WriteBackPlugin for MicroStrategy

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1 Budgeting and forecasting WriteBackPlugin for MicroStrategy Tool for faster and cheaper development of customized writeback solutions for Microstrategy Web and Office

2 What is WriteBack Plugin? WriteBackPlugin is a plugin for Microstrategy Web and an Addon for Microstrategy Office WriteBackPlugin allows you to convert MicroStrategy Web grid reports into data input forms with few mouse clicks without need to do any manual coding WriteBackPlugin supports standard HTML input controls (text box, drop-down list, check box, radio button) which could be configured for desired data management functionality.

3 What is WriteBack Plugin? The use of WriteBackPlugin is limitless you can build different data management solutions tailored for particular company s business process and data management needs WriteBackPlugin allows to develop forms for closed-loop workflow validation, approval, attachment handling and others that require data collection from users Application is approved by MicroStrategy

4 MicroStrategy Architecture FMS Writeback Plugin enabled

5 Benefits of WriteBack Plugin The main benefits of WriteBackPlugin include: Decreased development time and cost of custom solution development for MicroStrategy Web and Office Expands existing functionality of MicroStrategy software as BI tool to cover different needs of data collection or business process support.

6 Benefits of WriteBack Plugin Centralized Web and Desktop based FMS WriteBack metadata configuration interface that allows to easily configure writeback capabilities and custom SQL definition Multi language support and user interfaces Messages can be localized using MicroStrategy Web standard localization techniques

7 Budgeting and forecasting Examples of WriteBackPlugin applications

8 Example: Budgeting solution Deploy Budgeting solution within your MicroStrategy environment: Create flexible budget input forms Maintain several versions and/or scenarios Implement what-if analysis Manage budget workflows and approvals

9 Example: Data Quality solution Enhance your MicroStrategy environment with Data Quality functionality: Add missing data to the data warehouse Validate user data input to ensure data quality Implement complex data transformation algorithms

10 Example: Document Management Enhance your MicroStrategy environment with Document Management functionality: Save documents in MicroStrategy Web Share documents with other MicroStrategy users Store documents in centralized location

11 Process description Administrator Users Configures WriteBack controls and properties Sets tables and fields, where data is stored Enter data into writeback form controls, like textboxes, radiobuttons, checkboxes, and attachments WriteBack Editor MicroStrategy Web MicroStrategy Office

12 Writeback Setup

13 Technical information Platforms Databases Clients Installation Other configurations Windows Linux Unix MS SQL Server 2005/2008 Oracle Database 10g/11g IBM DB2 Teradata V13, MySQL, PostgreSQL Writeback for Web: MS Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Safari (also on ipad) WriteBack Editor: MS Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox WriteBack Excel Add-on: MicroStrategy Office 9.0.x, 9.2.x and MS Excel 2007 Special installer to provide seamless installation Detailed configuration guide and demo project example Available upon request

14 Pricing Free version Full version Maintenance Available at Limited to 5 writeback forms Full license cost - USD 5000 Licensing model per web server instance No matter how much CPU or cores used by the server No matter how much MicroStrategy named users defined Free first year maintenance Second year maintenance cost - USD 1000 Maintenance includes: New versions and fixes Online technical support Consulting services - USD 100 per hour

15 Contacts Kaspars Vītols FMS WriteBackPlugin Sales Manager Online demo: (username: demo, password : demo) Free version available on: