PRONTO-Xi Business Intelligence

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2 Copyright 2011 Pronto Software Pty Ltd. All rights reserved. PRONTO Xi Business Intelligence Overview Trademarks - PRONTO, PRONTO ENTERPRISE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, PRONTO SOFTWARE (Logo) and PRONTO Xi, are trademarks registered by Pronto Software Pty Ltd (ABN ) in the United States of America, Australia and other countries. - trademarks of Pronto Software Pty Ltd (ABN ) IBM and Cognos are trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation. Disclaimer The information contained within this document is provided on an AS IS basis, is subject to change without notice, and is not warranted to be error-free. 2 PRONTO Xi Business Intelligence

3 PRONTO Xi Business Intelligence Business Intelligence provides a series of solutions and tools to transform what would otherwise be unmanageable volumes of data into easily understood, valuable information to help drive quicker, more informed business decisions. At Pronto, our philosophy has always been to simplify IT, so we ve done all the resource intensive, time consuming and highly technical work normally associated with the integration of a BI solution to deliver ready to go with an embedded IBM Cognos 10 BI solution, saving you substantial time and integration costs. More than 23,000 leading companies and organisations globally use IBM Cognos to help them understand their business performance and make better decisions. This capability is available to all users out of the box. users have instant access to powerful BI capabilities such as quick and simple ad hoc querying, business dashboards, and sophisticated report authoring toolkits and analytics applications, all from a single, intuitive user interface. Business Intelligence allows you to: Manage best practices to drive efficiency throughout the organisation and reduce risk; Access knowledge and information needed to drive competitive advantage; Monitor tactical initiatives to measure their effectiveness against the strategic plan; Capture one version of the truth and thereby eliminate information silos within the business; Link qualitative information and relevant quantitative information. Drive business value and outperform competitors. Business Intelligence Solutions Map Standard Capability Extended Capability IBM Cognos BI Administrator BI Administration BI Manager IBM Cognos Business Insight Advanced IBM Cognos Connection IBM Cognos Business Insight BI Essentials BI Designer IBM Cognos Report Studio IBM Cognos Business Insight Advanced IBM Cognos Transformer Reports Business Dashboards Packages for easy reporting Modules Data Dimensions Analytics Dimensions Analytics Dashboards Tailored solutions for every user role PRONTO Xi Business Intelligence 3

4 PRONTO Xi BI Essentials BI Essentials provides all users with a revolutionary BI workspace that allows them to assemble, personalise, analyse and interact with information through a dashboard-style user interface. Aimed at anyone who needs to access information, it comprises of an easy-to-access web-based portal for managing all reporting and analytics content. Gain instant access to PRONTO Xi Business Intelligence content directly from within PRONTO Xi Business Intelligence Ready to Go Users receive direct access to a full suite of reports across many modules without having to leave the Client User Interface. It is ideal for users on the go, as Business Intelligence can be delivered over the web, ensuring company data can be viewed at any time and from any web connection, making it easy to view and distribute BI data. By efficiently sharing information, Business Intelligence facilitates quicker and better decision making at every level of the organisation. 4 PRONTO Xi Business Intelligence

5 Enhanced BI Environment Supporting Individual Decision-Making Styles Through a dashboard-style user interface, users can choose to view information in a way that supports their individual decision-making style, whether it is based on performance metrics or other reporting information in tables, or determined by reference to graphs and charts. From this intuitive workspace, users can hone in on a single report or, for example, add more reports for side-by-side comparison. Users can then sort and filter supplied reports, add comments or questions to documents, and communicate through familiar tools and applications all from within a single, flexible workspace. Quickly create individual dashboards to view and manage your information, the way you want to see it Other capabilities include the ability to add predefined or custom calculations, change chart types or add filters to clarify and highlight the most important elements of a report. The workspace also has significant collaboration capabilities, allowing users to facilitate threaded discussions, add questions or comments to documents or reports, and embed RSS feeds to automatically share important reports and updates such as recent sales orders. PRONTO Xi Business Intelligence 5

6 Business Dashboards for Instant Visibility into KPIs. The growing popularity of BI is a strong indicator that weekly and monthly reports are no longer enough to drive business optimisation. To meet this need, many modules provide business dashboards to highlight the relevant KPIs applicable to that aspect of the business. Business Dashboards provide accurate, real-time, relevant and easy-to-understand information to assist decision making. Gain instant insight into key performance metrics with each of the supplied business dashboards For those business executives who need even greater visibility into their business, Analytics Dashboards provide additional capabilities such as drill-down, trending and filtering on all key metrics. For example, you can use the trending capabilities to understand whether a particular business metric is on the decline or is improving by comparing to past performance. Also, you can go from summary information to detail by drilling into a metric. Say you have a number of customers on credit hold you want to find out who they are and how much they owe. With Analytics Dashboards this information is available at your fingertips, saving valuable time and resources. Analytics Dashboards allow users to effectively turn insight into action, by delivering the operational, tactical and strategic information required to effectively implement, monitor and drive business strategy. 6 PRONTO Xi Business Intelligence

