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O*NET detailed work activityAnalyze data to identify or resolve operational problems
AI-readyCrunch the numbers
14 jobs15 tasks
Paste a spreadsheet or table and ask AI to find trends, outliers and totals, or to write the formula you need. It's like having an analyst on call.
Part of Analyze data to improve operations, under the O*NET work activity group Analyzing Data or Information. Individual tasks below can carry a different label when their own wording calls for it (11 AI-ready, 4 AI-assist, 0 stays human).
Tasks built on this activity
- Identify, analyze, and document problems with program function, output, online screen, or content.
- Analyze problems to develop solutions involving computer hardware and software.
- Generate data queries, based on validation checks or errors and omissions identified during data entry, to resolve identified problems.
- Analyze network data to determine network usage, disk space availability, or server function.
- Gather, analyze, or document user feedback to locate or resolve sources of problems.
- Analyze information obtained from management to conceptualize and define operational problems.
- Identify solutions to business problems, such as budgeting, staffing, and marketing decisions, using the results of data analysis.
- Identify protocol problems, inform investigators of problems, or assist in problem resolution efforts, such as protocol revisions.
- Review and analyze computer printouts and performance indicators to locate code problems, and correct errors by correcting codes.
- Analyze equipment performance records to determine the need for repair or replacement.
- Analyze, interpret, or disseminate system performance data.
Tasks where it is part of the work
- Monitor and analyze network performance and reports on data input or output to detect problems, identify inefficient use of computer resources, or perform capacity planning.
- Define regional or local transportation planning problems or priorities.
- Check and analyze operating system or application log files regularly to verify proper system performance.
- Recommend adjudication of product complaints.