TY - JOUR AB - Purpose The purpose of this paper is to assess the level of the organizational goal accomplishment by assessing the reliance relationship between organizational data and organizational goals.Design/methodology/approach The evaluation of the organizational goals is based on design and operational level, which can serve in ranking of the organizational goals achievement and hence assist the decision-making process in achieving the organizational goals. To achieve this aim, the authors propose an ontology to develop the relationship between organizational data and organizational goals.Findings Data goals dependency shows the dependency relationship between organizational data and organizational goals. At the same time, data goals dependency assists the process of identifying data attributes, where the authors suggest that these data attributes are relevant in relation to the organizational goals.Originality/value The contribution of this paper will serve as the first step to evaluate the relevance of organizational data to assist decision-making in relation to the organizational goals. VL - 15 IS - 3 SN - 1744-0084 DO - 10.1108/IJWIS-05-2018-0046 UR - https://doi.org/10.1108/IJWIS-05-2018-0046 AU - Tengku Izhar Tengku Adil AU - Apduhan Bernady O. AU - Torabi Torab PY - 2018 Y1 - 2018/01/01 TI - Utilising ontology for “heteregeneous data analysis in organizational goals” T2 - International Journal of Web Information Systems PB - Emerald Publishing Limited SP - 310 EP - 323 Y2 - 2024/04/24 ER -