{"id":10834,"date":"2018-08-28T10:39:04","date_gmt":"2018-08-28T15:39:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/blog\/?p=10834"},"modified":"2018-08-28T10:42:26","modified_gmt":"2018-08-28T15:42:26","slug":"essential-features-of-a-good-business-intelligence-solution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/blog\/2018\/08\/essential-features-of-a-good-business-intelligence-solution\/","title":{"rendered":"Essential features of a good Business Intelligence solution"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-725\" alt=\"Education\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Education.jpg\" width=\"76\" height=\"100\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><em>Summary: Over the past few years, we\u2019ve seen an explosion in BI tools. But, with all of these available BI solutions to choose from, how do you know which options are best for your business? How do you separate the good from the bad? Here&#8217;s a paper that outlines the essential features you need in any good BI solution. <\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<a name=\"20170321\"><\/a><!--more--><br \/>\nBusiness Intelligence (BI) solutions come in all shapes and sizes. Some emphasize architecture while others tout their flashy interface. Some cost hundreds of thousands of dollars, while others cost hundreds. <\/p>\n<p>With all of these options, how do you separate the good from the bad?<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a free BI guide that will help you do just that. It outlines which essential features and capabilities make a good BI solution, and even separates each feature into 4 different categories:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"arrow-list colored\">\n<li>High-level features<\/li>\n<li>Security features<\/li>\n<li>Must-have applications<\/li>\n<li>Advanced features<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You can download the paper here: <a onclick=\"ga('send', 'event', 'Blog', 'Inside Link', 'Essential features of a good BI solution'); \" href=\"https:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/research\/BIPaper.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: red; font-weight: bold;\">Essential features of a good BI solution<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Summary: Over the past few years, we\u2019ve seen an explosion in BI tools. But, with all of these available BI solutions to choose from, how do you know which options are best for your business? How do you separate the good from the bad? Here&#8217;s a paper that outlines the essential features you need in &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/blog\/2018\/08\/essential-features-of-a-good-business-intelligence-solution\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Essential features of a good Business Intelligence solution<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","slim_seo":{"title":"Essential features of a good Business Intelligence solution - mrc&#039;s Cup of Joe Blog","description":"Summary: Over the past few years, we\u2019ve seen an explosion in BI tools. 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