Decision Matrix Instructions:

This Excel sheet describes a list of different capabilities and features, by criteria.
It is divided by 4 sheets, representing a regular flow in any BI implementation:
Unified Access & Connectivity > Discover & Explore > Collaborate > Administration.

For each item in the list please specify the importance on a scale from 0 to 4 (4 is the highe
for your BI solution.

After filling up this column, start rating the different vendors for that specific topic, scaled f
vendor implementation of this capability fits your needs.
Each topic will receive a score (the importance multiplied by the availability).
Once scoring all the vendors you may refer to the "Results" sheet which shows a summary

The results will also be affected by the "Weight" of each criteria. You can easily change the
Please be aware that you can add other "Important" items on the bottom of each sheet in
The "Values" Sheet contains all optional values for the different criteria. You will not be able to change its values.

es, by criteria.
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rom 0 to 4 (4 is the highest score), meaning this topic is very important

hat specific topic, scaled from 1 to 3, (3 is the highest score), meaning the

availability).

which shows a summary of all the scores, by vendor.

ou can easily change the Weight for each category

bottom of each sheet in the "Other Points" section.

ble to change its values.

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Access

Criteria
Unified Access
Single Web Access
Fully Web based stylish & easy to use UI for all users
Zero desktop dependency

Connectivity

Data sources & Connectivity

Authoring
Relational data source
Excel or CSV
OLAP Cubes
Drill to reporting tools
Others
Dynamic Modeling
Graphical Model development
Web Application Model development
Business Users modeling

Dynamic Modeling

Combining different data sources

Automatic Model development option
Impact of Model altering
On the fly results while developing the Model
Re-use of existing Models
Modeling synchronization
Processing

A genuine In-Memory modeling

Other
Other
Other
Integration

Integration

Microsoft SharePoint integration

Custom portal
Public web sites

Integration

SDK for customizing appearance, Integration and

functionality
Others

Other Points for "Connect"

Other Points for "Connect"

Others

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End users ability to easily connect to a data source and create their own models

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Connecting to any relational data source

Connecting to MS OLAP cubes

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Drill to reporting tools according to coordinates such as MS Reporting services.

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Modeling is intuitive enough to be used by business users as well as analysts

0-Not Important

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The Modeling application will allow connectivity between different data sources and not
perform the joint on a Dashboard level, for better performance

0-Not Important

1-Minimal

Combining OLAP information with Information from other Data Sources

An automatic modeling option for frequently used data sources, such as Excel, reports, csv
files, etc.

0-Not Important

1-Minimal

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1-Minimal

Once a model was developed or altered, all connected views will be affected immediately

0-Not Important

1-Minimal

Each change that you do in the Model, will be reflected automatically in the Model
environment

0-Not Important

1-Minimal

A user will be able to alter an existing model according to his permission rights

0-Not Important

1-Minimal

The Model will have a scheduler to refresh the data

0-Not Important

1-Minimal

The ability to process only the data changes and not all of the joined tables (some solutions
require processing the entire Model every time. It can take significantly more time to
process narrowing the ability to obtain real-time BI).

0-Not Important

1-Minimal

The Model Data is located on the server side RAM. (some solutions today are based on
columnar structure. In such a structure it is a must to join tables in the memory because
otherwise the processing works slow, and takes much more time. Notice that some
vendors "Claim" that they are an in-memory tool, while in reality all they have is one big
file in the Hard Drive).

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The ability to integrate the BI platform to SharePoint using a dedicated WebPart.

