What is Futrix?

Futrix is a SAS® data exploitation and querying tool designed by business users for business users. Futrix fills the market niche for a pre-packaged SAS solution that can be linked to any SAS data (or other RDBMS) and can provide users, almost immediately, with an appealing Windows look-and-feel online analytical processing (OLAP) tool. This functionality allows users to realise their investment in SAS without having to wait for lengthy application development. Futrix data can be hosted on a server and accessed through a SAS client or a web client for distributed use.

Futrix leverages any existing SAS data and is best suited for data analysis and exploitation. It provides simplicity of set up and maintenance, power and flexibility of data navigation, scalability of data volumes, user tracking and much more.

Compatibility

Futrix is available for Windows 95/98/NT®, Windows 3.1® and UNIX®.

Who Should Be Using Futrix?

Managers
Futrix provides managers with the information they need to make more effective decisions. Using Futrix, managers are able to answer their own "What if" and "What about" questions. By drilling into the data, creating and manipulating new derived information, querying the data and generally interrogating their standard reports, Futrix provides insight for better decisions.

Analysts
Ease of use makes Futrix an ideal tool for anyone within the organisation who does data analysis. Futrix allows users to apply their business knowledge to derive valuable information, without any prior SAS or programming knowledge.

Why Futrix?

• Reducing development time
  
• Instant access to your data
  
• Rapid deployment
  
• No development - plug in, register data & start using
  
• Rapid return on investment
  
• Incredible analytical capabilities
  
• Single point of entry
  
• Easy to learn and to use
  
• Moves emphasis of Business Intelligence projects from construction to delivery
  
• Customise Futrix front-end to meet your needs
  
• Link from Futrix to your own SAS System applications
  
• The bottom line - informed and profitable decisions
  
• Long-term saving on consulting fees