MOVIE: Use QlikView to analyze your Clarizen project data

With CLARIFIED for Clarizen it's possible to analyse, create dashboards or reports with Qlikview on your Clarizen project data. In the video below you can see how it's done.

Main features and benefits of QlikView:

• use of an in-memory data model
• automated data integration and a graphical analytical environment attractive for customers
• fast and powerful visualization capabilities
• flexible - allows unlimited dimensions and measures and can be modified in seconds
• integrated - all in one solution : dashboards, power analysis and simply reporting on a single architecture
• risk free - available as a fully-functional free trial download

Next to Qlikview it's possible to use numerous other BI tools which can connect to a Microsoft Analysis Services cube.

Interested?

You can use CLARIFIED for Clarizen free for 30 days to make sure you like it. We don't ask you for a credit card when you sign up, so if you don't like it, there's nothing to cancel. And because CLARIFIED is Cloud Based, there is nothing to install! Click here to try it free for 30 days.

Clarizen project data in Tableau

As we get more and more questions about if it is possible to use CLARIFIED for Clarizen data in Tableau, I will show you some examples below.


With Tableau it is very easy to create dashboards and analytics on CLARIFIED for Clarizen data. A connection to the CLARIFIED Cube can be made in minutes with the Microsoft Analysis Services connection in Tableau. In addition, Tableau has also a server version in which you can share your worksheets with other users. Read more about Tableau here: www.tableausoftware.com or view the Tableau product demo here : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37Mx3uZRwBE

Below are some examples that we have created with Tableau and the Clarizen Demo environment:

- Profitability By Account

- Profitability by Project Type

- Profitabilty by Project Manager

- Active Projects per Project Manager

- Resource Utilization

Profitability by Account


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Profitability by Project Type


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Profitability by Project Manager


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Active Projects per Project Manager

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Resource Utilization

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Resource Utilization

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30-Day free Trial

You can use CLARIFIED for Clarizen free for 30 days to make sure you like it. We don't ask you for a credit card when you sign up, so if you don't like it, there's nothing to cancel. And because CLARIFIED is Cloud Based, there is nothing to install! Click here to try it free for 30 days.

More information

Visit our website at www.clarified.biz for more information about CLARIFIED for Clarizen.

CLARIFIED for Clarizen version 1.3.3 released

We are proud to announce that we've released CLARIFIED for Clarizen version 1.3.3 with improved backend processing and increased overall performance! Watch the product video here.

Reporting for billing purposes is now even easier with the added fields:

• Billing Type (Actual Cost, Fixed Price, Not Billable)
• Has Fixed Price, Has Fixed Cost
• Cost Type (Actual Cost, Fixed Cost)

We've also added new count measures:

•  New count measures (Work Item Count, Project Count)

Added value
CLARIFIED for Clarizen’s added value consists of:

• Within a few clicks access to all your Clarizen Project data.
• Out-of-the-box slice and dice functionality.
• No more time needed to develop Excel queries or lookup’s.
• Out-of-the-box dash boarding on an Executive level is. One can even set Revenue or Profit Goals on any given context (like a given Portfolio and Year period) and compare the Actuals against it graphically.
• Out-of-the-box reporting for billing purposes is easy. Fields include Billing Type, Fixed Price and Period selection. So reporting all Revenue that should be billed in a given period is easy and saves a lot of time and errors for the accounting department.
• Resource Utilization can be represented graphically, both on individual and on Group level. Resource Utilization can be shown on Planned and Actual effort.
• Tracing inconsistent data entry in Clarizen is made easy. Like reporting all Time sheet effort that is not approved yet.
• CLARIFIED for Clarizen can connect to numerous BI tools like Tableau, Dundas, Cubeware and TARGIT.

30-Day free Trial
You can use Clarified for Clarizen free for 30 days to make sure you like it. We don't ask you for a credit card when you sign up, so if you don't like it, there's nothing to cancel. And because Clarified is Cloud Based, there is nothing to install! Click here to try it free for 30 days.

More information
Visit our website at www.clarified.biz for more information about CLARIFIED for Clarizen.

CLARIFIED for Clarizen Pricing Plan Update

We have updated our CLARIFIED for Clarizen pricing plan for large volume users of Clarizen (75+) and wanted to share this information with you.

The new CLARIFIED for Clarizen plan will include the following:
• A fixed yearly license fee of USD 6,500, for an unlimited user count.
• Optional one-time setup fee of USD 2,300 for custom fields.
• Optional but recommended: prepaid 10 hours of consultancy for USD 1,200.


