Review: Access introduce analysis-ready file in Dimensions. By David Carter

When our consultant editor David Carter called for every accounts package to provide an analysis-ready file, Access Accounting decided to do something about it. This month sees the release of a new module for Dimensions, Access Analytics, which sets a new standard for allowing ordinary users to produce their own reports.

What is an analysis-ready file? Why do you need one?
These days new business intelligence (BI) packages seem to spring up every month. Take a look at ExcelZone and you'll see what I mean.

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