MRMBI Knowledge Base

Introduction

This document provides an overview of the standard interactive reports in the Descartes® Mobile Resource Management Business Intelligence Database (MRM BI).

A new type of interactive reports is being implemented using Descartes Reporting Services (RPS). Interactive reports are created in Power BI and contain interactive KPIs to measure key performance indicators. These reports are generated from data in RPS data caches, which in turn draw from a single data repository for route planning, execution, mobile, and telematics. This database repository is called MRM BI — Mobile Resource Business Intelligence — and contains a common set of objects such as routes, assets, shipments/jobs/stops, customers, and drivers.


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