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iDashboards brings the value of enterprise dashboards to thousands of customers around the globe.  Here are some of the features that make it so effective:
 
Real-Time Alerts (eXclusive)
• Allows for user-level dashboard and
  email alerts when certain conditions are
  met, even when dashboards are not open
• Each alert may be sent to one user or a
  group of users
• Each alert is tied to a chart for better
  understanding of alert-related data
• Varying escalation levels may be created
   by having multiple alerts on a single chart
• Alerts are configured through a
  point-and-click interface
• Rules (data logic) and Scheduling
  (frequency of alert checks) may be configured
  by end-users
• Alerts are integrated within the
  iDashboards Flash UI - alert icon appears
  in bottom right
• Alerts may be monitored as often as
  once every 60 seconds
• Alerts help in proactive alerting
  of data exceptions
  (management by exception)
 
Reports (eXclusive)
• Allow you to get a reporting view of the
  dashboard data
• Drilldown from a dashboard to a report
  that can be viewed in HTML and PDF
• Perform basic summary statistics
  (mean, median, count, etc.) within a report
 
Right–Click Menu
• Intuitive and easy
• Access menu anywhere on the dashboard
• Dashboard and chart controls
• Almost zero end-user training
• No programming needed
 
Drilldown
• Drilldown to charts and other dashboards
• Drilldown to external URLs
• No limit on levels of in-depth drilldowns
• Auto filtering of data within a drilldown
• Pass user and context parameters
• Withhold all data values in a drilldown to
  avoid auto-filtering of destination charts
• Send all Y-coordinates along with
  X-coordinates for any given data point
  during drilldown
• Drilldown to update other frames within
  the same dashboard
 
Real-Time User Filtering
• Charts can include multiple pivots,  
  allowing users to select criteria to filter
  chart data
• Input Parameter controls
• Synchronized Pivots
 
Notes & Text
• Sticky notes on individual charts
• Embed text within dashboard
 
Flash & Images
• Embed simple Flash files
  within dashboard
• Embed images within dashboard
• Embed custom image as
  dashboard background
• Embed Flash widgets within dashboard
• Hyperlink embedded images to URLs
 
Excel Export-Import
• Export chart data into a spreadsheet
• Import spreadsheet data
• Use spreadsheets as live data sources
 
Print & Magnification
• Maximize individual charts
• Print dashboards and individual charts
 
User Personalization
• Users can customize their charts
  and dashboards
• Users may save to Personal category
• Data integrity is not impacted
• Change dashboard framework
  color and language
• A favorite dashboard that displays
  every time a user logs in
 
Internationalization
• Most languages can be supported
• Spanish language is shipped with
  the software
Real-Time Analytics (eXclusive)
• Provides the ability to perform dynamic
  calculations on real-time data
• Results of derived calculations may be
  displayed as new data columns
• Conditional logic may be applied to
  real-time data to derive new indicators
  (for example, pass or fail)
• Real-time statistics may be derived from
  the data feed and outliers may be identified
• Percent contribution of each to the group
  may be computed
• What-if analysis may be performed by
  applying user-specified values to
  derived columns
• Users get advance analytical results with
  intuitive visual displays
 
Embed Video (eXclusive)
• Embed video files within dashboards
• Create a corporate communication platform
  combined with BI insight.
 
User Framework
• Web-based Flash/ Flex user interface
• Supports all browser types: IE, Firefox,
  Chrome
• Secured log-in and role-based permissions
• Can display data from multiple
  data sources
 
Security Framework
• Security and access restrictions
• Role-based permissions and access
• Single sign-on (SSO) with other applications
• LDAP server integration
• 3rd party SSL certificate encryption
 
Data Connectivity
• Support for most relational databases using
  JDBC or ODBC
• Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle, DB2, Sybase,
   MySQL, MS Access and more
• Database tables and views
• Stored procedures
• Custom SQL queries with joins, aggregations,
   filters and macros
• Excel spreadsheets
• Write SQL queries against different spreadsheets
 
Enterprise Scalability Features
• Filter-on-user allows for large volumes of users
• Server-side authentication with
  dynamic user-inserts
• Server-cluster deployment for load-balancing
• Zero client-side footprint
 
Real-Time Data Updates
• Auto-refresh at pre-specified time intervals
• Enforces live updates
• Intervals as low as 60 seconds
• Manual refresh
 
Dynamic Macros
• User Macros help generate dynamic queries
  restricted to specific user who is logged in
• Date Macros help generate dynamic queries for
  different time windows
• Drilldown Macros help generate custom drilldown
  URLs to external applications
• Input Parameter Macros help generate dynamic
  queries utilizing user input values
 
Support for Mobile Devices
• iPhone & iPad App
• Android Tablet App 
 
Portal Integration
• JSR168 compliant
• Microsoft SharePoint
• Integration with custom applications using
  single sign-on (SSO)
 
Dashboard Export-Import
• Dashboard export-import from development
  to test to production
• Easy upgrades for OEMs

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