It’s almost that time again! For many of you budgeting season  is almost here, it’s a perfect time to ease the burden and dramatically reduce budgeting and forecasting cycle times. Automating your budgeting process allows you to make faster, more informed decisions. View our recorded webinar and see BI360 Planning in action now! See a live demonstration of creating […]

Data warehousing is a key technology that many companies are pursuing today. A data warehouse can deliver enormous benefits and key data in a timely manner, however; they are also subject to a high failure rate. The reasons for failure vary but almost always two symptoms will surface, cost and user expectations. Notice I identified […]

As part of the BI360 Suite, financial reports can be created. But what’s the point of creating the financial reports unless trained eyes from your organization are analyzing the numbers to find the strengths and weaknesses of your business. A very valuable, yet underused part of the BI360 Suite is the Report Publisher. Through the […]

Binary Stream’s Multi-Entity Management (MEM) solution provides the ability to process transactions from different corporate entities within a single company database.  By utilizing a centralized database intercompany transactions can be automated and master files can be shared across entities (ie General Ledger Accounts, Customers, Vendors, etc).  This consolidated Dynamics GP database has all the information […]

In most mid-sized and larger organizations with multiple divisions, classic BI tools have never been good at satisfying both local division needs (detailed reporting, local budget models, etc.) as well as corporate HQ needs. In the screenshot below, you can see an interesting methodology where a company can install the BI360 data warehouse (DW) at each […]

One of the most common issues with reports containing a large volume of data is the report run time can take a longer time than expected. BI360 Version 3.5 has a new feature that has been added to enable parallel queries so that the SQL Server can be utilized to its maximum capabilities. Once enabled, […]

Smartlist is a very popular query tool used by all Microsoft Dynamics GP customers worldwide. It has hundreds of useful SQL Views to allow GP users to filter and retrieve transactions from different tables in the GP database. BI360 now integrates to Smartlist views to provide an almost unlimited number of opportunities for business users […]

Solver offers BI360 training classes built for our client and partner needs with one of our senior consultants. Whether it’s our standard two-day training class in our Los Angeles headquarters for novice users or on client site for a more customized training and workshop, Solver is there to assist. Benefits of the BI360 training classes […]

A common frustration among many Finance and Accounting departments is the difficulty associated with modifying financial and operational reports. Users often resort to manually adjusting their reports in Excel to get them into their preferred format for distribution. This can become a very time consuming process when multiple drafts of the same report need to […]

We had full attendance for a Microsoft World Event hosted by Solver, Inc. in Gothenberg & Stockholm, Sweden. The seminar’s focus was on “SQL Server 2012 – Master Data Services a tool for managing master data“. Most organizations recognize the problems with inconsistent supplier, customer and product records. Despite advanced BI solutions often lack the management […]

Many companies these days are planning to enhance their ERP system’s native reporting capabilities with additional Business Intelligence (BI) tools. Here are some things to consider for this evaluation process: The role of IT vs the BUSINESS USERS when it comes to enabling users to create reports: Importance of user-friendly BI tools where IT does […]

The latest release of BI360 is loaded with lots of new features and enhancements. You talked and we listened.  BI360 3.5 is setting the bar with advanced reporting from Excel. Take Control of Your Data Many Accounting / ERP systems allow custom tables and attribute fields.  Prior to v3.5, these custom fields and tables could […]

The business intelligence (BI) software market can be tough to navigate. Not only do organizations have to sort through hundreds of available products, they also have to make sense of the jargon, trends and other technical aspects of BI tools (e.g. “OLAP” or “in-memory processing”). Getting a handle on these concepts early in your research […]

Today’s accounting departments want financial report writers that require a minimal amount of report maintenance when there are changes in the underlying accounting system, such as new account numbers. Furthermore, they always want to be able to rest assured that their financial statements include any segment or dimension updates done in the general ledger, thus […]

Every day in almost every modern business around the world, employees and managers are looking at reports. Depending on roles and responsibilities, these report consumers are seeking an understanding of a particular area of the business by reviewing vendor reports, sales reports, inventory reports, financial statements, and more. The faster an employee can find the […]

Get Ready for BI360 version 3.5! It is currently in beta and will be released in January 2012. Benefit from new features added within the reporting, planning and data warehouse modules. Two major features were added to enhance reporting and analysis: • Custom drill down within your reports allowing users to drill through to any […]

