In the ordinary course, reporting refers to collection and presentation of data which is further scrutinized. The business intelligence reporting can be segregated into two tasks. First, the collection of data from various sources and the second job, being a bit critical is the presentation of the reporting to the end-user in such a way that the user can understand the data and can act on the same effortlessly. For every company, firm or enterprise, reporting is inevitable for transparency. The reporting can be done on the operational systems such as ERP, CRM, etc. However, for proper reporting, you should have a business intelligence platform . The BI reporting tools possess numerous reporting functionality and can bring out from the data much more than just the plain reporting tools. Ø Essentials of the BI reporting tool Only, having a reporting system for the organization will not suffice if some essentials have not been given proper consideration. Below-given are ...