IFS Business Reporting & Analysis contains integration functionality called External Reporting Integration that provides a built-in framework to integrate IFS Aurena with integrated Microsoft BI reporting capabilities.
Ad hoc reports created using SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) are generally created by business users themselves to cater to their own reporting needs.
The External Report Integration supports SQL Server Named Instances
Published Reports are reports that can be accessed from IFS Enterprise Explorer by all authorized report users.
Dashboards can be used as an effective method to monitor organizational behavior in aspects such as financials, customer satisfaction, internal processes etc.