TimeXtender FAQs

  • Who is TimeXtender best for - their role(s) within what kind of companies.

    All kinds of companies in all kinds of industries benefit from the software.
    Specific roles that benefit from the software:

    C-level who need KPI’s fast

    Line-of-business users (e.g. as departmental analysts like marketing analysts, financial officers, sales operations) who use front-end visualization tools such as PowerBI, Tableau, Qlik and want to have secure and fast access to meaningful data from a wide variety of data sources

    Data scientists and data analysts who use analytic tools such as R, Python or Alteryx and want to have a central and trustworthy access to a wide variety of data sources for analytical purposes.

    BI Specialists and IT experts who want to make sure business users have access to data in a structured, governed and secure environment – all within a self-service analytics framework that helps meet compliance needs.

  • How does TimeXtender benefit them?

    TimeXtender lets you easily merge data from a wide variety of data sources into a single operational data exchange with the added benefit of automation to build a modern data warehouse and semantic model. By combining this agile platform with your choice of visualization tools, you have the full power of business intelligence in a structured, governed and secure environment – all within a self-service analytics framework that helps meet compliance needs.

    Users get easier, better and faster analytics through automation.
    Through automation, TimeXtender creates and manages enterprise-wide data models that ensure one source and one view through a shared semantic layer that allows for friction-free communication across the organization.

    Automation provides a faster, easier and more accurate means to access, model, govern and understand data. By combining the power of automation with a metadata-driven approach, you get results that are five times faster than traditional methods, including a 70% reduction in build costs and a 60-80% reduction in maintenance costs, which is a huge benefit for IT and the entire organization.

  • How technical do users need to be to use TimeXtender's software?

    Users need to have domain knowledge in order to use the software.

  • What makes TimeXtender a leader in this space?

    No other company offers this type of solution, that are able to merge data from a wide variety of data sources into a single operational data exchange with the added benefit of automation to build a modern data warehouse and semantic model.

  • Who are TimeXtender's biggest competitors (3-5 companies)?

    1. Wherescape

    Other than that, we do not have competitors. We have competition in the sense that internal IT experts want to manually build a solution instead of choosing our automated and metadata-driven solution.

  • How/why is TimeXtender better than those competitors (or most others in their market)? What about TimeXtender is unique, stronger, easier, etc.?

    You can access, model and govern your data with TimeXtender. Other approaches rely on various tools and vendors for scripting, data prep and data blending. Through TimeXtender, you can create one integrated platform that leverages the power of automation and provides speed, agility, governed access and compliance. TImeXtender has a shared semantic access layer that allows users to benefit from the same business models regardless if they choose PowerBI, Tableau or Qlik as their front-end visualization tool. With TimeXtender you can build your data infrastructure on premises, in the cloud, or in a hybrid model.

  • What kind of features can customers expect TimeXtender to release in the near future? And longer term?

    Our focus is on continuing to develop features that automate everything that can be automated in the data discovery lifecycle as well as helping our partners and customers to make their analytics setup GDPR compliant.

  • Which popular or common software does TimeXtender integrate with?

    TimeXtender integrates with Qlik, Tableau and PowerBI, and is also a Microsoft Gold Software Solution Partner.

  • Software pricing can often be complex. If it's pretty straightforward, list tiers, pricing (per year, seat, etc) and limits for TimeXtender. If it's not simple, use broad estimates or ranges for typical setups.

    For a monthly subscription fee starting at $3,000 USD, companies can start using TimeXtender software. Pre-paid subscription discounts are also available: 30% discount with a 5-year commitment; 20% discount for 3-year commitment, and 10% discount for a 1-year pre-paid subscription.

  • Does TimeXtender offer a trial or free download available?

    You can get a free, 30-day test drive of TimeXtender to future-proof and automate your data discovery cycle.

    Link: https://portal.timextender.com/trial

  • Does TimeXtender offer any kind of training/education for their product?

    At TimeXtender we offer free online training for our Partners and Customers globally.
    http://learn.timextender.com

  • Describe the implementation process and timeline for TimeXtender software.

    TimeXtender is easy to install, but to get full use of it and its many key features we recommend to find a TimeXtender partner near you (https://www.timextender.com/find-a-partner/) . Core Training consist of a 2-day program at the partner or at one of our offices. After that you can book 1-3 days additional Advanced Training depending on your needs.

  • What are the TimeXtender support options? List all.

    TimeXtender offers support to partners and customers via the support page, where it is possible to find already asked questions as well as a knowledge base and where you can create a ticket to get in touch with the right member of the team for additional support.