Transcript Business Objects

Unleashing the Power of
Information
State of Washington IPMA
January 2006
Topics
Tools and Trends
Live Examples in Enterprise Reporting
- Introduction/Overview
- OFM Standard Reporting and Ad Hoc Tool
- Ad Hoc Reporting The broadest product coverage
Q&A
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TOOLS –
And Many Ways of Getting the Information to Users
Right place, right time, right way
Type 1: mass availability
 Creating and sending out reports to end-users
Type 2: interactivity
 Reports can generate more questions than answers;
need a tool that allows for this iterative process
Type 3: proactivity
 Getting to the next level – going from looking in the
rear-view mirror to looking out the front windshield
While keeping an enterprise-wide view
 Satisfy these uses in a coordinated way
 Coordinate all BI efforts to control costs
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TOOLS –
Many Current BI Approaches Fall Short
Organizations have tried to address these needs in the past
Spreadsheets, SQL queries, local databases
 Problems: consistency, security, poor user productivity; small
BI feature set as part of database; analyzing one database only
ERP/CRM reporting and analysis
 Problems: great for reporting off one system; most companies
have many
Traditional business intelligence (BI) tools
 Problems: diverse user needs; plethora of tools; high TCO
Homegrown solutions
 Problems: starts out cheap, gets more expensive with every
expansion and evolution
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TRENDS –
The Leader in Consolidated Platform Reporting
Forrester Wave™: Business
Intelligence For Consolidated
Platform Reporting
Source: Forrester Research Inc.
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Topics
Tools and Trends
Live Examples in Enterprise Reporting
- Introduction/Overview
- OFM Standard Reporting and Ad Hoc Tool
- Ad Hoc Reporting The broadest product coverage
Q&A
Slide 6
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Topics
Tools and Trends
Live Examples in Enterprise Reporting
- Introduction/Overview
- OFM Standard Reporting and Ad Hoc Tool
- Ad Hoc Reporting The broadest product coverage
Q&A
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Business Objects Delivers
My Questions. My Insight. One BI Platform
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