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Version Comparison

MicroStrategy Desktop comes in two versions:

1. Desktop Analyst

Simplified version provides interactive slice & dice required by managers. 

2. Desktop Designer

Full-featured version lets users design complex and sophisticated reports.


MicroStrategy Desktop Features: Comparison by Version

Desktop
Analyst

Desktop 
Designer

Browse and view reports and documents
Run live reports
Ability to create reports
Print and print preview
Incremental fetch of large data sets
Prompts on reports and documents
Search for reports and documents
User, data and object level security
Sort by multiple columns or rows
Format grid using a choice of built-in styles
Change view mode between grid and graph
Graph interaction and modification
Page by viewing using attributes
Drill down (simple drill)
Investigative workflow (drill to template)
Multiple dated versions of same subscribed report available in history list
Add reports to history list for later access
Simultaneously execute and retrieve results for multiple reports/documents
View report details including attribute, metric and filter details
Drill anywhere 
Drill on metrics 
Investigative workflow (custom drill paths) 
Export reports to a wide variety of formats including Microsoft® Excel and PDF
Page by manipulation (i.e. move attribute to page by axis)
Pivot items between rows and columns
Save to my reports
Publish user created reports in shared reports
Rename report objects
Delete reports, templates and filters
Add or modify subtotals
Enable or disable formatting and report toolbars
Create and save custom autostyle
Set grid options
Create new folder
Choose attribute form to display in report
Use data explorer
Create and modify thresholds
Set report data options
Create new metric calculations from existing metrics¹ 
Apply view filters to reports¹ 
Modify reports within predefined analysis area based on Intelligent Cube™¹ 
Ad-hoc report creation within predefined analysis area based on Intelligent Cube¹ 
Use report design mode to build reports from scratch  
Use report design mode to design Intelligent Cubes  
Create and modify report templates that define Intelligent Cubes  
Create and modify report filters that define Intelligent Cubes  
Access all objects for report, template, and filter modification  
Save individual templates and filters  
View SQL generated for a report  
Row, column, and cell level formatting for grid report  
Create and modify consolidations  
Create and modify custom groups  
Define and modify datamarts  
Create and modify documents  
Define custom drill paths  
Use the metric editor to create and modify global metrics  
Create and modify prompts  
Create and modify report filters using Filter Editor  
Create and modify templates using Template Editor  
Set VLDB properties  
View ETL info  
Define OLAP Cube Reports  
Define Freeform SQL Reports  
Create and modify custom subtotals  
Generate project documentation
 
Use PMML models to create predictive metrics  

¹ Requires MicroStrategy OLAP Services.