BusinessObjects Polestar Features

Search across all data sources
Users simply enter a few search keywords to find the most relevant information instantly from across all of their data sources—operational applications, data warehouses, marts, RDBMS, OLAP servers, and even unstructured sources recently processed via Text Analysis. No previous knowledge about what data exists or where to find it is needed.

Data sources and metadata are pre-indexed
Pre-indexing enable results retrieval and exploration interactivity to occur at near instantaneous speeds. No preexisting reports or metrics are required.

Contextually explore
Polestar complements results with additional contextually relevant details. The experience is as easy as browsing an online store. No data model or data knowledge is required.

Automated relevancy and chart generation
Polestar presents the most relevant keyword search results first and automatically generates the chart that best represents the information.

Sharable via email and URL
Insight derived from Polestar is easily sharable with others. Sending a URL embedded email or saving as a bookmark is one click away.

Business intelligence (BI) platform security
BI platform security is applied across all Polestar searches and exploration, ensuring your users will only have access to permitted data.

Consistent, familiar metadata
User search results and exploration leverage BusinessObjects universes and common business terms that have been standardized across the business and with which people are comfortable and familiar.

Support for a broad range of data source types
Accessible data sources can include operational applications, data warehouses, RDBMS, OLAP, and even unstructured sources processed via Text Analysis.