Business reporting requirements define the types of reports and data visualizations a company needs from its systems (like SAP) to make informed decisions, meet compliance standards, and track key performance indicators (KPIs).
Do you Know Which Reports Your Users Actually Need and Use?
Have you done a thorough, structured, Reporting Requirements Analysis for your company?
Have you followed business reporting best practices?
Do You Have Unmet Business Analysis Reporting Requirements
Do you have an enterprise reporting strategy in place following management reporting best practices? Do you know the answer to the question "what is business reporting"? Do you have unmet requirements for reporting? Do you have company reporting requirements that would be more effective if presented graphically? If you are trying to evolve to a complex dashboard environment like the one below, you need to complete the business reporting requirements exercise first!
- Download our Enterprise KPI Sweep Reporting Best Practices white paper to learn how!
- Learn what your users need, eliminate the cost of unnecessary reporting by knowing and eliminating unneeded KPIs by following this proven business reporting process.
- Deliver reports in the right format, at the right time, to the right user following business reporting best practices!
Developing an interactive digital dashboard to support your management reporting processes is a critical success factor in any datawarehouse project. Getting sufficient budget from your Executive Committee for your analytics project is easier when you are focused on specific corporate initiatives, such as CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) or Supply Chain. Once you have fully defined your management reporting requirements and architecture, then, and only then, should you evaluate software tools for providing your business intelligence capabilities.
Let us show you how to define, prioritize and deliver the reports you need with a simple yet battle tested tool.
FAQs
OUR FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
A business analyst typically gathers reporting requirements by conducting stakeholder interviews, analyzing existing reports, identifying decision-making gaps, and aligning needs with strategic business goals.
KPIs (Key Performance Indicators) provide measurable values that help organizations track performance, evaluate success against objectives, and make data-driven decisions. Effective reporting depends on identifying the right KPIs.
Business analysis involves identifying problems and opportunities within an organization, while business reporting focuses on presenting structured data to inform those insights and support ongoing operational and strategic decisions.
Enterprise tools such as SAP BW/4HANA, SAP BusinessObjects, and modern dashboarding platforms help capture, model, and deliver reporting requirements efficiently across departments.