If asked, how would you define the difference between a Business Intelligence software and a Management Information System? QV clearly describes itself as a BI tool. If you go to such a source as wikipedia to look up those terms, the two ideas seem to have a lot of overlap. 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. A BI tool assumes first two steps are already existing, can handle reporting but really emphasizes the dynamic analytics and ad-hoc analysis. So Qlikview is not an MIS system. Is that correct terminology?
BI - is a set of theories, methodologies, architectures, and technologies that transform raw data into meaningful and useful information for business purposes.
BI tool - something (usually a computer system) used to transform raw data into meaningful and useful information for business purposes.
