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    November 4, 2007 -- Vol. 8, No. 22

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    How does DSS data differ from operational data?
    by Dan Power
    Editor, DSSResources.com

    Stored data is used by both data-driven DSS and transaction processing systems (TPS). The data organized specifically for decision support differs from the data organized as a record of business transactions. Both data-driven DSS and TPS create information from the stored data that can be used by people. In general, DSS data is data about business occurrences and often a summarization of transactions; operating data is a detailed record of a company’s daily business transactions. DSS data is organized to help provide tactical and strategic business meaning to operating data and relevant external data. So operating data and DSS data serve different purposes. The difference in purpose means that the data formats and structures will likely differ.

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    The Evolution of Corporate Performance Management: The Trend Toward Unified Management of Financial and Operational Processes

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