Solver is growing and needs more great team members! Due to high demand for our BI360 budgeting, reporting, dahsboard and data warehouse suite we are in need of the following team members: 1) BI360 consultant (US East Coast) 2) BI360 project manager (based at HQ in Los Angeles) 3) BI360 marketing/office coordinator (based at HQ […]

Today, I read one of the best BI articles I have seen in a long time. It was called “Process-Oriented BI: Navigating the Road of Continuous Improvement”. The essence of the article is about how far you should be able to take BI these days by: 1) End-to-End Business Process Knowledge 2) Continuous Improvement Mindset […]

See us at the Business Intelligence & Analytics for Healthcare Conference & Exhibition, July 11-12, 2011, San Diego, CA. Solver and InterDyn Remington will show how to use the BI360 software suite to manage data to drive quality, financial performance & accountable care. An increasing number of healthcare provider and payer organizations are looking to […]

Solver recently partnered with Sage to offer the BI360 suite to Sage MAS 500 and X3 customers world-wide. This will now bring the leading BI360 reporting, budgeting, dashboard and data warehouse suite to Sage customers that are looking for a powerful and user-friendly Microsoft Excel-based reporting and budgeting experience. The initial MAS 500 integration inclus LIVE reporting on the […]

A quickly increasing number of BI360 users are developing operational reports such as:
– Reports help them manage inventories with details about standard cost, quantities and physical value.
– That shows purchase orders versus requisitions with related information about delivery dates, unit price, quantity ordered, purchase price and purchase quantity.
– Production orders with trend charts that quantities items ordered by date.
– Work-in-progress reports (WIP), quantity per order, how much of an order has been started and the WIP amount.

Every organization wants a powerful Reporting and Budgeting solution integrated directly to Microsoft Dynamics AX, GP, NAV or SL. Most would like it to be Excel-based. And because FRx is going away and Management Reporter continues to be a GL only report writer, BI360 from Solver is the perfect replacement/enhancement solution! Join us for a […]

If you plan on attending this year’s Convergence in Atlanta, April 10-13 don’t forget to stop by Solver’s booth 535 to see our live BI360 Reporting, Budgeting & Dashboard Demo! Solver has also teamed up with GP Partner Connections for the PreGAME event on Sunday, April 10 from 8:00 a.m. – noon at Convergence. This event brings together […]

Financial Reporting and Planning Software Consultant Job Description This position will be based out of our Los Angeles global headquarters. The consultant will be responsible for implementing our BI360 reporting, planning and dashboard software suite for customers and partners throughout North America. Responsibilities: •Research and understand the clients’ current financial reporting, forecasting, and budgeting requirements. […]

We are excited to announce our new book release: “BI360, Microsoft Excel-based Business Intelligence – The Ultimate How-To Guide.” This 480 page how-to book will help customers and partners world-wide learn how to set up different BI360 modules and how to design budget/forecast forms, reports and ad-hoc queries. Alongside many useful tools, this book also covers […]

BI360’s modern Excel-based report writer offers predefined templates as well as pre-built functions for quick user-defined reports running live on the Microsoft Dynamics GP, NAV and SL databases (BI360 integrates with AX out of the box as well, but only for the FULL GL+ Sub-ledger version). Using an Outlook-style interface in Excel, users can drag […]

Just a reminder to sign up for tomorrow’s BI360 webcast! It’s a great chance for you to ask specific questions to our BI expert! Register Now!  https://www.solverglobal.com/news/webinars

Each week we will be conducting an 1-hour overview of BI360 Reporting, Budgeting and Dashboards! There will also be open time for Q&A as well. See you online! Register for our upcoming webcast today!

Join Solver for a FREE Webinar! Date: Wednesday, Nov 10th, 2010 – Time: 1:00pm EDT (10am PDT) Register Today! For all the tools, tricks, and skills utilized by Excel power users, the real secret to Excel reporting greatness is in the preparation. To really impress your executives and give your company a competitive edge you […]

We are excited to annouce that our Partner and Customer Portal is here! It is a web-based resource to automate the delivery all information and software to existing partners and customers. This portal will help simplify the existing program to better serve and support our partners and customers. The new portal gives channel partners access […]