and BIRS determine the appropriate services and training needed.

Developers

Report Developers sit with the business unit and spend much of their time working with data and using analytics tools. Developers have knowledge of a report’s data source(s) and a working knowledge of data tables, subject areas, criteria, and joins. Developers may have additional folder level permissions in the reporting catalogs.

Consumers

Report Consumers run reports and analyze data, but they do not frequently use analytics tools.

Developer vs consumer checklist

Requirements Developer Consumer
Level of Data Source Knowledge
None to limited knowledge Yes
Limited to average knowledge Yes Yes
Extensive knowledge Yes
Data source table joins/criteria Yes
Report Types
Run Once a Term/Quarterly/Annually Yes
Run Monthly Yes
Run Weekly Yes Yes
Run Daily Yes Yes
Build a New Report Yes
Modify an Existing Report Yes

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