Monitoring vs Reporting
By John A. Haight, Master Consultant for Storage Solutions, Forsythe Solutions Group Inc. September 22, 2008, 11:00 AM The two terms are sometimes confused and thus erroneously used interchangeably. Monitoring usually provides an alert or warning for a specific point...
September 22, 2008
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The two terms are sometimes confused and thus erroneously used interchangeably. Monitoring usually provides an alert or warning for a specific point in time, while a report typically displays information in an organized manner and a spans a greater time span.
A report usually takes the shape of a table, graph, or chart. In the field of information technology, reporting is divided into two types: executive and operational. Operational reporting presents information that tends to be more technical and detailed, and is operational in nature. Executive reporting tends to be of a broader or higher-level perspective and is generally used to make managerial and financial decisions.
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