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1KEY Agile BI Suite Technical Document

Date of Document: Thursday, 28 October 2010. Pages [1-29]

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Table of Contents

About MAIA Intelligence .............................................................................................................. 2

About 1KEY Agile BI Suite ............................................................................................................. 3

1KEY Agile BI Technical Architecture ............................................................................................ 4

1KEY Agile BI Features & Benefits ............................................................................................. 5-7

1KEY Server Prerequisites (Software & Hardware) ...................................................................... 8

1KEY Agile BI Modules ............................................................................................................. 9-26


About MAIA Intelligence MAIA Intelligence is a dynamic company committed to developing and continually improving

powerful Business Intelligence reporting and analysis products to meet the needs of

corporate implementations. Our products are next generation reporting solutions built from

the ground up on Microsoft VB.Net, ASP.Net technology and XML. Quarter after quarter, we

have released new product features and product enhancements that have addressed the

business and technology challenges that companies face today. We value our partners and

leverage each partner’s strengths across functional boundaries to reach our goals.

MAIA Intelligence products can help to unlock the full potential return on a BI investment by

providing visual reporting and guided analysis for business users. MAIA Intelligence

software products are geared toward business users with needs not met within their existing

BI tools. MAIA Intelligence Products provides a very intuitive, interactive and highly visual

interface that lets users see problems, both summary and details, in a very understandable

way. Product Users can quickly comprehend and navigate vast amounts of data using 1KEY

Agile BI Suite. The products are developed using Microsoft VB.Net & ASP.Net technology.

It has an option of charting and a well managed scheduler with multiple options for user

permissions and security management.

A partial list of MAIA customers is as under:

Pidilite Industries

Essel Propack

Asit C. Mehta Investment Interrmediates Ltd.

BHARAT Forge Ltd.

SRL Ranbaxy

TATA Chemicals Ltd.

Reliance Capital Management (Reliance Mutual Fund)

Edelweiss Capital

Anchor Electricals

IndiaInfoline

IRB

HDFC Standard Life

Gujarat State Petroleum Corporation (GSPC)

Amul

Elecon Engineering (ELECON Group)

Glenmark

CEAT Tyres

Raymond Limited


About 1KEY Agile BI Suite

1KEY Agile BI Suite is a comprehensive Business Intelligence application catering to

Strategic, Tactical & Operational data analysis & reporting needs of multiple vertical

industries. An integrated offering with a choice to pick and choose modules enables

organizations to deploy the BI framework with minimal investments.

To succeed as an enterprise BI reporting standard, a solution must

Accommodate thousands of users with ease of affordability, without prohibitive

software license costs

Provide a highly interactive interface, flexibility and intuitive reporting that improves

decision making. Access any or multiple enterprise data source

1KEY Agile BI Suite from MAIA Intelligence has been proven on all these points

1KEY Agile BI Suite is the only single layer, inter-operable, ground-up built, end-to-end BI

product. Our customers' CXO level group have experienced these benefits with the highest

adoption ratio wherein 1KEY Agile BI Suite is now used by both, expert BI analysts and

Operational Business Users en-masse

1KEY Agile BI Suite features

Scalable and adaptive SOA

Dashboards and visually Stunning Reports

Dynamic Expression and Query Builder for Adhoc Reports

Connects to Multiple Applications, Multiple Databases

Performance to handle Silos of data

Extremely Intuitive User Interface & user friendly interface Co-exists with existing BI tool at many customers

With 1KEY Agile BI Suite's client as well as web interface, CIOs are able to deploy an

enterprise-wide, secure dynamic reporting platform in as less as 6 weeks. Irrespective of

the existing applications (SAP, Oracle, Peoplesoft, JD Edwards, Ramco, Tally, Siebel,

Microsoft Dynamics, Legacy, etc.) / database set-ups, 1KEY Agile BI Suite, with inbuilt

drivers for multiple RDBMS & DBMS (Progress, Oracle, SQL, DB2, Sybase, etc.) platforms,

can assist organization to create single reporting structure in a heterogeneous database

environment. Large enterprises are already reaping the business benefits from 1KEY

deployment.


1KEY Agile BI Technical Architecture


1KEY Agile BI Features & Benefits

S. No 1KEY Feature Description 1KEY Benefits

A 1KEY Technical

1 In-memory processing Architecture Reduced hardware & infrastructure requirement & costs

2 Open Standards based product. No proprietary technology.

Ease of manageability. No steep learning curve.

3 Connects to all RDBMS (Oracle, SQL, DB2, SYBASE etc.) and DBMS platforms (ACCESS, EXCEL) through standard ODBC, OLEDB drivers

High Flexibility & scalability for today & tomorrow.

