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Snap. It's Here.

Earlier this year Aestiva introduced the "Executive Snapshot." The tool provides executives a classic "Business Intelligence" dashboard.

The tool is now official. It is included free with all versions of Power Office.

To be frank however, we'll be avoiding the term BI or "Business Intelligence." At least for now. The word "intelligence" in BI suggests some very thoughtful algorithms to extract valuable information from data. The truth is, we're not there yet. But then, neither is most of the BI world even if their marketing suggests otherwise.

Our primary goal is to give business executives (those few not equally well-versed in computer science, advanced statistics, and quantum astrophysics) the ability to build single screen presentations with KPIs (Key Performance Indicators), trends, summaries, exception indicators and other kinds of information derived from operational data.

The latest version of the Executive Snapshot sports a spreadsheet-like interface that allows the user to drag-and-drop charts, reports, and values from one cell to the other. The tool can be used with Power Office data and data from external systems. In the first quarter of 2015 additional features will become available - including single-click trending, comparative statistics, and the ability to link cells in the dashboard directly to uploaded data and data "grabbed" from external Web pages.

Over time, we will be adding more and more features and affects. And yes, eventually we'll add some "intelligence" too. Eventually we'll have a tool we'll proudly call "Business Intelligence." But for now, we're satisfied with "Business Useful" and hope you will be too.

To learn more about the Aestiva Executive Snapshot please speak to your Account Coordinator.












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