The Executive Information System (EIS) provides information about all the factors that influence the business activities of a company. It combines relevant data from external and internal sources and provides the user with important up-to-date information that can be analyzed quickly.

The information is collated from various areas in the enterprise and its environment, and is then evaluated. These sources of information include the Financial Information System (meaning external accounting and cost accounting), the Human Resources Information System, and the Logistics Information System. The information provided can be used by both management and the accounting department.

When customizing your Executive Information System, you set up a database specific to your enterprise and supply this with data from various sub-information systems (Financial Information System, Human Resources Information System, Logistics Information System, cost accounting, etc.) or with external data. Since this data is structured heterogeneously, you can structure the data basis into separate data areas for different business purposes. These data areas are called aspects. You can define various aspects for your enterprise containing, for example, information on the financial situation, logistics, human resources, the market situation, and stock prices. For each aspect you can create reports to evaluate the data. You can either carry out your own basic evaluations in the EIS presentation (reporting) system or analyze the data using certain report groups created specifically for your requirements.

• Important: Relationship between key figures and characteristics,
• Which key figures are to be filled from which sources, and with reference to which characteristics?

3. Description of master data
4. Basic settings (configuration)
5. Configuration of data basis according to data model

• Configuration of characteristics and key figures,
• Configuration of data structures (aspect)

6. Configuration of data transfer according to data model:

• Data sources R/2, R/3, external,
• Data collection programs, standards, ABAPs,
• Defining sender structures,
• Defining transfer rules
• Implementing planning logic

7. Definition of the reports to be issued and the planning layouts, using the defined data structures.