4 Uses standard RDBMS retrieval + Advanced Data extraction techniques in 1KEY

Faster data presentation to the Business User

5 Ability to also extract data from CSV, text, ASCII text etc.

High ROI by using the same Reporting & data-analysis tool for multiple reporting needs across the organisation

6 Supports Transactional data reporting as well as Data Warehouse data reporting & analysis

High Flexibility & scalability for today & tomorrow.

7 Inbuilt Query Expert / Engine which supports existing application queries as well as generation of new queries

Interoperable and assists in leveraging existing Reporting setups

8 128 bit encryption High data security

9 Supports both Client-Server as well as Web-browser architecture

High Flexibility

10 Supports Microsoft SQL Server Analysis Services & Cubes

High Flexibility

B 1KEY Business User Interface (BUI)

1 Multiple Business User Interfaces to support Strategic, Tactical & Operational level reporting & data-analysis. Multiple BUI include 1KEY View, 1KEY Cube, 1KEY Chart, 1KEY Dashboard, 1KEY KPI, 1KEY Ticker, 1KEY Dial Gauge Chart

Easy to deploy Enterprise-wide, Ease of use.

2 Possible to bring data from multiple datasources on the same report through 1KEY View BUI

Ease of deployment

3 Built-in Best Reporting Practices for Data-analysis available as runtime customisations at each report level

High employee productivity for IT as well as Business Users

4 Creation of User-based formula fields at the report level

Highly flexible for Business Users


B 1KEY Business User Interface (BUI) 5 Interval Grouping analysis by applying runtime

customisations to aggregate date-wise data Month-wise, Quarter-wise, Year-wise etc.


6 Multiple Chart options like Pie, Bar, Column, heatmap, Pareto, Line Chart etc. to enable selection of appropriate chart by the business User themselves as per their comfort


7 Multiple Summary options for the same data like Count (No. of transactions), Sum, Average etc.


B 1KEY Business User Interface (BUI)

8 On the fly top-bottom analysis for multiple business dimensions


9 On the fly Variation analysis in Absolute as well as Percentage terms for Business Growth / Fall analysis


10 Creation of own reports by Business Users by selecting requisite Business dimensions and Metrics through drop down menus


11 Drill Down analysis Highly flexible for Business Users

12 Taking print outs at the Report level with preview settings


13 User-wise Report layout saving with applied runtime customisations like Filters, Colour codifications etc.


14 Enables multiple layout saving for the same report for the same user


15 Email directly from the Report level in multiple formats like Excel, Text, XML, HTML, PDF, MHT, RTF depending on the 1KEY BUI chosen


16 Export to Excel, Text, HTML, PDF, MHT, RTF, ppt depending on the 1KEY BUI chosen


17 Supports defining User specific drill down pattern at the 1KEY Chart report level


18 Apply Colour codes to data for more intuitive analysis and save specific layouts


19 Create on the fly data hierarchy grouping Highly flexible for Business Users

C Security, Administration & Automation 1KEY Benefits

1 Domain level Security Comply with data security policies

2 Role Based Security Comply with data security policies


C Security, Administration & Automation 1KEY Benefits

3 Row Level Security Comply with data security policies

4 User Level Security Comply with data security policies

5 Record Level Security Comply with data security policies

6 Report Level Security Comply with data security policies

7 User rights definition Comply with data security policies

8 Integration with Active Directory Services (ADS) Reduced deployment time by reusing existing setups

9 Creation of Active as well as Dummy Users Disseminate data / reports even to non-1KEY Users external as well as internal.

10 Inbuilt Scheduler for pushing data & reports in user defined formats to e-mails as well as disk locations on the network at predefined intervals & timelines

Increased productivity

11 Mass mailing option in Scheduler to schedule the same report for multiple users with user specific data in individual reports

Increased productivity

12 Inbuilt Audit Trail Better administration, control & management

D Company & Licensing 1KEY Benefits 1 MAIA Intelligence is an organisation focused &

dedicated on Business Intelligence & Reporting product development

MAIA can be a partner to depend upon from a long term perspective

2 Dedicated implementation & support team - Inhouse as well as trained partners

No headaches on the support front

3 India based development centre Better support & customer focused product development

4 Multiple licensing options from Modular licensing, User based licensing as well as Enterprise (unlimited Users) licensing

Licensing flexibility & ease of scalability

5 Esteemed customers in the Indian market like IndiaInfoline, Edelweiss Capital, TATA Chemicals, Bharat Forge, Pidilite Industries, Reliance Mutual Fund, EXIM Bank, DBS Cholamandalam etc.

