Why Stock BI Won’t Cut it For Your Operational Reports

Delivering reports and dashboards with speed, accuracy, and flexibility to reveal key performance indicators across your organization calls for automation. But which solution offers the best fit for analyzing and sharing your operational data: a business intelligence (BI) tool or purpose-built operational analytics and reporting tool?

This guide is for finance and business leaders of small-to-medium businesses who need an easy and efficient way to create and share operational insights across the organization to guide it toward the future. It specifically examines BI and operational reporting tools with a focus on:

• The current state of operational analytics and reporting
• How traditional BI tools stack up for operational reporting
• Future-forward operational reporting goals
• Purpose-built operational analytics and reporting for finance teams
• 5 Criteria for Choosing an Operational Reporting Solution