Frequently Asked Questions

eyeTprofit v 1.2.10 supports the following:
RDBMS: Oracle 9i / 10g / 11i, My SQL 5.0 and above, MS SQL Server 2005 / 2008, Sybase 7 and above, PostgreSQL 8.4 and above
ISAM: Microsoft Foxpro, dBase, Clipper
Office Apps: MS Access 2003 / 2007, MS Excel 2003 / 2007
Other Apps: Tally 9 / Tally 9 ERP, Stage, ProfitPlus, FIT, Other custom applications. (SAP, Quick Books, Acc Pack, Peach tree)
END USER: eyeTprofit is simple and intuitive making it a business-user friendly application. Using eyeTprofit does not require any IT-skills.
IMPLEMENTATION: For creating complex reports, knowledge of SQL Server programming would be an added advantage.
Our implementation engineers / partners can assist you in migrating the reports to pull data from your new data sources provided all the necessary information is captured by your new applications. eyeTprofit can be made to work with your new data sources causing very minimal impact to decision making process based on information.
Typically it takes a couple of weeks effort to implement eyeTprofit. However, it may vary based on the scope and complexity of work involved. With adequate coordination from customer end, the results can be realized in less than a month.
Yes, eyeTprofit supports presenting your information in your own customer formats. Custom formats can be supported through MS Excel sheets, crystal reports or MS Word templates.
Yes. eyeTprofit supports access of information / reports over the internet. Customers can host eyeTprofit servers and expose reports as web services. eyeTprofit viewers can render reports that are exposed through a web server.
eyeTprofit requires one instance of MS SQL Server 2005 or 2008 for report consolidation and rendering. However, the free express edition of MS SQL Server would be sufficient in most cases. SQL Server 2005 Express Edition supports upto 4 GB of data while SQL Server 2008 Express Edition supports upto 10 GB of data. If users have data beyond this, a standard or enterprise edition of SQL Server is recommended.
eyeTprofit does not require an OLAP database. eyeTprofit works with on OLTP database.
eyeTprofit works on a laptop or even a P4 system with 512 MB RAM. However, we typically recommend a 2GB RAM PC with Dual Core or Core-Duo system for optimal performance. Depending on the volume of data and number of concurrent users, we can suggest an optimal hardware for the solution. For practical purposes, eyeTprofit can work on any PC or laptop that has the appropriate capacity and pre-requisites.
eyeTprofit works on Microsoft Windows based platforms including Windows XP, Vista, Windows 7, Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2008.
eyeTprofit does not support UNIX or LINUX based platforms as of now.
Yes, eyeTprofit has provisions to import data from Tally financial accounting software version 9 onwards. Tally ERP 9 is also supported. Data can be imported directly from Tally or manually by exporting from Tally and importing into eyeTprofit. Direct import can also be scheduled.
eyeTprofit data import is very fast. However, it depends on the volume of data. Typically, most customers are able to import their year's data in less than a minute.
eyeTprofit has no technical restrictions on the concurrent users. It is purely limited by the server capacity and bandwidth.
The business benefits of using eyeTprofit are numerous. Customers have used eyeTprofit to monitor sales, revenues, costs, expenses, utilization levels, operational efficiencies, profitability, cash flows, performance, inventory levels, budget variances, sales target achievements, etc. Some customers have also used eyeTprofit for performing what-if scenarios, projections etc. Some of the business benefits highlighted by our customers are:
- Dynamically create new reports when needed
- Little manual dependency
- Consistent & Accurate
- Enables information analysis
- Saves lot of time & effort
- Retain existing systems
- Streamline process
- Improve utilization
- Improve Operating efficiencies
- High Morale
- Higher Profit
eyeTprofit is beyond a mere report-generator. eyeTprofit helps the user analyze information, or get alerted on specific events or on a scheduled basis, with data coming from more than one data sources. This would also greatly reduce the laborious, mundane and error-prone task of manually generating each report. eyeTprofit helps in proactively monitoring information for taking crucial business decisions, rather than performing post- mortem analysis on a reactive basis.
Crystal reports & SSRS are report authoring tools which are typically used by software developers for creating and deploying custom reports.
eyeTprofit is a more comprehensive solution for information analysis and delivery. Report authoring is a subset of the solutions provided by eyeTprofit.
