User Environments
Graphical Performance Series (GPS) delivers business information in a flexible, fully integrated environment that intelligently supports the business requirements of different types of users. Exact Software’s practical approach ensures that users have the right functionality to accomplish their goals, with a solution that is easy to learn and use. GPS is designed for a broad range of user types, and leverages standard business processes and tools like email and web portals. The ultimate goal of GPS is to provide the right level of functionality, to the right user, in a format that will deliver real business value.

Power Users

Power Business User
The Power Business User has access to the full range of GPS functionality, including real-time querying, report authoring, OLAP, graphing, and analytics. Power Business Users are able to build information views using standard business terminology, and easily bring together data from multiple sources, multiple hardware platforms, and multiple functional areas. Once an information view has been created, Power Business Users can conduct their analysis using intuitive, point-and-click features that enable them to slice and dice information or drill down into details. The integrated report-writing and graphing capabilities enable users to easily create and share powerful graphical representations of complex business conditions. The reports are flexible enough to match user needs, while incorporating advanced features like exception filtering and highlighting, sophisticated calculations with subqueries, rankings, sub-reports, drill-through, and more.

Standard Users

Business/Analysis
Business Users are the front-line executives and managers throughout an enterprise who need immediate access to business information to drive their decisions. With GPS, Business Users receive published information via a network, intranet, the web, or email, and then have the ability to conduct their own analysis in a powerful, user-friendly environment. Business Users have fast access to pre-defined shortcuts for frequently used reports, graphs, and tabular layouts. Filtering, printing, or exporting the content to other Windows applications takes only a few clicks. Business Users are able to easily move beyond simply viewing information to actually performing their analysis using OLAP, reporting and graphing tools that are highly intuitive with only a minimum of training – even if the user is off-line.

Dashboard
Dashboard users are business leaders who need to understand complex, multi-faceted business situations in a short amount of time. The GPS Dashboard provides a comprehensive view of corporate performance at a glance, with graphical presentations of performance measures, trends, and exceptions, and integrated information from multiple business areas. The Dashboard enables users to manage their business using sophisticated tools like Key Performance Indicators, Balanced Scorecards, and other advanced analytics. Dashboard Users are able to drill down from summarized displays into more detailed views, or employ the Business User analysis tools to identify root causes. Email alerts are also available to notify personnel when business conditions change or exceed a defined threshold. The graphical visualization of information from multiple areas lets users quickly identify trends and correlations, and obtain a uniquely detailed view of corporate performance.

Web Access
Businesses need the ability to publish mission-critical information to their enterprise, or share it with partners, without requiring the user to install special software. The GPS Web Access Server enables the distribution of business information, reports and graphs in a standardized, highly intuitive web format that requires no training. Internally, the Web Access user environment delivers timely business information to users who may not require sophisticated analytical tools or report development capabilities. Externally, it provides a low-cost, efficient, and secure method for sharing business information with customers, suppliers, and the entire supply chain. Web Access users receive published GPS information views via a web site, and have the ability to perform basic analysis, save reports as .pdf files, export data to other applications, and share information with other personnel. The Web Access User does not need any GPS–specific training, and requires no additional software beyond a standard web browser.

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