When planning enterprise-wide BI strategy with Microsoft Dynamics AX, think standardization and reuse first

When it comes to business intelligence (BI) and reporting, there are certain best practices companies that use Microsoft Dynamics AX should strive for from an enterprise perspective, like sharing standardized reports across the business.

As one member said at a recent AXUG meeting, "With the continued use of SSRS and the new data model in AX 2012, it's much easier to do robust reporting across a variety of business units or operations. It's also easier for individual users to get data specific to an individual business unit and start at a high level and drill all the way down to the transactions."

However, the tendency of a glob...

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