topic Difference between BI and MIS in QlikView https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/Difference-between-BI-and-MIS/m-p/504583#M1123671 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P><BR />If asked, how would you define the difference between a Business Intelligence software and a Management Information System?&nbsp; QV clearly describes itself as a BI tool.&nbsp; If you go to such a source as wikipedia to look up those terms, the two ideas seem to have a lot of overlap.&nbsp; My assumption is that an MIS system encompasses the entire process of source systems creating a database and then feeding into various (mostly static) reporting systems.&nbsp; A BI tool assumes first two steps are already existing, can handle reporting but really emphasizes the dynamic analytics and ad-hoc analysis.&nbsp; So Qlikview is not an MIS system.&nbsp; Is that correct terminology?&nbsp;&nbsp; </P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 13 Jan 2014 20:42:31 GMT 2014-01-13T20:42:31Z Difference between BI and MIS https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/Difference-between-BI-and-MIS/m-p/504583#M1123671 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P><BR />If asked, how would you define the difference between a Business Intelligence software and a Management Information System?&nbsp; QV clearly describes itself as a BI tool.&nbsp; If you go to such a source as wikipedia to look up those terms, the two ideas seem to have a lot of overlap.&nbsp; My assumption is that an MIS system encompasses the entire process of source systems creating a database and then feeding into various (mostly static) reporting systems.&nbsp; A BI tool assumes first two steps are already existing, can handle reporting but really emphasizes the dynamic analytics and ad-hoc analysis.&nbsp; So Qlikview is not an MIS system.&nbsp; Is that correct terminology?&nbsp;&nbsp; </P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 13 Jan 2014 20:42:31 GMT https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/Difference-between-BI-and-MIS/m-p/504583#M1123671 2014-01-13T20:42:31Z Re: Difference between BI and MIS https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/Difference-between-BI-and-MIS/m-p/504584#M1123672 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>MIS - computer systems used for managing</P><P></P><P>BI - is a set of theories, methodologies, architectures, and technologies that transform raw data into meaningful and useful information for business purposes.</P><P></P><P>BI tool - something (usually a computer system) used to transform raw data into meaningful and useful information for business purposes.</P><P></P><P><BR /> </P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 14 Jan 2014 06:37:13 GMT https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/Difference-between-BI-and-MIS/m-p/504584#M1123672 whiteline 2014-01-14T06:37:13Z