Daily Business Intelligence is an integrated out-of-the-box reporting and analys is application that enables senior managers and executives

to see relevant, accurat e, and timely information using self-service dashboards. Daily Business Intelligence's unique, unified architecture makes it possible to perform enterprise-wide daily reporting and analysis. Concepts: Dashboard: In Daily Business Intelligence, a dashboard, is a portal that contain s summarized data designed to meet the needs of a particular responsibility. Dimension: A dimension defines the summarization levels available for your data in a dashboard or report. Dimensions can be flat, a simple list of objects such as a list of cities, or hierarchical, a list of objects with parent-child relationships such as global and regional sales groups. Functional Area:Functional areas are used to organize dashboards, reports and KP Is into logical categories. Each functional area maps to an intelligence area, such as Financials, Supply Chain, or Sales. Each functional area is the "owner" of a sub set of content. Parameter:Parameters appear at the top of each dashboard. Parameters enable you to control the data displayed on the dashboard. A parameter is also known as a dimension, but a parameter is a dimension within the context of a dashboard or report. Each parameter can contain different dimension objects, depending on the context of the dashboard or report. Report: A report is a summarized or transactional view of data in graph and tabl e format. Responsibility: An Oracle Applications responsibility designed for a particular business function or user such as an Expense Manager. Responsibilities are provided by the intelligence areas and provide access to dashboards. Responsibilities can be multi-functional, spanning several dashboards. Region: A region is a unique set of information on a dashboard. There are eight types of region: table, graph, parameter, KPI, simulation view, RSS feed, custom scorecard, and links. You can drill down to more detailed reports or to transact ion details in Oracle Applications from all regions with the exception of the parame ter region

KPI: A KPI is a key performance indicator or strategic business metric used for reporting such as Revenue or Operating Margin . Managers can use KPIs to compare and judge their performance. DashBoard: Site Management