| Features |
Benefits |
| • Powerful Query and Online Analysis |
• Its open-object model means it can act as both a BI
development platform and as an off-the-shelf BI tool for
information analysts. |
| • User-Friendly Information Access and
Exploration |
• Lets users easily create reports and provides
powerful offline analysis of data—freeing your IT
resources to concentrate on other issues. |
| • Powerful Offline Access |
• Gives your users instant insight into their data
wherever they are. |
| • Single Interface |
• Users are able to utilize a single tool to access
information wherever it is stored, integrate it, and
share the information with others via the Business
Objects Enterprise platform. |
| • Single Interface Multiple Data Source Integration |
• Combine data from multiple data sources: relational
databases, enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems,
Excel spreadsheets, and XML for data comparison. |
| • Efficient, Accurate Data Retrieval |
• Ensure that no matter how complex the database
design, your users will get correct results every time. |
| • Easy to Customize |
• Using VBA or other standard Windows programming
languages, you can create customized BI applications and
embed query and reporting functionality in enterprise applications. |
| • Flexible Deployment Options |
• Offers the greatest choice of deployment options,
including client/server (two-tier) and web-enabled
full-client (three-tier with middleware stored and
utilized on a central server) all in an environment that
is easy to maintain and manage. This provides your IT
staff with deployment choices that will ensure you
maximize your network resources. |