Info-Explorer

A powerful, affordable BI tool supporting integrated analysis & budgeting

"My client loves Orchid Info-Explorer. In their words, it has them purring like a kitten."

MARK BINKLEY, DATAQUEST INC., INDIANA, USA

Gain in-depth insight into your business performance, using current data

  • Slice & dice current data in a single cube
  • Drill-through to Sage 300 screens
  • Try the Lite edition for free, with no time limit and no commitment
  • Analyze business performance, identify trends and exceptions
  • Use the same tool to prepare detailed budgets and forecasts
  • Budget with greater insight & detail, combining actual and budget data
  • The familiarity of a spreadsheet-type layout, without the limitations
  • No need to rely on static, two-dimensional extracts, or multiple reports and spreadsheets

Info-Explorer Features

Data Sources & Processing

  • Fed from your Sage 300 database, with background in-memory processing
  • Include data from other SQL & ODBC databases, e.g. your CRM
  • Incorporate user-defined calculations
  • Work online or offline
  • Export views to Microsoft Excel®, CSV or HTML
  • Security options to protect your data

Slice & Dice Analysis

  • Change dimensions (e.g. product, customer, region, period, employee) for clearer insight
  • Dynamically control your view, filter your data, add and remove facts and dimensions
  • Drill through to Sage 300 data entry screens for more information
  • Roll up and consolidate to focus on high-level results

Presentation & Personalization

  • Create and save multiple views, and convert to charts
  • Create your own dashboards, highlighting exceptions and trends
  • Apply your own formatting styles, e.g. 'traffic light' reporting
  • Personalize, e.g. use custom styles to highlight amended data

Budgeting Features

The Writeback edition lets you use the same interface for analysis and budgeting:

  • Budget beyond General Ledger level
  • Build budgets bottom-up or top-down
  • Insert a budget total and let Info-Explorer populate the build-up
  • Adjust budgets using multiple spread methods
  • Maintain multiple budget versions
  • Write budget data back to your Sage 300 database
  • Combine actual and budget data for forecasting

Use Case Examples

  • Analyze sales by customer, salesperson or item
  • Compare sales for a given period with budget, then pull in specific regions, employees or products to better understand the data
  • Calculate commissions - (see our Protect-A-Bed case study)
  • Budget by project code
  • Insert a budget total and let Info-Explorer populate the build-up
  • Compare sales for a customer to their cases in CRM

Info-Explorer Edition Guide

Use the free Lite edition to analyze Sage 300 data using pre-defined cubes. Upgrade to the Standard or Writeback editions to unlock additional features.

Get started (for free) with Info-Explorer Lite

  • Download Info-Explorer from the Product Downloads page. (You will be asked to provide your details.)
  • Run the downloaded EXE file to install. This will start a 30 day trial period.
  • Explore our Sample Cubes and download those you would like to try.
  • Browse the Info-Explorer Online Help for user instructions and guides, including selected videos.
  • Request an Activation Code to continue using beyond 30 days. (See Online Help Getting Started for details.)
  • If you'd like to upgrade to a full licence (Standard or Writeback), contact your Sage Solution Provider.

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Testimonials

Within 2 days of purchasing Orchid Info-Explorer, every department was able to monitor the sales performance of more than 300 items to over 900 customers. We needed a system that sales reps could use easily, as well as provide the financial analytics for management to continually deliver shareholder value. Orchid Info-Explorer delivered on this...

CUSTOMER OF ACACIA BUSINESS SYSTEMS, SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA

In the words of my client, Orchid Info-Explorer is 'a game changer.' Since implementing it he is able to analyze more meaningful data in Sage 300 ERP on his own. Info-Explorer is now used in almost every department of the company with measurable results.

KEVIN GARTLY, SOLIDBIZ SOLUTIONS, EDMONTON, ALBERTA, CANADA

My client loves Orchid Info-Explorer. In their words, it has them ‘purring like a kitten'.

MARK BINKLEY, DATAQUEST SOLUTIONS, IL, USA

Orchid Info-Explorer is the most rewarding query-based analytical tool for today's business controllers.

MARK CARSAN (CGA,CPA), BAASS BUSINESS SOLUTIONS, THORNHILL, ON, CANADA

Orchid's Extender, Info-Explorer and Information Manager Suite add-ons have taken Sage 300 to the next level. It's like Sage 300 on steroids!

NKOSIYABO SIBANDA, CCMA (THE COMMISSION FOR CONCILIATION, MEDIATION & ARBITRATION), SOUTH AFRICA

This is an impressive BI tool. I was pleasantly surprised by the automatic captions of raw Sage 300 fields. That alone was an instant time saver.

DANNY KOCISKO, KOCISCO INFO-SOLUTIONS INC., MONTREAL, CANADA

We started using Info-Explorer as a trial and it ended up being our most useful business tool. Even after 10 years of using it, I still find new and better ways to view my Sage data.

ROMAN BHATTACHARYA, VP, PARAMED SPECIALITIES INC, CANADA

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How to buy

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International Contacts

Please contact us directly if your business is in the UK, Europe or other regions not listed here. 

North/South/Central America and the Caribbean

Robert Lavery 

Phone: (416) 453-7876
Email: Robert.lavery@sympatico.ca

Address:
Robert Lavery & Associates
14 Woodway Trail
Toronto, Ontario CANADA M8Y 2B8

Asia Region

A-Plus Software Limited (ID#82011633)

Phone: + 852-2366 8392
Email: info@a-plussoft.com
Website: www.a-plussoft.com/en/orchid.php

Address:
5/F Goldsland Building
22 Minden Avenue, Tsim Sha Tsui,
Kowloon Hong Kong

Australia and New Zealand Region

Sage Software Australia - Business Management Solutions (ERP & CRM)

Phone: 137 243 (13 SAGE)
Website: https://www.sage.com/au

Level 11, Zenith Tower B,
821 Pacific Hwy,
Chatswood NSW 2067

Africa Region

Sage South Africa (Pty) Ltd

Phone: +27 11 304 3000
Website: https://www.sage.com/za


6th Floor, Gateway West
22 Magwa Crescent
Waterfall 5-lr, Midrand, 2066

Middle East Region

Sage Middle East

Phone: +971 43900180
Website: https://www.sage.com/en-ae/support/contact-us

Office No. 118 Building No.11
Dubai Internet City (DIC)
Dubai, PO Box 500198
United Arab Emirates (UAE)

Minimum

Requirements

  • Info-Explorer requires Microsoft .NET Framework 4 and a supported version of Windows.
  • Info-Explorer is licensed per PC.
  • Users do not need to be logged into Sage 300 or need LanPaks unless they drill through to Sage 300 data-entry screens from the cube.
  • Features relate to the latest supported version.

Learn More

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