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SEI business value
CitySoft are an original Nectari Business Intelligence partner of Tangerine, the developers of Nectari with the enterprise Bi application now marketed by Sage as Sage Enterprise Intelligence (SEI) giving CitySoft a huge advantage over late adopters of the application.
SEI fast became the business intelligence product of choice for companies using Sage X3, Sage Intacct or Sage 300 ERP.
Operational dashboards for procurement staff, Sage X3 ERP project management staff and salespeople complement the CFO dashboards. The role-based approach speeds up the engagement of staff and the speed and quality of management decision making.
SEI is an enterprise-wide business intelligence application with a market leading set of characteristics and capabilities, such as:
- Role based dashboards on day 1
- Meaningful and interactive information from day 1
- Fully Adaptive interface for mobility
- Single sign-on
- OLAP
- Dynamic filtering
- Dedicated Apps for iOS, Android and Windows
- Preconfigured data marts (Modifiable Data Cubes)
- Real time data
- Access to data via multiple platforms (Web, Excel and Mobile)
- Manage data from disparate systems (on-premises and cloud)
- Seamless integration with Sage ERPs
- Visual, real-time access to enterprise-wide data with key performance indicators.
- Data visibility for faster, better decisions (Mike DePasquale Group Enterprise Systems Manager, Avon Rubber)
Figure 1: Sales Managers love the ability to distribute sales reports to their sales team ahead of their weekly meeting
Sage Enterprise Intelligence delivers several business benefits to companies using Sage X3, Intacct or Sage 300 ERP
- For Sage X3 users, Sage Enterprise Intelligence is embedded in Sage X3.
System users can live in their ERP system, simplifying their day-to-day system use.
Figure 2: SEI covers Sage and 3rd party data sources such as CRM and Payroll/HR
Figure 3: Extraordinary analysis of your inventory data using SEI
- Sage X3 user security settings are applied to SEI users
- Users can self-serve rather than having to rely on an IT department to create or share reports or dashboards with them.
- The SEI server license includes multiple modifiable data marts which understand the Sage X3, Sage Intacct and Sage 300 database schema leading to a rapid introduction and use of SEI
Product Extensions for SEI
Some of the benefits of using SEI and DataSync include:
- Simpler data transformation
- Streamline data migration from a legacy system
- The ability to centralize multiple data sources
- Data consolidation in your system
- Having disparate systems communicate with each other
- Securely move data between cloud and on-premise sources
- Eliminate live system impact when pulling reports
The Distribution Module
The Distribution Module enables automated scheduling of views, reports and dashboards. Consolidate multiple reports into one file. Add a cover page with a logo and title. Add a table of contents & configure your page setup. Finance managers and Sales managers find the Distribution Module tremendously useful.
OLAP Manager
Add the OLAP (Online Analytical Processing) Manager license for easy to build, high-performance data warehousing.
ETL Consolidation, ETL Transformation, ETL Migration and Interface
Based on the extract, transform, load (ETL) process, Nectari DataSync is a data management and integration tool that blends data from multiple sources and prepares it for analysis and reporting. Nectari DataSync can replicate data from a source database to a destination data warehouse. Source and destination databases can be either on-premises or in the cloud.
SEI for Sage X3
One of the most significant benefits companies using Sage X3 ERP gain from choosing Sage Enterprise Intelligence as their default Bi application is the inclusion of preconfigured yet modifiable data marts that stand to save companies hundreds of hours introducing a Bi tool into their IT ecosystem. SEI is fully adaptive for your smartphone, tablet, or any mobile device, with dedicated apps for iOS, Android, and Windows.
SEI for Sage 300 and Sage Intacct
Whilst originally developed for Sage X3, Sage Enterprise Intelligence offers businesses using the Sage 300 ERP system or Sage Intacct the option to use SEI as their Bi solution.
SEI is embedded in Sage X3 ERP
Figure 4: SEI offers users extensive data display options for optimal comprehension
Figure 5: View data in a variety of graphical formats
SEI Licensing
SEI Nectari is made available under a subscription arrangement. The core license consists of OLAP run time, your first “full” user license and preconfigured Sage X3 templates, SQL and Oracle data Connectors, and ETL replication.
There are two user license types – designer and viewer licenses both of which are concurrent user licenses.
The optional SEI extensions are – Distribution, OLAP Manager, ETL Consolidation, ETL Transformation and ETL Migration and Interface.
The developer SEI user licence enables, in addition to viewing data, creation of templates and reports whereas the Viewer software enables license holders to run reports and refresh predesigned dashboards. The software is fully adaptive for your smartphone, tablet, or any mobile device.
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