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Business Area

Business Area refers to the scope of a specific domain or business function. It represents the division of various departments or business functions within an enterprise to better organize, manage, and handle related business activities. Typically, a system consists of multiple business areas, with each business area responsible for specific business functions or processes. Different enterprises may have different business areas, and the specific division of business areas can be determined based on the needs and organizational structure of the enterprise.

In the Metad Analytics Cloud, business areas are a classification and organizational method for differentiating various business functions, effectively managing semantic models, various indicators, and dashboards.

Here are some common examples of business areas:

  1. Procurement and Supply Chain Management: Covering supplier management, purchase order management, inventory management, supply chain coordination, and logistics.
  2. Sales and Customer Relationship Management: Including sales order management, customer management, sales quoting, sales contract management, and marketing.
  3. Financial and Accounting Management: Covering financial accounting, cost management, accounts receivable and payable management, asset management, and financial reporting.
  4. Human Resources Management: Including employee recruitment, employee training, performance management, compensation management, and employee benefits management.
  5. Production and Manufacturing Management: Covering production planning, material requirements planning, routing management, production order management, and quality management.
  6. Project Management: Used to track and manage project progress, resource allocation, cost control, and project performance evaluation.

These business areas cover the major business functions within an enterprise, enabling automation of business processes, data sharing, and enhanced collaboration.

Managing Business Areas​

Page Permissions: Admin role

You can create, modify, and delete business areas on the business area management page.

  • Create Business Area: Click the create business area button to create a business area. Enter a unique name for the business area and click apply to create it.
  • Add Sub-Business Area: Click the add button on a business area row to add a child business area node.
  • Delete Business Area: Click the delete button on the business area row to delete this business area.
  • Edit Business Area: Click the business area name link to go to the business area maintenance interface:
    • Basic Properties: Maintain the basic properties of the business area and save.
    • Users: Maintain the user accounts included in this business area. These accounts will then have permission to view this business area.

Editing Business Areas​

The business area hierarchy is used to classify and control access to business data objects. When a user account is assigned to this business area, the account will have permission to view this business area and all its descendant business areas.

Click the business area name to go to the business area editing page:

  • Basic Information: Modify the business area name.
  • Users: Add or remove user accounts in the business area.
    • User roles are divided into: Editors, Viewers

Editors​

Members with the role of Editor in the business area can edit digital assets within the business area, including semantic models, indicators, storyboards, etc.

Viewers​

Members with the role of Viewer in the business area can only view digital assets within the business area, including indicators, storyboards, etc.