WriteBackPlugin Presentation
- 1. Budgeting and forecasting WriteBackPlugin for MicroStrategy Tool for faster and cheaper development of customized writeback solutions for Microstrategy Web and Office
- 2. Contents 1. What is WriteBackPlugin? 2. Benefits of WriteBackPlugin 3. Examples of applications of WriteBackPlugin 4. Technical Information 5. Contacts and Demo
- 3. What is WriteBack Plugin? • WriteBackPlugin is a plugin for Microstrategy Web and an Add- on for Microstrategy Office • WriteBackPlugin allows you to convert MicroStrategy Web grid reports into data input forms with few mouse clicks without need to do any manual coding • WriteBackPlugin supports standard HTML input controls (text box, drop-down list, check box, radio button) which could be configured for desired data management functionality.
- 4. What is WriteBack Plugin? • The use of WriteBackPlugin is limitless – you can build different data management solutions tailored for particular company’s business process and data management needs • WriteBackPlugin allows to develop forms for closed-loop workflow – validation, approval, attachment handling and others that require data collection from users
- 5. Benefits of WriteBack Plugin The main benefits of WriteBackPlugin include: • Decreased development time and cost of custom solution development for MicroStrategy Web and Office • Expands existing functionality of MicroStrategy software as BI tool to cover different needs of data collection or business process support. • Wide array of possible control options, like textbox, listbox, checkbox, radio button, and attachments
- 6. Benefits of WriteBack Plugin • Centralized Web – based FMS WriteBack metadata configuration interface that allows to easily configure writeback capabilities and custom SQL definition • Multi language support and user interfaces • Messages can be localized using MicroStrategy Web standard localization techniques
- 7. Writeback for Web • Leverage MicroStrategy Web with Writeback functionality • Different HTML controls to satisfy most challenging requirements • Available on different Web browsers including Safari on iPad
- 8. Writeback for Office • Leverage MicroStrategy Office with Writeback functionality • Use power of MS Excel for the complex Writeback applications • Increase user adoption through familiar interface and features
- 9. Budgeting and forecasting Examples of WriteBackPlugin applications
- 10. Example: Budgeting solution Deploy Budgeting solution within your MicroStrategy environment: • Create flexible budget input forms • Maintain several versions and/or scenarios • Implement what-if analysis • Manage budget workflows and approvals • Keep change history (data, users, timestamps)
- 11. Example: Data Quality solution Enhance your MicroStrategy environment with Data Quality functionality: • Add missing data to the data warehouse • Validate user data input to ensure data quality • Implement complex data transformation algorithms
- 12. Example: Document Management Enhance your MicroStrategy environment with Document Management functionality: • Save documents in MicroStrategy Web • Share documents with other MicroStrategy users • Store documents in centralized location
- 13. Writeback Administration • Configure Writeback with few clicks • No custom development needed • Flexible controls and data validation
- 14. Process description Administrator Users Configures Sets tables and Enter data into radiobuttons, WriteBack controls fields, where writeback form checkboxes, and and properties data is stored controls, like attachments textboxes, WriteBack Editor MicroStrategy Web MicroStrategy Office
- 15. Technical information • Windows Platforms • Linux • Unix • MS SQL Server 2005/2008 • Oracle Database 10g/11g Databases • IBM DB2 • Teradata V13, MySQL, PostgreSQL • Writeback for Web: MS Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Safari (also on iPad) Clients • WriteBack Editor: MS Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox • WriteBack Excel Add-on: MicroStrategy Office 9.0.x, 9.2.x and MS Excel 2007 • Special installer to provide seamless installation Installation • Detailed configuration guide and demo project example Other • Available upon request configurations
- 16. Contacts Kaspars Vītols FMS WriteBackPlugin Sales Manager Kaspars.Vitols@writebackplugin.com +371 26460462 www.writebackplugin.com Online demo: http://mstr-demo.fms.lv/asp (username: demo, password : demo) Free version available on: www.writebackplugin.com