A fast, flexible business intelligence solution
SAS^® Enterprise BI Server is a comprehensive, easy-to-use business intelligence software solution that integrates the power of SAS analytics and data integration to share insights that power better business decisions. It includes role-based, self-service interfaces for all types of users within a well-defined IT governance framework and a centralized point of administration. This helps organizations simplify and speed business intelligence deployment.

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Benefits

• Provides the information needed to drive faster, better decisions. By integrating data from across the enterprise and delivering self-service reporting and analysis, IT spends less time responding to users’ requests and business users spend less time looking for information, so more time is spent on making faster, better decisions.
• Increases data consistency, enables driven decisions, streamlines administration. Through centrally managed data, shared metadata and security, SAS Enterprise BI Server delivers consistent representation and control of information by providing reliable results that can be easily traced back to the source. This alleviates the repetitive task of validating which reports or results are correct. In addition, integration with Microsoft Office allows IT to retake control of ad hoc Excel use without impeding users’ desire for this familiar environment.
• Minimizes risk and optimizes performance. IT managers deploying SAS Enterprise BI Server can leverage previous investments and integrate BI quickly into the existing environment. Powerful query and reporting interfaces and unmatched analytics deliver the information and foresights needed to drive the business forward as quickly as possible.
• Lowers Total Cost of Ownership with a solution that meets everyone’s needs. SAS Enterprise BI Server ensures that IT has the breadth of BI capabilities to meet the needs of every type of user: managers looking for dashboards; groups that want to view or build reports on the Web; analysts or power users who need advanced data exploration; and IT staff who need to deploy, manage, control and maintain the entire solution.

Features

Web and desktop reporting

• A wide variety of targeted, fit-to-task interfaces for report building, viewing and distribution open the world of SAS intelligence to all types of users with varying needs and skills, speeding better decision making while relieving the burden on IT.

Portal and customizable dashboards

• Business users can access aggregated information via an easy-to-use, role-based Web portal. It includes point-and-click dashboard development, enabling users to create and customize their own dashboards in just minutes from virtually any data source.

Microsoft Office integration

• Business users have seamless access to SAS business intelligence and analytics from within their Microsoft Office applications, making it simple for them to access data, perform queries and analysis, and create reports. They can use familiar Microsoft Office functionality to distribute results to decision makers.

Query and analysis

• Information producers can easily access and query data on their own without having to learn new skills or make constant demands on IT for data and reports.

Interactive business visualization

• Interactive visualization capabilities enable information producers to dynamically explore data, investigate patterns and uncover hidden facts. An extensive suite of customizable graphic presentation options present information and insights to information consumers that are not easily detected in tabular formats.

OLAP storage and OLAP data exploration interface

• A powerful, multidimensional database is designed to handle large volumes of business intelligence data, and a specialized interface makes it easy to build and maintain OLAP data storage cubes. Business users can use their Web browsers to quickly and interactively look at summaries of large volumes of data from multiple angles.

Integrated analytics

• Business users now have access to sophisticated analyses directly from their BI interface of choice whether it is a Web-based reporting interface, a portal or Microsoft Office, without having to constantly seek assistance from IT staff or analysts. Analytics in a business context can be placed easily in the hands of all decision makers to drive accurate decisions and better results.

Guided analysis

• A dynamic Windows interface for guided analysis and model development enables business analysts, statisticians and programmers to leverage SAS analytics and efficient processing across all enterprise platforms.

Metadata management

• Easily map physical data structures to easily-understood business terms empowering business users with self-sufficient access to consistent information. An open, central repository means metadata can be integrated, centrally managed and shared across the enterprise. This ensures that your business intelligence is a consistent, strategic asset.

Centralized administration for IT

• A single point of administration provides the technology underpinnings to manage your enterprise, including servers, applications, security, libraries and metadata, across multiple platforms.

Applications development

• IT staff can quickly and cost-effectively develop and customize intelligence applications that leverage the full power of SAS, using a variety of programming languages and platform choices.

Flexible deployment options

• Flexible deployment options that can help you quickly integrate business intelligence into your existing business environment.