Acclaim KMC: Rolling It Out To Your Company

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1 Acclaim KMC: Rolling It Out To Your Company

2 This course is designed for Beginner-level Acclaim KMC users with a basic understanding of: Acclaim functionality Acclaim databases CorVu functionality

3 Overview Knowledge Management Center analyze your business system data in an easy to use graphical format

4 This course will NOT cover How to create queries in CorVu Acclaim functionality Windows basics

5 Objectives Basic setup of the KMC Utilize the Scheduler Access pre-defined queries Analyze Data Special Considerations Roll- Out

6 Acclaim s Knowledge Management Center Analyze trends Get a Feel of your business overall Focus-in on your strengths in a graphical, easy-to-use format!

7 Life before KMC

8 Acclaim KMC

9 Basic Setup of the KMC

10 Minimum Requirements CorVu Real Time Sales History Pentium 233 mhz or higher 96 MB Ram 100 MB of free hard disk space CD-Rom drive Microsoft Windows 95, NT, 3.51 or later, 98, ME or 2000

11 Installation Questions What happens during the Installation Process? Where do you install the KMC? Who needs access to the KMC? How do get your data into the KMC?

12 Installation of the KMC Before KMC CorVu 4.1

13 Installation of the KMC After Installing the KMC

14 Installation of the KMC Pre-defined queries, menus and shortcuts Lays on top of CorVu Base CorVu Modules found under Solution Components Graphical Analysis Report Writer Balanced Scorecard Executive Alerts

15 Where do you install the KMC? Typically to the C drive

16 Who needs to access the KMC? Local installation Just one person accesses the KMC Multiple installations Ability to share folders through your network Network Installation Multiple people access the KMC Share same data

17 Who needs to access the KMC? Local installation Just one person accesses the KMC Multiple installations Ability to share folders through your network Network Installation Multiple people access the KMC Share same data

18 So, how does your data get into the KMC, anyway???

19 The Scheduler One of the KMC files that is installed Allows user to set up times for the predefined queries to run against their production data

20 The Scheduler One of the KMC files that is installed Allows user to set up times for the predefined queries to run against their production data

21 Daily Production Data Acclaim Files MUST be online KMC (CorVu) and Acclaim must maintain an uninterrupted connection

22 Merge Information & Builds Daily Production Data gets merged together to provide more descriptive information to the end user

23 Features of KMC Business Measurement Key Performance Indicators Solution Components Administrative Tools

24 Features of KMC Business Measurement Top Ten Graphs Trend Analysis Key Performance Indicators Aging reports Analysis reports Dashboards

25 Features of KMC Solution Components Base modules of CorVu that you had before Administrative Components Scheduler Knowledge Library (maintained by Prophet 21)

26 Business Measurement Top Ten Information Trend Analysis Drill Down YTD Sales Information shown in multiple formats Data captured on specific dates which allows for further in-depth scrutiny Analyze a slice of data Drill Across Allows user to change dimensions (aggregates) and values of data

27 Key Performance Indicators Primary Business Analysis Additional measures Drill Down Drill Across Dashboards Current Status & Sales History Dashboards Allow user to view an overview of how their company is responding to pre-set levels Drill Down

28 Special Considerations for KMC Roll-Out

29 KMC Roll-Out Timing considerations End of Day Power of PC Number of users on system during querying How often to query the system? Testing Phase vs. Production Phase Production Phase

30 KMC Roll-Out Data warehousing End of Year Quarterly Multiple Units Use different PCs

31 Summary Setup of the KMC Why the Scheduler is important Accessed Data Special Considerations for Roll-Out

32 Issue KMC Installation KMC Data Basic CorVu Functionality Contact Third Party Support Software Support P21 University Education and Events Getting Started with CorVu P21 University WBT Class Basic Data Mining with CorVu Or visit CorVu Support on the web