Epicor Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) is Epicor’s end-user-driven, search-enabled, and role-based delivery of in-context business insight. The new real-time and contextual BI platform includes an operational data store (ODS) for storing summarized data, a data warehouse for storing analytic data, and an online analytic processing (OLAP) cube builder called Epicor Cube Connect.
Epicor 9 moves online transaction processing (OLTP) data over to an ODS using Microsoft SQL Server Information Services (SSIS), which in turn populate a data warehouse within Microsoft SQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS). Epicor EPM Server then pre-populates OLAP cubes based on Epicor 9’s functional suites.
Epicor Cube Connect is then used to let end users (as opposed to IT staff) use a wizard to step though and create their own views and key performance indicators (KPIs) based on understandable business entities. Users can then deploy these KPIs and OLAP cubes wherever they want (on Microsoft SharePoint pages, on a mobile device, and, more importantly, within the ERP application).
Epicor Cube Connect ships with around 500 predefined KPIs to help users mange their business, without the requirement of any knowledge of data warehousing or OLAP design techniques. The graphical visualization of these KPIs is based on whatever tool the user wants, such as Microsoft Excel Pivot Tables.
In addition, Epicor offers Epicor Performance Canvas. The Canvas is a Web 2.0-based (includes search capabilities and offers publish/subscribe services for creation of in-context business insights) OLAP visualization tool for creating and viewing KPIs and assembling role-based scorecards (i.e., heads-up graphics).
Epicor Performance Canvas is an intuitive and easy-to-use environment for building, deploying and consuming analytical insights enterprise wide. The environment enables seamless deployment to Windows desktops, Web, and mobile devices (via Epicor Mobile EPM).
Dashboards and Trackers
Epicor Dashboards is a combination of multiple different capabilities such as inquiries, ad hoc reports, workbenches, graphical analyses, trackers, alerts, and business activity monitoring (BAM), all in a single view. Dashboards are role-based and pre-packaged (there are around 100 provided), yet personalizable and extensible. They provide interactive drill-around secure access to all parts of the application, thus keeping users better informed and more productive.
All of Epicor’s integral and extensible role-based dashboards can run as smart clients, disconnected clients, or Web clients, and are refreshed in real-time using the abovementioned Epicor Everywhere Framework. The Epicor Dashboards feature comes as part of the application without any additional cost, which is different from most competitors’ offerings.
Another closely related nice-to-have feature is Epicor Trackers, which are system-wide interactive inquiries. Trackers provide a snapshot view of everything users may need to know about customers, orders, etc., and provide access to details and application-specific data as required.
Epicor 9 moves online transaction processing (OLTP) data over to an ODS using Microsoft SQL Server Information Services (SSIS), which in turn populate a data warehouse within Microsoft SQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS). Epicor EPM Server then pre-populates OLAP cubes based on Epicor 9’s functional suites.
Epicor Cube Connect is then used to let end users (as opposed to IT staff) use a wizard to step though and create their own views and key performance indicators (KPIs) based on understandable business entities. Users can then deploy these KPIs and OLAP cubes wherever they want (on Microsoft SharePoint pages, on a mobile device, and, more importantly, within the ERP application).
Epicor Cube Connect ships with around 500 predefined KPIs to help users mange their business, without the requirement of any knowledge of data warehousing or OLAP design techniques. The graphical visualization of these KPIs is based on whatever tool the user wants, such as Microsoft Excel Pivot Tables.
In addition, Epicor offers Epicor Performance Canvas. The Canvas is a Web 2.0-based (includes search capabilities and offers publish/subscribe services for creation of in-context business insights) OLAP visualization tool for creating and viewing KPIs and assembling role-based scorecards (i.e., heads-up graphics).
Epicor Performance Canvas is an intuitive and easy-to-use environment for building, deploying and consuming analytical insights enterprise wide. The environment enables seamless deployment to Windows desktops, Web, and mobile devices (via Epicor Mobile EPM).
Dashboards and Trackers
Epicor Dashboards is a combination of multiple different capabilities such as inquiries, ad hoc reports, workbenches, graphical analyses, trackers, alerts, and business activity monitoring (BAM), all in a single view. Dashboards are role-based and pre-packaged (there are around 100 provided), yet personalizable and extensible. They provide interactive drill-around secure access to all parts of the application, thus keeping users better informed and more productive.
All of Epicor’s integral and extensible role-based dashboards can run as smart clients, disconnected clients, or Web clients, and are refreshed in real-time using the abovementioned Epicor Everywhere Framework. The Epicor Dashboards feature comes as part of the application without any additional cost, which is different from most competitors’ offerings.
Another closely related nice-to-have feature is Epicor Trackers, which are system-wide interactive inquiries. Trackers provide a snapshot view of everything users may need to know about customers, orders, etc., and provide access to details and application-specific data as required.
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