Business Intelligence Features

Top 3 reasons to consider a SaaS BI system over on-premise?

Jan. 11, 2011

Barbara Lewis and 2 other people answered this question

I agree with Dan, although I have a slightly different take:
1.) Immediate and Long Term Affordability - SaaS solutions are subscriptions to services provided over the internet. So there's no hardware to buy, no software to deploy, and no consultants to engage. You also pay ... more

How is it possible for BI to be offshored?

Dec. 30, 2010

Tom Laine and 1 other person answered this question

BI itself is hard to outsource or offshore, but many of the technical processes and data analyzes can well be offshored. These should be merely be considered as analyzing dataflows or data warehouse management rather than BI as such. I would draw the line in ... more

What are some examples of mobile BI applications?

Dec. 28, 2010

Dedra Gardin and 3 other people answered this question

Thank you for your answers and sorry for the delayed response. Re-reading my question I should have been more clear- I was briefly reading this article that someone had sent to me (http://www.businessintelligence.com/blog/mobile-business-intelligence-apps-fo...) and was wondering what kinds of BI apps are available right now? ... more

What are the top features to examine when buying a business intelligence-type system for SMBs?

Nov. 15, 2010

Rebekah Donaldson and 1 other person answered this question

I agree regarding #5 (there are two #4s above, but we know what you meant!) -- quick grasp of the UI is important. more

What missing feature do you wish your BI system had?

Nov. 2, 2010

Adam Lake asked a question

What do you think about Epicor's Smarter Business Intelligence initiative?

Oct. 19, 2010

Mike Vizard answered this question

I think it's high time BI became an integral part of ERP. It doesn't necessarily replace the need for stand alone BI tools. But it goes a long way towards making BI more pervasive.
http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/vizard/unifying-the-enterprise-applica... more

How does a BI system help link individuals to organizational goals?

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Oct. 14, 2010

J M answered this question

Organizational goals can vary greatly.... some goals can be specific and measurable... an example here is a company that needs accuracy in their reported data followed by the ability to track where the information came from... a BI system can be developed to conform to ... more

Do you think that open source Hadoop should be used with BI?

Oct. 12, 2010

Korey Sicken asked a question

Which is better for tracking data management: BI or BA?

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Oct. 11, 2010

Robert Perez asked a question

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How does a BI system support your finance department?

Oct. 6, 2010

Kirsty Lee answered this question

BI can support your finance department by producing reports such as cash position trends, cash flows, revenue sources and P&L. These are just 4 of literally thousands of reports that a financial dashboard could contain. I definitely think that BI increases the efficiency and decision ... more

What feature(s) of a BI system do you use the most?

Sept. 28, 2010

Kirsty Lee and 1 other person answered this question

We use the Google Analytics Connector in our BI software Bime the most. It's the most useful thing the BI solution provides - we can connect directly to our GA data, no time wasted aggregating profiles of our different sites, or exporting data to excel ... more