Advanced Business Intelligence. Component & Solution Portfolio

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2 Advanced Business Intelligence Component & Solution Portfolio Copyright ibax AG March 2010

3 Table of Content Business Information Pyramid Business Intelligence Solutions Company Profile Business Intelligence Architecture Solutions & Components Your Business Intelligence Advantage 3

4 Business Information Pyramid Corporate Information Needs Primary Visualization Level of Consolidation Interactive Standard Reports Dashboard Cockpit Mgmt (Reader) Knowledge Worker (Explorer) Analyst ad-hoc Reports Business Intelligence Platform Item Reports Transactions Operation Monitoring Data Entry / Creation Reporting & Publishing Process Operations & Support Data Source 4

5 Business Intelligence Solutions Dependencies and Success Factors Interactivity Interoperability usage centric information demands Query Performance Ease of Use ad-hoc Flexibility BI Self- Service Integration Consolidation Ready-to-Use Maintenance Efficiency Information Assets Data Availability Data Quality Business Intelligence Base Platform Integration Transform. Reporting Model Aggregation Corporate Reporting Process Reporting Analysis Planning Interpretation Decision March

6 Company Profile at a glance Focus Boutique for Microsoft Business Intelligence Vision BI as a professional commodity Development of advanced ready-to-go Business Intelligence concepts, components & solutions Coaching/support of individual development and operations Market-Focus: B2B > B2C CL = client IP = implementation partner XP = ibax provider (development) SP = service/technology supplier CL BI value XP/SP Prod/Srv ibax Products Services IP Implementation Support CL BI value 6

7 N e t w o r k N e t w o r k N e t w o r k Business Intelligence Architecture Components of a sustainable (multi-tier) solution solution cost / time effectiveness standardization (with customization & optional extensions) SQL, relational XML, CSV; flat files Sources ETL extract/transform /load (quantitative data) synchronize dimensions search & build index update relationships (qualitative data) Integration of corporate data (persistent) DWH Semantic Web Unified Data Model Physical & Logical OLAP standard MDX interface other proprietary: metadata & navigation direct access & aggregates Document Search & Browsing Service Data query access Dashboard Cockpit / MIS Standard Reports Ad-hoc Templates Document Search Form Relationship Browser Analytical Application(s) usage centric information demands master data management / data quality assurance fully automated processing load performance documentation user interactivity query performance 8

8 Solution & Component Overview aito framework (end-to-end) & core components A SOURCES ERP/CRM + SQL File Importer B BI core: Data Consolidation ETL Xpert + SQL Parallel Boost Staging DWH OLAP DB + SSAS Value Pack aito Reporting Model C Web Server Notification - Data Validation - ETL process Reporting Publishing Business Application Data Extraction, Transformation & Integration Data Warehouse Plattform OLAP Engine for Performance on Aggregates Reporting & Analysis Front-End Application ABACUS Navision SAP ERP etc. Microsoft Integration Services + ETL Xpert (Acential, Informatica) Microsoft SQL Server + Parallel Boost + File Importer (Oracle, MySQL) Microsoft Analysis Services + SSAS Value Pack (TM1, Cognos) Excel, ProClarity, Cubeware, DeltaMaster, XLCubed, Microsoft Reporting Services, Cognos, Business Objects IT Standards CSV XML ODBC OLEDB T-SQL MDX XMLA / HTTP HTML / PDF / XLS 9

9 SQL Parallel Boost Database Performance Boost SQL Parallel Boost Logic & Components 10

10 SQL Parallel Boost Activity Monitor & Analysis Standard Reports Job Volume Execution Performance Queue Monitor Instance Status customizable thru configuration parameters 11

