ANSWERS TO APPLICATION CASE QUESTIONS FOR DISCUSSION Application Case l1: Sabre helps Its Clients Through Dashboards and analy tics 1. What is traditional reporting? How is it used in the organization? The trad itional reporting process is a manual process of collecting and aggregating financial and other information. Organizations have used this time consuming process as a way to obtain information for making decisions However, the resulting presentations may be flat, slow to develop, and difficult to apply to specific situations How can analytics be used to transform trad itional reporting? Analytics can enable real-time decision support and deliver information to a user friendly dashboard. Users of a dashboard such as the one provided by Sabre's Enterprise Travel Data Warehouse can see at a glance a 360-degree view of the company's overall health generated from various data sources. Many stakeholders in the organization can request data needed for particular types of decisions, and the graphical user interface makes the information easily understandable 3. How can interactive reporting assist organizations in decision making? When a system incorporates interactive drill-down capabilities, users can select the data they need for evaluating a specific kind of performance and making Sabre system can focus on data about sales performance(ticketing, seals the decisions in a particular function or situation. For example, the airlines using etc.)and operational performance(flight movement, inventory, etc. ) This flexibility encourages decision makers to use data in support of their decisions Application Case 1.2: Silvaris Increases Business with Visual Analysis and real- Time Reporting Capabilities 1. What was the challenge faced by Silvaris? Copyright C2018 Pearson Education, Inc.12 Copyright © 2018Pearson Education, Inc. ANSWERS TO APPLICATION CASE QUESTIONS FOR DISCUSSION Application Case 1.1: Sabre Helps Its Clients Through Dashboards and Analytics 1. What is traditional reporting? How is it used in the organization? The traditional reporting process is a manual process of collecting and aggregating financial and other information. Organizations have used this time￾consuming process as a way to obtain information for making decisions. However, the resulting presentations may be flat, slow to develop, and difficult to apply to specific situations. 2. How can analytics be used to transform traditional reporting? Analytics can enable real-time decision support and deliver information to a user￾friendly dashboard. Users of a dashboard such as the one provided by Sabre’s Enterprise Travel Data Warehouse can see at a glance a 360-degree view of the company’s overall health generated from various data sources. Many stakeholders in the organization can request data needed for particular types of decisions, and the graphical user interface makes the information easily understandable. 3. How can interactive reporting assist organizations in decision making? When a system incorporates interactive drill-down capabilities, users can select the data they need for evaluating a specific kind of performance and making decisions in a particular function or situation. For example, the airlines using the Sabre system can focus on data about sales performance (ticketing, seats sold, etc.) and operational performance (flight movement, inventory, etc.). This flexibility encourages decision makers to use data in support of their decisions. Application Case 1.2: Silvaris Increases Business with Visual Analysis and Real￾Time Reporting Capabilities 1. What was the challenge faced by Silvaris?