Monday 2 May 2011

BI Solutions-Best solutions often comes from collaboration

The best solutions often come from collaboration. When your organization uses business intelligence Excel reporting, you give everyone the opportunity to participate in the decision-making process from their unique perspective within the business. 

The beauty of a shared business intelligence/reporting solution is that your associates can access multiple systems simultaneously. Everyone sees the same data and can participate in the decision-making process using various perspectives based on their areas of responsibility. 

Since most businesses already use Excel, enterprise reporting tools with Excel functionality make reporting much easier. You can distribute business intelligence to your employees, business partners, and customers in a format they already know and understand. Reporting software that uses Excel automation creates a full range of reports, from detailed, operational reports for department heads to visually rich dashboard solutions for executives and decision-makers. These Excel reports and dashboards provide the crucial details your company needs to react quickly in any situation. 

Dashboard software also allows scheduling to generate and distribute reports and alerts via email or Internet. Dashboard reports are a daily snapshot of the most important business metrics and performance indicators, and are sent out every morning. Automated alerts provide up-to-the-minute, parameter-based reporting about urgent issues for quick resolution. They are generated and distributed when the particular data hit a pre-defined threshold. 

Five benefits that business intelligence Excel reports offer your organization: 

1. Personalized report and dashboard distribution by email: users can either schedule reports for automatic delivery or create on-demand reports, compiled and targeted to various departments and specific individuals. 

2. Scheduled, automatically generated reports: reporting can be set up daily, weekly, or monthly—whenever decision-makers need the information. 

3. Automatic alerting: data monitoring helps you stay ahead of trends by automatically notifying executives about critical situations. 

4. Simple and familiar interface: your users already know and use Excel, so there’s little need for training. 

5. Unlimited licensing: your company needs only Excel: no add-ins or plug-ins and no license costs per end user.


About The Author
John Kyle is the president of ApeSoft North America. 
 

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