Introduction to Data Mining

• Getting Started With Data Mining
• Rules of Use
• FAQ

Step By Step Guide

• Step by Step Guide
• Query Types
• Working with Classes
• Using Rules and Decision Trees Settings
• Viewing Field Values

Program Interface

• The ESTARD Data Miner Menu
• Managing Panel
• Query Wizard
• ESTARD Data Miner Pages
• "Database" Page
• "Statistics" Page
• "Rules" Page
• "Decision Tree" Page
• "Initial Query" and "Query Parameters" Pages
• "What-If" Page
• "Search a Database" Page

Using Databases

• Learning Database
• Analysed Database
• Database Types
• Database Loading
• Loading a Database Using ODBC Drivers

Using Rules & Decision Trees

• Query Settings
• Using Rules
• Editing Rules
• Using Decision Trees

BI Functions

• Selecting BI Data to Use
• Fields Mapping Settings
• Patterns Searching: Simple Select Query

Reporting & Saving 

• Decision Trees and Rules Reports
• ESTARD Data Miner Files

Getting Started With Data Mining

To start working with ESTARD Data Miner first it is important to understand some data mining basics. Understanding these points will make the work with software more effective and simple.

What Data Mining Can Do?

Data mining techniqes implemented in ESTARD Data Miner can be powerful support in your decision making process. Decision Rules and Trees can help you to analyse and understand your business, create decision models that can be used for planning and predicting. For example, what if you could predict with high level of probability whether the new customer is potentialy fraudulent, or dectect what is most important in your service for loyal customers? ESTARD Data Miner can perform such analysis!

What Data Mining Can't Do?

It is important to remember that none of predictive techniques gives 100% results. The main aim of data mining is giving help in decision making, but the final decision is always after you.

Using Data Mining Results

ESTARD Data Miner gives you something more than a powerful data mining tool for decision rules and decision trees creation - it also gives you a set of features for fast and easy implementation of results. As a result, you can use the program not only for planning and modeling situations, but also for fast analysis of a case or a database by using profiles and decision trees.