4 Bi Report Scheduling And Business Process Automation Features
When business intelligence takes off in a company
, IT is usually the first to notice because they are the ones saddled with business users requests for more reports and more frequent runs.Automating BI schedules and report delivery recoups lost IT productivity, but what about your users? These four features will help business users be more productive, too.
#1: The ability to send multiple BI reports in one message
The hundreds of BI reports your company creates probably go to a handful of leaders who dont base decisions on one BI report and dont have the time to wade through numerous e-mails to find the reports they need.
ChristianSteven Software can deliver a package of BI reports. Instead of 10 e-mail messages -- one BI report per message -- users can receive all 10 reports in a single e-mail. Reports can even be compressed and encrypted to reduce bandwidth and keep business intelligence secure.
#2: The ability to merge reports
Consolidating e-mails is a step towards a better BI experience, but many users prefer all related BI reports in a single file. Give users what they want by using ChristianSteven to save multiple BI reports in expanded PDFs and Excel workbooks.
Other features include the ability to merge and split documents as part of a job, translate a reports group tree into PDF bookmarks, and save individual BI reports under Excel workbook tabs with custom labels that tell users which reports are in their workbooks.
#3: BI reports in formats that suit users needs
One user wants a Crystal Report and another wants the same report in Microsoft Excel? This is no problem because ChristianSteven software supports more than 20 different file formats.
In addition to the basics: Excel, Word, PDF, text, rich text, and CSV, ChristianSteven also supports Lotus 1-2-3, XML, DIF, TIFF, and dBase II, III, and IV. BI reports can even be saved in HTML and inserted into the body of an e-mail message.
#4: Immediate notification and access to BI reports
An increasingly mobile workforce requires a BI report generation software that delivers reports wherever business users are. Aside from e-mail and file folders, ChristianSteven will store BI reports on a SharePoint server or company portal, send reports to printers and fax machines, and transfer reports via ODBC and FTP.
Automated e-mail and SMS alerts tell users when new reports are available, giving them accurate, up-to-date information with which to make better business decisions.
by: Christian Steven