4Sight Business Intelligence for P&C Dashboards

4Sight Dashboards
Insurance Companies have access to more data than ever before. Insurers are struggling to come up with what has been described as a single version of the truth. Companies that leverage the 4Sight dashboards are finding automation, productivity, and business intelligence now are converging to provide one timely view into their business.

4Sight delivers dashboard technology that brings information to the people who need it the most. The 4Sight insurance dashboards provide access to right-time, accurate insights, whether relating to performance management, portfolio results, or information used in real-time decision-making in the underwriting process.

The proven 4Sight dashboard benefits:

	Visual presentation of performance measures and metrics
	Ability to identify and correct negative trends
	Measure efficiencies/inefficiencies
	Ability to generate detailed reports showing new trends
	Ability to make more informed decisions based on collected business intelligence
	Align strategies and organizational goals

Three major benefits of properly deployed, dashboard and scorecard systems:

	Communicate strategy: They provide executives with a powerful means to communicate key strategies and objectives continuously by tailoring metrics to each individual based on role and level in the organization. As an agent of organizational change, dashboards and scorecards enable executives to get the entire organization marching in a coordinated fashion toward the same destination.
	Monitor and Adjust the Execution of Strategy: Once goals are established, dashboards and scorecards let executives and managers monitor the execution of the strategy and plans on a daily, weekly or monthly basis depending on requirements. These performance management systems enable executives and managers to work proactively and identify and address critical problems undermining progress before it is too late to fix them.
	Deliver Insights and Information to All: Dashboards and scorecards deliver critical information at a glance using graphical symbols, colors and charts. The applications graphically highlight exception conditions and alters and let users drill down into more detailed data to find the root cause of a problem. These tools conform to the way users work and don't force users to conform to the way business intelligence tools work. This is a major reason dashboards and scorecards are so popular.
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Pentaho Dashboards Feature Details

Flexible Deployment Options
	Out-of-the-box deployment via the Pentaho User Console
	Java components for easy integration into custom solutions using Java Objects or Java Server Pages (JSPs)
	Integrated with the rest of the Pentaho BI Suite to provide a complete BI platform, and integrated reporting and analysis
	AJAX components to provide high-performance, customizable dashboard extensions
Easy Information Access by Role or Subjects
	Provides single-screen access to metrics, related reports and analysis and other content.
	Enables role and subject-specific dashboards to be created and shared. For example, a role-specific “Purchase Manager Dashboard”, or a subject-specific “Supply Chain Dashboard”.
	Role-based filters automatically tailor content for specific business users. For example, each manager may only see information relating to their own department.
	On-screen filter controls enable users to choose what they’re interested in and have content automatically updated. For example - a user may select a geographic region and/or product combination to filter by.
	Drill-down from one dashboard to another enables users to navigate to more detail. For example, by clicking on a gauge showing Labor Cost a user can bring up another dashboard with an interactive spreadsheet that enables them to find out more information.
	Dashboard linking makes it easy to move from one dashboard to another in context. For example, by clicking on a gauge showing “labor cost”, a user can move to another dashboard that breaks down metrics that contribute to labor costs.
	Integrate other content via frames, URLs, or AJAX components.
	Pentaho Dashboards provide rich visualization and can be extended using AJAX.	top
Security and Compliance
	Provides role-based security and business rules.
	Supports Java Single Sign-On/JOSSO and Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) to integrate with existing enterprise security.
	Captures comprehensive audit trail to monitor metric usage, user access, performance and more.
Modern, Standards-based Architecture
	100% J2EE server components for scalability, portability, and integration
	Open, XML-based repository
	JDBC 2.0 compliant
	Supports connectivity via JDBC to proprietary databases including Oracle, IBM DB2, Microsoft SQL Server, NCR Teradata and more
	Supports connectivity via JDBC to popular open source databases including MySQL, PostgreSQL, EnterpriseDB, and others
	All components exposed via Web Services for easy integration into Service Oriented Architectures (SOAs)
Rich Graphical Displays
	Web-based dashboards
	Custom front-ends including Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) displays
	Interactive, spreadsheet style data grids
	Cross-tab reports
	Interactive, drillable multidimensional charts
	Graphical data navigation including drilling on gauges and charts
	Integration with Google Maps for interactive, visual displays of geographical information
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	Comprehensive auditing of user activity, performance, and data access
	Rich reporting via integration with Pentaho Reporting
	Integrated Report Design Wizard to simplify and streamline report design
	Drillable dashboards allowing users to drill from a metric into Pentaho Analysis
	Integrated security, scheduling, portal integration, and metadata
Through integration with the Pentaho BI Suite, Pentaho Dashboards allow business users to drill from metrics into underlying reports and analysis.
Pentaho User Console
	Intuitive thin-client interface for central access to all BI content
	Create new ad hoc reports and analysis views in a few simple clicks
	Explorer-style interface for easy navigation of BI content
	Share reports, analysis views, and dashboards with others
	Schedule reports for reliable, on-time delivery of information
	*Pentaho User Console provides central, secure, and easy access to business information*

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Key Features

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On-Line Analytical Processing (OLAP) cubes
automated aggregation
speed-of-thought response times

Open Architecture
100% Java
J2EE
Supports any JDBC data source
MDX and XML/A

Analysis Viewers
Enables ad-hoc, interactive data exploration
Ability to slice-and-dice, drill-down, and pivot
Provides insights into problems or successes

MAD framework
–Delivers layers of insights on demand
–Provides self-service for casual users
–Tailored to individual roles and preferences

Double MAD the future!

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