11 SQL File Importer Automated background import of data files (CSV/XML) with data type conversion / validation Optional Extensions for RefIntegrity: OBJ_IMPORT_Database (Catalog) OBJ_IMPORT_StorageFilegroup (Catalog, FileStorage) OBJ_IMPORT_Context (Context) ObjectName of SOURCECOPY Instance is determined dynamically, but refers to ObjectInstance/Index/Attribute settings of IMPORT object, whereas Datatype is always varchar(charlength). OBJ_IMPORT_Object_Index PK_IMPORT_Object_Index ObjectBase Context IndexSequence IndexCreationRule IndexName IndexComment IndexColumns StorageFilegroup StorageOptions MyVersion OBJ_IMPORT_Object_Instance PK_IMPORT_Object_Instance ObjectBase Context Catalog ObjectOwner ObjectPrefix ObjectName StorageFilegroupDefault StorageOptionsDefault StorageFilegroupTempIndex Comment MyVersion OBJ_IMPORT_Object_Base PK_IMPORT_Object_Base ObjectBase DuplicateKeepCriteria Comment MyVersion OBJ_IMPORT_Object_Attribute PK_IMPORT_Object_Attribute ObjectBase ObjectAttribute SortOrder DatatypeAlias CharLength KeyElement AllowNULL ValidationLog Comment MyVersion OBJ_IMPORT_Datatype PK_IMPORT_Datatype DatatypeAlias CharLengthExtension DatatypeTarget ValidationRule ConversionRule DefaultValue Comment MyVersion Integrated Monitoring & Reports OBJ_IMPORT_SQLError PK_IMPORT_SQLError OBJ_IMPORT_Execution_Workflow PK_IMPORT_Execution_Workflow OBJ_IMPORT_Execution_Queue PK_IMPORT_Execution_Queue OBJ_IMPORT_Execution_Queue_Archive PK_IMPORT_Execution_Queue_Archive OBJ_IMPORT_Configuration PK_OBJ_IMPORT_Configuration SessionId WorkflowSequence Priority PK_IMPORT_Execution_Queue Setting SessionStartTime WorkflowStep ObjectBase Priority DataType HostClientName WorkflowGroup FilePathName ObjectBase CurrentValue LoginName Comment FileFormat FilePathName DefaultValue ProgramName CSV_FieldDelimiter FileFormat Comment CallingCode CSV_RowDelimiter CSV_FieldDelimiter CallingVersion CSV_DataFiletype QueueItemID MyVersion CSV_CharLengthFixed Number Severity CSV_XML_Codepage CSV_FIXED_TempPath OBJ_IMPORT_Execution_Queue_Log PK_IMPORT_Execution_Queue_Log MyVersion State XML_DocumentRoot PK_IMPORT_Execution_Queue [Procedure] Comment ExecutionInstance CodeLine ExecutionInstance WorkflowStep Message WorkflowStep DateStart RemoveAfterProcessing DateEnd DateStart DateDiffMS DateEnd MyVersion DateDiffMS OBJ_IMPORT_Execution_Task OBJ_IMPORT_Execution_Instance PK_IMPORT_Execution_Task PK_IMPORT_Execution_Instance ExecutionTask ExecutionInstance ExecutionCall ExecutionScope ExecutionTask SessionID SQL File Importer WorkflowStepStart LoginTime WorkflowStepExecution WorkflowStepEndSuccess ConnectionID ExecutionStatus Copyright ibax 2010 WorkflowStepEndFailure ExecutionCommand ExecutionWaitTime QueueItemID CountLoop MyVersion CountExecution DateStart DateEnd DateDiffMS 12

12 ETL Xpert Standard Workflow Model with Flexible Use... 13

13 ETL Xpert Metadata Repository: Data Object and Workflow Configuration Major Repository Areas C D Schedule Execution Plan (Queue) Object Dependencies ETL Tasks Code Base (Stored Proc, UDF) Compatibility Matrix Default Task Param Settings Execution Tasks Workflow ContextGrp SpecialTask Definitions & Dependencies Data Validation Rules (Quality) E Notification Service Exec. Monitor (Error Handling) Recipients Templates Repository Areas A) Object Metadata with relationships and physical & logical instances B) Source Mapping C) Workflow Sync A Context Instance Common Context Attributes Object Definition Storage & Index Default Object/Task Parameter Settings Relationships Logic Names B Context Transition Attribute Mapping Object Dependencies F General Repository Settings Execution & Error Log(s) D) Task Definitions, Extended Rules, Special Tasks, ETL Code Base E) Notification Srv F) Settings, Logs, Generic Sources Generic Dimension Data Sources SQL ParallelBoost 14

14 interactive reporting < < ad-hoc analysis intrinsic SSAS Value Pack (OLAP) Best-practice solution template for interactive reporting & analysis Business Dimensions Utility Dimensions Currency Calendar Settings (format, colors, calc.rules) Value Scales for multiple measure types Units Account Transactions Calculations (elimination context; date aggregates, with running and post exchange rate conversion Date Lookup (date series / relations) Products Clients Analytical (value range/benford; axis ranking/percentages; value transformation, ABC-analysis) Cube Script Value formatting & coloring Embedded user actions Tuple (header columns) Selector scenario budget/rfcast, unit reference; header-columns, date-series 15

15 Business Intelligence Self-Service Professional Business Reporting with SSAS Value Pack Single version of truth for calculations Good query performance User-focused interactivity for standard reports and ad-hoc analysis Primary Visualization Interactive Standard Reports Dashboard Cockpit Mgmt (Reader) Knowledge Worker (Explorer) Level of Consolidation Analyst Business Intelligence Platform Centralized, time- and cost-efficient configuration & solution maintenance Item Reports Transactions Operation Monitoring Data Entry / Creation ad-hoc Reports Reporting & Publishing Process Data Source Independence of analytical client application Operations & Support 16

16 Interactive Reporting & Ad-hoc Analysis Best-practice Reporting Model & SSAS Value Pack Integration 17

17 Your Business Intelligence Advantage Standardized Solutions Development of standardized BI solutions for business applications Individual Solutions Concept, Design & Development of end-to-end or specific areas Implementation of BI components as service offering: ETL Xpert, SQL File Importer, SQL Parallel Boost, SSAS Value Pack Business Intelligence Project Coaching Copyright ibax AG March 2010

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