- Descriptive
- what has happened based on historical data.
- Diagnostic
- Diagnostic analytics help answer questions about why events happened.
- Predictive
- Predictive analytics help answer questions about what will happen in the future.
- Prescriptive
- Prescriptive analytics help answer questions about which actions should be taken to achieve a goal or target.
- Cognitive
- Cognitive analytics help you learn what might happen if circumstances change and determine how you might handle these situations.