antares planner for self-service BI
Benefit from a variety of professional planning functions with complete integration of your valuable BI data. The ability to plan up to three levels in combination with freely selectable scenarios also allows you to directly compare different planning scenarios. Thanks to automatic distribution functions and individual plan number and structure data definitions, you will be able to carry out multi-dimensional top-down or bottom-up planning.
As an SSBI application, antares planner for self-service BI is intuitive to use and does not require any technical knowledge on the part of the business users. Thus, the cooperation with the IT department and its service is basically no longer necessary, so that these and possibly other departments are relieved and can concentrate on their tasks.
Planning process based on existing analysis platforms
Clear dashboards
Fully automatic data procurement
Intuitive operation
Ready for use after a few days
Functions of the planning software for self-service BI
- The simple connection of the tool to ad hoc BI platforms and existing upstream systems ensures coordinated processes and reliable data structures.
- The web-based application allows users to access relevant information regardless of location and time.
- The integration includes both the import of data and the export or transfer via interfaces – fully automated and workflow-controlled.
- Independent operation without IT knowledge and the resulting relief of the IT department.
- Publish and export the planning to the management information system.
- Web interface and authorisation concept allow all participants to enter the planning scenarios into the system.
- User-friendly interface and responsive design enable flexible and web-based optimisation of your planning processes.
- Decentralised access enables time and location-independent access to relevant company information
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FAQ
Yes, we guarantee a smooth connection of our software to your existing business intelligence platforms for analysis.
The following plan types can be used: standard sales planning, forecast, rolling and multi-year planning. The plan data can be easily adjusted using the top-down or bottom-up method.
You have the option of creating and planning several scenarios (e.g. worst case, best case, expected case) per plan. Thanks to the integrated authorisation options, customer-specific authorisations can be assigned within individual scenarios.
The data can be imported into the software from various sources, whether from SAP, Qlik or our analysis and reporting software antares analyzer. Thanks to current bidirectional interface technologies, there are no restrictions here.
Data can be exported via Excel plug-in or exchanged via a bidirectional database interface.
Yes! Within a scenario, any plan coordinates can be fixed, i.e. written down. It is also possible to "freeze" entire scenarios or individual plan strands (e.g. representative - customer - article).
Yes, comments can be stored for individual coordinates as well as for plan strings. These can also be stored for a specific period. This means that it is always possible to justify deviations in a specific planning period.
The data can be synchronized with the bottom-up or top-down method, as already in the individual plans, per individual selection option.
Yes! The finished plans can be analysed in antares analyzer via our standard interface and distributed with the report portfolio functionality. It is also possible to transfer the data into your existing system in order to use the reporting system there.
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Jochen Brühl | Managing director
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We will answer your questions and ensure that you get to know our software in detail. We will be happy to show you the solution to your individual requirements. If you wish, we can then present our software's range of services to you, live and direct, via a web session or in person at your premises.
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