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A Guide To The Top 14 Types Of Reports With Examples Of When To Use Them

datapine

Table of Contents 1) What Is The Report Definition? 2) Top 14 Types Of Reports 3) What Does A Report Look Like? Businesses have been producing reports since, forever. This presents a problem for many modern organizations today as building reports can take from hours to days. What Is The Report Definition?

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The Future of Business Intelligence Reporting

Paul Blogs on BI

Namely, they are investing heavily in enhancing the functionality of Web Intelligence and Crystal Reports. The world not only still runs on reports but needs them more than ever. The world not only still runs on reports but needs them more than ever. Reporting is not going away any time soon.

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BusinessObjects Enjoying the Summer of Surprise Winners

Paul Blogs on BI

There are no conversion tools to convert BusinessObjects reports to another BI tool. The only viable way to replace BusinessObjects reports and dashboards is to re-create them in the new tool. Two clients recently told me they were quoted $500,000 to reproduce 1 Universe with 50 Webi reports in PowerBI.

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While BI Strategies Come and Go, BusinessObjects Powers On into 2024 and Beyond

Paul Blogs on BI

Apart from having years of investment in the solution, it actually keeps the business running and gets the job done. As I have always done, I will be watching and working with organizations continuing to use and evolve their BusinessObjects deployments in 2024 rather than following the new BI strategies proposed by the BI vendors.

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Lessons on Co-Existence from the Philadelphia Zoo

Paul Blogs on BI

This state of co-existence is now the new normal for BusinessObjects with customers retaining Web Intelligence and/or Crystal Reports for BI and operational reporting while using Tableau/PowerBI for BI data discovery and visualization. Tableau does not export directly to Excel and nor does PowerBI reporting.

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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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6 Ways to Remove Complexity and Embrace Agility in Your Planning Process

Jet Global

It’s vitally important that your finance team produce accurate budgets and plans to support business operations and success. The Challenge of Traditional Financial Planning Practices A recent insightsoftware survey found that 95% of organizations generate either all or mostly static reports to complete their financial planning.