BusinessObjects Polestar
The simplicity of search with the trust and power of BI
BusinessObjects Polestar combines the simplicity and speed of search with the trust and analytical power of business intelligence (BI) to provide immediate answers to business questions. Users employ familiar key-word search to find information and explore directly on data. Polestar leverages the BI platform's Universe metadata, security, trust, and administration services—thereby reducing IT backlog and making it deployable in days.
Why Polestar?
- Bring self-service BI for business and casual users
- Get fast facts and answer investigative questions
- Explore and understand new data sources and unexamined parts of the business
- No need to understand the data, where it's located, or how it's structured
- Information is secure, trustworthy, and easily sharable
- Deploys in days - up and running in days, not months
- Fully leverages existing BI investments including metadata, security, and admin services
- Further reduces IT and report author backlog
"Polestar combines the simplicity of search with the power of BI to offer an iTunes-like interface that will appeal to a currently underserved segment of BI users."
Cindi Howson
Founder
BI Scorecard
Technical Specifications
Version:
BusinessObjects Poelstar XI R2
Data Sources:
Operational applications, data warehouses, marts, RDBMS, OLAP servers, and even unstructured sources recently processed via Text Analysis.
Languages:
English, Chinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Spanish
System Requirements
Minimum hardware requirements:
1 CPU - 2 GHz, 2 GB RAM, 100 MB hard disk space
Operating Systems:
Windows 2000 SP4 Advanced Server, Windows 2000 SP4 Datacenter Server, Windows 2000 SP4 Server, Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition, Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition, Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition, Windows Server 2003 Web Edition, Windows Server 2003 SP1 Datacenter Edition, Windows Server 2003 SP1 Enterprise Edition, Windows Server 2003 SP1 Standard Edition, Windows Server 2003 SP1 Web Edition, Windows 2003, Windows 2003 SP1
Internet Browsers and Plug-ins:
Internet Explorer 6.0.1 or later, Firefox 1.0.4 or later, Safari 1.3 or later, Adobe Flash Player 9
Web Application Server:
Tomcat 5.0.27
This is an add-on to BusinessObjects Enterprise.
Contact Us:
For sales or general inquiries call:
U.S. and Canada: +1 866 681 3435
Europe: 00800 55 11 55 11
Asia Pacific: find an office near you
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Key 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 applications and data sources. 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.
BI platform security
BI platform security is applied across all Polestar searches and exploration, ensuring your users will only have access to permitted data.
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