Technology

Overview of Products

Dimensional Insight's Diver Solution - a powerful data analysis, reporting, and information delivery system - integrates the volume and variety of data your organization collects and stores, and turns it into meaningful information that people can use in their day-to-day activities. It delivers information in the form of reports, charts, and analytical applications directed specifically to the individual so they can make better and timelier business decisions.

Dimensional Insight delivers a comprehensive and fully integrated set of business intelligence capabilities, while providing rapid implementation and a lower total cost of ownership. The solution provides a unified technology foundation consisting of ETL, security, analytics, and portal components. This allows for a single point of administration and alleviates the need to manage and maintain multiple dispersed programs.

The following diagram illustrates the flow of data through the system and provides an overview of the building-block approach that Dimensional Insight takes towards implementation in any environment.

Data Collection:
The Diver Solution™ provides the ability to extract data from any source system. Virtually any data format, including text files, Oracle tables, SQL tables, MySQL tables, DB2 tables and many other leading database and application formats can be accessed.

Data Assembly:
Once your data has been identified and collected, the correct business rules and data relationships are established to create an application that will meet user needs. The Diver Solution™ automates this process through the integration of the data into a Model - a highly indexed dynamic data file.

Information Delivery:
Organizations are comprised of many different types of users who have varying requirements for information access and use. Dimensional Insight provides many client interface options, including a browser-based portal, a zero-footprint analysis client for external users, a web-based OLAP data analysis tool for remote workers tasked with decision support and business analysis responsibilities, and a powerful LAN-based OLAP client that developers and administrators can use to design reports, applications and perform complex analysis across the entire enterprise data set.

Security and Administration:
Access to the Data Models is managed through a powerful security layer that is administered centrally. Users can be restricted from entire Data Models, sub-sets of Models, specific data dimensions, or even particular line-item detail. The system enables administrators to set-up groups, and utilizes existing access control lists.