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For Existing Clients: ETL Related

Enable Point in time reporting

Unlock historical reporting capabilities by tracking changes in hierarchies and dimensions over time.

Most ERP systems only store current data, making it impossible to generate accurate historical reports that reflect past hierarchies and classifications. 

Point-in-time reporting (PIT) allows businesses to "go back in time" and analyze data as it appeared in the past, even if dimension structures have changed.

Key challenges in historical reporting

Most ERP systems don’t retain historical dimension changes, making it impossible to analyze past data accurately.

Standard Vena reports don’t account for historical changes, meaning users can’t see past trends correctly.

PIT reporting is not a standard feature in Vena or most OLAP tools, requiring custom development.

Our solution: enabling Point-in-Time reporting with slowly changing dimensions (SCDs)

  • Captures historical changes in dimension attributes, even when ERP systems don’t track them.
  • Stores past versions of hierarchies and classifications, allowing users to view past data accurately.
  • Example: users can generate a revenue by customer category report as it appeared a year ago, even if customer categories have changed.
     
  • Implements Slowly Changing Dimensions (SCD Type 2) to track changes over time.
  • Automatically stores past intersections in Vena, enabling PIT reporting without modifying ERP data.
     
  • Maintains historical snapshots of financial and operational data, allowing time-based analysis.
  • Ensures that reports remain consistent with historical data structures, preventing data discrepancies.
     

How DSCIM’s approach makes a difference

  • Solves a Major Data Gap: PIT reporting enables users to see past hierarchies and dimensions that ERP systems no longer store.
  • Provides a Custom Solution Not Available in Vena by Default: unlike standard Vena reporting, DSCIM enables true historical analysis.
  • Enables Trend Analysis and Year-over-Year Comparisons: users can track historical changes in sales, finance, and operational metrics.
  • Ensures Data Accuracy Over Time: by storing historical snapshots, DSCIM prevents data inconsistencies in long-term reporting.
     

Spend less time fixing sheets, more time on the real work

Gain full visibility into historical financial and operational trends.

Ensure historical reports reflect the correct hierarchies and structures.

Eliminate inconsistencies caused by ERP overwrites of past data.