SIMPLE AND POWERFUL DESIGN EXPERIENCE
- Powerful, multi-dimensional pivot table reports and charts
- Rich library of system functions for inline analytics calculations
- Dynamic relative time functions that are pre-set for drag and drop into reports
- Group values and dimensions; add totals and subtotals
- Format values and use conditional formatting to highlight based on formulas
The benefits
- User-friendly experience empowers employees, enables self-service and drives user adoption and return on investment
- Graphical interface enables new analytics to be created in hours, not days
- Easy to organize, maintain and govern published analytics and reports
- Endless analytics and data discovery possibilities empowers creativity, problem-solving and continuous improvement
RE-USEABLE ELEMENTS
- Create and save logical calculations, and access other users’ calculations, reports, and charts
- Updating calculations propagates updates to other content that uses them
- Save and re-use all elements in the system including reports and charts
The benefits
- Improve user efficiency and consistency with re-usable assets and a centrally governed asset structure
- Achieve uniformity and consistent reporting across the organization with library of defined KPIs and definitions
Cross-functional Analysis Design
- Native cross-ledger analysis to query data across all functional modules of the model
- No need for pre-design, combining of Ledgers and sub-ledgers in the data model
The benefits
- Empower mainstream users to create powerful analytics and derive added value
- Rich insight of the business across the functional modules of business applications e.g. Sales, Procurement, Manufacturing, and Inventory
- No need for technical experts to pre-build queries or entities that combine multiple table data
- Easily produce accurate reconciliation reports across ledgers and sub-ledgers
Rich Visualizations
- Reuse existing pivot tables or create new charts from scratch
- Combine multiple series into single charts, use different chart types and secondary axes
- Flexible formatting of all chart elements
- Advanced features such as Small Multiples and Shape maps enable visualization design
The benefits
- Access best-practice charts and dashboards that deliver the best viewing and data contextualization experience
- Adapt flexible dashboards and charts to meet specific reporting requirements
- Drill up and down through dynamic user interfaces to explore the meaning behind data
BUILT-IN DATA EXPLORATION
- Built-in data discovery options allow drilling up and down from any hierarchy member
- Drill to other analytics while passing source context, drilling into values to see underlying transactions
- Exploration features are available in any system resource, chart segment, or series
- Design call-to-action workflows by redirecting to business applications’ screens
The benefits
- Interact with dynamic user interfaces to explore the meaning behind data
- Provide complete visibility and transparency of the underlying data
- Navigate across other analytics to uncover meaning and relationships between data
SHARING AND COLLABORATION
- Share analytics’ URLs with colleagues
- Print or distribute analytics in Excel, PDF or CSV format by email, or publish files in the system for versioning purposes
- Schedule automated distribution of information from the solution
- Proprietary page break design tool optimizes every report and chart option; configure formats, size, page-breaks and scaling
The benefits
- Flexibility to meet the most demanding formatting and print requirements
- Present easily digestible information for any consumer audience
- Communicate valuable information across all media to engage and educate audiences and drive return on investment
- Deliver accurate information to relevant audiences across the business in a timely, consistent manner to build trust and engagement
ON ANY DEVICE
- Responsive user interface adapts to every screen resolution and device experience
- The same features available on PCs are available across all other devices
- Mouse and touch consumption detected and fully supported across the application
- Analytics adapt to devices’ sizes, meaning only one version of analytics is required
The benefits
- Build analytics once and consume them on all devices for consumption on the go
- NO need to build mobile-specific analytics, saving time and driving efficiency
- Experience the same rich functional across all devices, extending the value of the application and driving return on investment
EMBEDDING
- Responsive web application with a consuming interface that can resize and adapt into any container, iframes, and webpages
- Pass hosting application’s user or form context to ZAP embedded analytics for filtering
- Enable dynamic data security aligned with user permissions defined in the business application in which the analytics are embedded
The benefits
- Drive user adoption by making analytics available for consumption in the business application
- Provide a seamless experience and drive efficiency as users work from one system
- Ensure security by restricting user access to information in the business application
