Name: BSC Designer
Rating: 9 (2 reviews)
Author: BSC Designer

Help Desk

Web and Video Conferencing

Customer Support

Beta Testing

Cross-Browser Testing

Feature Management

Functional Testing

Performance Testing

Product Analytics

Virtual Reality

Development

Business Intelligence (BI)

Collaboration

Contract Analysis

Emissions Management

Payment Facilitation

Enterprise

Accounting

Accounts Payable

Accounts Receivable

Crypto Tax

Travel Management

Finance and Accounting

ACA Compliance

Applicant Tracking

Compensation Management

Corporate Learning Management

HR Management

Payroll

Relocation

Talent Intelligence

Talent Management

Workforce Analytics

Workforce Management

Human Resources

API Design

Cloud Storage

DevOps

Fraud Detection

Integration Platform as a Service (iPaaS)

Network Performance Monitoring

Privileged Access Management

Software Components

Software Composition Analysis (SCA)

Storage as a Service (STaaS)

Time Series Databases

Vendor Risk Management

Information Technology

A/B Testing

Ad Serving & Retargeting

All-in-One Marketing

Content Management

Content Marketing

Data Management

Email Marketing

Marketing Automation

Online Reputation Management

Product Intelligence

Social Media Management

Survey & Forms Building

Web Analytics

Marketing

Project Management

Task Management

Professional Services

Customer Onboarding

Customer Relationship Management (CRM)

eCommerce Analytics

Sales

Cloud Infrastructure Entitlement Management

Virtualization Security

Security

Aviation

Banking

Church Management

Digital Forensics

Fleet Management

Geographic Information

Hospital Management

Insurance Claims Management

Intelligent Document Processing

Internet of Medical Things

Veterinary

eDiscovery

Vertical-Specific

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BSC Designer has proven to be a valuable tool for small businesses implementing a balanced scorecard strategic performance management tool. Users have reported decreased manual errors and time in consolidating data for calculations, reports, and graphs, making it more reliable. This feature has given users more confidence in their decisions and helped them understand what areas need improvement in their organizations.

The software's KPI system features have also been useful to users who struggled with understanding and implementing KPI systems within their companies. The tool is especially beneficial as it matches different profiles with different KPIs, making it easier to develop an organization's scorecard dashboard. Monitoring each KPI's current performance has enabled users to track employee progress continually, making the process of employee appraisals easier. BSC Designer's well-designed interface that is self-explanatory has also reduced the learning curve, making it easy to access and update information contained in the same database. The software's affordability concerning other similar products on the market makes it a cost-effective option for small business owners looking to implement the balanced scorecard strategic performance management tool.

Customizable Reports: Reviewers appreciated the software's ability to generate customized reports according to the needs of the organization. Many users have praised this feature, stating that it has helped them save time and effort in creating reports for their business needs.

Easy-to-Use Interface: Users found the interface of BSC Designer easy to navigate and use. This sentiment was echoed by many reviewers who stated that they were able to understand the product quickly due to its simple layout and plentiful examples and videos.

Cascading Feature: The cascading feature of BSC Designer was highly praised by several reviewers. They liked how it allowed for cascading by objectives rather than measures, making it easy to populate KPIs into the strategy map and see how parent scorecards and child scorecards were linked.

Confusing Interface: Several users have found the interface to be confusing, particularly when using smaller screens. They suggested that an improvement in the overall look and feel of the portal would make it easier to navigate.

Limited Reporting Functionality: Many users reported issues with the reporting function, stating that there was little room for customization. Users were unable to pull certain reports they had hoped for and felt limited by this feature.

Expensive Cost: A number of users stated that the software is quite expensive, making it unaffordable for individual use. Some organizations also do not plan to purchase such software due to its high cost.

BSC Designer is a business intelligence software offering from BSC Designer.

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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

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.

Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)

Multiple access permission levels means that different levels of users have different rights.

BSC Designer

Overview

What is BSC Designer?