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How Macmillan Publishers authored success using IBM Cognos Analytics

IBM Big Data Hub

It’s no wonder then that Macmillan needs sophisticated business intelligence (BI) and data analytics. For more than 10 years, the publisher has used IBM Cognos Analytics to wrangle its internal and external operational reporting needs. This contributed to the need for more analytics by our users.

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Complexity Drives Costs: A Look Inside BYOD and Azure Data Lakes

Jet Global

Reporting will change in D365 F&SCM, and those changes could significantly increase complexity and total cost of ownership. To enhance security, Microsoft has decided to restrict that kind of direct database access in D365 F&SCM and replace it with an abstraction layer comprised of something called “data entities”.

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Replacing FRx and Management Reporter: What You Need to Know

Jet Global

Since implementing your Dynamics GP solution, you have probably been doing what you can with the financial report writers that came with it. Management Reporter (MR) replaced the retired FRx financial writing tool back in 2011, and now Microsoft has stopped making any major investments into the tool altogether.

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Navigating Data Entities, BYOD, and Data Lakes in Microsoft Dynamics

Jet Global

Consultants and developers familiar with the AX data model could query the database using any number of different tools, including a myriad of different report writers. The SQL query language used to extract data for reporting could also potentially be used to insert, update, or delete records from the database.

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Five Key Questions to Help Speed JD Edwards Financial Reporting

Jet Global

While JD Edwards transactional data is required to run period close reports, analyze trends, and prepare forecasts for planning and budgeting, it comes with a lot of complexity. JD Edwards World has no less than 1600 tables of data to support just its business applications. 1 – What are all your reporting needs? .

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Planning Your Migration to Microsoft D365 F&SCM

Jet Global

Rather, they must consider how these changes might impact their workflows, user training, reports, customizations, and third-party products. Customizations, third-party software products, and reporting require particular attention in their own right, not just as they relate to removed or deprecated features.

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What’s the Most Cost-Effective Way to Migrate from On-Premise ERP to Microsoft Dynamics 365 F&SCM?

Jet Global

In an earlier blog post, we discussed an innovative way to automate the extraction, transformation, and loading of data from your existing ERP system into a test or development environment. Another major project that you can perform in advance involves an overhaul of reporting tools, processes, and designs.