BI360 provides a complete reporting, budgeting and dashboard suite for Microsoft Dynamics AX, GP, NAV and SL customers. Because the solution comes with out-of-the-box integrations to Dynamics, it takes only a fraction of the time to implement compared to other BI suites. With the reporting and budgeting modules based on Excel and the dashboard module based on Silverlight, users have a completely Microsoft-based solution that takes minimal effort to learn and to maintain. Using BI360, management teams can now help their organizations maximize performance through world-class planning, analysis and control.

BI360 - REPORTING

BI360 offers predefined as well as user-defined Microsoft Excel-based reports running live on the Dynamics database. Using an Outlook-style interface in Excel, users can create complete financial statements without ever entering a single formula. The result is professionally presented in Microsoft Excel and reports can be refreshed on-demand by any user, eliminating the need to prepare and distribute report books. The combination of standard Microsoft Excel features and powerful business rules makes it possible to develop all kinds of report layouts and business logic, from simple sub-ledger reports to advanced financial statements and KPI-reports. A single report can access multiple companies and databases, as often is desirable to automate BI processes.

BI360 REPORTING FEATURES

• Supports Microsoft Excel 2003 or Microsoft Excel 2007
• Reports are launched from an intranet site, a webpage or locally from y o ur PC as standard Microsoft Excel files. When launched from your local PC the reports automatically connect to the database through web services
• User access (security) can be based on the system you are running the reports on plus additional options
• Reports are configured by business users with drag-and-drop design
• End-users can customize their own versions of the standard reports supplied by the organization
• Reports parameters in the Microsoft Excel task panel make the reports highly dynamic and flexible. One report could easily serve many purposes just by changing parameter values
• One report can be connected to multiple databases
• Ad-hoc query tool included ("Composer")

BI360 - BUDGETING

BI360 provides your organization with an affordable, high value-added budgeting solution with Line Item Detail, Text Comments, Approval Process and more. No other budgeting tool provides this tight integration of Actual (read only) and Budgets (read/write) to the general ledger.

BI360 BUDGETING BENEFITS

• Very rich and analytical end-user environment
• Integrates with your existing Excel budget model
• User inputs directly to Excel or through Excel pop-up window with special budgeting features
• Spreads totals or creates budgets and forecasts from historical trends in seconds with Slider
• Store text comments at any level for later use with budget reports
• Comes with budget process control reports
• Upon user saving data, budgets are immediately available for approval/reporting
• Live charting lets user discover trends and compare history to budgets while entering budgets
• Quick implementations by linking to existing Excel budget models

BI360 - DASHBOARDS

BI360 dashboards are web-based and act as a unifying medium between two of an organization's most important assets, its people and its data.  BI360 dashboards helps managers visualize trends and highlight exceptions to their key performance indicators.  This vital information will better equip your organization's personnel to make decisions. Driving success and averting failure.

BI360 DASHBOARD FEATURES

The extensible data architecture of BI360 provides real-time or near-real time dashboards on top of your Dynamics database. Metrics from other data sources can also be included.

• BI360 features a customizable front-end ensuring any specific user requirements can be met while designing the dashboards
• Lightweight server-based dashboard delivery ensures minimal downtime and greater maintainability