enhancing your budget & reporting process with sai
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Gaining an edge on the competition requires more than just insight into your business. To stay ahead, you need to be able to access up-to-the-minute key data about your products and marketplace. Sage Accpac Intelligence is one of the most powerful business intelligence tools on the market. Join us as we explore this tool and specifically address how you can leverage the technology to enhance your budgeting, forecasting, and reporting process.TRANSCRIPT
Sage ERP Accpac IntelligenceBetter Reporting with Business Intelligence
Presenter: Debbie Hill
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Agenda
Current Options
Basic Elements
Product Demonstration
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Comparing the Current Options
Excel-Based Reporting Utilities
Crystal Reports
• Ability to design custom reports
• All standard module reports
• Ability to customize standard reports
Financial Reporter
• Allows for report design in Excel
• Allows for access to all G/L data with drilldown
• Part of the G/L module
Intelligence
• Allows for report design in Excel and data analysis
• Consolidations and reporting beyond G/L
• Multiple database reporting
• Data Analytic Cubes
• Included in 5.6/6.0
Insight
• Enterprise-wide Excel reporting
• Complex budgeting
• Consolidations and reporting beyond G/L
• Multiple database reporting and data warehousing
• Sold separately
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Report Manager
Warehouse Sales Office
Web Server
Excel WorkbookData
DataData
Data
Data Data
Data Data
Data
Data
DataData Connector
Security
User Desktop
Remote Office
What is Sage Business Intelligence?
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REPORT MANAGER
CONNECTOR
Basic Elements of SAI
Connection
Which Company
Database?
Container
Which Tables?
Expression
What Data Fields?
Report
How do I want to Report?
(Information)
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Demonstration
Financial Trend Analysis
Financial Reports
Non-Financial Reports– Operations
Report Designer– What/If Analysis
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In Summary – Sage Accpac Intelligence• Access Business Critical Information
– Empower your staff with vital information when they need it! – Puts critical information at your fingertips, improving collaboration and productivity
• Complex Reporting Made Easy– Seamless integration eliminates redundant data entry– Business intelligence in a familiar Microsoft Excel interface
• Insightful Decisions– Sophisticated, customizable dashboards– Transform your data into strategic decision-making intelligence
• Rely on Flexible Powerful Analysis– Quickly identify and respond to trends and abnormalities– Utilize multi-dimensional analysis – Perform what-if scenarios that go beyond just transactional data
• Multi-Company Capabilities– Easily manage data from multiple companies– Competitive edge to succeed in today’s fast paced global marketplace
• Secure Business Integrity– Protect your most valuable asset—your data– Tight security ensures that your vital information is secure
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New in SAI Version 6.1
• Available in Q1 2012
• Reporting Trees – Easy to learn organizational reporting
– Multi-company consolidations supported
• Performance improvements
• Report distribution
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Reporting Trees – Easy setup to fully automate report distribution
New in Version 6.1Available Q1 2012 with v6.1
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Report Distribution– Easy to learn organizational reporting
– Multi-company consolidations supported
New in Version 6.1 Available Q1 2012 with v6.1
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Questions?
Debbie Hill
www.sageaccpac.com/intelligence• Product brochure• FAQ• White paper• Sage University: http://sageu.com