Time is money – especially when it comes to designing custom Business Intelligence solutions. OneMind helps companies simplify this process and create fast prototypes of BI applications based on Microsoft SQL Server 2005.

Business professionals can intuitively build the structures of an OLAP application using familiar mind map technology. OneMind then translates this presentation into a data model, and if desired, even loads it with test data and creates a set of sample reports.

By visualizing the modeling process, oneMind facilitates communication between IT and business professionals. Since OneMind can already produce sample reports and analyses immediately following a specification, all stakeholders gain a clear understanding of the system’s potential functionality from both business and technical aspects. As a result, they can make changes or additions to the system at a very early stage in the project to ensure a timely deployment and a fast ROI.

OneMind is available as a standalone version or a bundle with Microsoft SQL Server 2005 and Analysis Services.

Intuitive modeling: a branch of a sample sales analysis application in OneMind

Product features:

• Modeling tool for BI applications (dimensional modeling, hierarchies, KPIs etc.)
• Visualization through FreeMind technology
• Automatic creation of:
• Dimension and fact tables as relational database
• Data cubes for instant OLAP functionality
• Simple calculation rules (for calculated KPIs)
• Enhanced prototype evaluation (optional)
• Loading test data
• Creating sample reports for Excel and Reporting Services
• Automatic processing of dimension SmartTags (e.g. time) during the modeling process

Create a rough design of application structures in a mind map - and OneMind will take care of the rest! By running sample reports with test data after the specification, stakeholders can quickly identify which changes and additions are necessary at a very early stage in the project.