Based in Aarhus Denmark
TimeXtender was formed in 2005, by a team predominately emanating from NeoProcess. It was founded by Heine Krog Iversen. TimeXtender was awarded the Microsoft ISV Partner of the Year 2008 in Denmark. TimeXtender fully automates the process of turning incongruent data into validated, accurate knowledge. From source to cube with no coding required.
TimeXtender is based around being a user-friendly, drag & drop tool that delivers data validation, data transformation, data warehouse building and OLAP cube creation without requiring any handwritten code. As a result, you appreciate faster implementations, easier maintenance and a remarkable cut in costs. TimeXtender have created what they refer to as the drag and drop approach to Business Intelligence. With TimeXtender it is possible to easily collect and prepare data for analysis and present it in a format that makes it useful for accurate decision making. This means that whilst using TimeXtender the underlying code is generated automatically therefore simplifying the process for the developer and the end user. This is a huge benefit for the accomplished user, but for those who this is the first exposure to BI it can be difficult to establish exact needs.
The user is then able to extract data from their company's information sources such as ERP and CRM systems, spreadsheets, and commercial databases. Microsoft Dynamics compatible it is easy to combine validate and transform their data to ensure trustworthy data, and load the data into a data warehouse. It is then a relatively simple task to build cubes complete with dimensions and measures, deploy the project and the SQL code is automatically generated. It is then possible to view reports in any reporting tool but the easiest has to be to use MS Excel.
Again it is very simple for the proficient end user or developer to begin to work with data validation and transformation to OLAP cube creation, enabling users to speed up the Business Intelligence process. With TimeXtender you can plan, design, and build a BI solution within a fraction of the time it takes with traditional tools. The entire process is designed using a graphical user interface, and no hand-coding is required. Improve data quality TimeXtender utilizes the data integration platform of SQL server 2005/2008: SQL Server 2005/2008 integration Services (SSIS). However, TimeXtender offers the easier and faster alternative to writing code. During the deployment process, TimeXtender automatically generates Transact SQL and SSIS
Who should use TimeXtender? The complexity and the route to the channel for TimeXtender has been to create the developers BI tool. Can end users use TimeXtender easily? Yes they can but all the work that you need to do to ensure that the solution is perfectly set up does mean that you would be better off having TimeXtender or one of their partners set it up for you.