Nicole Hitner, Author at LightsOnData https://www.lightsondata.com/author/nhitnerexagoinc/ Practical resources, online courses, free articles and videos for data management, data governance, data quality, and business intelligence Thu, 25 Jun 2020 16:30:53 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 https://i0.wp.com/www.lightsondata.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/LOD-logo-favicon2.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Nicole Hitner, Author at LightsOnData https://www.lightsondata.com/author/nhitnerexagoinc/ 32 32 142004744 What Is ad hoc reporting? https://www.lightsondata.com/what-is-ad-hoc-reporting/ https://www.lightsondata.com/what-is-ad-hoc-reporting/#respond Wed, 17 Apr 2019 22:46:42 +0000 http://www.lightsondata.com/?p=943 Ad hoc means “for this” in Latin and refers to something done for a specific purpose. Ad hoc reporting, then, is the process of creating reports for a specific occasion (as opposed to for general use). In business intelligence, ad hoc reporting supplements canned reports by enabling end users to either duplicate and edit premade […]

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