7 BI Manager BI Manager is specifically designed for business managers and executives who require easy access to uncomplicated information as part of the decision-making process. It provides a powerful and intuitive toolset that delivers an authoring workspace for creating simple ad hoc queries, reports, in-depth analysis views for data exploration, and business dashboard design. Building a report is simple even for the novice user, due to an intuitive interface and data packages specifically built for reporting. Reports are easy to compile and users do not require any understanding of database structures or SQL coding expertise. And to make it even easier, data can be presented on the screen in real-time, providing immediate feedback while the query is being created. Additionally, as Pronto understands that everyone has different reporting needs, we have made it fast and simple to modify the reports we ve supplied with. BI Designer Professional report authors produce professional quality content for others to consume. They want to dig deeper into the data and build complex reports. BI Designer provides the reporting solution to deliver on these requirements with advanced report building and capabilities that enable enhancement, customisation and management of professional reports. It also allows authors to create reports containing a full range of visuals and objects. These include charts, cross tabs and lists, as well as non-bi components such as images and logos that can be linked to the information. The WYSIWYG capability allows report authors to build, interact with, share and analyse results to follow a train of thought and generate a unique perspective around critical business information. A collaborative workflow enables authors to create, distribute and share reports with other business users in different report formats, languages and locations. BI Designer allows organisations to extend the boundaries of traditional reports, giving professional authors unprecedented ways to view and communicate business performance. PRONTO Xi Business Intelligence 7

8 Active Reports Managed dashboards are often difficult for report authors to create, and can require coding skills. A steep learning curve is usually required to master the techniques and create composite report applications. It is also difficult to distribute and share these interactive reports unless users are connected to the system. Active Reports provide a rich set of controls, allowing experienced professional report authors to build interactive reports for the business. The highly visual, intuitive interface lets developers quickly create these sophisticated report applications. Active Reports provide business intelligence to individuals regardless of their location, situation or connectivity The software extends the reach of the BI workspace by allowing authors to create reports while disconnected from the network. Users can also access dashboards as attachments instead of through a website that requires network connectivity. 8 PRONTO Xi Business Intelligence

9 Data Dimensions A New Dimension in Business Analysis Data Dimensions is a new range of business analytics solutions to help uncover the information required to optimise business performance. Corporate Head Office Australia New Zealand Victoria Metro Regional NSW Queensland South Australia North Island South Island Metro Metro Metro Metro Metro Regional Regional Regional Regional Regional Territory 1 Territory 2 Territory 3 Store 1 Store 2 Store 3 Reporting hirearchies enable structured reporting, slicing and dicing and drill up and drill down. There are two elements to the Data Dimensions: Analytics Dimensions and Analytics Dashboards. Analytics Dimensions Analytics Dimensions extends the functionality delivered in each of the standard reporting packages by delivering users their information, live from the source in the form of a virtual cube. Analytics Dimensions delivers dimensional analytics packages that allow users to build reports and perform data analysis on their data, in real-time as if it were direct from an offline cube. And as we ve modelled the data, not only do you not need to be a BI expert, your data is always up to date avoiding the need to perform traditional nightly data updates that can often be unreliable, saving you the time and stress of maintaining your data for the purposes of reporting and analysis. Another advantage of reporting from a dimensional data source, is that it allows you the flexibility to move seamlessly between levels of your reporting hierarchies in real-time and also slice and dice your data so you can compare trends and performance, thus improving your understanding of your business so you can make better, more informed decisions Analytics Dashboards Analytics Dashboards are designed to be used with the corresponding Analytics Dimension. Because these dashboards receive their information from dimensionally modelled data provided with the associated Analytics Dimensions, they extend the capabilities of Business Dashboards with the addition of drill-down, drill-through, trending and slice & dice functionality on many key metrics. Use key metrics to quickly eyeball poor performing or troublesome aspects of your business and then use the extended capabilities to find the root of the problem or anomaly and take action to rectify. PRONTO Xi Business Intelligence 9

10 Pronto Software is a global provider of fully integrated Enterprise Management and Business Intelligence Solutions. With more than 30 years experience, Pronto Software enables over 1,500 businesses worldwide to maximise productivity, streamline their supply chains and deliver superior customer service.