Name: BI4Dynamics
Author: Bi4Dynamics

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Collaboration

Contract Analysis

Demand Planning

Emissions Management

Knowledge Management

Online Notary

Payment Facilitation

Enterprise

Accounting

Travel Management

Finance and Accounting

Applicant Tracking

Corporate Learning Management

HR Management

HR Service Delivery

Payroll

Talent Intelligence

Talent Management

Workforce Analytics

Workforce Management

Human Resources

AIOps

API Design

App Development

Cloud Storage

Data Center Backup

Data Center Networking

Data Center Outsourcing (Canada)

Data Integration

Data Replication

Database-as-a-Service (DBaaS)

Enterprise Printing

Fraud Detection

Integration Platform as a Service (iPaaS)

Managed Detection and Response (MDR)

Mobile Data Security

Network Performance Monitoring

Secure Access Control

Service Virtualization

Value Stream Management

Information Technology

A/B Testing

Ad Serving & Retargeting

All-in-One Marketing

Content Management

Content Marketing

Creative Management

Ecommerce Personalization

Email Marketing

Market Research

Marketing Automation

Marketing Resource Management

Social Media Analytics

Social Media Management

Survey & Forms Building

Web Analytics

Marketing

Project Management

Professional Services

Customer Onboarding

Customer Relationship Management (CRM)

Point of Sale

Predictive Sales Analytics

Sales Consulting

Sales Dialer

Sales Incentive Compensation Management

Sales Training

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Medical Office EMR & EHR

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BI4Dynamics is a business intelligence solution specifically designed for users of Microsoft Dynamics NAV, 365 Business Central, AX, and D365 Finance. It is intended for small to large enterprises across various industries, including finance, sales and marketing, supply chain and logistics, manufacturing, and retail and e-commerce. According to the vendor, BI4Dynamics empowers professionals in these fields to gain insights and make data-driven decisions.

## Key Features

**Data Warehouse Automation**: According to the vendor, BI4Dynamics automates the process of building a business intelligence solution by copying relevant tables and columns from Microsoft Dynamics to the BI4Dynamics Data Warehouse. It generates an analytical model with over 2000 BI fields ready for analysis.

**Power BI Dashboards**: BI4Dynamics provides pre-made Power BI dashboards connected to the Data Warehouse, offering access to a range of BI fields for analysis. The dashboards cover various application areas, allowing users to track and analyze sales, receivables, inventory, finance, and more.

**Customizations and Development Without SQL Knowledge**: The vendor states that BI4Dynamics offers easy customizations and development without the need for SQL knowledge. The Data Warehouse Automation tool simplifies development by automatically generating SQL code to build a corporate data warehouse, cubes, and project documentation. It also allows for manual customizations.

**Flexible Data Warehouse for NAV/BC**: According to the vendor, BI4Dynamics automatically generates SQL code to build a flexible data warehouse for Microsoft Dynamics NAV and Business Central. The data warehouse covers 14 application areas, 156 dimensions, and 1545 measures organized in 73 measure groups, supporting customization and incorporation of a customer's solution.

**Comprehensive Analytics**: With over 2000 BI fields (dimensions and measures), BI4Dynamics enables in-depth analysis across various business areas. According to the vendor, users can leverage time intelligence and comparisons to track trends, identify patterns, and make data-driven decisions.

**Efficient Data Transformation Process**: The vendor claims that BI4Dynamics ensures a seamless data transformation process with no compromise between querying speed, data size, and the number of users. The automated process optimizes performance while maintaining data integrity.

**Integration with Microsoft Dynamics**: According to the vendor, BI4Dynamics seamlessly integrates with Microsoft Dynamics NAV, 365 Business Central, AX, and D365 Finance, extracting relevant data for analysis. It supports standard Microsoft parts, integrated ISV solutions, and customizations done by the customer's team.

**User-Friendly Interface**: The vendor states that BI4Dynamics offers a user-friendly interface that simplifies data analysis and exploration. Users can easily navigate through the Power BI dashboards, customize visualizations, and drill down into specific data points for deeper insights.

**Real-Time Data Updates**: According to the vendor, BI4Dynamics ensures that the Data Warehouse is continuously updated with real-time data from Microsoft Dynamics, enabling users to access the most up-to-date information for analysis and reporting.

**Scalable Solution**: According to the vendor, BI4Dynamics is designed to accommodate the needs of small to large enterprises. It can handle large volumes of data and support a growing number of users, making it a scalable solution for businesses of all sizes.

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Bi4Dynamics

BI Platform

Administration via Windows App

Administration via MacOS App

Administration via Web Interface

Live Connection to External Data

Snapshot of External Data

In-memory data model

OLAP (Pre-processed cube representation)

ROLAP (SQL-layer querying)

Multi-Data Source Reporting (Blending)

Data warehouse / dictionary layer

ETL Capability

ETL Scheduler

Supported Data Sources

Data sources that can be consumed by the application.

MS Excel Workbooks

Text Files (CSV, etc)

Oracle

MS SQL Server

IBM DB2

Postgres

MySQL

ODBC

Cloudera Hadoop

Hortonworks Hadoop

EMC Greenplum

IBM Netezza

HP Vertica

ParAccel

SAP Hana

Teradata

Sage 500

Salesforce

Google Analytics

BI Standard Reporting

Standard reporting means pre-built or canned reports available to users without having to create them.

Pixel Perfect reports

Pixel Perfect reports are highly-formatted reports with graphics and ability to preview the report before printing.

Customizable dashboards

Customizable dashboards are dashboards providing the builder some degree of control over the look and feel and display options.

Report Formatting Templates

Ad-hoc Reporting

Ad-Hoc Reports are reports built by the user to meet highly specific requirements.

Drill-down analysis

Drill down analysis is the ability to get to a further level of detail by going deeper into the hierarchy.

Formatting capabilities

Ability to format output e.g. conditional formatting, lines, headers, footers.

Predictive modeling

Predictive modeling is the ability to build future forecasting models.

Integration with R or other statistical packages

Integration with the open-source R predictive modeling environment.

Report sharing and collaboration

Report sharing and collaboration is the ability to easily share reports with others.

Report Output and Scheduling

Ability to schedule and manager report output.

Publish to Web

Publish to PDF

Output Raw Supporting Data

Report Versioning

Report versioning is the assignment of version numbers to each version of a report to help in tracking.

Report Delivery Scheduling

Report Delivery Schedule is the ability to have reports delivered to a destination at a specific data and time.

Delivery to Remote Servers

Ability to deliver reports to remote servers

Data Discovery and Visualization

Data Discovery and Visualization is the analysis of multiple data sources in a search for patterns and outliers and the ability to represent the data visually.

Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)

Pre-built visualization formats are canned visualization types that can be selected to visualize different kinds of data.

Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization

Location analytics is the visualization of geographical or spatial data.

Predictive Analytics

Predictive Analytics is the ability to build forecasting models based on existing data sets.

Support for Machine Learning models

Machine learning refers to computer programs that can learn when exposed to new data.

Pattern Recognition and Data Mining

Pattern recognition and data mining mean the ability to recognize hidden patterns in large quantities of data.

Access Control and Security

Access control means being able to determine who has access to which data.

Multi-User Support (named login)

Named model access means that users have access based on name and password.

Role-Based Security Model

Role-based access means that access to data is determined by job or position in the corporation.

BI4Dynamics

Overview

What is BI4Dynamics?