Online Analytical Processing - OLAP Reporting

Updated: November 29, 2004

1Daily Insight to Help Manage and Grow Your Business

More Powerful Online Analytical Processing Tools

Microsoft Dynamics NAV 4.0 displays data about business performance the way you want it with Online Analytical Processing (OLAP)

Easy analysis with an advanced Microsoft Windows viewer, a report writer, a Web interface, and capabilities for data mining

New features for reporting, Analysis Reports, Sales and Purchase Budgets, and Analysis views by Dimensions (ideal for smaller companies with few concurrent users and data of limited complexity)

New key performance indicators (KPIs) for financial management, supply chain management, and CRM can be viewed in a generic graph component, and also allow you to drill down into your Microsoft Dynamics NAV application for even better business insight

Demo

See how Microsoft Dynamics NAV helps you visualize data in different ways according to what's relevant for you.

 Gain Business Insight
Approx. 5 Min

Screenshot

Click on the screenshot to see an example of a sales cube you can easily manipulate to analyze the company's profit at a global level, and, at a more detailed level, per region and over a time period

Navigation Business Analytics 25

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Webcast

Learn how you can generate simple, effective analytical views at any time using pre-defined functionality. Sign up to attend this webcast on November 16.  

Webcast: Microsoft Dynamics NAV 4.0 Key Performance Indicators and Business Analytics

2The Freedom to Focus on Critical Business Issues

Better Control of Your Financial Information

Detailed visibility into every transaction

Inter-company transactions between any two companies within a group controlled by the same legal entity

Transparency and analysis tools for efficient processing of sales orders

Design your own simple reports for better analysis

Improved user interface on sales documents as well as new features for employees who require simple reporting functionality

Demo

See how businesses with several subsidiaries or distribution centers can perform sales and purchase transactions and make general ledger entries in more than one company at a time.

 Do Transactions Across Multiple Companies
Approx. 5 Min

Screenshot

Click on the screenshot to see the Intercompany Inbox window, where an employee can receive sales and purchase orders from an intercompany partner.

Navision Intercompany posting

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Webcast

To see a live demonstration of how you can help increase productivity of your sales staff by eliminating manual entry of sales orders, sign up to attend this webcast on November 9.  

Webcast: Microsoft Dynamics NAV 4.0 Order Entry Form and Reporting Features

3Take the Pain Out of Daily Accounting Practices

Partial Payment and Consolidation Modifications

Reverse all postings and changes related to an application, regarding both customer ledger entries and vendor ledger entries

Reverse entries created from lines manually entered in the general ledger, including a clear audit trail of the process

Global customers can choose which method to use when translating the general ledger account from a foreign entity

Demo

See how you can export a file from one of your subsidiary companies.

 Consolidate and Exchange Financial Information
Approx. 5 Min

Screenshot

Click on the screenshot to see the Consolidated Trial Balance report, in which the financial statement data of a subsidiary appears.

Navision Consolidation

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Webcast

To see a live demonstration of how partial payments, the Unapply function, and reversal of journals work in Microsoft Dynamics NAV, sign up to attend this webcast on November 18.  

Webcast: Microsoft Dynamics NAV 4.0 Partial Payments, Unapply, and Reversal of Journals

4More Efficient Employees

Personalization and Navigation Features

Easier navigation helps employees work more efficiently

Employees can personalize their own menus

Manufacturing Foundation helps the production planner manage his or her work

Demo

See how Microsoft Dynamics NAV helps you manage production efficiently with a graphical representation of production orders and capacity loading in an integrated Gantt chart.

 Use Gantt Charts for Production Planning
Approx. 5 Min

Screenshot

Click on the screenshot to see a Gantt chart, which is fully integrated with Microsoft Dynamics NAV. It allows a user to reschedule operations by dragging and dropping in the Gantt chart, thus updating the related production order data.

Navision Manufacturing Foundation

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Webcast

Discover how easy-to-access menu information and personalization options can increase the efficiency of employees. Sign up to attend a live webcast on November 8.  

Webcast: Microsoft Dynamics NAV 4.0 User Interface

5Prevent Business Show-Stoppers

Notifications and Alerts

Prevent, rather than react to, potential show-stoppers in your company processes

Generate automatic e-mail messages to your employees, suppliers, partners, and customers to inform them of business-critical issues

Demo

See how easy it is to set up the system to inform you when vendor deliveries are late.
 Get Alerts on Business Critical Issues
Approx. 5 Min

Screenshot

Click on the screenshot to see a window where you can subscribe to e-mail message notification. The window could be populated with various critical business issues.

Navision Business Notification

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Webcast

To see a live demonstration of how notifications work in Microsoft Dynamics NAV, sign up to attend a webcast on November 16.

Webcast: Microsoft Dynamics NAV 4.0 Business Notifications


*The improvements incorporated into [Microsoft Business Solutions] Navision [version] 4.0 superbly illustrate Microsoft's continued commitment to what is already a leading world class ERP product.*
David Hurley
Managing Director
Anglia Business Solutions Ltd., a Microsoft Independent Software Partner

6Work and Grow the Way You Want

Built to Adapt

Improved upgrade toolkit makes it possible for partners to reduce upgrade costs

Expertise of independent software vendors makes it easier to implement a business-specific solution that suits your budget

Retain the flexibility to respond to, add more capacity, and adapt to changing market conditions

Simplified foundation available for manufacturers that rely on manual planning and straightforward production processes, with option to add modules as manufacturing processes become more complex

Webcast

Learn how Microsoft Dynamics NAV can help small manufacturers that don't want to implement a complete manufacturing requirement planning solution. Sign up to attend this live webcast on November 11.

Webcast: Microsoft Dynamics NAV 4.0 Manufacturing Foundation

7Work in Familiar Applications

Better Together with Microsoft Office

New main menu navigation pane, similar to the one in Microsoft Office Outlook 2003, can be tailored to your specific needs

Analyze reports using familiar Microsoft Office Excel interface, or in the front-end solution of your choice

Make full use of Microsoft SQL Server for Microsoft Dynamics NAV Business Analytics

Microsoft BizTalk Server 2004 and XML input/output makes it easier to manage electronic exchange of data and business documents

Demo

See how your e-mail messages, contacts, appointments, and tasks appear both in Outlook and Microsoft Dynamics NAV.

 Integrate with Microsoft Outlook
Approx. 5 Min

Screenshots

Click on the screenshots to see how a contact from Microsoft Dynamics NAV is added to your Outlook contacts.

Navision Integration

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Navision Integration

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Webcast

Discover how multiple step processes can now be done with a click by linking Microsoft Office documents directly with the data in Microsoft Dynamics NAV. Sign up to attend this live webcast on November 8.

Webcast: Microsoft Dynamics NAV 4.0 Smart Tags



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