Self-service analytics

Quickly gather actionable business insights.

Board allows users to create visual analyses and analytical applications from raw data within seconds, eliminating the need for IT assistance. The platform’s innovative user environment combines self-service data preparation, search-based data discovery, personal mash-ups, and drag-and-drop functionality, making it easy to access the right information quickly and effectively. This unified self-service analytics platform ensures meaningful insights can be gained from data in seconds

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Always find the right information

Board's interactive search functionality spans screens, data, metadata, and applications, enabling quick and effective information discovery. As a unified solution, any search result can be used immediately for further analysis or report creation via the drag-and-drop interface. For instance, after searching for a product name, users can instantly select a report that includes it and use the product or correlated dimensions as selection criteria.

Intuitive drag and drop analysis

End users can easily create their own analyses or customize centralized reports with Board’s intuitive drag-and-drop interface. A sliding panel makes measures and dimensions instantly available, allowing users to choose values, set rows and columns, create calculated measures, run reports, and gain business insights rapidly.

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Easily upload, merge and model your data

The Board ‘Smart Import’ functionality allows business users to load datasets from Excel files, create data models instantly, and run visual analyses or build analytical applications without IT support. Users can also merge multiple datasets, create additional calculations and formulas, and validate data within an Excel-like environment.

Organize findings and create compelling stories

Users can customize existing reports, include them in presentations with additional commentary and analyses, and create personalized reporting books. Storytelling elements can be added to present new findings and crucial insights effectively.

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Next capability: Predictive and advanced analytics