Metrics, in terms of Business Intelligence, are quantitative values that are used to measure progress towards a set of objectives over time. The term 'performance metrics' is often used, and some metrics are also associated with Key Performance Indicators which are directly tied to the goals of an organization.
Metrics are quantitative in nature, while dimensions are qualitative, or categorical. Dimensions are used to slice and dice metrics. For example, if a report highlights the number of sal...
In addition to the ability to authenticate (log in) against Active Directory using integrated windows security, users of MOSS can now authenticate against any data source using Forms Based Authentication (FBA). Because the new version of SharePoint is built on top of the ASP.NET 2.0 Framework, it is able to capitalize on the pluggable authentication provider model. Additionally, custom forms based authentication providers can be built to allow credentialling against data stored almost anywhe...
WYSIWYG, is an acronym for What You See Is What You Get, used in computing to describe a system in which content during editing appears very similar to the final product.[3] It is commonly used for word processors, but has other applications, such as Web (HTML) authoring. The phrase was originally popularized by comedian Flip Wilson, whose character "Geraldine" would often say this to excuse her quirky behavior. Sometimes it is spelled "Wizywig" or "Wizzywig".