Infor Birst Business Intelligence (BI)

Industry analytics

Take advantage of industry and role-specfic data models and analytics

Modern data architecture

Experience a flexible and business-centric approach to managing data

Automated data integration

Reduce manual tasks with AI-powered automation

Networked BI

Support centralized and decentralized teams with governance

Adaptive user experience

Utilize all styles of business analytics from reports to data discovery

Monetize data

Share analytics with customers, partners and suppliers

Modern Data Architecture

Underpinning Birst’s modern native cloud BI platform is Infor’s modern data architecture. Focused on supporting any user to take their analysis in any direction, this flexible and business-centric approach to managing data is secure, scalable, and adaptable to changing business needs, while AI-powered automation reduces many manual tasks.

• Easily connect live data or extract data from any source
• Unify data from multiple source systems including big data
• Utilize patented automated building of business-ready data store
• Leverage an integrated data lake and API gateway

Networked BI

Birst’s Networked BI is a new approach to delivering data-as-a-service (DaaS) based on the idea that trusted and well-governed data is not at odds with speed and ease of use. Birst uses unique and patented capabilities that seamlessly combine the centralized and decentralized models of BI, providing the best aspects of both: agile end-user self-service without analytical silos and the overhead often associated with centralized BI.

• Utilize common and reusable business rules and definitions
• Blend centralized and decentralized data and analytic content
• Provide users with analytic sandboxes with self-service data prep
• Deliver data-as-a-service (DaaS) across the organization
• Enterprise-grade governance with speed and agility

Adaptive User Interface

Birst provides an adaptive user experience, supporting all styles of business intelligence and analytics. Birst’s user experience includes visual data discovery, interactive and responsive dashboards, pixel-perfect enterprise reporting, native and offline mobile, smart analytics, and self-service data preparation fully integrated with the centralized data provided by IT.

• Enjoy seamless integration between dashboards, data discovery, and reporting
• Support for all skill levels—from business users to data scientists
• Access information anywhere—online and offline on any device
• Leverage embedded analytics in Infor’s industry ERP solutions and applications
• Embed analytics in your applications to monetize data with flexible APIs

Native Cloud Multi-Tenant Architecture

Birst’s native cloud architecture provides a low total cost of ownership (TCO), rapid deployment, automated zero-cost, zero-pain upgrades, programmatic life cycle management, and standards-based, completely open integration.

• Economically scale on-demand—both users and data volumes
• Experience a fast time to value with iterative and agile deployment
• Support public cloud, private cloud, and on-premises deployments