BIrelated

BIrelated is a term used to describe topics, technologies, and practices associated with business intelligence. It encompasses the activities involved in collecting, integrating, analyzing, and presenting data to support decision making within organizations. BIrelated aims to turn raw data into actionable insights through reporting, dashboards, and interactive analytics.

Core components of BIrelated include data sources, data warehousing or data lakes, data integration (ETL or ELT), data modeling, and data governance. BIrelated tools offer data visualization, reporting, and self-service capabilities that enable non-technical users to explore data. Common outputs include dashboards, scorecards, and operational reports.

Modern BIrelated often leverages cloud platforms, scalable storage, and advanced analytics such as machine learning and AI-assisted insights. The field emphasizes data quality, lineage, security, and privacy, as well as metadata management to ensure reliable results and regulatory compliance.

BIrelated applications span industries such as finance, marketing, retail, manufacturing, healthcare, and logistics. Key challenges include data silos, performance at scale, evolving data sources, data governance, and aligning BI outcomes with business goals. Trends focus on self-service BI, embedded analytics, real-time reporting, and augmented intelligence to automate insight discovery.

See also: Business intelligence, data analytics, data warehousing, data governance.