With the interest we've gotten with the PSIDE Helper, we decided to put together another product that solves a niche need. This is nVision Context Helper.

What is it?
This tool shows you the context of any number in an nVision report (report instance or drilldown result). We've packaged it as an excel add-in that adds a menu item into Excel that can be used in place of the DrillToPIA.XLA.

Because it looks at the nVision results in Excel to identify the context, this tool has no server code that needs to be installed and configured. Register the add-in to excel, and you're up and running.

From a user's perspective, they merely select a cell in their nVision report and use the menu to get more information about that cell (GSDrill --> About this Cell).



Benefits
In other words, if your users or auditors ever wonder what went into a number in a report, this tool will tell them. It understands and displays criteria in the report, filters applied by scopes, report requests, and the act of drilling. It provides transparency to end-users that isn't possible with other tools.

More Information
We've put together a product page and flash demo, if you want to see it in action. We've also added this as a standard feature to the nVision drillling Snap-on.

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