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SOLUTION OVERVIEW
SAS
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BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE
Better answers, faster
Today’s fast-paced, competitivemarketplace means increasing pressureto raise profits, do more with less andoperate more efficiently. Achievingthese goals requires faster and improveddecision-making ability across yourentire organization.Unfortunately in many organizations,departments continue to operate ininformation silos. Existing enterprisesystems often are not linked andsoftware packages are not integrated.Decision makers have difficulty gettingconsistent and accurate informationthat they need to make informeddecisions quickly.SAS offers an integrated business intel-ligence platform that provides consis-tent, accurate information based on acomprehensive view of the business. A suite of intuitive interfaces empowersdecision makers across the enterprisewith self-service query and reportingcapabilities so they can get the informa-tion they need in time to make the rightdecisions and take the best actions.
Spend less time looking foranswers and more timedriving strategic decisions
“From data warehousing and manipula-tion to forecasting, all of these piecescome together to build a solid founda-tion for BI. SAS helped us develop thatfoundation, and now SAS EnterpriseBI Server helps us share the benefitsof that platform with our business users.”
Grant Felsing
Decision Support Manager, Briggs & Stratton
Challenges
• Takes too long to getinformation.• Unsure of accuracy andconsistency of information.• Too hard to sort through dataor find what we need.• Information is not being sharedacross the organization.
Solution
SAS Business Intelligenceintegrates data from acrossyour enterprise and providesself-service reporting andanalysis at everyone’s fingertips.Decision makers spend less timelooking for answers and moretime driving strategic decisions.
Benefits
Reporting: All levels of userscan access and produce reports
SAS reporting is self-service soinformation consumers can accessand generate reports on their ownin the time frames they require. Userscan quickly access data and makeinformed decisions that will steerfavorable outcomes and deliver thedesired results.Multiple interfaces are tailored to thedifferent skills and business needs of individuals throughout an organizationand users can work in familiar environ-ments (Web browsers, e-mail, MicrosoftOffice, etc.). The need for training isminimized and results are fast.
Query & Analysis: Users can ask new questions and quickly getthe answers they need
SAS provides multiple query interfacesfor differing skill levels, enablingusers to access and query data ontheir own without having to learn newskills. SAS has the power and interop-erability to query across multiple data-bases and platforms, and incorporatethose results into reports, portals orMicrosoft Office applications. Complexanalysis can be performed in familiarenvironments as well.
Business Visualization:Easily present data in charts,graphs and maps
SAS provides an extensive suite of graphic data presentation optionsto illustrate relationships that aredifficult to see in spreadsheets or tableformats. These graphics can be pro-duced as reports that can be surfacedin the portal or as part of an application,or as a freestanding graphic.
Microsoft Office Integration:Leverage SAS capabilitiesdirectly from Microsoft Office
SAS functionality is seamlessly inte-grated into Microsoft Office so usershave self-service access to SAS busi-ness intelligence and analytics fromwithin Microsoft Office applications. This allows organizations to implementbusiness analysis standards, whilemaking data from multiple sourceseasily available to users through familiarMicrosoft Office environments.
Integrated Analytics: Integrate thefull breadth of SAS analytics andmake results available to all
SAS is the market leader in analytics,and these powerful analytic capabilitiescan be leveraged by more users acrossthe organization. This includes analytic
Key benefits
• All levels of users can accessand produce reports.• Everyone can ask newquestions and quickly getthe answers they need.• It is easy to communicateresults visually with charts,graphs and maps.• Leverage SAS capabilities fordata access, reporting andanalytics directly from MicrosoftOffice applications.• The full breadth of SASanalytics can be integrated intoBI applications and resultsmade available to all.results or the ability to run analyticmodels directly from within their BIinterface of choice – Web browser,portal or Microsoft Office applications.SAS analytic capabilities are the highestquality in the industry, ensuring precisionand allowing for greater certainty andconfidence in the results.
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