Whats New in Salesmatrix Version 3

Whats new in Salesmatrix Lite

The following outlines the key feature enhancements incorporated into Salesmatrix version 3 and Salesmatrix Lite.

Simpler importing interface

The importing interface has been designed to make the process easier for MYOB users. A simplified interface that caters for the terminology making imports via the MYOB ODBC driver so easy!

New Graphics module

A powerful graphics module has been added to Salesmatrix to facilitate the graphing of any column or row in the Salesmatrix grid. Surrounding rows/columns can also be graphed for comparative purposes with a few mouse clicks. Output can be easily saved to disk, copied to other windows applications or sent to print.

No limit to grid Columns

In version 2 of Salesmatrix, users were limited to views of up to 250 columns. Values from columns greater than the 250-column limit were lumped into a column called sundry items. Now it is possible to see columns up to a limit of 2 million. Of course, this is dependant on memory resources in the users machine, but Salesmatrix Lite has been tested on grids of greater than 2 million cells (e.g. 2000 columns by 1000 rows)

Updated XP standard interface

New style icons have been introduced and the interface has been altered in subtle ways to give users a more modern software experience.

Enhanced tracking for dataset properties and issue tracking

A new option in the File menu allows users to see how and when the dataset was imported and any modifications that have been made to the data since the import. The advanced tab shows the SQL used during the import assisting users who want to modify their current scripts, or check any perceived discrepancies in the dataset.

PDF, RTF and MS Word output

All reports generated by Salesmatrix now have the option of being directly to PDF, RTF or MS Word. The users do not have to have a PDF writer installed - Salesmatrix v3 contains all the necessary routines.

New dashboard summary with filters

The dashboard summary screen now contains the ability to view data using a filtering system. The user is now able to view key data and KPI's by segment or individual aspect member. For example: one sales branch's performance, one chain of customer stores, or one supplier's items. The dashboard can also produce a summary report that can be directly used for a periodic sales report. New KPI's have been added to the interface

a. Revenue per sales channel

b. No. of Products purchased per customer

c. No. of Customers per sales channel

d. No. of Products sold per sales channel

e. No. of Customers and Products in the 80% focus

Performance values on grid

New performance values have been added to the grid showing number of aspect items in each cell. For example in Salesman by Period view, a user can now view the number of individual products a salesman sold in each period, and the number of customers he sold to. This is an extremely powerful new tool for analyzing the comparative performance of your sales team or your products in your market.

Customizable traffic light colours

Something many users have requested - control over the colours of traffic lights. Users now have the option for example of highlighting only the “Reds” or “Greens” of the traffic lights (pictured above), or changing the tones to suit the colour schemes of terminal server environment.

New Licensing scheme

A new more secure licensing scheme has been introduced that will ultimately allow users to register and upgrade etc online.

Export of Dataset subsets

Possibly the most powerful new functionality. This option allows a user to create a filtered dataset from an existing dataset. For example if the head office wants to send a Salesmatrix dataset to one supplier containing only that suppliers products, or send a dataset to one branch, sales team or salesman, this is now possible with a few click of the mouse - no scripting required!