Twelve Ways Dodeca Makes Essbase Better
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Essbase Made Easy:
Dodeca does not require that users have Essbase training, or even an awareness of Essbase, which allows Essbase to be used more widely across an organization.
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More Version Support:
Dodeca significantly reduces maintenance overhead and allows for painless upgrades by supporting every version of Essbase from 6.5.3 through 11.1.2.3 within a single instance of Dodeca.
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Managed Spreadsheet Experience:
Dodeca simplifies accurate spreadsheet-based reporting. Dodeca provides a secure, centralized database to manage spreadsheet templates, which are created and maintained by authorized company spreadsheet experts and consumed by end users.
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Simplified Connections:
Dodeca maps the Essbase database connection(s) in the report definition ensuring that users get the correct data from the right database.
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Essbase Option Control:
Dodeca administrators control the Essbase options available to users, which eliminates confusion resulting from inappropriate or unfamiliar option choices.
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Essbase and Relational Integration:
Dodeca enables seamless read/write integration of both Essbase and relational data within the same workbook and on the same worksheet.
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Easier Member Selection:
Dodeca point-of-view selectors can be customized to show only relevant Essbase member names, allowing users to get the information they need more quickly and easily.
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Optimized Point-of-View Selectors:
Dodeca uses intelligent caching to make point-of-view selectors faster. The caching significantly reduces the amount of time necessary to show point-of-view selectors, reduces the amount of network traffic, and reduces the workload on the Essbase server.
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Customizable Ad-hoc Queries:
Dodeca ad-hoc queries optionally place the user at a relevant, predefined location in the cube, which increases efficiency and minimizes the possibility of errors.
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Formatted Drill-through:
Drill-through reports in Dodeca are formatted reports that can leverage Excel features like formulas, charts, and grouping.
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Simplified and Flexible Drill-through:
Dodeca supports Essbase drill-through from any Essbase cube to any relational database and does not require Essbase Integration Studio, Essbase Studio, or ERPi.
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Accountability:
Dodeca automatically logs any updates made by users to the Essbase database and makes it easy to determine when a change was made, who made the change, and the old and new values.
