Business analytics makes extensive use of statistical analysis, including explanatory and predictive modeling, and fact-based management to drive decision making. It is therefore closely related to management science. Analytics may be used as input for human decisions or may drive fully automated decisions. Business intelligence is querying, reporting, online analytical processing (OLAP).
In other words, Business analytics can answer questions like why is this happening, what if these trends continue, what will happen next (prediction), what is the best that can happen (optimization).
In other words, Business analytics can answer questions like why is this happening, what if these trends continue, what will happen next (prediction), what is the best that can happen (optimization).