Application Overview

The ability to immediately access critical data is essential for success in today's construction industry. Your profit revolves around your ability to adapt to variance, and finding solutions for collecting information solves just half the problem. Accessibility and utilization of critical data is the missing piece, and the eCMS Business Intelligence application solves this puzzle.

Business Intelligence Benefits

Business Objects Reporting
Business Objects allows you to easily design reports and inquiries from your data, whether it is in your accounting database (eCMS), your job-site system (Project Collaborator®), or any other database, such as Access or Excel. This powerful and easy-to-use tool supports data from multiple databases at the same time. You can now view job-to-date cost inquiry and include information about pending change orders while retrieving data from a homegrown database or estimating system. , You can simply double click to see detail transactions instantly when viewing your user-defined inquiry. All inquiries and reports can be presented in either text or graphical formats, or a combination of the two as needed.

The OLAP functions of Business Objects allows you to easily navigate through large amounts of data by folding and unfolding reports, drilling down, drilling through, or “slicing and dicing” the data. These superior navigation functions allow you to view the data from different perspectives, thus enhancing your ability to make timely and intelligent decisions that affect your bottom line.

Integrated Business Query
Business Query is an integrated Excel add-in that allows you to pull your data into spreadsheets without having to copy or do file transfers. This integration means that all Business Query commands are available through extended menus and toolbars within Excel, allowing users to work in a familiar environment. For ease of use, Business Query utilizes the same straightforward methods that Business Objects uses to query and report on your corporate data.

Integrated Document Agent System
Document Agent Server allows reports to be scheduled and automatically distributed to the necessary users. Reports can also be posted on the Web, assuring that users viewing the website will always have the most up-to-date information. In addition to having predefined run times for reports, you have the ability to prompt report runs when certain conditions occur. With Document Agent Server, you can easily distribute a cost report to a project manager or to an owner, if budgets are exceeded or the job goes into an under-billed condition.

Web Intelligence
Web Intelligence allows you to distribute information internally (to your users) or externally (to your customers, joint-venture partners, or suppliers) through a standard web interface. Web Intelligence also uses the same familiar methods as Business Objects and Business Query. You will have the ability to create and distribute reports and inquiries without having to load software on to your intended receiver's computers. With Web Intelligence, you also eliminate security issues by allowing users to see real-time information without the ability to alter data.

Business Miner
Business Miner is a data mining tool that will help find the "hidden trends" affecting your business. With Business Miner you can identify relationships from within your database, automatically uncover patterns, and identify items that are creating those patterns. You can then drill down to analyze the detailed information that is ultimately affecting your business.