(March 2013) Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) is an implementation of Microsoft's event-driven programming language Visual Basic 6, which was discontinued in 2008, and its associated integrated development environment (IDE).
Decision Support System (DSS) A decision support system (DSS) is a computer-based application that collects, organizes and analyzes business data to facilitate quality business decision-making for management, operations and planning.
OLAP and web-based Decision Support Systems are by far the more popular Decision Support Systems these days. Their definition and functionality extends far beyond the scope of this paper and consequently we will not explore these systems in detail.