Standard Reporting Tools View what happened in the past Static information of data, No user interaction Tightly coupled with the system Single application/system Limitation on what-if analysis, trend-analysis High technical skills required for report customizationOur Solution Not just past, analyze what will likely happen Dynamic views-drag-n-drop, drill-through, etc Loosely-coupled Data from multiple sources Designed to help business with forecast analysis, trend-analysis Targeted at business users to do self-service
Cindrel can help you in creating custom reports through eyeTprofit. Availability of skilled resources is not a pre-requisite for viewing or modifying reports. When there are complex scenarios, Cindrel's team of partners can help you with the implementation and support.
Yes, we have proven solutions working in numerous customer locations with challenges similar to the above. eyeTprofit would be able to not only generate reports based on these but also identify exceptions in data capture and thereby provide a facility to streamline data capture as well. Our implementation team (or partners) would provide you ample support in helping you streamline your data capture or provide solutions for fixing the information gaps, if need be.
How secure is eyeTprofit? - eyeTprofit has multiple layers of security. Some important features are highlighted below:
RBAC: eyeTprofit uses an Role based Access Control (RBAC) approach to ensuring the authorized user alone has relevant access to eyeTprofit screens.
Credentials Security: eyeTprofit stores user credentials in a one-way hash format preventing possibilities of decrypting or deciphering user credentials.
Data Source level access rights are available at a user level such that users can create new reports only based on data sources that they have access to.
Report level access is also provided to users. Users can access only those reports that they are authorized to access.
Export rights are available to users to control users from exporting the report to excel sheets, PDF or other custom templates. Only authorized users can export reports.
Generally, it is not advisable expose the production data to reporting solutions as the latter may hamper the performance of the former based on usage. It is recommended that reporting solutions near-real time. With periodic sync-ups between production and reporting system, reports can be close to real-time.
eyeTprofit product is agnostic to industry verticals. eyeTprofit can be made to work in different verticals including (and not confined to):
- Construction & Real Estate
- Food & Beverage - Manufacturing and trading
- Chemicals - Manufacturing & trading
- Textiles - Manufacturing & trading
- Retail - White goods distributors, dealers, chain stores, etc
- Medical equipments - manufacturing & trading
- Services industry
- Healthcare
- Hospitality
- Non-Profitable Organizations
- Research & Development Organizations
- Automobile
- Logistics
- IT Services
- Printing
eyeTprofit has several types of reports. For the purpose of analyzing consolidated information, information should first be aggregated through data import and processing steps and relevant information views should be created. Based on these, Drill down reports, Pivot analysis and 360 degree reports can be created. These reports provide a comprehensive facility to the user to analyze consolidated information.
Yes, eyeTprofit can be used to send SMS text notifications to user mobiles. This can be achieved in two ways - either by linking to a service provider like SMSCountry.com or by sending messages through a SMS-sending device compatible with eyeTprofit.
The business benefits of using eyeTprofit are numerous. Customers have used eyeTprofit to monitor sales, revenues, costs, expenses, utilization levels, operational efficiencies, profitability, cash flows, performance, inventory levels, budget variances, sales target achievements, etc. Some customers have also used eyeTprofit for performing what-if scenarios, projections etc. Some of the business benefits highlighted by our customers are:
- Dynamically create new reports when needed
- Little manual dependency
- Consistent & Accurate
- Enables information analysis
- Saves lot of time & effort
- Retain existing systems
- Streamline process
- Improve utilization
- Improve Operating efficiencies
- High Morale
- Higher Profit
eyeTprofit is beyond a mere report-generator. eyeTprofit helps the user analyze information, or get alerted on specific events or on a scheduled basis, with data coming from more than one data sources. This would also greatly reduce the laborious, mundane and error-prone task of manually generating each report. eyeTprofit helps in proactively monitoring information for taking crucial business decisions, rather than performing post- mortem analysis on a reactive basis.
Yes. eyeTprofit supports access of information / reports over the internet. Customers can host eyeTprofit servers and expose reports as web services. eyeTprofit viewers can render reports that are exposed through a web server.
eyeTprofit does not require an OLAP database. eyeTprofit works with on OLTP database.
eyeTprofit data import is very fast. However, it depends on the volume of data. Typically, most customers are able to import their year's data in less than a minute.