Do-It-Yourself Analytics


Do-It-Yourself Analytics Report Analyzer is an end-user analysis tool that empowers business users to view, modify, extend or analyze their report data "on-demand" and without adding any IT overhead. It is an easy-to-use, GUI-driven analysis tool that delivers self-service analysis capabilities.

Do-It-Yourself Analytics Report Analyzer's user-friendly drag-and-drop functionality enables business users to modify data visualization in real-time reports. This analysis tool gives users the flexibility to view information easily in a variety of graphical and tabular formats. Nexstep Report Analyzer enables users to analyze any report element, including Pivot Tables & Charts, and also export reports to a variety of formats, including HTML, XML, Excel, RTF, Ms Word, Text, PDF, etc.

Do-It-Yourself Analytics Report Analyzer also has a spreadsheet-like interface that allows users to perform basic and advanced analysis on the fly. Complete with powerful grouping, charting and ad hoc analysis capabilities, Nexstep Report Analyzer empowers business users with real-time operational business analysis. Nexstep Report Analyzer is available as a thick-client solution for desktops and as a web-based solution that provides all the interactivity and advanced data analysis capabilities of the client over the browser.


Benefits

1. Significantly improves Business User productivity

• Delivers on-demand report interactivity and data analysis capabilities

2. Enables rapid & informed decisions

• Enables business users to modify their reports to suit dynamic business situations
• Supports ad hoc visualization and analysis needs

3. Minimizes deployment effort

• Out-of-the box deployment capability

4. Minimizes IT Overhead

• Simple to use - requires limited or no training
• Self-serve reporting & on demand analysis

5. Helps minimize TCO (Total Cost of Ownership)

• Does not require additional or specialized infrastructure

6. Delivers rapid and enhanced ROI (Return on Investment) on existing information assets



Features/Functionalities

1. Grouping

• Drag-and-drop Grouping: Transform long grid reports into quick summaries.

• Date Grouping: Group report data by Year, Quarter, Month or Week using a date field
  (For e.g. you can compare sales figures by Quarter using the Order Date column)

• Range Grouping: Group report data by any pre-defined data range. (For e.g. you can identify and group high value customers by specifying revenue ranges)

2. Powerful Charting Options

• Visually represent report data using a variety of charts like Pie, Bar, Line, Radar, etc. Creating a drill down chart is as simple as dragging multiple fields into the X-Axis!

3. Conditional Formatting

• Get a snapshot view of exception areas for users every time they open the report. Reports can be custom formatted at Row-level and Cell-level based on a set of preset conditions.

4. Offline Analysis

• Perform full-fledged analysis on the reports even when they are not connected as Nexstep reports (.ivwr) store the report layout and its data.

5. Export and Email Reports

• Export reports to popular formats such as MS Excel, HTML, XML, PDF, etc.

6. Active-X Component for Viewing and Analyzing Reports over the Web

• Leverage all functionalities of Nexstep Report Analyzer, over the web using the Active-X variant.

7. Special Report Types

• Pivot Tables and Pivot Charts: Performs advanced analysis on a pivot table or chart and generates meaningful information and valuable insights from huge data without having to scroll through rows of base data.

8. Other Popular Features

• Computed Columns Add value to situations where users want to index a complex expression that may include the values of one or more dependent columns. Data Filters Filter the records displayed in your report and isolate relevant information based on a date range, specific customer group, salesperson, etc.