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BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE IN IFS APPLICATIONS Håkan Claesson, Senior Advisor IFS R&D

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GARTNER DEFINITION “Business Intelligence is a broad category of applications and

technologies for gathering, storing, analyzing, and providing access to information to help enterprise users make better business decisions.”

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WHY BI?

ERP RELATIONAL DATA STRUCTURE

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• Optimized for data input and transaction processing

• Data-oriented and complex

• Not fast enough for interactive analysis

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WHY BI? Better Business Decisions & Insight

• Structured Information • Fast Information Delivery • Data Transformation

• Visualization • Interactive Analysis • Time Series Analysis • Ad Hoc Data Access • User-Defined Reports

SOLUTION—BUSINESS-ORIENTED VIEW STAR SCHEMA MODEL

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DIM SALES PART

DIM SHIP VIA CODE

FACT CUSTOMER

ORDER LINES

DIM DELIVERY

TERMS

DIM CUSTOMER DIM

SITE

DIM PROJECT

DIM INVENTORY

PART

• Optimized for information output—reporting and analysis

• Easy to understand

DIMENSION FACT

SOLUTION—FAST INFORMATION DELIVERY THE OLAP CUBE

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OLAP: Online Analytical Processing

An OLAP cube is a set of data, organized in a way that facilitates non-predetermined queries for aggregated information. OLAP is one of the computer-based techniques for analyzing business data that are collectively called business intelligence. Source: Wikipedia

In simple terms: - The physical representation of the Star Schema - High performance engine for data delivery - Pre-aggregated data and predefined measures

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BI TRENDS – DATA VOLUMES

BI TRENDS—BROADER AUDIENCE

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BI TRENDS—SPEED

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BI TRENDS—BUILT-IN

IFS BI OFFERING

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IFS BI OFFERING—4 LAYER ARCHITECTURE

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IFS Applications Database Transactional data

Open information architecture—Information Sources

External DW/App

MS SQL Server

Data Warehouse/OLAP Cubes

Operational Reporting IFS Business Analytics

Operational Reporting IFS EE/Microsoft Report Builder

Pivot Analysis Microsoft Excel

Dashboard Analysis Microsoft SharePoint/Excel

Relational Layer

Star Schema Layer

Analysis/OLAP Layer

Visualization Layer

IFS BI OFFERING—COMPONENT PERSPECTIVE

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IFS Applications Database Transactional data

Open information architecture—Information Sources

External DW/App

MS SQL Server

Data Warehouse/OLAP Cubes

Pivot Analysis Microsoft Excel

Dashboard Analysis Microsoft SharePoint/Excel

Operational Reporting IFS Business Analytics

Operational Reporting IFS EE/Microsoft Report Builder

Operational Strategic

TRADITIONAL BI PROJECTS

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Time

Cost

Data model validation

User interface

Mapping, Integration, Data models

IFS BI BUILT-IN & PREPACKAGED CONCEPT

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Compared to a traditional BI project

License- based

Content Time

Cost

Added content

New interface

Optional

Learning phase/Trial

and error

Business Analytics

Analysis Panel

Excel Dashboard with OLAP Cubes

DEMO

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MANUFACTURING VISUALIZER-NEW INITIATIVE

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THE TRADITIONAL OPERATIONAL VIEW

MANUFACTURING VISUALIZER-NEW INITIATIVE

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BUILT-IN INTERACTIVE ANALYTICS

• Scenario-driven visualization based on a query

• User-configurable visualizations • Actions and navigations

AN END TO END SOLUTION—BUILT-IN INTO IFS APPLICATIONS

Technology, tools and integration

Information model and content

EFFICIENT IMPLEMENTATION

Prepackaged content—lower cost and faster

SOLUTION BREADTH AND DEPTH

Operational, analytical and strategic use

Broad solution coverage

IFS BI SOLUTION—SUMMARY PREPACKAGED CONTENT FOR QUICK RESULTS

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Industry standard tools : Microsoft Excel, SQL Server, Report Builder, SharePoint

Information Sources: +70 in different areas

Business Analytics

Data warehouse with OLAP Cubes Sales, Procurement, Finance, Maintenance, HR, Project, Sales Contract Example dashboards and reports

IFS EE integration – MS Report Builder, Analysis Panel, other BI applications

Coming soon – The Manufacturing Visualizer

YOU GET BUILT-IN ANALYTICS

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BRING DATA TO LIFE WITH IFS APPLICATIONS

BUILT-IN ANALYTICS

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