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Descriptive Analytics

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Insights, reporting, and information answering the question, “Why did something happen?” Descriptive analytics determines information useful to understanding the cause(s) of an event(s).

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Classifications

Entity Type

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Sensitivity

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Information Class

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Variants

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Descriptive Analytics's
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Framework definitions

IEEE Guide for Terms and Concepts in Intelligent Process Automation1 senseview framework →
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Insights, reporting, and information answering the question, “Why did something happen?” Descriptive analytics determines information useful to understanding the cause(s) of an event(s).

Outgoing relationships

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Incoming relationships

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