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Info-Explorer News & Tips
News & Tips - June 2025
This month's tips look at creating salesperson-specific sales history cubes, and troubleshooting cube performance issues.
 
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Increase your BI-Q with Info-Explorer
How do you rate your Business Intelligence Quotient? Orchid’s Info-Explorer might be the tool you need to go top of the class.
 
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Turn Data into Information with Info-Explorer
An HBR article on Data Strategy got our attention. We think Info-Explorer can tick a lot of boxes when it comes to "tightly controlled but flexibly used" data.
 
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(Spread)Sheeting Home the Blame
Bad data can lead to seriously bad outcomes. Lift the lid and the odds are you’ll spot a guilty-looking spreadsheet scurrying for cover.
 
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Info-Explorer Lite lets you demo on real data
When it comes to evaluating business software, and BI software in particular, there's nothing quite like seeing it in action on your own live data. Info-Explorer makes this possible with our free Lite edition.
 
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Requesting Info-Explorer Activation Codes more efficiently
Here's a tip on how to get the Company Name and Computer Name needed to acquire an activation code for Info-Explorer
 
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Info Explorer Lite and Sample Cubes
Orchid's Info Explorer Lite can be used to add Business Intelligence to any Sage 300 installation.