What will Sage ERP MAS Intelligence include?
(This information was correct as of 7/8/10)
Sage’s new Business Intelligence product, MAS Intelligence, will begin shipping to partners later this month (July) and to end users next month. “Shipping” actually consists of a download.
The product is made up of several modules, including the Report Manager, Report Designer, Security Manager, Report Viewer, and Connector modules. Each end user will receive the Report Manager free of charge.
The Report Manager allows users to run the standard reports that ship with it, copy these reports and modify the copies, and create new reports, as long as these reports use the “Containers” that are already setup. Containers are similar to the Views that come with Business Insights Reports – pre-defined links to certain MAS90/MAS200 files. Shipping with the standard version are containers for financial statements, multi-company financial statements, GL transactions, sales history, PO information, and inventory information. To access any container but the multi-company consolidation container, you login to the ODBC connection, much like logging into FRx or Crystal Reports (if run outside of MAS90/MAS200) and the company you have logged into will be the company used for any reporting during that session.
Resellers will also receive the Report Designer and the Connector modules. The Report Designer allows users to create financial reports using a “drag and drop” feature. The Connector module allows users to create connections to new files in MAS90/MAS200, or to other software packages, such as Sage CRM, etc.
As a reseller, you may create a report using a new container and export it for a client, who can then import it. HOWEVER, the client must either own the Connector module OR a second license of the Report Manager module. You may also create reports using the standard containers and export those, as well, but again, the end user must own a second license of the Report Manager module.
The Security Manager allows for an extra level of security by report. A more likely route for security, though, will be the use of ODBC Security in Role Maintenance (which the end user will not have to purchase additionally).
The Report Viewer is much like the FRx Viewer, allowing users to run reports but not modify them.
All reports in Sage MAS Intelligence are actually created in Excel (not EXPORTED to Excel, actually CREATED in Excel). Several Add-Ins allow users to more easily make changes to reports, including a Quick Pivot Table option, etc. Reports can be emailed and scheduled, as well.
Sage hopes to have training classes for Sage Certified Trainers available in September, with classes for end users starting after that.
via: Beth Bowers – Sage MAS 90 and MAS 200 Consultant – Michigan
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