Ease of Installation and Use
e-olas is a user-friendly, user-definable Business Analysis tool that has been designed with a consistent user-interface. With it's innovative 'Analysis Sets' design methodology all users have a simple, clear, yet powerful tool which provides them with the analysis capabilities required to make fast, accurate business decisions.


Flexibility across Business Sectors
e-olas is a Business Analysis tool that stretches across industry sectors and can be used in any company or group of companies where quick, easy, dynamic access is required to key business data. e-olas can be used in areas as diverse as Financial, Distribution, Printing and Packaging, Manufacturing, Construction, Automotive and Personnel. It can easily be used by companies who's business spans several markets and by groups who wish to view key data across their subsidiaries.


Multi-Platform Compatibility
The e-olas system can take information from many disparate systems throughout an enterprise and be used to provide a clear picture of the enterprise as a whole, all in one self-contained system. For instance, one system may hold financial information in a Progress database while production information may be held in another database format. e-olas can utilise data from both sources and present clear, meaningful analysis data.


Scalability
Most organisations can identify key areas of analysis at the implementation stage of a business analysis tool. Should new areas of analysis be identified or the focus of a business change e-olas provides the flexibility to create new views and reports quickly. e-olas can also be implemented on a phased basis in which a company may decide on some key areas to be analysed initially with others following on at a later stage.


Low Cost of Ownership
Because of the design and ease of use of e-olas, high IT resources and database administration costs are reduced to a minimum. e-olas provides all levels of user within the enterprise the tools to analyse relevant data to the level required as part of the standard suite.


Web Capability
e-olas has been designed to take advantage of some additional functionality that the internet has to offer. Companies can provide customer, suppliers or mobile employees with key reporting via a secure web site. This feature offers a low cost, comprehensive solution to companies wishing to provide detailed product purchase information to important suppliers or detailed statistical data to key customers.
e-olas WebFusion is also available which offers full analysis capabilities to any remote user via the internet using Web Client technology from Progress Software.


Create predefined KPI libraries
KPI's are an increasingly important feature in management reporting, allowing key indicators to be closely monitored to give feedback to managers in making important business decisions. e-olas allows KPI's to be defined and stored giving powerful drill-down, query, graphing and dynamic reporting facilities to anyone throughout an organisation.


Create Management Report Packs
In much the same way as e-olas can provide KPI's it can be used to build up a 'pack' or library of management reports that can be produced by the system automatically at predetermined intervals. The e-olas Batch Monitor allows reports to be scheduled and printed whenever and wherever required. Target and budget reports as well as reports from multiple sources can be produced to make up weekly or monthly management report packs.


User/Group Security
Within each module of e-olas, analysis sets and queries can be authorised at group and user levels, thus blocking the viewing of sensitive data by unauthorised users. Web-based report access is also governed by a secure login which allows viewing/printing of reports only by the authorised user.


Standard and Dynamic Reporting
Within the Analyser module the drill-down facility is accompanied by a powerful feature that allows dynamic reporting of any data selection. By highlighting a group of records a user can select the fields to print, the fields to total and the output destination all with a simple point and click interface.


Integration with Standard Desktop Products
e-olas allows output to many of the standard desktop and office products currently available in Windows. From spreadsheet to word processor e-olas offers a flexible solution.


Enterprise Report Scheduling and Distribution
As well as dynamic reporting e-olas offers a powerful report scheduling and distribution system. The e-olas Batch Monitor allows reports to be scheduled to run at any time to any printer by any authorised user. Thus, the task of running sets of management reports can be easily automated. Personalised report packs may also be defined and scheduled for 'anywhere, anytime' reporting.


Web Report Scheduling and Distribution
Utilising the same powerful facilities used to distribute reports across an enterprise, web based reports can also be scheduled and distributed to a specified web site in a secure manner. Authorised users may only gain access to reports via a user id and password protected login.