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What is the Maxa 4D Business Data Model?

The Maxa 4D Business Data Model is a departure from 1990's data modeling. It is an event/activity-based model that has 4 core components: - Facts & Metrics (e.g. revenue figures, stock count snapshots, etc.) - Dimensions (e.g. customers, products) - Time (ensures that business sequences are well captured, and that you can travel to the past or to the future) - Business and Process Context (for cohesive linkage between the different business activities and processes) It is extremely hard to unifiy and harmonize multiple systems that contain financial and/or operational data: ERP, WMS, CRM,

How is Maxa different from ChatGPT?

ChatGPT and other main Large Language Models (LLMs) are good with language - text, documents, software code, etc. They cannot handle large databases and systems of record full of numbers, rows, columns and millions of records in table format (i.e. "structured" data). ChatGPT may be able to handle a small spreadsheet - but expect lots of errors, hallucinations and nonsense. And good luck proving anything. In contrast, Maxa's patent-pending technology and data model augment the impressive reasoning and general business knowledge of LLMs, while Maxa performs core database calculations with truste

How is Maxa different from text-to-SQL tools?

Text-to-SQL tools simply translate plain language questions into the langue of databases - i.e. SQL code. They depend on rigid schemas, they severely scale-down the reasoning and general knowledge capabilities of LLMs, and typically rely on burdensome semantic layers or hard-coded business logic. Because of this, they struggle with cross-functional analysis and require constant IT involvement to maintain or adjust queries. Importantly, with text-to-SQL, database calculations are performed by AI - by writing SQL code - making it prone to errors and hallucinations, and making it hard to prove an

What systems can Maxa connect to?

Maxa connects to virtually any data source, beyond accounting and finance systems. It can ingest databases, Excel files, flat files, and even third-party data such as market feeds or web data. If it produces structured or semi-structured data, Maxa can unify and harmonize it within your 4D data model.

Can our existing reporting tools connect to Maxa’s 4D data model?

Yes. Maxa integrates seamlessly with your existing tools. Power BI, Tableau, and Excel can all connect directly to Maxa’s harmonized data foundation, allowing teams to keep their preferred tools while working from one consistent source of truth.

How long does the implementation take?

Most deployments are operational within 6 to 8 weeks.

How does Maxa handle data security and governance?

Maxa is built natively on Snowflake, inheriting its enterprise-grade encryption, access controls, and compliance certifications. Your data stays within your Snowflake environment, ensuring full control, governance, and security.

Can Maxa be used for use cases outside of Finance?

Maxa can unify and harmonize data from any source, enabling every department to leverage it. Whether it’s Marketing Operations, Supply Chain, HR, or IT, teams can ask questions, automate reports, and surface insights with the same level of accuracy and auditability. Finance may lead the transformation, but every team benefits from a shared data foundation.