Web Intelligence
As the name suggests this is a web based tool and is designed to provide "business insight" to large numbers of users in a truly scalable manner. Self service is the key to the system, which also is fully interactive and allows full exploration of the data.
Ad Hoc Queries are fully supported and this and the easy to use interface makes it a very powerful tool. Users can "ask questions" of your company data. These of course being restricted to the access level defined for that user.
Integrated Analysis is provided, which in turn means users can gain access to the information they require without the need to deploy additional tools (which in turn removes any training requirements).
Desktop Intelligence
Similar to Web Intelligence, this application is aimed at users who want or need to carry out off-line analysis of your corporate data. The interface is available on any web enabled desktop computer, its open model allowing it to operate as both a Business Intelligence development platform as well as an off the shelf BI tool for information analysts.
OLAP Intelligence
OLAP Intelligence delivers powerful ad hoc and managed analysis for today's leading multidimensional database servers. Tight integration with a BI platform and best-of-breed ad hoc and managed OLAP analysis make OLAP Intelligence the right choice for your specialised OLAP server requirements and BI standardisation. OLAP Intelligence users benefit from a scalable, services-based architecture that allows them to deploy with confidence as well as integrate tightly with operational reporting and performance management solutions.
Intelligent Question
It is often forgotten that you have to ask the right question if you are to get the right answer and that is often harder than you think. Are your users struggling to ask the right questions, to query the data in the right way? If so, then Intelligent Question is the answer. It guides users through a series of clear options to create the "business question" they want and meant to ask, all in a nice and easy fashion. To make it even easier, users can save their most used questions as favourites, just like they do on the web. Accessing relevant, trusted information has never been easier.
BusinessObjects XI Platform thus covers many needs that a modern business has today, but as ever careful planning and implementation is required. Therefore if your organisation is considering implementing a Business Intelligence Solution using BusinessObjects, Contemporary with our years of experience are sure to be able to assist.
Frequently Asked Questions
Business Intelligence- what is it and what does it offer my organisation?
Q: What is business intelligence?
A: Business intelligence is really about taking all of the information assets from the business, whether it is held in databases or documents, and really, getting the relevant information in the right format out to the organisation that allows them to make better business decisions and drive business efficiency.
What should I look for in a potential solution?
Q: What should I look for in a solution?
A: One of the important things is that business intelligence is not just a one size fits all solution. It’s very much a scalable solution and should be requirements driven. The start point is what you are trying to address, who you are trying to get information to and what their needs are. Then we can look at what is involved with getting the data, the reporting and maybe the performance management and the scorecards to the right people. Now how much of these you need depends on the scope and scale of what you are looking to achieve, but the important part is how you want to bring these together in terms of how the user reacts. So typically, we would be looking at some kind of portal environment which can bring together not only all of the data but the knowledge of the business and share and collaborate that information. So it is truly unique to that organisation. We can scale from a very small organisation with just a handful of people right up to blue chips with thousands of employees.
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