Why we changed the pricing plan
CLARIFIED for Clarizen has grown and we have learned a lot over the last year, and our users, partners and others have provided valuable feedback to us along the way. We understood that the license fee was getting too high for large volume users of Clarizen (75+) and for that reason we changed it.


30-Day free Trial
You can use Clarified for Clarizen free for 30 days to make sure you like it. We don't ask you for a credit card when you sign up, so if you don't like it, there's nothing to cancel. And because Clarified is Cloud Based, there is nothing to install! Click here to try it free for 30 days.

Clarizen Apps Store
You can also find us in the Clarizen Apps store here.

CLARIFIED for Clarizen is going mobile!

Probably you already knew that CLARIFIED for Clarizen is the reporting and analysis service for Clarizen users, offers rich dashboards and enables you to analyze your Clarizen data across all projects, using various criteria. All this within just a few mouse clicks.

But did you know it can be used as a source for bringing your reports and dashboards to your mobile phone or tablet?

We have setup dashboards in RoamBI, a mobile business intelligence solution that transforms data from major BI Systems into dashboard-style mobile analytics for iPhone or iPad, for one of our customers using our CLARIFIED for Clarizen service.

Besides using RoamBI other third party (mobile) BI or reporting solutions can be used to create your own dashboards and make it accessible on any device. Similar to monitoring the financial markets on TV, you now can focus on the Clarizen metrics that matters most to you.

Interested? Please contact me via H.O.Israel@BI-Architects.nl or visit our clarified.biz portal for more information and to start your trial today!

New CLARIFIED for Clarizen product video

Today we have released a new CLARIFIED for Clarizen product video.



Visit our website at www.clarified.biz for more information about CLARIFIED for Clarizen.

CLARIFIED for Clarizen version 1.3 released

With great enthusiasm we introduce version 1.3 of the Analysis and Reporting extension Clarified for Clarizen to you. Working closely with Clarizen, BI Architects we developed this extension for Clarizen customers who require extensive analysis of their Clarizen project data and/or in need of extensive reporting features including dashboards and KPI's.

CLARIFIED for Clarizen enables you to analyze your Clarizen data across all projects, using various criteria from a management point of view (highlights, KPI’s) or with detailed views for specific projects (Trends, Earned value, CPI, SPI, Resource Utilization etc.). All this within just a few mouse clicks. You can think of criteria like: Customers, Employees, Time periods, Project types and Task types.

In the 1.3 version of CLARIFIED for Clarizen we have improved and speed up the process of importing and refreshing  Clarizen data in the backend. In the frontend we have simplified our information model by gathering the date dimensions and adding the measure group Resource Capacity.

If you are interested in using CLARIFIED for Clarizen please visit and register at clarified.biz. After registration you can use the full functionality of Clarified for Clarizen free for 30 days to make sure you like it. We don't ask your for a credit card when you sign up, so if you don't like it, there's nothing to cancel. And because Clarified is Cloud Based, there is nothing to install!

On the Clarified.biz website, entrance to the Clarified portal, you will find information about the product, dashboard samples and videos on how to use CLARIFIED for Clarizen. When logged in, you will have access to the standard dashboards, Clarified Excel file, the online manuals and frequently asked questions.
For more information on Clarified for Clarizen, please visit the Clarified.biz website or contact us via info@bi-architects.nl.

Hermann-Otto Israël
Customer Success Manager
BIA Architects

Working with graphs in Clarified is easy!

Create a project performance chart within a few clicks.

The following demo shows you the ease of use of the Clarified Excel file. In this demo we use the Clarified Excel and MS Excel pivot table functionality.



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Clarified for Clarizen published in Apps Marketplace

With great enthusiasm we introduce the Analysis and Reporting extension CLARIFIED for Clarizen to you. Working closely with Clarizen, BI Architects developed this extension. We developed it for Clarizen customers who require extensive analysis of their Clarizen project data and/or in need of extensive reporting features including dashboards and KPI's. The extension is published today in the Clarizen Apps Marketplace here.

Click here to sign up for a FREE 30-Day Trial.


The Clarizen Extension

The extension enables you to analyze your Clarizen data across all projects, using various criteria from a management point of view (highlights, KPI’s) or with detailed views for specific projects (Trends, EVA, CPI, SPI, Milestones etc.). All this within just a few mouse clicks. You can think of criteria like: Customers, Employees, Time periods, Project types and Task types.

To mention some examples what this analysis might bring you:
• Analysis on task types helps you to make reliable estimates for new projects
• Analysis by employee allows you to compare the performance with colleagues
• Analysis of project types will help you better determine what types of projects are successful and
  which are less successful
• Analysis on customers gives you insight into the profitability of customers.

Click here to download our Clarified for Clarizen brochure.