Creating reports usually means investing a fair amount of effort and the time of costly technical resources into writing reports based on the specifications from the business users.

As business changes so do the reporting requirements. It is difficult and expensive for the IT staff to maintain the reports - as it is for the business users to be documenting their changing requirements.

Making information available

With Surface Analytics the approach to reporting is greatly simplified. Business users can easily create their own reports and charts, as well as run ad-hoc queries. No specialized technical knowledge is necessary, most users are able to get results in minutes.

Making information consistent

One of the common problems many businesses encounter is the fact that users often resors to creating their own reports - even though a relevant report may already exist. The users may not be able to access the report themselves or may not even be aware that the report they need exists.

With Surface Analytics all reports can easily be published into a central repository (based on Microsoft SharePoint). The reports are then available to all other authorized users. Sharing of information has never been easier.