1. DataViews Darren Reimer

2. What is DataViews? 1.A customizable tool to view your data. 2.A graphing application that provides static charts or a visual view of live data. 3.A browser that allows free navigation through your data (summarize, drill down, step back) 4.A report engine that allows for data export in a variety of formats (.pdf,.csv)

3. Why is DataViews Important? Allows for better management based on better more timely information. Saves valuable time by allowing unwanted information to be filtered out. Puts you in control of your data. You are not dependent on developers to write all the reports you need. Prepares you for the future. DataViews will be an integral part of future graphical ProfitMaster applications.

4. DataViews as a Custom View DataViews can be fully customized by: –Reordering, hiding, resizing columns –Filtering (static or dynamic) –Sorting –Creating custom calculated columns –Summarizing/totaling

5. DataViews as a Custom View Easily do custom multi-column Sort.

6. DataViews as a Custom View Do simple Filters like year-to-date sales over $30,000.

7. DataViews as a Custom View Do complex multi-condition Filters on any columns.

8. DataViews as a Graphing Tool 2 Main Types of Graphs: –Static graphs to summarize large data sets –Dynamic graphs that provide real-time visualization Variety of Graph Formats -Bar- Stacked bar -Line- Stacked line -Pie Anything done in the table view can be done in the graph.

9. DataViews as a Graphing Tool Static Graphs

10. DataViews as a Graphing Tool Static Graphs

11. DataViews as a Graphing Tool Dynamic Graphs

12. DataViews for Navigating Allows you to view information in the same way you think. 2 Ways to Navigate through data: –From DataView to related DataView –From a summarization to deeper levels of detail Graphs can be navigated in the same way tables can be. DataViews keeps a record of your navigations that you can step back to

13. DataViews for Navigating Navigate from DataView…

14. DataViews for Navigating …to DataView…

15. DataViews for Navigating …to DataView

16. DataViews for Navigating Compare sales by division from this year to last year and drill down…

17. DataViews for Navigating …to department…

18. DataViews for Navigating …to class…

19. DataViews for Navigating …to subclass…

20. DataViews for Navigating …to full sales detail

21. DataViews for Navigating Browse forward and backward through your data like a web browser.

22. DataViews as a Reporting Tool DataViews supplements current ProfitMaster reporting because with DataViews you can: –Access data not available in current reports –Customize reports as you view them Third party tools (such as Monarch) are limited in that: –You can only export data that can be retrieved through a ProfitMaster report. –The steps to extract the data or combine multiple reports can be cumbersome. –Data cannot be viewed real time.

23. DataViews as a Reporting Tool DataViews can access any data in the database. DataViews can export in a variety of formats: –.xml (standards based data format) –.pdf (Adobe Acrobat format) –.csv (comma separated values) Data may be imported into your application of choice.

24. DataViews as a Reporting Tool Export a buying show report to a compact pdf (Abobe Acrobat document).

25. DataViews as a Reporting Tool Get data not currently available like sales by customer area (postal code or city).

26. DataViews as a Reporting Tool Export data for specific customers to text file…

27. DataViews as a Reporting Tool …open in Excel and do a mail merge in Word.

28. The DataViews Customizer Customize how an existing DataView will display or create a new one.

29. SmartData Currently in development Will help you manage by exception. Allows for instant notification of events Possible alerts are: –Screen display –Sound –Email

30. Credit Override Alert

31. Below Margin Alert

32. Employee Return Alert

33. Customer Order Alert

34. Late Receipt Alert

35. Overdue Special Order Alert

36. Promotion Alert

37. ActiveData Also currently in development Offers access to full ProfitMaster functionality from within the context of a DataView. Almost any application in ProfitMaster is a potential action. Only actions that make sense in the specific DataView column are displayed.

38. ActiveData Simply choose the action (application) to execute for the selected data.

39. ActiveData Almost any application in ProfitMaster is a possible action.

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