Distribute Information Directly via E-mail, Networked Printers, and File Servers

Out-of-the-box, begin distributing key information to users and expand the reach of your Business Intelligence at the lowest possible cost.

Distribute Any and All MicroStrategy Output – including Reports and Dashboards – In Multiple Formats

For true visual flexibility, Distribution Services MicroStrategy Distribution Services delivers reports and dashboards in multiple presentation–quality and standardized file formats including:

Distribute Secure Personalized Information to Each User

Every report or dashboard is automatically personalized according to each user’s security profile, data personalization, and reporting preferences. MicroStrategy Distribution Services applies all of the security features of the MicroStrategy BI platform such as security filters, privileges and object access control, to each subscriber within a single subscription.

A single subscription to a report/dashboard can deliver personalized local-language content to each subscriber (as per each users personally selected language preferences).

Subscriptions Set Up by Users or Administrators

Business Users or administrators can equally create subscriptions by scheduling themselves for report deliveries to email, file or print locations. Delivery method, schedule, and personal report answers are all easily defined using an intuitive web-based interface. This web-based self-subscription for business users is ideal for deployments to large global communities with minimal IT administration.

Distributions Triggered by Schedules, Events, or Exception Thresholds

Users and administrators can determine when subscriptions should be executed and deliveries sent. MicroStrategy Distribution Services can trigger deliveries during system downtime to balance resource allocation; at a key time during the business calendar – Monday mornings, first day of the month, or the end of the fiscal quarter; or for immediate delivery upon the completion of a dataload. Additionally, MicroStrategy Distribution Services checks for data-driven business rules to determine if content should be delivered to alert users if inventory levels are low or send customer details to the sales team when metrics indicate projected customer churn.

Create Subscriptions for Self and Others

With MicroStrategy Distribution Services, business users have the flexibility to create subscriptions for themselves, and also have the freedom to create multi-user subscriptions. Subscribing others to report and dashboard deliveries lets project managers subscribe their team to key flash dashboards, administrators send shareholders earnings reports in PDF, and users share analysis with their peers.

Manage Distribution Subscriptions, Regardless Of Who Sets Them Up

Whether created by themselves, their peers, or created for them by administrators, users are empowered to manage their own subscriptions. Users view subscriptions created for or by them in their My Subscriptions web page. Via this personalized subscription portal, users edit: delivery settings (i.e. arrange delivery on a different schedule, change subscription names), report and dashboard personalization, or choose to unsubscribe.

Unmatched Performance and Stability on a Consolidated BI Platform

Built on, and consolidated with, the industrial strength MicroStrategy Intelligence Server, MicroStrategy Distribution Services is integrated with tried and tested enterprise-class performance and stability, such as:

• 32- and 64-bit Multi-platform support (Windows, UNIX, Linux, AIX)
• Clustering, job load balancing and execution control, 24/7/365 fail-over, object caching,  intelligent cubes,  database optimization, multi-source data access, web based user and contact administration
• Support for local-language reporting and delivery using multi-language data sources and metadata
• Complete object re-use from reports and dashboards through to transmitters, devices, users and events
• Full integration with administrative tools for script based admin, enterprise BI analysis, and life-cycle management (using MicroStrategy Command Manager, MicroStrategy Enterprise Manager, and MicroStrategy Object Manager respectively).

Set Personal Exception Thresholds as Triggers for Distributions

Every user can control individual alert parameters, and create data-driven alerts off of any metric on any report. MicroStrategy Distribution Services scans the data, watching for these business parameters, making the system act like personal information radar for each business user.