What is Ad-hoc Reporting?
Ad-Hoc reporting is the process of creating reports
on the fly, and these reports are not anticipated
while coding the production report. Through Ad-Hoc
reporting, you can analyze a specific business
question that you had not previously thought of and
that your existing report is not capable of answering.
When it comes to business intelligence, Ad-Hoc
reporting adds to regular reporting by enabling users
to quickly build new reports from scratch or edit the
reports made previously. All of this can be done
without the involvement of the IT department.
Features of Ad-hoc
Reporting Solutions!
1. Reports from Scratch
Ad-Hoc reports provide end users with a blank canvas
and well-groomed data to build their own report as
needed.
2. Display tabular detail
It is very important for the end user to have access to
tabular details while building a custom report.
Features of Ad-hoc
Reporting Solutions!
3. Create Ad-hoc reports from Regular ones
It is important for a robust Ad-Hoc reporting solution to
have the ability to clone regular reports and make
changes to them.
4. User Friendly
Ad-Hoc reports provide end users with a blank canvas
and well-groomed data to build their own report as
needed.
5. Access Anywhere
It is very important for the end user to have access to
tabular details while building a custom report.
Goal of Ad-hoc Reporting!
The goal of Ad-Hoc reporting is to allow end users to
ask specific questions of their company data, without
the intervention of IT, to create a myriad of reports
for different functions and purposes. Ad-Hoc
reporting makes sense when multiple users see,
understand, and act on data independently, while
looking at the same numbers. Ad-Hoc reporting
helps you make multidimensional data easy to work
with for on the fly analysis. It allows you to generate
meaningful custom reports without building formal
templates.
Benefits of Ad-hoc Reporting!
1. Provides flexibility in a changing business
environment
2. Access to multiple data sources
3. Ease of use
4. Streamlines decision-making
5. Reduced IT Workload
Why SplashBI
SplashBI offers ad-hoc reporting within its platform of business
dashboards. We have over 100 varieties of charts, which can help you
see what you need, when you need it. Generating reports in multiple
formats such as a Pivot Table in Excel, CSV, PDF, HTML, and Pixel Perfect
Reporting is our standout feature. With connections to a multitude of
sources, you can explore your data from anywhere, be it on the cloud or
on-site.
SplashBI offers dynamic KPIs using table drill-downs and charts to give
you comprehensive insights. Try SplashBI’s free trial. It comes loaded
with features to make the most of your raw data.
About SplashBI
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