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The ability to integrate SharePoint 2010 & 2013 applications to the BI platform

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1-Minimal

The ability to Integrate with a custom organizational portal

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Criteria
Unified Access
All users type - administrators, developers, power users, end users will use a single unified
web access.
All development and administration including security, publication and maintenance will be
done using single unified web environment
No need to install and maintain desktop application on server\client side

Data sources & Connectivity

Connecting Flat files like .xls and .CSV as a data source

Dynamic Modeling
Model development will be simple for the end user, and will not demand any knowledge of
scripting languages such as VB or JS
Modeling will be available from a web interface

Integration

Integrate the tools in a custom public web site (open to the internet)

A rich development kit for customized appearance, actions, functionality and connectivity

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Criteria
Visualizations

Visualizations

InfoGraphics

Charts

KPI

Other visualizations
Others
Analytical Functionality

Slice and Dice

Drilling up/down/across

l Functionality

Formulas

Exceptions

Analytical Functionality

Exceptions

Sorting and ranking

Large queries
Cancel Query
Search
Data formatting
Filtering data

Drill through
Custom Sets

Map integration

Others
Dashboard Creation
Straightforward dashboard
Design

Dashboard design via the web

Dashboard Creation

Web interactivity
Combining different data
sources
Embedding and connecting Web
components
Adding images to a Dashboard
page
Visually change thresholds of
exceptions and ranking

Dashboar

Share grids and charts between

Dashboards in the web
environment
Managing Folders
Custom components
Connectivity
Creating skins
Slicers/parameter inheritance
Cascading Slicers
Others...

Insights

Automated Analysis & Insights

Find underlying trends in the
data
Root cause analysis
Find colleagues that effect the
data
Others

Tablet

Mobile
A native app for iPad
Allows chart selection
Similar UI as in the Desktop
Application
Collaboration
Easy Slice & Dice
Others

Other Points for "Explore"

Other Points for "Explore"

Others

Importance
Visualizations
InfoGraphic -Visual Presentation of data & insights
Image based business matrix
Eye-catching single interpretation of graphics
Allow users to quickly understand process and flow of business
Ability to drill between Infographics
Utilize library of hundreds of infographics (images\KPI's)
See data rather then read data
The ability to format the chart design
The ability to use chart templates, and to define them
Advanced chart types (Pareto, 3D Bubble, Scatter Point, Heat Map and more)
Grid and chart are interactive: A user can select certain parts in the grid and they will be
automatically highlighted in the chart
Drill down and up directly from the chart
Legends size and location needs to be configurable
The ability to use KPI templates
Visual animated gauges, traffic lights and more
Value & Trend KPIs
Custom MDX driven KPIs
Customizable graphics and colors
Text components
Html components

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Analytical Functionality
The BI application allows ad hoc data browsing capabilities
Drag & Drop dimensions to build the view structure, layout and filters without re-querying the
data at each step
Click to retrieve data and populate the data on a predefined view

0-Not Important
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Business users can visually change parameters in existing formulas

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Add custom built formulas to a functions library that can be shared with other users

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Advanced formula editor

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Slice on multiple members in multiple dimensions on the grid

Filter out the empty data from girds for easier data navigation
Switch location of the grids rows and columns
Switch location of nested members in columns or in rows
Slice using single selection on a dimension
Slice using multi-selection on a dimension
The ability to drill up/down on a specific member.
The ability to drill up/down directly to specific level in the hierarchy
Drill across to other dimensions for an existing member
Quickly add predefined calculations by business users

Supporting DAX formulas for Tabular (Sql Server 2012)

A simple UI that allows the creation of business rules and the ability to highlight the exceptional
data that doesnt meet these criteria
Bubble up - automatically analyze lower data levels, which are not visible in the gird, and bubble
up the insight for quick analysis

0-Not Important
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Send alerts using emails, whenever an exception occurs

0-Not Important

Quickly change the threshold of the exception using an adjustable parameter (slider)

0-Not Important

Clear visual presentation of the exceptions.

Controlled paging mechanism to handle large queries

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Ability to cancel a query without closing the application and also cancel the query on the server

0-Not Important

Free global text based search, within all of the dimensions and measures, for easier data
navigation. A Search can be done on dimension level or on an entire Dashboard

0-Not Important

Sort the data according to a columns, rows or both

The ability to apply a sort on a calculated member
Rank members according to custom rules (top X,in side range, etc.)

