Business Intelligence Software Capabilities

Business Intelligence software is software used to gather, access and analyse information about an organisation's performance, no matter where the information is stored. Business Intelligence systems provide organisations with a comprehensive view of the factors affecting their businesses, enabling them to make informed decisions.

Products such as Cognos Business Intelligence and Business Objects Business Intelligence include the following modules:

Reporting

View exactly the information you want - everything from ad-hoc queries to detailed operational reports. Get one single version of the truth from multiple data sources, giving you the information you need, when you need it and in the format you want it - email, Microsoft Excel, HTML, PDF, CSV, or XML.

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Analysis

Explore and analyse large volumes of data using OLAP or relational sources to analyse business performance across multiple dimensions (such as time, product, customer and supplier).

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Scorecarding

Scorecards provide an at-a-glance view of performance against targets and ensure accountability by linking metrics to owners. Use this information to drive your enterprise planning for a full corporate performance management system.

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Dashboards

Dashboards deliver information from different sources in a single visual report to provide an at-a-glance snapshot of business performance. Drill-down from the dashboard elements to the underlying data provides more detailed reporting and analysis.

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Business Event Management

Automate the detection, management and alerting of important business events to ensure swift response and resolution of operational issues.

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Data Integration

Extract all the relevant data from multiple sources to deliver a data warehouse ready for analysis and reporting.

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Used in combination, these Business Intelligence, analytics and enterprise planning systems will provide you with a complete Corporate Performance Management system, providing you with the analyses, reporting and planning needed to understand and run your organisation more efficiently.