WebIntelligence 2.0 now has auditing capabilities which enable customers to track user activity and monitor the system, store this data in a relational database, and regularly access and use that data as the basis for billing customers. Extranet features introduced with the first release of WebIntelligence include profile-based reports and security. Profile-based reports enable administrators to create a single report which, when accessed by a user, automatically gives them just the information they are authorized to receive. This saves administrators from creating and maintaining a separate report for every individual customer or supplier, each of whom needs the same report format but should see just their specific information. Explorer A new OLAP module called WebIntelligence Explorer allows users to drill into charts and tables for additional analysis.
Users can drill on information at three levels.
First, administrators can provide predefined interactive reports. When users drill in these reports, the information is retrieved directly from the multidimensional cache on the server. Then if a user requires more information they can drill automatically through a report into the database. All of this is transparent to the user, who does not have to know anything about where the data is stored. In addition, users can get to information beyond the database by clicking on a hyperlink and drilling to any site on the web.