Formatting

Vendors Harness Excel (and Office) to Win the Lower-end of ...

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... variety of ERP and accounting packages. All of these reports have limited formatting choices (seven or less). To be a bit clearer ... http:/.../ResearchHighlights/BusinessIntelligence/2005/06/research_notes/VN_BI_PJ_06_22_05_1.asp - 26k - 2005-06-22 Summary: Small and medium businesses wanting the benefits of business intelligence (BI) without having to implement a large enterprise system may find a viable option in Excel-based BI and analytics tools that leverage add-in applications from vendors.

AS/400 Users’ “Phantom Limb” Pains » The TEC Blog

... Odd report formatting concerns bring you to ... Is there a need to specifically require cell font formatting or rows sorting capabilities? I don’t think so. ... blog.technologyevaluation.com/blog/2009/10/09/as400-users’-“phantom-limb”-pains/ - 67k - 2009-10-09

Vendors Beware! It’s Not What You Say, It’s How You Say It.

by D. Geller ... His conclusion is that simple choices in formatting and organization do make a difference in the chances of success of a proposal. ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/ExecutiveView/2000/08/research_notes/MI_EV_DPG_08_22_00_1.asp - 13k - 2000-08-22 Summary: A study from Iowa State University’s Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering suggests that the format and organization of a proposal can significantly affect a vendor’s chance of winning a contract. And we thought those university professors didn’t know much about the real world!

Business Intelligence for SMBs: MBS Excel Applications and ...

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... like it has previously done with Microsoft Axapta, Great Plains, and Solomon, thus eliminating the time-consuming task of exporting and re-formatting data. ... http:/.../ResearchHighlights/BusinessIntelligence/2005/06/research_notes/VN_BI_PJ_06_23_05_1.asp - 18k - 2005-06-23 Summary: Companies relying on an Excel or Excel-like system need to know that, while Excel might suffice for ad hoc analysis and data storage for individuals or small groups, the technological flaw of data and referential integrity prevents it from a corporate-wide, collaborative effort like planning and budgetin

Business Intelligence Vendors

by Olin Thompson & P.J. Jakovljevic ... business assumptions and structures at will and in near real time, leveraging Excel's strong and flexible data gathering, reporting, and formatting capabilities ... http:/.../ResearchHighlights/BusinessIntelligence/2005/07/research_notes/TU_BI_XOT_07_14_05_1.asp - 26k - 2005-07-14 Summary: Current pure play business intelligence (BI) leaders offer the advantage of superior analytics and planning capabilities; however, enterprise resource planning (ERP) vendors are improving their analytic capabilities and accessibility.

FRx Poised to Permeate Many More General Ledgers Part Two: Market ...

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... On the other hand, the formatting and calculation constraints of the above statements, which require user-defined sorting and grouping, have also been nearly ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/Erp/2003/12/research_notes/PN_ER_PJ_12_04_03_1.asp - 24k - 2003-12-04 Summary: Since FRx already has integrations built to over forty leading general ledgers (and now a scalable tool kit available to accommodate virtually all others), the idea was for users to leverage the investment they have already made in their GL and to add increased functionality as their needs become more so

Business Performance Management (BPM) Selection

... Finite recurrence Form Designer can choose whether an Action Button is server-side or client-side Form Layout Form Management Form Types Formatting Forms are ... http://bi.technologyevaluation.com/business-performance-management/ - 26k - 2009-03-09

BI/Business Performance Management (BPM) Selection

... Finite recurrence Form Designer can choose whether an Action Button is server-side or client-side Form Layout Form Management Form Types Formatting Forms are ... http://bi.technologyevaluation.com/ - 25k - 2009-04-24 Summary: Compare Business Performance Management Software : Discover the 6 key modules to base your selection on and tools you must use in order to save up to 85% of time and money you'd spend gathering information on your own : Data Visualization, Analytics, Workflow, Data Integration, Support, System Requiremen

Give BI to the Masses » The TEC Blog

... The free suite offers capabilities such as drilling, graphs, slice-and-dice analysis, and formatting, though it still doesn’t offer all dashboard features. ... blog.technologyevaluation.com/blog/2009/07/08/give-bi-to-the-masses/ - 43k - 2009-07-08

IBM Cognos Express: Easy BI? » The TEC Blog

... It also makes conditional formatting possible, as well as “what if” capabilities and workflow management. cognos-express-fig1.png. ... blog.technologyevaluation.com/blog/2009/09/15/ibm-cognos-express-easy-bi/ - 45k - 2009-09-15