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INFOR BIRST
Turn business complexity into clear, actionable insights
Benefits
Key benefits of our cloud analytics platform
Company-wide insights
Improved decision making
Quicker time to value
Reduced data complexity
Infor Birst capabilities and features
- Industry analytics
- Modern data architecture
- Networked BI
- Adaptive user interface
- Native cloud multi-tenant architecture
- Unified Analytics
Industry analytics
Infor delivers prebuilt, industry-specific content across 11+ industries and multiple functional areas – all tailored specifically to user roles.
Each analytics environment is securely designed from the start to accelerate insights and simplify analysis.
- Role-specific content: Prebuilt analytics tailored for distinct roles and tasks
- Out-of-the-box data models: Rapid setup using prebuilt data frameworks
- Automated data integration: Quickly and efficiently add and scale new data
- Granular drillback capabilities: Easily navigate from high-level dashboards to detailed data
- Embedded contextual widgets: Real-time insights integrated directly within ERP and portals
Modern data architecture
At the heart of our cloud analytics platform is Infor’s modern data architecture – designed to put powerful, scalable analytics into the hands of every user. This business-centric approach to data is secure, flexible, and built to grow with your organization. AI-powered automation streamlines manual tasks, so you can focus on insights, not infrastructure.
- Live, flexible data access: Connect to live data or extract from virtually any source
- Unified data across systems: Bring together data from multiple platforms, including big data sources
- Automated data modeling: Patented technology builds business-ready data stores with minimal effort AI-powered efficiency: Reduce manual work and accelerate time to insight
- Enterprise-ready architecture: Integrated data lake and API gateway for seamless scalability
Networked BI
Networked BI provides a fresh approach to delivering data-as-a-service (DaaS). Trusted, governed data no longer conflicts with user speed and ease-of-use. Patented technology uniquely combines centralized and decentralized analytics – delivering self-service agility without silos or traditional centralized overhead.
- Reusable business definitions: Utilize common, governed business rules across teams
- Blended data models: Easily merge centralized and decentralized analytic content
- Analytic sandboxes: Provide self-service data prep environments for users
- Data-as-a-service (DaaS): Deliver trusted data securely throughout the organization
- Governance with agility: Maintain enterprise-grade governance without sacrificing speed
Adaptive user interface
The adaptive user experience supports all analytics styles – from visual data discovery and interactive dashboards to pixel-perfect reporting. Users gain smart analytics and self-service data prep fully integrated with centralized IT-managed data.
- Integrated user experience: Smoothly move between dashboards, discovery, and reporting
- All skill-level access: Designed for everyone, from business users to data scientists
- Offline and mobile: Access analytics online, offline, and on any device
- ERP-embedded analytics: Industry-specific analytics built directly into ERP solutions
- Flexible API embedding: Easily embed analytics into applications to monetize data
Native cloud multi-tenant architecture
Native cloud multi-tenant architecture provides a low total cost of ownership (TCO), rapid deployment, and automated upgrades. This architecture ensures easy lifecycle management, standards-based openness, and simplified integration.
- Economical scaling: On-demand expansion of both users and data volumes
- Rapid deployment: Fast, iterative implementation for quicker business value
- Zero-pain upgrades: Automatic updates without downtime or disruption
- Flexible deployment: Compatible with public cloud, private cloud, or on-premises
- Open integration: Standards-based architecture simplifies connections
Unified Analytics
The analytics widget brings together data from both Infor Birst and Infor Enterprise Performance Management (EPM), delivering powerful visualizations directly within your workspace. Users gain dynamic, real-time insight to track performance, explore trends, and act immediately without leaving the app.
- Interactive visualizations: 30+ interactive chart types for flexible, rich reporting
- Context-aware filtering: Data views adapt dynamically based on user interaction
- Deep linking: Drill through directly to dashboards, ERP data, or external sources
- Single-view KPI tracking: Combine widget data with core applications in one view
- Real-time insights: Visualize combined analytics and EPM data instantly in-app
Customer Stories
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Resources
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