Product overview

Cimbax Report2Cube makes dynamicreporting and cube analysis as easy asprinting a report. Building on the nativereporting function of Microsoft Dynamics AX,Report2Cube is the simplest way to bring ananalytical capability to both new and existingAX2009 reports.

There is no doubt that Microsoft Dynamics AX is a rich and powerful environment on itsown, but there comes a time when simplereports are not enough. Report2Cubeprovides a more dynamic reportingexperience; the ability to look at reportinginformation in an analytical way.

Key Benefits

• Ideal for high growth mid marketorganizations who have moved beyondstandard AX reporting.

• Rapidly deployed with no additionaltraining required.

• Low cost, low involvement entry to fullBusiness Intelligence (BI) solutions.

The Mechanics

Produce a report in AX 2009 and specify that it is output as an ‘Analysis Services Cube’ toprovide OnLine Analytical Processing (OLAP) using SQL Server. This output allowsfull pivot table analysis through Excel or otheranalysis tools.

The first step toward full BI

Business Intelligence (BI) is simply providing information to the right people at the right time, in a format that allows themto make the most of it. The requirement forhigh quality BI extends to every business,however the perceived cost and complexityleads to the perception that it is exclusivelyfor big business; this is where the CimbaxReport2Cube comes in. As an entry levelproduct in a range of BI solutions for Microsoft Dynamics, Report2Cube comes with the full support and backing of asophisticated BI team.

Make a start in BI today with CimbaxReport2Cube, and bring a dynamic reportingand analysis capability to AX 2009.

Cimbax Report2CubeTM

Complex cube reporting for Microsoft Dynamics AX… in minutes

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Key Features

Report generation• Easy conversion of AX report structure to

Excel Pivot Tables.• Familiar way of working with reports. Report

conversion to cube is implemented as anadditional output medium for reportprinting.

• Automatic generation of time dimension for cube. Standard and Fiscal calendars are supported.

• Cube meta data translation. • Cube model deployment on SQL Server

Reporting Services.• Create report with minimum content

on SQL Server Reporting Services from the cube model.

• Use Reporting Services Report Buildercomponent to easily complete report bydragging and dropping required fields intoreport design.

Report analysis• Conversion of report to cube is available

for ordinary AX users with limited rights on Analysis Services and SQL ServerReporting Services.

• Data calculated using business logicimplemented in AX reports are available incubes on Analysis Services server and inreports on SQL Server Reporting Services.

• Graphical presentation of AX report’s data using Reporting Services report withchart layout.

• Easy conversion of AX report structure tocube on Analysis Services server.

Technical specifications• Available for Microsoft Dynamics

AX4.0 & AX 2009.• Security setup for data access in Dynamics

AX is inherited by Analysis Services cubesand Reporting Services reports.

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Any AX report can besent to the cube format

Choose the elements of thereport you want as dimensions

Cube is then generated automaticallyfor analysis in Excel

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