Diagnostic analytics are analyses performed to investigate the underlying reasons for past results that cannot be answered by simply looking at the descriptive data.
Often a first step in diagnostic analytics is to look for and identify unusual, unexpected results or transactions. After identifying the unexpected results and evaluating what might have happened, we investigate further to understand why they occurred.
Drill-down analytics look for underlying patterns in data by examining it at a more detailed level.
Using statistical analyses we look for patterns in data and how data moves together.