Display and modify data formats

Filter the data and query for specific members from within the grid
The ability to attach a slider to a filter and allow simple visual means to change the filter's
threshold
Quick and easy drill through from one dashboard to another, with all relevant parameters and
slicers
Quick and easy drill through from one Dashboard to any 3rd party application (example SSAS,
SSRS etc.), with all the relevant coordinates and slicers

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Ability for users to define sets of data for their particular use and/or for general consumption

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The ability to show BI data on a map without any preconfiguration. The data from the map needs
to be interactive with the data from grids and charts on the same dashboard page.

0-Not Important

One click to load Geographical entity for mapping (no need to preselect)

0-Not Important

The ability to visualize the values shown on the map in different colors and shapes

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Map integration will be possible with any of the following data entries: Country,City,Address,
Postal and/or Zip Code, Longitude & Latitude

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Dashboard Creation
The ability to create and change the content of the dashboard without coding or the need to
navigate to a different view/studio.

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Perform all Dashboard design functionalities via the web

0-Not Important

Web users of the dashboards can be exposed to all or some of the dashboard, analytical and
authoring capabilities, depending on their roles assigned by the administrators

0-Not Important

Analyze and visualize views from different data sources in one dashboard

0-Not Important

Connect web components to the data (web based CRM, ERP, Twitter, Google maps, etc.) in the
dashboard

0-Not Important

The ability to add images and connect it to structured data for better visualization without coding
or special configuration

0-Not Important

Connect a visualization component (e.g. slider ) to a ranking, a formula value or an exception

threshold. The connection should be done automatically without custom code or SDK.

0-Not Important

The ability to copy a grid or a chart from one dashboard to another and paste it with the context
saved, without any further configuration.

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Ability to add java script & external components

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The ability to apply slicers to all or some of the components in a dashboard page

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The ability to create dashboard skins

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Dashboard Slicers/parameter selections to pass across multiple dashboards

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Slicers to be filtered by selection of members from previous slicers

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Arranging Dashboards in folders with permission control

Automated Analysis & Insights

The system will automatically browse through large data sets to find positive and negative trends
within the data, alerting the viewer upon tracing irregular trends.
The system will automatically search for the root cause of issues it detected and suggest
plausible explanation to the users
Detection of colleagues who effect specific data cells and then rank these colleagues based on
how they impact the data. Recommended people or influencers are not necessarily users of the
BI application.

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Mobile
A Native iPad application
Allow Chart Selection

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A UI which does not require additional training on how to use it and is similar or identical to the
PC interface

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Allows collaboration via the tablet with other users

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Allows slicing and dicing in a manner that is adapted for a touch device

Other Points for "Explore"

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Criteria
Social capabilities & collaboration
Collaboration on Data
Click to collaborate
Collaborate on InfoGraphic
Alerts and notifications
Ad Hoc Teams

Social capabilities & collaboration

Notes and annotations

Private and public notes
and annotations
Dashboard Sharing
Private repository
Subscriptions
Mutual development of Models
Mutual development of Dashboards
Export

Notifier

Scheduled delivery by end users or

administrators

Microsoft SharePoint integration

Relevant Content

Others
Relevant Content
Content pushing
Like/ Dislike options
Ad hoc Recommendation

Relevant C

Favorite List of Dashboards

Others

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Other Points for "Collaborate"

Others

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0-Not Important

1-Minimal
1-Minimal

0
0

0-Not Important

1-Minimal

0-Not Important

1-Minimal

0-Not Important

1-Minimal

0
0

A contextual engine that pushes relevant reports and dashboard to users

according to their topic of interests, patterns of usage, likes. Etc.

