Specification of Fact Calculations within the MetaMIS Approach

Based on recent work on the so called MetaMIS approach we show how fact calculationscan be specified from a management point of view. The MetaMIS approach's intentionis to specify management views on business processes. It comprises a language,a representation formalism and guidelines to define information required for managementdecisions. Information in general should have pragmatic meaning for the managementuser. Beyond the task of specifying information in this sense, fact calculationsare required to manipulate information. Respective analyzing tasks typically deal withvariances, growth rates and other relevant aspects of business processes. We extend theMetaMIS approach to enable the specification of fact calculations in data mart environments.