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Jim Irving of Information Builders explains the theory and practice of a new approach to business intelligence.
Thinking out of the cube - Part 2 | Part 1
Knowledge mapping brings a similar perspective to reporting, freeing users from static, predetermined or linear paths of analysis and opening doors to cross-domain analysis to obtain information. The boundaries are not limited only to the data within a given report, but to topics and data sets that are logically related even if they are not physically linked.
One of the great advantages of the world wide web is its ability to move from page to page with a single click of the mouse on a ‘hot spot’. Knowledge mapping follows this same paradigm but with more options. Instead of taking a user to merely one destination, each hot spot can suggest many possible destinations.
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