Ad Hoc Reporting, Query & Analysis

Every hour of the day, users need to answer ad hoc questions and interact with business information. Many find it difficult to access critical business information that’s not contained in standard reports. Requests for additional views of the data or up-to-date information often result in end-user frustration and report backlog. Even when ad hoc query capabilities are available, they typically are difficult to use and don’t provide users with a simple way of exploring information to better understand critical business issues.

With SAP BusinessObjects Edge BI, both self-service access to data and intuitive information analysis are available in one product – helping your users turn business insights into effective decisions.

With a few mouse clicks, users create a query from scratch, format the retrieved information, and easily analyze it to understand underlying trends and root causes. And if they don't require the full power of query capabilities, users can simply explore information in existing reports – formatting and interacting with data to meet specific needs.

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All users can easily create reports using familiar business terms

Through an intuitive web interface, any business professional can access company data, analyze it using simple point-and-click, and format it to meet personalized requirements.

The Edge BI semantic layer hides the complexity of underlying data sources by providing a business representation of organizational data – so your end users can easily access information using their own business terms.

Compare Campaigns And Spot Trends

Powerful online and offline ad hoc query and reporting features

Edge BI provides an intuitive interface that allows your business analysts and non-technical information consumers to ask spontaneous and iterative business questions of their data using everyday business terms.

For example, a user can easily compare the performance of suppliers this year over last year, combine it with a forecast from an Excel spreadsheet, and quickly identify trends and determine areas within the supply chain that can be optimized to ensure maximum profitability – all within a single session.

Easily personalize and explore information

Drill-down and explore information

Edge BI's interactive viewing framework offers the ability to drill down into data and explore across different dimensions – delivering deeper insight and more effective decision-making.

For example, you can move from annual sales summary data down to a specific quarter, and then compare that with performance from a previous quarter – regardless of whether the data is stored in a database, in an Excel spreadsheet, or in another format.

Track changes to see what has changed

Know immediately when data changes

The track data changes feature improves user productivity by allowing users to quickly see the data changes in their reports after a refresh. Changes in the report (increases, decreases, inserted data, or removed data) are highlighted with customizable colors.