MicroStrategy ONE

Key Driver Analysis

Single factor key driver analysis is supported in MicroStrategy Cloud environments and starting in MicroStrategy ONE (March 2024), single key driver analysis is supported on the MicroStrategy Cloud for Government platform. You can only use this feature in MicroStrategy Library (web browser only) and Workstation when you connect to a Library server.

MicroStrategy ONE Update 11 introduces key driver analysis. Single-factor key driver analysis empowers businesses to understand the dominant factors that influence specific outcomes. Key driver analysis drills down on individual variables to evaluate their impact and significance on a target metric. This targeted approach is particularly valuable to prioritize interventions and understand the core levers of performance.

By utilizing a blend of robust statistical methods, MicroStrategy's single factor key driver analysis tool provides users with a clear-cut and intuitive interface to discover the primary influences within their datasets. Whether you're a marketing manager, customer experience specialist, or supply chain analyst, this capability offers the clarity to focus on what matters, shape strategies around key drivers, and maximize returns on investments.

Using this diligent analytic method not only ensures precise insights, it also eliminates the clutter of multi-variate complexities, which makes the decision-making process more streamlined and effective.

Use Auto Answers for Key Driver Analysis

To get started using Auto for key driver analysis, you must open Auto Answers in Library.

To harness the power of understanding pivotal influences on your business measures, ask Auto for factors that affect your metric. Simply input your query, like "What is the main driver for our sales growth?" Auto delves deep into your dataset, leveraging its intricate understanding of the data dynamics, combined with cutting-edge analytical algorithms.

The result? A straightforward, comprehensible breakdown of the primary factors influencing your specified metric, accompanied by an intuitive butterfly chart visualization to enhance clarity. In compact mode, you see the top three factors affecting your metric. By expanding the answer, you'll get a comprehensive look at all factors that contribute to the metric value, giving you a fuller picture and greater analytical depth.

Here's how you can delve into analysis using Auto. Auto is shown in expanded mode below.

  1. Drivers of your metric Start with a dataset containing multiple attributes and metrics. You can ask Auto to look for factors impacting the value of a specific metric. Ask the question, "What drives Revenue?"

  2. What keeps a metric at the desired level Key driver questions can be asked with specific outcomes in mind. Auto can generate a text description of the data, specifying factors that drive a metric in the desired direction.

    Ask the question, "What drives Salary to be high?"