Arbor Software has announced the immediate availability of Wired for OLAP 3.1 for Essbase OLAP Server, IBM DB2 OLAP Server and Microsoft Decision Support Services.
This new release of Arbor`s OLAP-centric presentation, analysis and reporting tool suite delivers breakthroughs in integration with OLAP server-based analytics, enterprise-wide deployability and ease of use.
Wired for OLAP allows a wide range of users to report, analyse and share information. Robust client-side analytics, including traffic-lighted exception reporting, point-and-click calculated metrics, dynamic data filtering and graphically rich report types, allow users to focus, filter and add value to information.
Windows and 100% Pure Java clients are integrated through a mid-tier that supports analytical collaboration and speeds deployment. Wired for OLAP supports a wide range of analytic applications, such as sales analysis, product profitability, key performance reporting, product mix analysis, territory management and promotional effectiveness.
Features in Wired 3.1
Wired for OLAP allows customers to leverage the server-based analytics in Essbase OLAP Server, IBM DB2 OLAP Server and Microsoft Decision Support Services (formerly codenamed Plato). Wired for OLAP 3.1 extends this integration.
Wired for OLAP 3.1 exploits Essbase 5 and IBM DB2 OLAP Server features such as dynamic selections for automatic time-intelligence and period-to-date reporting, advanced selections based on names or attributes, exception-driven filtering, and linked reporting objects for viewing and creating cell attachments such as notes, documents and presentations.
Wired for OLAP 3.1 also supports server-based analytics in Microsoft Decision Support Services including features just added in Beta 3, such as header sorting, labeling, ranking, and advanced OLAP selections. All of these features in Essbase, IBM DB2 OLAP Server and Microsoft Decision Support Services are dynamically applied each time a report is loaded, providing customers with maintenance-free "intelligent reporting" that automatically adjusts to changes in their business models.
With interoperable Windows and Java clients and an enterprise-class mid-tier layer, Wired 3.1 supports the full range of users across the enterprise. Wired`s Java client capabilities include a new advanced printed report writer, which enables users to select printer and report-based settings for traffic-lighted exception reporting and advanced chart printing.
The Wired Java client adds new support for distributed CAB technology, allowing the Java client to be installed onto the client machine rather than being downloaded each time it is launched. Wired 3.1 also features increased formatting parity between Windows and Java clients, compliance with Sun Microsystems JDK 1.1 specification and improved interoperability features.
Ease of use and interoperability
Wired 3.1 allows users to e-mail live and static reports, supporting analytical collaboration during discovery and decision-making processes. In addition, Wired for OLAP Slideshows enable historical data tracking and presentation, and now provide tighter integration with PowerPoint and other presentation software.
Users can include content from other software products in Wired-based analysis and presentations. Wired 3.1 also enables users to export data from the Java client to desktop software with a single click, providing interoperability on all client.
* Wired for OLAP and other Essbase products are represented in South Africa by the IBD Group.
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