Business reporting

Business reporting or enterprise reporting refers to both "the public reporting of operating and financial data by a business enterprise,"[1] and "the regular provision of information to decision-makers within an organization to support them in their work."[2] It is a fundamental part of the larger movement towards improved business intelligence and knowledge management.[according to whom?] Implementation often involves extract, transform, and load (ETL) procedures in coordination with a data warehouse and then using one or more reporting tools.[citation needed] Reports can be distributed in print form, via email or accessed via a corporate intranet.[citation needed] With the expansion of information technology there has been an increase in the production of unified reports which join different views of an organization in one place.[3] This reporting process involves querying data sources with different logical models to produce a human-readable report. For example, a decision maker may need to query a human resources databases and a capital improvements databases to show how efficiently space is being used across an entire corporation. Reporting can also be used for verification and cross-checks. Audit teams like FINRA and SEC adhere to reports for all business firms. Standard Business Reporting is a group of international programs instigated by a number of governments with the end of make business the center when it comes to managing business-to-government reporting obligations.[4]

## References

1. ↑ Lymer, Andrew. "BUSINESS REPORTING ON THE INTERNET". http://www.cs.trinity.edu/rjensen/Calgary/CD/iasb/busrepw.pdf. Retrieved Nov 6, 2013.
2. ↑ Hill, Gregory. "a guide to enterprise reporting". http://ghill.customer.netspace.net.au/reporting/definition.html. Retrieved Nov 6, 2013.
3. ↑ Moeller, Robert (2007). COSO Enterprise Risk Management: Understanding the New Integrated ERM Framework. Wiley. ISBN 0-471-74115-9.
4. ↑ "Standard Business Reporting Program". Commonwealth of Australia. 2002. http://www.sbr.gov.au. Retrieved 14 October 2010. "Reducing the reporting burden for business."

## See also

* Data reporting
* Operational reporting

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