Database applications

Database applications

Software that facilitates communication between a human user and a database.

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Database management system (DBMS)

Software; Database applications

The component of a database that controls all user and system activities related to the core functions of the database, such as security checking, tablespace allocation, and space management.

Aggregated data

Software; Database applications

Precalculated and prestored summary data that is held in tables in a data warehouse. Aggregated data provides direct access to calculated data that improves query performance. Functions used to ...

Query tools

Software; Database applications

Software that allows a user to create and direct specific questions to a database.

A remote data source that users can query/access via a central gateway that provides a logical view of corporate data in terms users can understand. The gateway parses and distributes queries in real ...

Analytical tools

Software; Database applications

Software that employs mathematical algorithm(s) to analyse the data contained in a data warehouse. Data mining, OLAP, ROLAP, and other terms are used to designate tools with different functionality. ...

Reach-through

Software; Database applications

The process by which online analytical processing (OLAP) tools directly access data in a relational database.

Decision support

Software; Database applications

The act of using data and tools within an organisation to support managerial decisions. Usually decision support involves the analysis of many units of data in a heuristic fashion.