0-Not Important

1-Minimal

Ability to rank dashboards, and use that ranking information for content pushing

0-Not Important

1-Minimal

From a dashboard a user can get a recommendation to other relevant dashboards

with similar topics and data or dashboards that were viewed by other users with
similar interests

0-Not Important

1-Minimal

Criteria
Social capabilities & collaboration
Collaborate over the data with other peers. The discussions must be
archived and searchable.
Click on a data cell to create new discussion or engage on current
discussion
Click on infographic to create new discussion
When a discussion is made a notification must appear within the
application and an email with a link to the discussion sent to the
recipient.

The ability to save Dashboards in private folders

Subscribe to a user's content enabling the notification of new Dashboards and
reports that are published
Business users can share models they create with others users and create models
with others.
Business users can edit a dashboard at the same time
Export Data to PDF
Copy dashboard to clipboard
Email a link to the specific dashboard
Export data to excel, including charts

Deliver dashboards/reports via mail server

Administration of scheduled reports by end user (each user for himself) or
administrators (admin to schedule for a specific users\groups)
Reports/dashboards can be delivered in different formats
Recipients can be users which are not users of the BI application
Reports/dashboards can be sent upon schedule or when changes occur in the
data or according to a business role
Discussions in dashboards are synced with the discussions on Mysite. A user can
navigate from the the discussion in Mysite directly to the relevant dashboard.

Relevant Content

Score
0

The ability to select dashboards for your "Favorites" list.

0-Not Important
0-Not Important

1-Minimal
1-Minimal

0-Not Important
0-Not Important
0-Not Important
0-Not Important
0-Not Important
0-Not Important
0-Not Important
0-Not Important
0-Not Important
0-Not Important
0-Not Important
0-Not Important
0-Not Important
0-Not Important
0-Not Important
0-Not Important
0-Not Important
0-Not Important

1-Minimal
1-Minimal
1-Minimal
1-Minimal
1-Minimal
1-Minimal
1-Minimal
1-Minimal
1-Minimal
1-Minimal
1-Minimal
1-Minimal
1-Minimal
1-Minimal
1-Minimal
1-Minimal
1-Minimal
1-Minimal

Other Points for "Collaborate"

0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0

Vendor B
Availability

Score
0

Vendor C
Availability
Score
0

1-Minimal

1-Minimal

1-Minimal

1-Minimal

1-Minimal

1-Minimal

1-Minimal

1-Minimal

1-Minimal

1-Minimal

1-Minimal

1-Minimal

1-Minimal

1-Minimal

1-Minimal
1-Minimal

0
0

1-Minimal
1-Minimal

0
0

1-Minimal

1-Minimal

1-Minimal

1-Minimal

1-Minimal
1-Minimal
1-Minimal
1-Minimal
1-Minimal
1-Minimal

0
0
0
0
0
0

1-Minimal
1-Minimal
1-Minimal
1-Minimal
1-Minimal
1-Minimal

0
0
0
0
0
0

1-Minimal

1-Minimal

1-Minimal
1-Minimal

0
0

1-Minimal
1-Minimal

0
0

1-Minimal

1-Minimal

1-Minimal
1-Minimal

0
0

1-Minimal
1-Minimal

0
0

1-Minimal

1-Minimal

1-Minimal

1-Minimal

1-Minimal

0
0

1-Minimal

0
0

1-Minimal

1-Minimal

1-Minimal

1-Minimal

1-Minimal

1-Minimal

1-Minimal
1-Minimal
1-Minimal
1-Minimal
1-Minimal
1-Minimal
1-Minimal
1-Minimal
1-Minimal
1-Minimal
1-Minimal
1-Minimal
1-Minimal
1-Minimal
1-Minimal
1-Minimal
1-Minimal
1-Minimal
1-Minimal
1-Minimal

0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0

1-Minimal
1-Minimal
1-Minimal
1-Minimal
1-Minimal
1-Minimal
1-Minimal
1-Minimal
1-Minimal
1-Minimal
1-Minimal
1-Minimal
1-Minimal
1-Minimal
1-Minimal
1-Minimal
1-Minimal
1-Minimal
1-Minimal
1-Minimal

