Zap Business Intelligence for Microsoft Dynamics NAV

Technical Information

Rapid deployment and easy maintenance

Zap Business Intelligence for Microsoft Dynamics requires minimal technical resources for installation, use and maintenance, while providing the scalability and flexibility for even the largest enterprise installations. It easily lets you keep analytics up-to-date with customizations in NAV, even for entire vertical solutions.

  • The zero footprint web architecture ensures no intrusion on your end-users’ computers
  • Use Zap CubeXpress to create an optimized OLAP cube, including Microsoft Dynamics® customizations and security.
  • View analytics via Outlook®, export to Excel®, or integrate with SharePoint®.

Technology

  • Support for Microsoft Dynamics NAV 4.0 / 5.0 / 2009.
  • 100% Microsoft technology, minimizing the skills and resources you need to deploy analytics. For example, call your existing Reporting Services reports and pass parameters to filter them dynamically.
  • Certified for Microsoft Dynamics NAV - this accreditation indicates that the solution has met Microsoft’s highest global standard for partner-developed software, demonstrating development quality and compatibility with Microsoft Dynamics NAV by passing rigorous software solution testing by an independent third party.
  • Specifically designed to minimize network bandwidth usage.
  • Highly scalable from one to thousands of users. Suitable for SMEs through to enterprises.
  • Architecture can be either multi-tenancy or single on premise.
  • Users can create their own custom analytics, without relying on technical resources.
  • Support multi-lingual users by automatically presenting them with data in their local language using browser detection.
  • Extend the solution to other non-Dynamics business systems to create a single, company-wide analytics portal.
  • Easily export analytics to standardize across regions and companies, even across different deployments; create custom calculations and analytic templates to share with users; and customize the help when you add new capabilities.

Deployment options and specifications

Zap is a self-contained, multi-tiered application based on Microsoft's .NET runtime and the ASP.NET framework. Zap utilizes the Microsoft Windows Server platform and interoperates with Microsoft's SQL Server and SQL Server Analysis Services.

For more information about deployment options and specifications for hardware and software please download Zap Application Architecture and Zap Business Intelligence for Microsoft Dynamics NAV Tech Specs.

 

Architecture

Zap architecture diagram