BP’s reputation for performance management is dependent on having high performance data collection and analysis tools at all levels of the organization - from the wellhead to the boardroom.

Using off the shelf products such as Microsoft Analysis Services and XLCubed, BP has used XLCubed to deliver a robust BI toolkit to all levels of the Exploration & Production Segment globally. Although E&P looked at a range of reporting products, its preference was for an Excel add-in, pure and simple.

The choice of XLCubed was based primarily on the product’s functional and technical features rather than on the vendor’s extensive oil and gas industry experience. XLCubed has the best features of OLAP Excel add-ins. “We liked the tight integration with Excel so that users can design reports and use other interrogation functions within Excel. Overall, it is the speed and power of XLCubed that has established its value to analysts within BP”