Flexible, scalable, and easy to develop, deploy and use
One of the most common functions of business intelligence is reporting – so much so that the terms are often used interchangeably. Reporting is really the presentation layer of BI, or the interface between the data repositories and the decision-makers. As more employees in a company become responsible for decision-making, easy access to reporting and analysis has become paramount. Companies are moving beyond the notion of static reports for a small subset of users and opening reporting up to knowledge workers.
Reporting for some organizations is akin to manually manipulating data in Excel spreadsheets.
Business intelligence reporting provides.
A variety of interfaces: use a web browser, mobile device, or even embed your reports in portals like SharePoint offering a lot of advantages like:
• Flexible look and feel: make your reports reflect your corporate identity
• Real-time, direct access to multiple data sources: integrate data from SAP, Oracle, IBM, and more into one report
• Exporting & printing: export your reports to PDF, Excel, and PowerPoint or simply print them
• Ad-hoc analysis : through a web browser or in Excel .
• Advanced charting: pareto charts, bubble graphs, waterfall
Along with that it provides us with the unmatched features like:
Securely upload spreadsheets and other tabular data (like CSV, TSV, XLS and HTML files). Or add data directly using a 'Spreadsheet-like' interface
• Push data from any application
Push data from hosted or in-house (behind firewall) business applications and databases for reporting and analysis
• Visual Analysis
Visually analyze and build insightful reports and dashboards with easy drag-and-drop interface... no IT help required
• Collaborative Analysis
Develop reports together with your colleagues. Share with each other for better decision making.
• Embed Reports Anywhere
Embed your reports and dashboards across Websites, Blogs and Applications for wider consumption.
• Extensible Development Platform
ISVs and Developers can use the powerful development platform to build/integrate reporting and analytical capabilities into their business applications.
• Highly Secure
Governed by strong Security Practices, including support for a secure encrypted connection.
