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Derek Lamb May 2010
Microsoft Dynamics NAV Reporting Options
Dynamics NAV Reporting
Positioning of Products
Why Business Intelligence?
Intergen Offerings Reporting Services
Power Pivot
ZAP
SharePoint 2010
Questions
Agenda
Dynamics NAV Reporting
Choosing Reporting products
Buy vs Build?
Transactional vs Aggregated?
Real Time vs Delayed?
Ability of internal staff?
Who are the Consumers of reports?
Other source systems?
Dynamics NAV Reporting
Dynamics NAV reporting positioning
Dynamics NAV Reporting
Why Business Intelligence?
Number 1 Technology Business Priority
Improve Decision Making
Reduce costs of producing legacy reports
Reporting Services
Dynamics NAV Reporting
Reporting Services Features
Publish reports in various formats Server Based
Enterprise reporting
Subscription based offerings allows
reports to be delivered to end
users.
Integrates with Microsoft SharePoint for central
delivery
Display data graphically with
enhanced visualization capabilities.
User-friendly semantic
report model
Dynamics NAV Reporting
Report builder 3.0
Dynamics NAV Reporting
Report Builder 3.0 New Features
Render any report as a data source to PowerPivot or other
applications through ATOM data
feeds
“Grab and Go” reporting experience enabled through the Report Part Gallery
Additional visualizations
including indicators, sparklines and data
bars
Support for Madison and SQL Azure data sources
Support for maps and geospatial
visualizations with integration to Bing
maps and support for SQL spatial data types
Support for consuming SharePoint lists and
PowerPivot models as data sources
Dynamics NAV Reporting
DEMO
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POSITIVES Part of SQL
Consistent user-friendly semantic report model
Multiple data sources
Web based report consumption
Reporting Services Summary
NEGATIVES
Requires multiple server products
Requires internal IT resources
PowerPivot
Dynamics NAV Reporting
PowerPivot Features
Get data from virtually any
source Process massive amounts of data in
seconds
Limited IS Involvement
Take advantage of familiar Excel tools and features
Use powerful new analytical capabilities, such as Data Analysis
Expressions (DAX)
Large data volumes
Dynamics NAV Reporting
PowerPivot – Millions of Rows!!!
Dynamics NAV Reporting
DEMO
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POSITIVES Excel based
Large data volumes
Quick ROI
In the hands of end users
Integrates with SharePoint & SSRS
PowerPivot Summary
NEGATIVES
Excel based
Basic Security
No central data model
No data cleansing capability
Could require large amounts of memory
New language
ZAP
Dynamics NAV Reporting
ZAP Features
Web based no client install Powerful analytics,
dashboards and reporting
2009 Microsoft ISV partner of the
Year
Easy to use interface, designed for non-technical
business users
Report Packs – create PDF board reports
Prebuilt NAV connection
Dynamics NAV Reporting
Why Business Analytics from Zap?
Dynamics NAV Reporting Key Features
Dashboards
Scorecards KPIs
Report Packs Ad-hoc Analysis
Business Alerting
Reports
Predictive Analytics
Dynamics NAV Reporting Flexible Reporting
Dynamics NAV Reporting Automated Report Packs
Dynamics NAV Reporting Ad-hoc analysis
Dynamics NAV Reporting Dashboards
Dynamics NAV Reporting KPIs
Dynamics NAV Reporting Scorecards
Dynamics NAV Reporting Advanced Functions
Dynamics NAV Reporting Alerting and report scheduling
Dynamics NAV Reporting
POSITIVES Quick ROI
Prepackaged NAV connector
Full BI functionality
Web based
ZAP Summary
NEGATIVES
Extra License costs
No desktop version for power users
SharePoint 2010
Dynamics NAV Reporting
SharePoint 2010 Insights Features
Provides Self Service for end
users Make IS More
Efficient
Combine
Information from Many Sources:
Chart Web Parts
Rich inbuilt visualisations for dashboards and
scorecards
Work in familiar tools
Dynamics NAV Reporting
Microsoft BI platform
Dynamics NAV Reporting
Dashboards
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Scorecards
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Excel Services
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Decomposition Trees
Dynamics NAV Reporting
POSITIVES Full integrated BI suite
Office integration
NAV portal
Other SharePoint functionality
SharePoint Summary
NEGATIVES
Only available on Enterprise edition.
No budgeting/planning tool
Dynamics NAV Reporting
Business Intelligence Summary
Powerpivot – Great exploratory tool
Reporting Services – Enterprise reporting
ZAP – Fast ROI Business Intelligence
SharePoint – Unlimited capabilities
Questions
Thank You
Dynamics NAV Reporting
Useful graphical elements
Dynamics NAV Reporting
Useful graphical elements
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