ReportWorks
ReportWorks is a general purpose business intelligence tool meant for enterprise MIS reporting automation. It is used as a standalone tool or in conjunction with other products of Metrica as their user interface. Typical standalone applications include ERP, CRM and custom MIS analytics for better decision making.
Key features of ReportWorks are :
- User friendly GUI
- Easy exploration of multi-dimensional database
- MSAS OLAP cube, Local cube and Direct connection support
- “Drag & Drop” to build reports, Drill-down & Data filtering
- Ad-hoc Reporting & Dashboards - Consolidation of data from any type of data source
- OLAP cube, Database, excel sheet, CSV files etc - Advanced data visualization
- Line/Bar/Pie graphs and Scatter plots - Incorporation of custom formula for metrics
- Reports Scheduling
- Automated report delivery at a specified time}
- Web, Email & SMS delivery - Role based security & access
Key differentiators of ReportWorks are :
- Powerful 100% Zero-Footprint Interface (web based)
- Quick and flexible Deployment
- Easy to learn and use
- Lower Total Cost of Ownership
OLAP server not essential
For relatively smaller databases such as work group or departmental databases, ReportWorks does not require a dedicated OLAP server. The built-in cube editor connects to the RDBMS directly and builds the cube itself without having to use the OLAP Server. It has its own Cube Editor to manage measures and hierarchies in the cube, so that business users can set up dimensions, measures and hierarchies on their own on the fly during run-time. This direct report generation feature increases the deployment velocity by several folds.
However, for large databases it is recommended to use OLAP server for better scalability and performance.
