PLUG October Virtual Meeting

The PLUG board invites you to join us for our October virtual meeting sponsored by ReportsNow. ReportsNow will be discussing their BI solution compared to Power BI. Following their presentation we will have time to do our favorite PLUG activity: NETWORKING! Networking will be facilitated by PLUG board members - play a game and WIN PRIZES followed by a virtual happy hour! Don't miss this opportunity to interact with members of the PLUG group!

Agenda

2:00 PM CT - ReportsNow Versus Power BI: A Real-Time Shootout -Presented by Alan VanNice, VP Customer Solutions and Anna Boskie, Data Scientist of ReportsNow

Whether you are already using Power BI or exploring the tools available to deploy JD Edwards-based business intelligence into your organization, it is crucial to evaluate of differences in operability between choices. In today’s digital age, having self-service tools that empower employees, at all levels, in any role of the business is critical in today’s fast-moving economy. With so many options available on the current market, it is necessary to understand the differences in capability and ease-of-use between JDE reporting and business intelligence solutions. ReportsNow solutions are designed explicitly for JD Edwards users at every level of the organization.

Join ReportsNow’s Data Scientists for a side-by-side report creation and dashboard comparison of ReportsNow DAS and Power BI. Learn the contrasts, differences, and capabilities in a real-time demonstration between DAS and Power BI for your JDE data.

Objectives

• See the contrasts throughout report creation, row and column configuration, and table and field alias lookups

• Learn the disparities in data accuracy when imported from JD Edwards, what formula creation involves, and how to build advanced calculations

• Discover the differences in end-user empowerment and the level of experience required to create reports and dashboards

Immediately following - PLUG networking with games and prizes and a virtual happy hour!