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1. Unified access to business data from multiple platforms including SQL Server Analysis Services, TM1 and SAP Business Warehouse from within Microsoft Office.
   
2. Dramatically extends the user base for business intelligence reporting by activating Word as a data-enabled report writer.
   
3. Enhances the analytical capabilities of Excel by providing sophisticated layout and formatting of data targeted for financial and compliance reporting, departmental sales and productivity analysis.
   
4. Encourages collaboration by providing genuine end-user reporting facilitated by existing infrastructure solutions such as email and Microsoft Office SharePoint Server (MOSS).
   
5. High levels of user acceptance and low training cost by delivering end-user reporting from within “their” tool of choice.
   

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Intelligencia for Office 2007 allows you to create sophisticated reports in Microsoft Word and Excel using data from your business intelligence warehouse. With the emphasis on report writing Intelligencia can be used to create:

• Print quality financial report documents such as Board reports, compliance filing reports (Sarbanes Oxley, IFRS, MiFID), management accounts etc.
  
• Parameterised production business performance reports for operational areas such as sales, manufacturing, human resources etc.
  
• Ad-hoc reports highlighting exceptions and recommending corrective actions.

“Adding data capabilities to Microsoft Word transforms the most widely used Office application into an exciting business intelligence report writer. Use it for financial statements, board reports, operational performance and compliance filing documents.”

Target Audience

Intelligencia for Office 2007 is designed for use by all business users who need to create and share reports. No IT skills are required and delivery via Microsoft Office without server based publishing technology ensures minimum training and maximum take-up. Analysts and IT professionals will also find value in Intelligencia for Office’s ability to quickly combine data from multiple platforms along with commentary into publication quality report documents.

Microsoft Word as a BI reporting application?

Intelligencia for Office is the first solution that properly recognises the growing need to incorporate business data within Microsoft Word documents as well as Excel spreadsheets. Simple, direct access to data is provided without the need to use complex linking or embedding. The intuitive query builder extracts data without restricting users’ ability to flexibly format and annotate. This makes Word an incredible tool for the creation of rich content documents such as board reports and compliance filing documents.

With Intelligencia for Word you can also create dynamic parameterised reports in which users can select the subset of data they wish to view. These reports can be distributed via email or shared through Microsoft Office SharePoint Server without the need for complex web development.

Adding Value to Excel

With Office 2007 Microsoft have significantly increased the power of Excel when used for data analysis. Our Excel add-in concentrates on allowing you to create printable reports with an emphasis on creating good looking, easily maintainable content with the minimum effort. We also extend the range of Olap data sources that can be used within Excel from SQL Server Analysis to include SAP Business Warehouse and Cognos TM1.

People who work all day with Excel appreciate features such as the default footing of totals in financial data and the rapid formatting via our layout and style galleries. Most typical financial reports can be created without the need to resorting to cell referencing making Intelligencia for Excel reports significantly easier to maintain and audit. Full formula access to data is of course provided for the ultimate flexibility where it is needed.

“The style and layout gallery in Intelligencia for Office makes the creation of financial reports quick and easy when compared to Excels native pivot table services.”

Intelligencia for Office 2007 offers a different approach to business intelligence:

• Improved compliance – by making it as simple as possible for users to access corporate data directly from within Microsoft Office we have removed the obstacles of technical skill and familiarity that typically hinder the use of approved corporate data services.
  
• Improved collaboration - easy sharing of reports via email and Microsoft Office SharePoint Server coupled with the freedom of self-service reporting encourages collaboration between groups of key workers and enables flexibility to respond to business events.
  
• Improved productivity – the features within Intelligencia for Office are designed to create business reports with the minimum of effort. The fluid user interface makes more advanced features easier to find when they are needed.
  
• Lower cost of ownership – Intelligencia for Office makes use of existing collaboration infrastructure and does not require the implementation of new report server technology. IT involvement in ad-hoc reporting is concentrated on managing the data sources required by business users. Training costs are minimised by utilising the familiar Office application suite as the primary delivery mechanism for intelligence reporting.