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BI Cubed: Data Lineage on OLAP Anyone?

Octopai

This is how the Online Analytical Processing (OLAP) cube was born, which you might call one of the grooviest BI inventions developed in the 70s. OLAP cube is designed as a solution to pre-compute totals and subtotals when the database server is idle. The OLAP cube makes reading data across multiple dimensions manageable.

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Reporting Analytics vs. Financial Reporting: Is There a Difference?

Jet Global

Here’s an overview of the key differences between the two, as well as some tips on how the finance team at your company can use information to help your business achieve strategic and tactical advantage. As a matter of necessity, finance teams also produce financial statements for internal use by a company’s management team.

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Jet vs. Data Entities in Dynamics 365 Finance & Operations

Jet Global

Built from the bones of Dynamics AX, the cloud-based Dynamics 365 Finance & Operations (D365FO) has introduced some new out-of-the-box reporting and analytical capabilities to customers. The Complete Guide to Reporting and Analytics in Dynamics 365 Finance & Operations. 4 Common Issues with Using Data Entities. DOWNLOAD NOW.

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

Jet Global

When Microsoft released the next generation of the product in 2017, Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Finance and Supply Chain Management (D365F&SCM) , there were some significant changes behind the scenes. Online analytical processing (OLAP), which enabled users to quickly and easily view data along different dimensions, was coming of age.

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Understanding Data Entities in Microsoft Dynamics 365

Jet Global

For organizations considering a move to Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance & Supply Chain Management (D365 F&SCM), or for those in the early stages of an implementation project, defining a clear strategy for curating data is a key to developing a comprehensive approach to reporting and analytics. What insightsoftware Brings to the Table.

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What is OLAP?

Jedox

In this blog post, we’ll look at the definition of OLAP as well as an overview of the technology. We explain what lies behind OLAP, what cubes have to do with it and what makes the technology so powerful for modern planning, budgeting, and forecasting. Most modern EPM solutions rely on multidimensional OLAP, also called MOLAP.

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Prevent Customer Churn: Customer Retention in the Transition to Microsoft D365 F&SCM

Jet Global

With the rollout of Microsoft’s Dynamics 365 Business Central (D365 BC) and Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance & Supply Chain Management (D365 F&SCM) , the company has moved toward rationalizing its portfolio of business applications, removing redundancy, and shifting to a cloud-first approach for the future.