BI Publisher is the new standard way of delivering pixel perfect reporting in Siebel. It has many advantages over Actuate including the facts that developing report formats is now a non-developer task and the deployment of reports is decoupled from the Siebel release cycle.

• Need for Expertise
  
  
However, there are still points in a BI Publisher for Siebel project where a real expert can improve delivery of the user requirements, reduce cost and time for delivery, and simplify future maintenance. For example:


• Creating reports that require advanced xsl in order to achieve the desired layout
• Creating reports where the required layout does not naturally reflect the underlying Siebel data structures
• Cross Integration (Business) Object reporting
• Creation of standard sets of Integration Objects to minimise report creator reliance on the Siebel development team
• Effective training and knowledge transfer to maximise ROI on BI Publisher
• Configuration of the BI Publisher server
• Creation of effective yet flexible development, test, deploy and report management procedures


• Customer Systems
  
  
Customer Systems has the proven experience to meet all of these challenges. We have worked on about 10 BI Publisher deployments in the last 12 months including one that involved more than 30 complex reports to meet legislative requirements. We have built many very complex reports requiring the use of techniques significantly beyond the use of the standard layout tool. The examples and case studies pages provides samples of what can be achieved.

Finally, as experts in deploying Actuate in Siebel, we are ideally placed to assist in the migration from Actuate to BI Publisher which, if required, can be achieved in a phased rather than big bang approach.

Our extensive knowledge means that we can deliver your Siebel reporting solution more quickly and cost effectively than anyone else.