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Adam Getz
Practice Manager, Business Intelligence
DCS Consulting, Inc.
DCS Consulting - Corporate Overview
Business Intelligence is focused on reporting and analysis of data residing in either enterprise data
warehouses (EDW) and/or data marts.
Operational Reports
Displays data with rich presentation and within a
structured layout (i.e. rows and columns). Crystal Reports
Primary Tool: Crystal Reports
Dashboard Management
Graphical interfaces and real-time methods to provide
guided analysis and to intuitively monitor organizational
metrics.
Primary Tool: Dashboards (formerly Xcelsius)
Dashboards
(formerly Xcelsius)
Crystal Reports can access data directly from a data source or through a Universe
Crystal Reports
Crystal Reports: Operational Reporting Tool Designer
Crystal Reports
Preview
Report Templates
Design Wizards
Experts
Formatting
Grouping / Sorting
Section Group Sort Expert
Data Access
Parameters
Alerting
Guided Navigation
Sorting Controls
Hyperlinks
Drill-Downs
Relational Databases
Oracle IBM DB2
Sybase MS SQL Server
MySQL MS Access
Informix
Spreadsheets
MS Excel Lotus 1-2-3
Groupware / Email
Exchange Lotus Notes
In addition report authors can write their own SQL commands. Crystal Reports provides a long
list of available data sources
Reporting Formatting
Complex Logic
Custom Functions
Formula Expert
Integration of Reports
Web Applications Client / Server Apps
Portals
Custom Add-ins
Create custom add-in modules Develop and Integrate Custom Add-Ins
Shows up under Add-ins menu in Crystal Reports Advanced Charting
Implement custom workflows Report Distribution
Web Publishing
User Function Libraries (UFL) Version Control
Extend function library of Crystal Reports Custom Workflow
Call external executable (exes) from inside the report
Intuitive to end-users
WEBI Rich Client: Off-line Query & Analysis WebI Rich Client
Full Client Installation
Off-line Logon
Universe -
Translates
Databases into
Business Terms
Drilling Results
Drilling Results
Business Objects
Crystal Reports
Web Intelligence
Web-Based
Report Design Tool Wim32 Desktop Client
Desktop Rich Client
Operational reporting
Ad-hoc query & analysis
Pre-built report templates
Typical Use(s) Self-serve reporting
High-volume publishing
Unpredictable questions
Predictable questions