Acct. Chp. 6
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 information granularity | refers to the extent of detail within the information. (fine detailed or course and abstract) |
| Information Levels | individual department, enterprise |
| Information Formats | document, presentation,spreadsheet,database |
| Information granularities | detail (fine), summary, aggregate (coarse) |
| Transactional information | encompasses all of the information contained within a single business process or unit of work, and its primary purpose is to support the performing of daily operational tasks. |
| Sales receipt, airline ticket, packing slip | transactional information |
| Analytical information | encompasses all organizational information, and its primary purpose is to support the performing of managerial analysis tasks. |
| Product statistics, sales projections, future growth, trends | analytical information |
| Real-time information | means immediate, up-to-date information. |
| Real-time systems | provide real-time information in response to query requests. |
| To exploit key corporate transactional information. | real-time systems |
| Accuracy | are all the values correct? is the name spelled correctly? is the dollar amount recorded properly? |
| Completeness | are any of the values missing? is the address complete including street, city, state, and zip code? |
| Consistency | is aggregate or summary information in agreement with detailed information? for example, do all total fields equal the true total of the individual fields? |
| Uniqueness | in each transaction, entity, and even represented only once in the information? for example, are there any duplicate customers? |
| Timeliness | is the information current with respect to the business requirements? for example, is information updated weekly, daily, or hourly? |
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