Software elements support the use of this information by assisting in the extraction, analysis, and reporting of information. Common functionality of business intelligence applications includes reporting, OLAP, analytics, dashboards, scorecards, data mining, corporate performance management (CPM), and predictive analysis.
BI applications tackle sales, production, financial, and many other sources of business data for purposes that include, notably, business performance management. BI operatives may gather information on comparable companies to produce benchmarks.



