0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0

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Criteria
Security & Administration
Self-service fully web based governed application

Security & Administration

Setting security permissions for dashboards and reports

Security

Setting security permissions for data permission

Integration with 3rd party authentication applications and in house/custom security
authentication applications
Ability to authenticate inside/outside the firewall
Inherit and enhance Microsoft Analysis Services security roles
Custom security - Create dynamic data filtering based on active directory or other
authentication sources.
The data shown is always filtered according to the limitation of user rights to the data
(brands, markets, websites, dates etc.)

User\group roles

Set a role for a user or a group (administrator, team admin, user, limited user, etc).

Single Sign on
Usage Analysis

direct authentication via LDAP

The ability to analyze the users behaviour and activity.
The ability to set security data and content permissions according to roles

Administration
Multiple administrators can edit and change the system configuration simultaneously

Others
Installation & Implementation

Installation &

Installation
Guidance and Support
Connecting to data
Server stages
Failover support
Software updates

Straightforward installation process

One integrated installation pack- no need to run several installations.
The vendor is available to accompany and help during the installation and implementation
procedure
Data connectivity is intuitive and simple
Production, develop and QA stages supported
The system logs sessions and process so that during a failure the usage information is not
lost
Frequent software update packages with a straightforward upgrade process

Others
Others

Multi Lingual Support

Multi Lingual Support

Multilingual interface
Multilingual Data

The ability to change the language of the user interface

Bi-directional language

Support for right to left languages (e.g. Arabic, Hebrew)

UTF-8 Support
Supporting new
languages
Automatic Locale
Detection
Others

Support for character based languages (e.g. Chinese)

The ability to support SSAS translation definitions (or equivalent)

The ability to add additional languages that are currently not supported by the product
without any code changes.
The ability to display appropriate language automatically according to users' regional
settings

nistration"

Other Points for "Administration"

Others

Other Points for "Administration"

