# Analytical base table

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In [database theory](/source/database_theory), the '''analytical base table''' or '''analytic base table''' ('''ABT''') is a [flat table](/source/Flat-file_database) that is used for building analytical models and scoring (predicting) the future behavior of a subject.<ref>{{cite web |access-date=2024-05-14 |title=SAS Help Center |url=https://documentation.sas.com/doc/en/cintcdc/production.a/cintag/db-abt-about.htm |work=documentation.sas.com}}<!-- auto-translated from Danish by Module:CS1 translator --></ref>

A single record in this table is referred to as an '''analytical record''' or '''analytic record''' ('''AR'''), and represents the subject of the [prediction](/source/prediction) (e.g. a [customer](/source/customer)) and stores all data (variables) describing this subject.<ref>{{cite web |title=Fundamentals of Machine Learning for Predictive Data Analytics Chapter 2: Data to Insights to Decisions - John Kelleher and Brian Mac Namee and Aoife D'Arcy |url=https://faculty.kutztown.edu/parson/fall2022/BookSlides_2_Data_to_Insights_to_Decisions.pdf}}<!-- auto-translated from Danish by Module:CS1 translator --></ref> If for example the subject is a customer then the record may be referred to as a customer analytic record or "CAR".<ref>Robert Nisbet, Gary Miner, Ken Yale, Chapter 18 - A Data Preparation Cookbook, Handbook of Statistical Analysis and Data Mining Applications (Second Edition), Academic Press, 2018, Pages 727-740, ISBN 9780124166325, https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-416632-5.00018-9</ref><ref>{{cite journal |access-date=2024-05-14 |date=2013-08-28 |first=Astrid |first2=Gianluca |first3=Gianluca |last=Bohe |last2=Cervini |last3=Zobi |series=EP2631851A1 |title=Digital consumer data model and customer analytic record |url=https://patents.google.com/patent/EP2631851A1/en}}<!-- auto-translated from Norwegian by Module:CS1 translator --></ref><ref>{{cite web |access-date=2024-05-14 |language=en-US |title=The customer analytic record |url=https://www.capgemini.com/solutions/the-customer-analytic-record/ |work=Capgemini}}<!-- auto-translated from Danish by Module:CS1 translator --></ref>

Basically, there are two categories of [data](/source/data): who is the subject (describing subject characteristics related to the organization, such as socio-demographic-geographic data, events, etc.), and what does the subject do (describing characteristics of subject behavior, product purchase, product usage, payment behavior, relationship instances, etc.).

Analytical base tables may be developed as a more general instance applicable to solving general [business](/source/business) problems, but more often it is developed for solving very specific business problems.

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