Proven Product with referenceable customer base


1KEY Server Prerequisites (Software & Hardware)

System Software Requirement

1KEY SERVER

8GB RAM

2 CPU’s (Dual Core)/ 1CPU (Quad Core)

320 GB HDD

Windows 2003 Server 32bit/ 64bit with SP2+

OS for client nodes – XP Professional with SP 2 and above

– Windows server 2000 with SP 4 +

MS office standard edition for all nodes with Oracle Client

Application/Web Server –IIS 5+

Database: MS-SQL DB SERVER

Biz Talk Adapter

Other Network Requirements:

Firewall, Proxy server, LAN Monitoring System, Email Management Systems

HARDWARE SPECIFICATIONS (MINIMUM REQUIREMENT):

Server: PIV 2.8 GHz with high performance 533 MHz front-side bus speed with dual

processor, 1 GB RAM extendable to 2 GB

Hard disk: 2x18.5 GB Hot swappable SCSI hard disks (Raid implementation)

CD ROM: 52x CD ROM

Power supply: 2 nos. Hot swappable

DAT/DLT drive: 1 No. for taking backups


1KEY Agile BI Modules

1KEY Agile BI Suite Main Screen


1KEY Agile BI Suite Main Screen – Web


1KEY CUBE is a comprehensive data analysis, data mining, and visual reporting solution. With its powerful data architecture, 1KEY CUBE is able to slice and dice information efficiently and provide customers with an extremely intuitive experience. Regardless of the perspective, data can be rendered to answer business questions – and best of all - it allows business users to focus on business

rules rather than creating dozens and dozens of reports.

It is a powerful tool conceived to help the business user to understand their data, to compare and contrast scenarios, and to deliver this information inside and outside of their organization.


1KEY CUBE is a comprehensive data analysis, data mining, and visual reporting solution.

With its powerful data architecture, 1KEY CUBE is able to slice and dice information efficiently and

provide customers with an extremely intuitive experience. Regardless of the perspective, data can be rendered to answer business questions – and best of all - it allows business users to focus on business rules rather than creating dozens and dozens of reports.

With 1KEY CUBE, users can drill down raw data in any manner they require using the easy-to-understand pivot table functionality like excel and instantly render the desired output. By incorporating 1KEY CUBE in your application, you can deliver an almost endless array of reports - without hassles.


1KEY VIEW provides users the flexibility of analyzing data and creating reports of great business value. 1KEY VIEW has been engineered to fully address the BI needs and reporting requirements of

your organization helping you to compete and win in the marketplace without much effort or compromise.


1KEY VIEW provides users the flexibility of analyzing data and creating reports of great business

value. 1KEY VIEW has been engineered to fully address the BI needs and reporting requirements of your organization helping you to compete and win in the marketplace without much effort or compromise.

1KEY VIEW provides two-dimensional tables for runtime analysis, grouping and column customizations

with Parent-Child Relationships, Drill Down and Drill Back functionalities, etc. A two-dimensional and

extremely intuitive report formatting and analysis tool for Business users.


1KEY CHART is a graphical representation and visual reporting which represents business performance via stunning and meaningful diagrams. It helps to drive organizational achievements by giving information in a much consolidated and easy to understand manner.


Users can do filtering & change the chart type (column, bar, line, pie, dial gauges, speedometers, heat maps and many more data visualization methods) on run time to derive more value from data. Runtime user definable drill down & drill back functionality available direct from the graphic

representations. Customer segmentation, forecasting, trend analysis, etc. all are made easy for proactively managing and monitoring business processes.


Using wizards of 1KEY DASHBOARDS, users can define their own Dashboards having combination of multiple reports like View, Gauge, Chart, KPI's, RSS Feeds etc, on one single screen.

1KEY DASHBOARDS are lightweight and valuable extensions of 1KEY BI deployments. They are lightweight because they access only the portions of data needed by a particular user and can be rapidly built by either consultants or internal IT staff. They are valuable because they immediately

disseminate data to a large number of employees and eliminate labor-intensive data gathering workflows.

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1KEY DASHBOARD gives single window to view all types of nos., facts & figures in multiple way, multi data presentation. eg. CEO requires complete performance of Sales, Orders in hand, revenue v/s

budget, its outstanding, Cash Flow, Salesman performance, Product wise stock in hand, Budget & Expenses etc.


Key Performance Indicator (KPI) are high-level snapshots of a business or organization based on specific predefined measures. KPIs typically consist of any combination of multiple reports. They may include global or regional sales figures, personnel stats, real-time supply chain information, or anything else that is deemed critical to a corporation's success.

