Preliminaries Preliminaries Magnum Opus analyses data to detect associations within those data.
Users typically extract data from a database into a text file in a suitable format.
The data import process supports considerable flexibility in the formats that may be employed. Once the data is imported into Magnum Opus , the user selects settings to control a search for associations in the data. The user also specifies the maximum number of association rules to be found, and can place restrictions on association rules to be considered. A search is then conducted. Within the restrictions specified by the user, Magnum Opus finds the associations with the highest values on the specified measure of importance.