Business Intelligence

Overview

Microsoft Dynamics GP is designed to take the science out of business information management by giving you the tools to make it easier and quicker to manage data, whether for analysing, monitoring, reporting, forecasting or planning purposes.

Information is the life-blood of your business and in the current environment, whether you are large or small, you need to remain agile and proactive. You need to be able to spot trends, spend less time hunting for answers, quickly respond to changing market conditions, check up and gear up on performance levels, identify any irregularities and make accurate and real-time adjustments to your business model and remain one step ahead.

• Access
• Analyse, and
• Share

• drill-down on KPIs from role-based dashboards
• real-time reports access via a Web browser
• sophisticated analyses with new options for Microsoft Office Excel

Features

• Role-based, personalised dashboards and KPIs (including charts, graphs, and gauges) to speed up data analysis and planning
• Drill-down views taking you quickly to the specific record source from a KPI or graph
• Enhanced library of more than 90 built-in Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services and 220 Excel reports so that you can present targeted information for specific audiences

• Integrated SharePoint technology lets everyone become a power user even if they’re not a Microsoft Dynamics GP user by giving them the freedom to access and share key data
• SQL Server Reporting Services Reports deployed to SharePoint Server makes for a centralised Web-based source for viewing consolidated resources
• By connecting multiple data sources (e.g. from ISV applications or custom fields) within easy to use Action Panes and List Pages you can build up a comprehensive picture quickly and easily
• Enhanced Web services enable tailored information access and delivery to meet specific user and business needs
• SQL Server views make it easier to retrieve data and simplify report creation: for example, use the built-in Extender tool to create SQL Server views that link data from Microsoft Dynamics GP, ISV applications or custom solutions

• Business Alerts: alerts that can be set up to automatically notify you and your employees about business changes via e-mail or through Microsoft Dynamics GP
• SmartLists: a querying tool that allows employees to instantly create sophisticated queries to find detailed information about customers, suppliers, inventory items, and employee records, as well as general ledger accounts
• SmartList Builder: lets employees build customised SmartLists that quickly link to Microsoft Dynamics GP and other data sources, and retrieve data according to defined criteria
• SQL Server Report Builder: enables employees to easily create new reports or modify the chart, key performance indicator, and report formats that are included in Microsoft Dynamics GP, without having to go to a developer
• Excel Report Builder: lets you create refreshable Excel reports to include multiple sources of data, including ISV and custom applications, as well as data from multiple companies, with the ability to filter for selected companies
• Over 220 built-in Excel reports: refreshed with a single click, can be accessed through Microsoft Dynamics GP, a network file share, or a SharePoint Server site
• PivotTable views and automatic report totals (generated with Excel Report Builder)
• Drill Down Builder: lets you quickly define your drill-down location in Microsoft Dynamics GP, and then embed the field into Word documents, Outlook e-mail messages, Excel and SQL Server Reporting Services reports, and SharePoint pages – thus making it easier to retrieve and share data from any module, window, or ISV application
• Analysis Cubes for Microsoft Dynamics GP and Analysis Cubes Library: lets employees analyse information from multiple angles and formats with a wizard for easy report creation, including pivot tables

• Microsoft Forecaster for Microsoft Dynamics GP enables simplified, template-driven planning and budgeting , incorporating your strategic business objectives
• Management Reporter to create boardroom reports, such as balance sheets, income statements and cash flows
• Built-in SQL Server data mining tools so that people can perform advanced analytics in Excel, including “what-if” scenarios and predictive modelling and forecasting

Benefits

• Better use and organisation of data
• Greater visibility of individual contribution to business performance fuels employee motivation and productivity
• Accelerated decision-making

• Dramatic gains in efficiency afforded by deep data insight
• More effective decision making
• Consolidated reporting
• Respond faster to changing conditions with strategic business reports

• Spend less time searching for critical information
• Complete common tasks with minimum effort
• Drive collaboration and productivity between employees, customers and partners, by giving them shared, password protected access to common applications, information, KPIs and processes

• Quicker adoption and broader use of the given technology, thus fuelling a quicker return on investment
• Quicker report creation and delivery - no need to wait for month-end to request reports or overburden IT staff as people can develop reports when they need them, using real-time information, and deliver them quickly across your organisation

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