• Visualize key performance data effectively with graphical pointers

• Convey performance results quickly with visuals • Monitor red zones & define threshold levels to set indicators & trigger alert deliveries • Link individual KPIs to corporate goals

KPI allows goals to be observed with different warning colors that will be switched on as defined giving the user a quick view of how well or how poorly each goal is met.

1KEY KPI can give a business executive a high-level, realtime view of the health of a company by visually displaying vital statistical information about that company. In developing KPIs, a user or developer defines target performance levels and then decides the best way to represent variance from that target. Business users are empowered to set the KPI values on their own without depending on

the IT team.


1KEY TICKER is an enterprise alternative to Yahoo Widgets, Google Gadgets, Vista Sidebar, Apple Dashboard. What makes stand out the 1KEY TICKER is that it is part of a BI reporting solution with a presentation layers which is similar to consumer applications. 1KEY TICKER is meant to use to beam commercial enterprise data which can be used by 000’s of users and can access any enterprise data source. The 1KEY TICKER application is like any other application you install on your computer.

1KEY TICKER is a very nice and handy application within 1KEY AGILE BI Suite, which can bring life to

your desktop and change the way you are working with your reporting data. It will not affect your computer’s performance or put your commercial data in harm’s way. It authenticates you with 1KEY server with all permission rights and then beams role based data in a scheduled manner. 1KEY TICKER resides on your desktop and does not look like standard window like applications as we’re used to seeing them. Instead, it looks like small pictures or animations.


1KEY REPORTER is a client side application that builds report based on query model. Using a simplified interface you can link multiple queries & create on-demand reports. Using 1KEY REPORTER's interface, developers can drag & drop fields to arrange data fields on a page intuitively. 1KEY REPORTER is a generic report writer for designing static reports like the compliance reports, pre printed forms, vouchers printing and viewing. It gives freedom to create a range of simple to complex reports.

Thanks to intuitive reporting integrated development environment. Developer can do multiple event

formatting, runtime scripting for each cell with J#,C#, VB.net. It has formula & function editors which can be embedded with reports. It has enhanced formula builder having VB Functions, Financial, Math, Conversional, String, Aggregate with advanced conditions & multiple operators


1KEY AGILE has dynamic query engine with expression builder and model creator. It provides the facility to use simple graphical interface to build SQL statements and create views in a database. It has graphical panes that displays your SQL statements visually and a text pane that displays the text of your SQL statement. You can work in either the graphical or text panes.


1KEY SCHEDULER enables users to schedule their reports as per the recurrence pattern in the variety of formats like PDF, TXT, XLS, HTML, MHT and RTF to be stored on hard disk, to be emailed to respective business users, or to SharePoint. Thus 1KEY SCHEDULER automates the complete process of reporting and avoids the cumbersome

work of manually creating and/or delivering reports to respective business users on a periodic basis.


1KEY FILE READER is a utility that imports data from Text Files, Excel Files, stores it into 1KEY CUBE

or 1KEY VIEW for direct reporting and analytics. 1KEY users get the benefits of another key functionality which not many reporting tools / BI software provide as of today.

Single & multiple files / sheets selection at one instance are available User can select data range on their own

Users can select required data column with required format for analysis

Users can save layouts and use the same whenever required


1KEY CONSOLE is a powerful enterprise administrative security system for managing the application with user rights, authentication, log writing, back-ups and permissions. It has modules like My Desk, All Managers, User Roles & Report Rights, SMTP settings, Control Center. 1KEY AGILE has active directory integration for single sign on. 1KEY AGILE has service oriented architecture with web services and also integration with third party services. It connects to multiple servers through OLEDB, ODBC, MAIA OLAP, SSAS, SAP & XML. With 1KEY User Hierarchy, Role Based Security is provided in 1KEY. Role Based Security is provided in 1KEY. The access control over complete business information is well mapped as per the employee hierarchy of the organization. The information displayed as a part of reports is trimmed as per the user logged into the system 1KEY provides full end-to-end control of sharing and display of business information.

1. Parametric Control: 1KEY uses “parametric control” for controlling access over business information which is available to users for their reporting needs. Parameters are mapped to the user hierarchy of the organization and hence the access to the relevant data. Parameters definition can be one of the fields available from the system or can be user defined based on the requirement of the organizations. 2. Parameter Mapping: The parameters defined in the system are mapped to each user role based on the User Hierarchy maintained in the organization. Access Rights explained: a. User City: will have access to business information only for UK as country and specific to London as City. b. User Country: will have access to important data with respect to Countries mentioned as UK, USA and Brazil.

3. Access Control for Business Information Information displayed will be based on the parameter considered and mapped to the Role based – User Hierarchy of the organization.

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