Connected business intelligence & reporting

1

Business Analytics

Very Low

Instant and live insights into important business KPIs

• Works out of the Box

• No configuration required

• Always up to date

• Easy to access and configure

2

Using the build in CSV export option to analyse the data via excel or similar software

Low

Detailed order history for further analyses

• Common data format to use with all kinds of software

• Highly flexible

• Only contains orders, requests and quotes. Does not contain users, MES-data, materials, settings etc.

• Has to be configured in a third party software manually (MS Excel, Tableau, Power BI,…)

• New or changed data has to be refreshed manually (by downloading CSV again)

3

Using the API (Application Programming Interface) to access CSV Data

Mid

Detailed order history for further analyses with automated download

• Using CSV data as in #2, but downloading the CSV data via a single API endpoint

• Keeps additional complexity to a minimum while always having up to date data without manual download

• Same as #2, but trading some additional complexity for more automation

4

Using the API (Application Programming Interface) to connect to a custom system

High

Complex data gathering with programming interface

• Allows you to access, change and delete many different data endpoints and their data like:

  • Orders, requests and quotes

  • Users, MES-data, materials and settings

• Allows highly flexible data operations

• High implementation effort

• Requires knowledge about REST APIs and usually at leats one programming language

• 3Yourmind can support, but the implementation is up to you as a customer. It must be implemented by an internal or external IT team

5

Using a direct Database Connection to either do custom database queries with SQL or via third party solutions like Tableau, Power BI, metabase etc.

High

Limitless business intelligence through direct database access

• The most powerful way to access or even change data as all data is available to you

• High implementation effort

• Requires knowledge about SQL and our data model

• Requires on-premise installation

• 3Yourmind can support, but the implementation is up to you as a customer. It must be implemented by an internal or external IT team