- Consumers run reports and analyze data, but they do not frequently use BI supported tools.
- Analysts range from Excel users to new BI report builders.
- Developers spend much of their time working with data and using the BIA supported tools. Developers have extensive knowledge of the data source and a working knowledge of tables and joins.
Consult this table to see which user-type best fits you:
Consumer |
Analyst |
Developer |
|
| Output Preference | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| PDF output | Yes | Yes | |
| Excel output | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Interactive web display | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Prompt selections - user selects what content they would like to see in the report |
Yes | Yes | |
| Data Source Knowledge | |||
| No to limited knowledge | Yes | ||
| Limited to average knowledge | Yes | Yes | |
| Extensive knowledge | Yes | Yes | |
| Data source table joins | Yes | ||
| Frequency of Report Use | |||
| Monthly+ report running | Yes | ||
| Weekly report running | Yes | Yes | |
| Daily report running | Yes | ||
| New report building | Yes | Yes | |
| Existing report modification | Yes | Yes |