Reporting Service
Stop generating reports nobody trusts. The EmpowerNow Reporting Service executes governed, evidence-grade reports across 8 live data engines with certified datasets and cryptographic trust strips on every output — auditors get proof, not promises.
Key advantages
The reporting crisis
"Every quarter our compliance team scrambles for three weeks to pull data from six systems, paste it into Excel, and hope nothing changed between extraction and sign-off. Auditors ask for evidence — we hand them screenshots." — Head of IT Compliance, Fortune 500 Enterprise
Manual Excel exports with no provenance
Data extracted by hand, pasted into spreadsheets, emailed around. No chain of custody, no timestamp integrity, no proof the data wasn't altered after extraction.
Per-system reporting silos
Each target system has its own reporting tool with its own schema. Cross-system identity reports require manual correlation and reconciliation.
$50K+ per audit cycle in preparation costs
Weeks of analyst time spent gathering, formatting, and validating data before external auditors even arrive. Repeat every quarter.
SAP GRC AC costs $500K+
Heavy licensing, ABAP development, and consultant-driven customization. Locked to SAP ecosystem with multi-month implementation timelines.
No trust chain for auditors
Auditors receive flat files with no way to verify when data was pulled, by whom, or whether it was modified. Trust is assumed, not proven.
AI-blind reporting
Existing tools have no API surface for AI agents. Reports can't be requested conversationally or embedded in automated governance workflows.
Why alternatives fall short
How it works
Define datasets with certified queries, execute reports through governed workers, and deliver trust-stripped output — every report carries cryptographic proof of who ran it, when, and what data it contains.
Create & certify datasets
- →4-stage certification lifecycle: draft → guard → certify → run
- →Digest pinning ensures certified queries cannot be silently altered
- →8 live query engines: PostgreSQL, ClickHouse, Neo4j, SAP RFC, LDAP, REST, SCIM, SQL Server
Execute with workers
- →Lease/heartbeat model with atomic job claiming and stale-job reclaim
- →8 query engines execute certified datasets in parallel
- →Progress tracking with per-section status and error isolation
Generate & distribute
- →PDF/XLSX output with cryptographic trust strip on every page
- →Trust strip: run_id, principal, timestamp, SHA-256 content hash
- →Artifact repository for versioned report storage and retrieval
By the numbers
Capabilities
Six core capabilities that transform compliance reporting from manual scramble to governed, evidence-grade automation.
Multi-engine query execution
8 engines · PostgreSQL · ClickHouse · Neo4j · SAP RFC · LDAP · REST · SCIM · SQL Server
Multi-engine query execution
Execute certified queries across 8 live data engines simultaneously. Each engine has its own adapter with connection pooling, retry logic, and health monitoring. Reports can combine data from multiple engines in a single execution.
- PostgreSQL and SQL Server for relational identity stores
- ClickHouse for high-volume analytics and audit trails
- Neo4j for graph-based entitlement traversal
Dataset certification lifecycle
4-stage pipeline · draft → guard → certify → run · digest pinning
Dataset certification lifecycle
Every dataset progresses through a 4-stage certification pipeline. Queries are pinned by SHA-256 digest at certification — any modification invalidates the certification and requires re-approval. Only certified datasets can be executed in production.
- Draft: author and iterate on query logic
- Guard: automated validation rules and security review
- Certify: digest pinning locks the query — tamper-evident from this point
Cryptographic trust strip
run_id · principal · timestamp · SHA-256 hash
Cryptographic trust strip
Every report output — PDF or XLSX — carries a cryptographic trust strip containing the run_id, executing principal, timestamp, and SHA-256 content hash. Auditors can independently verify that report content has not been altered since generation.
- Embedded in PDF footer and XLSX metadata
- Hash verification via CLI or API
- Proof chain: who ran it, when, what data, which certified dataset
SAP Reporting Pack
15 reports · 100 tests · zero ABAP
SAP Reporting Pack
15 pre-built SAP reports covering SoD violations, role assignments, critical transactions, and access certifications — all executed via RFC without a single line of ABAP. Backed by 100 dedicated tests for correctness and regression.
- SoD conflict analysis across SAP roles and transactions
- Critical transaction monitoring and role assignment reports
- No SAP development key required — pure RFC integration
Report designer
44 frontend components · drag & drop · live preview
Report designer
44 purpose-built React components for report layout, data tables, filters, charts, and export controls. Business users design reports visually while governance constraints are enforced automatically by the certification layer.
- Data tables with sorting, filtering, and column pinning
- Chart components for visual compliance summaries
- Export to PDF/XLSX with trust strip auto-injected
AI agent interface
14+ MCP tools · report-as-a-service · agentic workflows
AI agent interface
14+ MCP reporting tools expose the full reporting lifecycle to AI agents. Agents can list blueprints, execute reports, check status, retrieve artifacts, and verify trust strips — report-as-a-service for the agentic era.
- Conversational report execution: "Show me SoD violations for the Finance team"
- Automated compliance workflows trigger reports on schedule or event
- Full governance preserved — AI agents use the same certified datasets
Business impact
Audit preparation costs collapse from weeks to minutes
From report request to trust-stripped PDF in seconds, not weeks
Full SAP reporting pack with zero ABAP development
Trust strip on every output — cryptographic proof, not promises
How it compares
Frequently asked questions
What data engines are supported?
The Reporting Service ships with 8 live query engines: PostgreSQL, ClickHouse, Neo4j, SAP RFC, LDAP, REST API, SCIM, and SQL Server. Each engine has a dedicated adapter with connection pooling, retry logic, and health monitoring. Reports can combine data from multiple engines in a single execution — for example, pulling identity attributes from PostgreSQL, entitlement graphs from Neo4j, and SAP role assignments via RFC in one report.
How does dataset certification prevent tampering?
Every dataset progresses through a 4-stage lifecycle: draft → guard → certify → run. At the certification stage, the query text is hashed with SHA-256 and the digest is pinned. Any modification to the query — even a single character — invalidates the digest and blocks execution. Only re-certified datasets can run in production. The certification principal, timestamp, and digest are recorded in the audit trail and embedded in every report's trust strip.
Can AI agents run reports?
Yes. The Reporting Service exposes 14+ MCP (Model Context Protocol) tools that give AI agents full access to the reporting lifecycle. Agents can list available blueprints, execute reports with parameters, poll execution status, retrieve generated artifacts, and verify trust strips. All governance constraints are preserved — agents use the same certified datasets and produce the same trust-stripped output as human users.
What SAP reports ship out of the box?
The SAP Reporting Pack includes 15 pre-built reports covering SoD violation analysis, role-to-transaction mappings, critical transaction monitoring, user role assignments, authorization object analysis, and access certification summaries. All reports execute via SAP RFC — zero ABAP development required. The pack is backed by 100 dedicated tests for correctness, regression, and edge-case coverage across SAP ECC and S/4HANA environments.
Standards & protocols
Protocols
Observability
Compliance
Use cases
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