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ONLINE-TEST

IBCS® CERTIFIED ANALYST

A new online test grants access to a bank of more than 200 questions around the IBCS® Standards with multiple choice and multiple response. Increase your knowledge on a playground and take the final exam when you are prepared. You will get an IBCS® Certified Analyst certificate if you pass the exam.

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SAVE THE DATE: JUNE 28, 2019

The IBCS Annual Conference 2019 will be held on June 28. Please save also the evening before the conference for the General Assembly of the IBCS Association

Review Conference 2018

At the Annual Conference in London, the IBCS® Community shared experience and discussed the further development of the Standards.

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mediaFACTS at ProSiebenSat1

The consistent application of IBCS® Standards in the visualizations in mediaFACTS ensures that the complex content to bei conveyed is reduced to the essential.

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First IBCS® publication in Spanish language

Reglas y guías de estilo para el diseño de informes y presentaciones empresariales: los estándares internacionales IBCS®

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Maurice Verhagen in IMA Strategic Finance

The Philips journey toward IBCS

Maurice Verhagen, head of Reporting Services, talked recently with Jürgen Faisst about reporting at Philips, implementation of the IBCS, the benefits achieved, and his recommendations for readers of Strategic Finance.

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Zebra BI Visuals for Power BI became IBCS® Certified Software

Zebra BI Visuals for Power BI are the first officially certified IBCS® tool for Power BI. With fully responsive and interactive technology they allow you to build spectacular Power BI reports and dashboards in minutes.

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SAP Analytics Cloud gains IBCS® seal

SAP Analytics Cloud is an IBCS® certified solution for business intelligence and organizational planning; enhanced with the power of predictive analytics and machine learning technology.

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Cubeware C8 Cockpit became IBCS® Certified Software

The Cubeware Solutions Platform (CSP) provides an integrated - IBCS® certified - Business Intelligence and Performance Management software platform that allows users to independently create applications and reports based on the IBCS® SUCCESS rule set and make them accessible to different audiences.

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Recertification Zebra BI Excel add-in

Zebra BI is an Excel add-in empowering users to create standardized, focused and impactful reports and presentations, which meet the IBCS® guidelines.

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IBCS® Newsletter 2018|03

Main topics: Online test, Zebra BI for Power BI, IBCS 2019

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IBCS® Newsletter archive

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Free for members of the IBCS Association

IBCS® Standards (PDF)

PDF transcript of the IBCS® Standards as published on www.hichert.com/standards. 150 pages illustrated with more than 180 instructive figures, covering all conceptual, perceptual, and semantic rules for the design of comprehensible reports, presentations, and dashboards.

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Editable template

Notation manual (PPT)

Editable PPT template for the creation of a company specific notation manual covering the major design principles for IBCS® compliant charts and tables.

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SAP IBCS® promotion and testimonial video

What business management can learn from musicians

Álvaro Alcolea, CFO at Prensa Iberica Media in Barcelona, and Jürgen Faisst talking about what business management can learn from musicians on how to benefit from a standard notation implemented with SAP Design Studio and graphomate charts.

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Testimonial video

Coca-Cola Içecek

Gökhan Kipçak, Group CIO of Coca-Cola Içecek (CCI) in Istanbul gives us his view on the benefits of implementing the IBCS® Standards. CCI has started an international project to implement a new standardized reporting based on Zebra BI in 2014.

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