Comment Re:Interactive Reporting (Score 1) 123
I think that OLAP and multi-dimensional analysis is way too complicated for alot of people. What I realized is that there are alot of very powerful tools out there, $50k+ like hyperion, Business Objects and others.
The problem with them is that they are very expensive, especially for alot of small businesses, and very difficult to setup and get up and running.
What I am trying to do is do simplify the process, so all the fancy analysis is bundled into the tool, and all they have to do is do a datamapping into where their transactional data is stored. Even these mappings can be presetup, if they are using a common accounting package. The net advantage is, that the analytical stuff should just work out of the box
Alot of these high end tools are very powerful, and there is a demand for them. I feel there is a demand for prepacked analtical modules that just work.
I am working to try and build a marketplace in these kind of analytical tools and mappers. So as an example, you can have someone build a sales module, or a fancy inventory analytical module. Then you could have someone supply a link to say a common accounting system like Quick books, or whatever kind of accounting system they might be using.
The marketplace would help simplify this stuff, by abstracting the reporting/intelligence stuff away from the physical data. So you could have people develop modules/mappers for linking into particular accounting systems, and other data sources. And then people who could develop different reports/intelligence applications.
So say your boss needs a new Inventory analysis report, sure you could write one from scratch. But as long as you followed the standard schema for inventory, then others could also reuse your work. And you could resale that module so others can reuse it.
Suppose you are familiar with a particular accounting system, e.g. then if you write a mapper into this common schema, then others could buy this map and reuse it.
The problem with them is that they are very expensive, especially for alot of small businesses, and very difficult to setup and get up and running.
What I am trying to do is do simplify the process, so all the fancy analysis is bundled into the tool, and all they have to do is do a datamapping into where their transactional data is stored. Even these mappings can be presetup, if they are using a common accounting package. The net advantage is, that the analytical stuff should just work out of the box
Alot of these high end tools are very powerful, and there is a demand for them. I feel there is a demand for prepacked analtical modules that just work.
I am working to try and build a marketplace in these kind of analytical tools and mappers. So as an example, you can have someone build a sales module, or a fancy inventory analytical module. Then you could have someone supply a link to say a common accounting system like Quick books, or whatever kind of accounting system they might be using.
The marketplace would help simplify this stuff, by abstracting the reporting/intelligence stuff away from the physical data. So you could have people develop modules/mappers for linking into particular accounting systems, and other data sources. And then people who could develop different reports/intelligence applications.
So say your boss needs a new Inventory analysis report, sure you could write one from scratch. But as long as you followed the standard schema for inventory, then others could also reuse your work. And you could resale that module so others can reuse it.
Suppose you are familiar with a particular accounting system, e.g. then if you write a mapper into this common schema, then others could buy this map and reuse it.
