Connect any Business Intelligence (BI) tool with Planisware
With the Planisware BI-Box connector:
- Instantly connect and leverage best-of-breed BI tools such as Tableau and PowerBi
Take the complexity out of building reports and dashboards
- Unify data from other sources with Planisware without the need for integration
Planisware Demo: BI-Box
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BI-Box can connect your Business Intelligence (BI) tool with Planisware Enterprise and Orchestra. Watch this demo, where you'll see firsthand how our solution can benefit you:
Instantly connect and leverage best-of-breed BI tools such as Tableau and PowerBi
Take the complexity out of building reports and dashboards
Unify data from other sources with Planisware without the need for integration
During the demo, our solution experts showcased the features and benefits of BI-Box.
Instantly connect and leverage best-of-breed BI tools such as Tableau and PowerBi
Take the complexity out of building reports and dashboards
Unify data from other sources with Planisware without the need for integration
During the demo, our solution experts showcased the features and benefits of BI-Box.
Instantly connect your BI tool
Our architecture makes this easy to set up. Connect your BI tool of choice to the database generated by BI-Box (or send it to your data lake/warehouse). The administration of BI-Box is simple and only requires selecting a time frequency for the automated export job. Once this has been finalized, you will be able to leverage your BI resources instead of spending time gathering information from numerous sources to create your reports.
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Planisware’s BI-Box Architecture.
Build reports instantly with your BI-ready dataset
BI-Box gives you data in a digestible format for BI tools using the industry standard star schema. All temporal information, such as cost and resource data, is pre-calculated to be used immediately to build reports. No additional transformations are required with BI-Box.
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Star schema visual of BI-Box data automatically inputted into a BI Tool.
Simplify variance analysis with automatic data historization
One of the critical benefits of BI-Box is built-in data historization. You will have access to periodic (e.g., daily) snapshots of your data, which can easily be leveraged in the BI tool to generate delta reporting and variance analysis.
Optimized for large volumes of information
Finally, BI-Box is optimized for large exports of data. The three most common types of information extracted from Planisware are:
- Resource plans (including actual time spent)
- Financial forecasts
- Project information
These exports can involve millions of records, which can strain the system with other export technologies (e.g., batch exports). BI-Box will dramatically improve performance when it comes to exporting data.
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A dashboard built using PowerBi with Planisware data
How to get started with BI-Box
BI-Box is a connector available to all Planisware Enterprise and Orchestra customers who operate on a SaaS model. Contact your Account Executive or Customer Success Manager for more information.
BI-Box requires minimal configuration. Once you have established the connection, select your desired dimensions, facts, and how often the data will automatically transfer.
Interested in learning more? Watch our solution demo to see BI-Box in action
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A user selects specific attributes to add to the model
