Breaking new ground in user experience

The user interface adopts an intuitive engineering design focusing more on a human approach to logical and mathematical methods, in the way the user interacts with the system. This approach is aimed at maximizing system usage, promoting self-service capabilities, and pushing system driven analytics to end users instead of being an analyst-centric application.

There are many features like Business Q&A, contextual integration of BI and Non-BI enterprise information, etc that are built into ARC's user interface that enable these benefits.

Key Benefits

Business Q&A: This breakthrough feature focuses on presenting analytic interventions in English language. You can ask the system ‘What is my margin contribution for Brand A washing machines and how does it trend MOM last quarter?’ The answer is then presented in English, ‘Brand A washing machines contributed 8.5% to category sales, with a 2.6% increase in sales QTD’. The system also presents the relevant analysis and downloadable reports detailing this analysis. This is achieved through an intelligent design involving pre-built analytic question banks and an answer generating engine. These features are ideal for search-and-publish applications.
Contextual Integration of BI and Non-BI Enterprise Information: ARC offers dynamic portal configuration wherein users can access any form of information that is helpful for presenting a comprehensive picture of his decision making scenario. Users can add contextual, non-BI enterprise information like the latest data sync status, new product launches last week, new store launches last week, running promotion calendar 3 months back and 3 months forward, and many such relevant information.
Dynamic Tool Tips: Users often need immediate access to information that helps them understand the numbers analyzed. They can use ARC’s enhanced features like dynamic tool tips for understanding calculation methods for any KPI or Measure, using a simple mouse over.
Personalized Hot Keys: Users on a higher analytic maturity level can use ARC’s keyboard shortcuts for easy access to quick reports, modules, features, utilities or any feature in ARC. These references once set are also available for easy lookup at all times. They can be personalized for a specific user or can be administered at an enterprise level. These features focus on increasing interaction speed for familiar users.