BristolDecision has been innovating and developing Business Performance Management Software for Enterprise Reporting and Publishing since 1996. More than 20,000 users in 1,000 companies use our software and solutions every day to design and communicate actionable Business Performance Reports.
“OLAP for the masses” broadens the audience and range of companies using the OLAP technology to analyze their KPI's. It broadens also the number of users within an organization. Market analysts consider that 15 to 20 percent of the users will slice and dice data cubes, while 80 to 85 percent need to receive or access business tracking reports providing the best functional view of their actual, estimate and targets. They need to know how the business is doing and focus on running their division or entity.
Slicing and Dicing relies on the data structure. Dimensions are spread across and down a grid or a graph.
A slice of the cube is displayed in the grid cells to the user. She/He can then drill down, up or through based on existing hierarchies.
To enable navigation, the view reflects the cube's data structure and is tightly coupled to this structure.
On the other hand, a functional view has little to do with the data structure. It's business need driven.
The content of the view is the optimum for the user to better understand his business and take actions to meet his targets.
The functional content must also rapidly adapt to reflect market and targets evolutions. With the help of our customers, year after year, we have improved our software and solutions to simply design and efficiently deploy your Business Performance Reports.