Eleven Business Intelligence and Reporting Tools in Microsoft Dynamics GP 2010

Microsoft Dynamics GP 2010 offers business intelligence and data analysis businesses need to make smarter decisions. Having quick and easy access to data provides the business insights that are imperative to gaining a competitive advantage. Microsoft Dynamics GP includes the following BI and reporting tools:

• Business Alerts: Alerts that can be set up to automatically notify you and your employees about business changes via e-mail or through Microsoft Dynamics GP.
• SmartLists: A querying tool that allows employees to instantly create sophisticated queries to find detailed information about customers, vendors, inventory items, and employee records, as well as general ledger accounts.
• SmartList Builder: Lets employees build customized SmartLists that quickly link to Microsoft Dynamics GP and other data sources, and retrieve data according to defined criteria.
• Executive Center Dashboard with Charts and KPIs: Displays and monitors key business metrics, in real time, on a single, intuitive screen.
• Microsoft Office Excel Reports: Provides more than 220 built-in, refreshable reports that let business users work in the familiar Microsoft Office user interface.
• Excel Report Builder: Lets employees easily create and customize reports from multiple data sources, using the formatting and presentation capabilities of Microsoft Office Excel.
• SQL Server Reporting Services: Expands report writing flexibility with more than 90 built-in Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services reports and a step-by-step wizard that makes it easy to deploy reports within Microsoft Dynamics GP.
• SQL Server Report Builder: Enables employees to easily create new reports or modify the chart, key performance indicator, and report formats that are included in Microsoft Dynamics GP, without having to go to a developer.
• Analysis Cubes for Microsoft Dynamics GP and Analysis Cubes Library: Enables employees to analyze information from multiple angles and formats with a report creation wizard for easy report creation, including pivot tables.
• SQL Add-Ins for Excel: Enables predictive modeling, without requiring you or your employees to learn complex data mining concepts or techniques.
• PowerPivot: Delivers unmatched computational power by enabling users to analyze extremely large amounts of data within familiar applications.

If you want to learn more about the business intelligence and reporting capabilities of Microsoft Dynamics GP, contact us at Sikich. We are a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner serving Chicago, IL, St. Louis, MO and Indianapolis, IN. We specialize in the implementation of Microsoft Dynamics GP, Microsoft Dynamics NAV, Microsoft Dynamics SL and Microsoft Dynamics CRM. We work with over 4000 throughout the Midwest in a variety of industries with a focus on manufacturing and distribution, professional services, education , not-for-profit and multi-site international organizations. Follow Sikich on Twitter at @Sikich_Tech

By Sikich, a leading Microsoft Dynamics GP partner in Missouri

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