Direct Access to Enterprise Data Warehouses (EDWs)
MicroStrategy Desktop allows users to create reports that access the full depth and breadth of the largest EDWs. MicroStrategy technology accomplishes this through a highly proprietary and highly optimized SQL Engine that dynamically creates new optimized SQL whenever a report is run, or whenever a user drills anywhere back into the data warehouse (unless, of course, the needed data is already in cache from a prior user’s request).

Direct Access to SAP Business Information Warehouse (BW)
The MicroStrategy platform incorporates a dynamic data access engine designed to access multi-dimensional databases (MDDBs or OLAP Cube Databases) such as those from SAP Business Information Warehouse (BW) databases. This new Dynamic MDX Engine generates optimized MDX syntax that is fully certified with SAP BW using SAP’s high performance BAPI interfaces. The dynamically generated MDX uses the multidimensional models implicit in SAP InfoCubes, QueryCubes, and ODS allowing users to transparently drill back into SAP BW for more data, without any prior programming or prior design of drill paths. With MicroStrategy Desktop, users can create reports that access SAP data, join data across SAP BW Infocubes and QueryCubes, as well as access multiple instances of SAP BW at once.

Direct Access to Operational Data
MicroStrategy Desktop offers an Operational SQL Engine that lets users include data from any operational system using completely free-form SQL, including stored procedures and views. This extends the MicroStrategy metadata architecture to instantly include attributes and facts accessed directly from non-modeled databases on a query-by-query basis.

Join Data from Heterogeneous Databases from Across the Enterprise
The MicroStrategy platform offers greater data modeling flexibility, including integrated views of data across heterogeneous data stores. By mapping conforming dimensions from different sources within the object model, the MicroStrategy platform can automatically join data from multiple sources in the same report document. Data can come from any source accessible by MicroStrategy, including the data warehouse, data marts, SAP BW and any number of operational system databases.

Intuitive Layout
The intuitive layout of MicroStrategy Desktop mimics the familiar look and feel of Microsoft® Windows Explorer. End users are instantly familiar with common shortcut bars and right mouse click functions. As a result, users get up to speed in no time.

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Comprehensive Reporting Views
MicroStrategy Desktop displays reports in several different views, including cross-tabulated grids, charts, graphs, customized HTML or the optimized SQL generated by the analytical engine. Exceptional formatting, totaling and printing capabilities make it easy to create attractive reports. Users can create documents for formatting, displaying and distributing multiple reports with presentation-quality features such as text, images, hyperlinks and tables. All reports exist on a shared metadata, equally available in MicroStrategy Desktop and over the Web. As a result, end users can share their insight with others in data-rich reports.

Report Views

Guided User Workflow for Analysis
MicroStrategy Desktop's guided workflow directs users through a series of analyses that is most appropriate for them. Based on predefined options, users can run a key business report, drill down to another level of detail, or drill across to another report that has supporting business information. These navigation paths can be customized for any part of a report, giving the ultimate flexibility in defining user workflow. Intelligent Cubes™ and prompts enable ad hoc report modification at run-time. Users can select predefined report objects and apply filtering criteria, giving a unique view each time the report is executed without the need to create new reports.

Full Range of Analytical Functions
MicroStrategy Desktop provides access to MicroStrategy Intelligence Server's more than 240 mathematical, OLAP, statistical and financial functions for use in any of the key performance indicators used in your organization. Additionally, users can create custom groupings of data elements for their reports. These custom groups allow users to view logical data groupings that may not be defined in the data warehouse.

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Desktop Publishing-Quality Report Formatting
Users can create print-perfect reports with MicroStrategy Desktop, which offers a comprehensive set of formatting and drawing features including borders, fill and font colors, dropdown menu options and right-click, context-sensitive menu options.