Importance

Necto
Availability

0-Not Important
0-Not Important
0-Not Important

1-Minimal
1-Minimal
1-Minimal

Score
0
0
0
0

0-Not Important

1-Minimal

0-Not Important
0-Not Important

Vendor B
Availability

Vendor C
Availability
Score
0
1-Minimal
0
1-Minimal
0
1-Minimal
0

1-Minimal
1-Minimal
1-Minimal

Score
0
0
0
0

1-Minimal

1-Minimal

1-Minimal
1-Minimal

0
0

1-Minimal
1-Minimal

0
0

1-Minimal
1-Minimal

0
0

0-Not Important

1-Minimal

1-Minimal

1-Minimal

0-Not Important

1-Minimal

1-Minimal

1-Minimal

0-Not Important

1-Minimal

1-Minimal

1-Minimal

0-Not Important
0-Not Important

1-Minimal
1-Minimal

0
0

1-Minimal
1-Minimal

0
0

1-Minimal
1-Minimal

0
0

0-Not Important

1-Minimal

1-Minimal

1-Minimal

0-Not Important

1-Minimal

1-Minimal

1-Minimal

0-Not Important

1-Minimal

1-Minimal

1-Minimal
1-Minimal

1-Minimal
1-Minimal

0
0
0
0

1-Minimal

0-Not Important
0-Not Important

0
0
0
0

1-Minimal
1-Minimal

0
0
0
0

0-Not Important

1-Minimal

1-Minimal

1-Minimal

0-Not Important
0-Not Important

1-Minimal
1-Minimal

0
0

1-Minimal
1-Minimal

0
0

1-Minimal
1-Minimal

0
0

0-Not Important

1-Minimal

1-Minimal

1-Minimal

0-Not Important

1-Minimal

1-Minimal

1-Minimal

0-Not Important
0-Not Important

1-Minimal
1-Minimal

1-Minimal
1-Minimal

1-Minimal
1-Minimal

1-Minimal
1-Minimal

0
0
0
0
0

1-Minimal
1-Minimal

0-Not Important
0-Not Important

0
0
0
0
0

1-Minimal
1-Minimal

0
0
0
0
0

0-Not Important

1-Minimal

1-Minimal

1-Minimal

0-Not Important

1-Minimal

1-Minimal

1-Minimal

0-Not Important

1-Minimal

1-Minimal

1-Minimal

0-Not Important

1-Minimal

1-Minimal

1-Minimal

0-Not Important

1-Minimal

1-Minimal

1-Minimal
1-Minimal

0
0
0
0

1-Minimal

0-Not Important
0-Not Important

0
0
0
0

0
0
0
0

1-Minimal
1-Minimal

1-Minimal
1-Minimal

0-Not Important
0-Not Important
0-Not Important
0-Not Important
0-Not Important
0-Not Important
0-Not Important
0-Not Important
0-Not Important
0-Not Important
0-Not Important
0-Not Important
0-Not Important
0-Not Important
0-Not Important
0-Not Important

1-Minimal
1-Minimal
1-Minimal
1-Minimal
1-Minimal
1-Minimal
1-Minimal
1-Minimal
1-Minimal
1-Minimal
1-Minimal
1-Minimal
1-Minimal
1-Minimal
1-Minimal
1-Minimal

0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0

1-Minimal
1-Minimal
1-Minimal
1-Minimal
1-Minimal
1-Minimal
1-Minimal
1-Minimal
1-Minimal
1-Minimal
1-Minimal
1-Minimal
1-Minimal
1-Minimal
1-Minimal
1-Minimal

0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0

1-Minimal
1-Minimal
1-Minimal
1-Minimal
1-Minimal
1-Minimal
1-Minimal
1-Minimal
1-Minimal
1-Minimal
1-Minimal
1-Minimal
1-Minimal
1-Minimal
1-Minimal
1-Minimal

0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0

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Admin

Collaborate

Explore

Connect

Criteria
Unified Access
Data sources & Connectivity
Dynamic Modeling
Integration
Other Points for "Connect"
Analytical Functionality
Dashboard Creation
Automated Analysis & Insights
Visualizations
Mobile
Other Points for "Explore"

Necto
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0

Social capabilities & collaboration

Relevant Content

Other Points for "Collaborate"

Security & Administration
Installation & Implementation
Multi Lingual Support
Other Points for "Administration"

0
0
0
0
0
0

0
0
0
0
0
0

0
0
0
0
0
0

Total

Vendor B Vendor C
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0

TOTAL ANALYSIS IN DETAIL

1
0.9
0.8
0.7
0.6
0.5
0.4
0.3
0.2
0.1
0
Unified Access

Necto
Dynamic Modeling

Integration

Analytical Functionality

Dashboard Creation

Automated Analysis & Insights

Other Points for "Explore"

Social capabilities & collaboration

Relevant Content

Security & Administration

Installation & Implementation

Multi Lingual Support

Other Points for "Explore"

Social capabilities & collaboration

Relevant Content

Security & Administration

Installation & Implementation

Multi Lingual Support

Criteria Weight 1-6

1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

Total Analysis

Vendor B
Vendor C

1
1
1
1
1
1
1

TOTAL ANALYSIS IN DETAIL

Vendor B Other Points for "Connect"

d Analysis & Insights

Visualizations
Other Points for "Collaborate"
Other Points for "Administration"

Necto

Vendor C

Other Points for "Collaborate"

Other Points for "Administration"

Vendor B
Vendor C

Necto
Total

Vendor B Vendor C
0
0
0

Importance Score
0-Not Important
1-Nice to Have
2-Needed
3-Important
4-Crucial

Available Results
0-Not Available
1-Minimal
2-Proper
3-Exceptional

Criteria Weight
1
2
3
4
5
6