Business intelligence (BI) powers the new economy, but BI acronyms and abbreviations seem to power BI. Whether you’re new to the business intelligence field, you’re onboarding with a new job, or you just want to get into the field, it’s imperative to know what each of these means and what they define. We put together some of the most commonly used BI acronyms, along with their meanings and links to more reading. Scroll or search below.
| Acronym | Meaning |
|---|---|
| AWS | Amazon Web Services |
| BA | Business Analytics |
| BI | Business Intelligence |
| BPM | Business Performance Management |
| BSM | Business Service Management |
| CDBMS | Columnar Database Management System |
| CLS | Customer Loyalty Software |
| CMS | Content Management System |
| CPM | Corporate Performance Management |
| CRM | Customer Relationship Management |
| DAX | Data Analysis Expressions |
| DBMS | Database Management System |
| DSS | Decision Support System |
| DW | Data Warehouse |
| DWA | Data Warehouse Automation |
| ECML | Electronic Commerce Modeling Langage |
| ERP | Enterprise Resource Planning |
| ETL | Extract, Transform, Load |
| ILM | Information Lifecycle Management |
| IRM | Integrated Risk Management |
| KPI | Key Performance Management |
| MDM | Master Data Managememt |
| MDX | Multidimensional Expressions |
| MSR | Mining Software Repositories |
| ODS | Operational Data Store |
| OLAP | Online Analytical Processing |
| OLTP | Online Transaction Processing |
| POS | Point of Sale |
| RDMS | Relational Database Management System |
| SaaS | Software as a Service |
| SCD | Slowly Changing Dimensions |
| SME | Subject Matter Expert |
| SOA | Service-Oriented Architecture |
| SQL | Standardized Query Language |
| SSAS | SQL Server Analysis Services |
| SSIS | SQL Server Integration Services |
| SVOT | Single Version of The Truth |
| UI | User Interface |
