Which BI Tools Are Most Popular with Users of Microsoft Dynamics AX?

What percentage of Microsoft Dynamics AX users think their business intelligence reporting is under-utilized? And which BI tools are they currently using?

Among a group of 30 company representatives attending an AX User Group session on AX and BI, all said they are under-utilizing BI--no exceptions.

A number of the users are in the process of upgrading to AX 2009, and hope the new version will help them improve their usage of BI.

It's not as if users aren't trying to make BI a more important part of their companies' operations. In a poll of which third-party or Microsoft tools they currently use for BI purposes with Dynamics AX, here is how the results came out:

Targit                         23%

Performance Point         7%

Solver                          0

Other 3rd party tools     53%

In-house tools              7%

Combination 7%

A number of users hope that Dynamics AX 2009, which they are in the process of implementing, will provide BI tools. But some said they don't fully...

minivan