In January 2021, Solver and Microsoft announced an agreement to deliver Solver’s cloud-based planning solutions to Dynamics 365 customers more easily through QuickStart, a rapid deployment designed as an add-on for Dynamics 365 Business Central and Dynamics 365 Finance to enable the implementation of Solver in as little as one day.
In 2016, Microsoft announced the end of new investment for Management Reporter and partnered with Jet to provide a free version of Jet Reports for all Dynamics GP users. This post will compare and contrast the features of Management Reporter with Jet Reports, then compare the included version of Jet in Dynamics GP with the full version of Jet to help users understand if they could benefit from upgrading to Jet Reports.
The gold standard of data visualization software, Power BI allows users to connect and upload their data from hundreds of sources, including the Dynamics 365 suite of applications. By combining Business Central with the visualization power of Power BI, businesses can gain even more insight and view a wider picture of the health of their organization.
With the continuous advancements of technology, it has become critical that organizations utilize technology to maintain a competitive edge for managing risks and understand the usage of analytics tools to support fraud detection and prevention efforts.
Solver is designed to help organization create a “holistic” or “active” planning process that is easy, powerful and fast. Here at Rand Group, we made the choice to add Solver as a cornerstone solution for our Data Sciences Practice which supports our clients on everything related to reporting, analytics, budgeting, planning, and forecasting.
As competition amongst businesses continues to increase, one area that is separating the winners from the losers in their respective industries is data. Businesses are waking up to the fact that native ERP reporting is not going to cut it. They’re also realizing that the ability to quickly budget, plan, and forecast is more crucial than ever. Not only that, they’re realizing that these efforts need to be centralized and shouldn’t be treated as two disparate processes.
Cloud-based reporting and analytics solutions provide many benefits such as the ability to access reports and dashboards from anywhere and having the ability to gain instant insights into what is going on in your business. Many modern reporting and analytics solutions, such as Solver (formerly BI360), have made the move to the cloud in order to offer their clients solutions that match the needs of their ever-evolving businesses.
As data volumes continue to increase, more and more businesses are graduating from reporting to analytics. Reporting gives businesses and their leaders the ability to answer the question of “what happened.” Analytics instead gives them the ability to explore “why did something happen.” When we think of analytics and dashboards in the Microsoft ERP space, the two most common names you’ll see are Jet Analytics and Power BI. We will explore each in a bit more detail.
NetSuite Saved Searches functionality is an invaluable tool for any NetSuite User. The ability to quickly identify specific, detailed pieces of information makes Saved Searches a critical lifeline. Learn how to get additional power available through the use of Formula fields which can take Saved Searches to a new level of usefulness.
Without accurate and timely information, organizations may miss spotting patterns or issues that affect business outcomes. NetSuite comes with a set of reporting tools called SuiteAnalytics that includes features such as saved searches, reporting, KPIs, and dashboards. The latest feature included in the suite is Workbook – a new tool that allows users to more easily explore their data.
The latest major release is Jet Reports 20.5. This release features enhancements to Jet Reports for Dynamics 365 Business Central customers as well as new capabilities for Jet Budgets. This blog post will discuss five improvements made in the 20.5 Release of Jet Reports.
The Microsoft Power Platform consists of three applications—Power BI, Power Apps, and Power Automate (previously known as Microsoft Flow). These three applications are designed to let users analyze their data, act on their findings, and automate business processes.
