Birst for SAP HANA
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Enterprise-caliber Cloud BI
THINK FASTER WITH BIRST ON SAP HANA
June 26, 2014
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WEBINAR NOTES
Attendees Muted Upon Entry
Please send questions using the online interface
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FEATURED SPEAKERS
Richard NealeDirector, MarketingBirst
Pedro ArellanoSr. Director, Product StrategyBirst
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AGENDA
• SAP HANA• Using HANA with Birst• Using Birst with HANA• Demonstration• Summary• Q&A
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WHAT IS SAP HANA
• SAP HANA is an in-memory data platform – Speed of in-memory means it is well suited for
performing real-time analytics and analyzing large datasets rapidly
– Deployed in the cloud HANA ONE on AWS SAP HANA Cloud Platform
– Deployed on-premise as an appliance“In-memory computing technology is increasingly emerging as a key enabler for the digital business by empowering the agility, Web-scale processing and fast decision making needed to respond to the business challenges of the digital era”
- Massimo Pezzini, Vice President and Fellow, Gartner
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IN-MEMORY DATABASES
• An IMDBMS is a DBMS that stores the entire database structure in memory without the use of spinning disk.
Gartner: Taxonomy, Definitions and Vendor Landscape for In-Memory Computing TechnologiesPublished: 17 October 2013
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ADVANTAGES OF USING HANA FOR BIRST• Lightning fast queries
– Enable you to query more data in more complex ways
– SAP’s own benchmark test: 100TB & 100 billion row data
set = 1 Second response time
• Highly interactive tools like Birst Visualizer benefit from the speed
Database Time
SQL Server 44 sec
InfoBright 11 secSAP HANA 130 mili-seconds
4 million records
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BIRST FOR EXISTING HANA DW
Finance Data
CRM Data
Operations Data
More Data(SQL, XML, File, MDX)
DW
Sandbox Sandbox
Dashboards
Ad Hoc
Reports
Unified Logical Model
ODS
Delivery
Live Access
Data Extract
Public Cloud Appliance
Predictive
Private Cloud
Automated Warehouse
published
mobile
embedded
real-time
Web-based
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ADVANTAGES OF USING BIRST ON HANA• The only BI solution that can automate the building of a data warehouse in HANA– Greatly simplifies the process turning on AND making
changes to HANA
– And you can have live access to your existing data
• Faster time to value for your HANA investment– Develop and deploy with agility
– Respond quickly to new business requirements.
• Significant cost savings through simpler admin and deployment
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MULTIPLE STEPS TO BUILD AN ANALYTICAL APPLICATION
Get dataConnect to
Source Applications
Arrange dataDe-
normalize Data
Answer business questions
Visualize analytics
Make data analytic-
readyCreate
dimensional model
Give data business meaning
Create business model
Conventional Analytical ETL tools (Informatica, etc…)
OLAP and BI Tools(Microstrategy, QlikView, etc…)
Visualization(Lumira, etc…)
Data Warehouses (IBM, Oracle, etc…)
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END-TO-END AUTOMATION DRIVES AGILITY
Automated Data Warehousing AND Automated Data Modeling
Intelligent caching /routingLogical Layer
Get dataConnect to
Source Applications
Arrange dataDe-
normalize Data
Answer business questions
Visualize analytics
Make data analytic-
readyCreate
dimensional model
Give data business meaning
Create business model
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END-USER CHALLENGE
FreedomIndividual Analysis
ConsistencyCommon #s
Traditional BI Platforms
Discovery Tools
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ANALYTICS NEEDS VARY
Financial Advisor
I want to track performance in specially designed dashboard
Product ManagerCan I ask some ad-hoc “business” questions –
without touching the dirty data?
Why do we spend so much time arguing over
who has the “right” number?Sales Ops
Manager
VP of Supply Chain
Distribute a report looking exactly this way every morning to
thousand of clients
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TOOLS FOR EVERY END-USERFROM ONE LOGICAL MODEL IN ONE LOGIN
Pixel PerfectEnterprise Reporting
Distributed InteractiveDashboards
Visual Data Discoveryand Exploration
PredictiveRecommendations
Rich Analytic Design Mobile Analytics
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Finance Data
CRM Data
Operations Data
More Data(SQL, XML, File, MDX)
DW
Sandbox Sandbox
Dashboards
Ad Hoc
Reports
Unified Logical Model
ODS
HANA AS BIRST WAREHOUSE
Live Access
Data Extract
Predictive
Amazon Web Services
Automated WarehouseSh
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file
stor
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Delivery
published
mobile
embedded
real-time
Web-based
HANA
Appliance
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DEPLOYMENT OPTIONS• Option 1
– SAP HANA ONE and Birst both running in AWS cloud or…
– SAP HANA (BYOL) and Birst both in AWS cloud
– Automatic warehouse and/or live access
• Option 2– HANA runs in SAP’s cloud and Birst runs in Birst cloud
– Live access only on your warehouse
• Option 3– HANA appliance and Birst on-premise
– Automatic warehouse and/or live access
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Powerto analyze any data
Accuracyacross all users
Agilityto handle new questions
Enables all users with a set of tools unique to their needs
Creates a single source of the truth for all data and business rules
Automates process of taking raw data and making it analytic ready
Single end-to-end Cloud BI platform
UNIQUELY DELIVERING RESULTS
It does You getWe Provide It Does You Get
A unified business library
BI Automation & Data Integration
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DEMONSTRATION
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LEADERS RELY ON BIRST
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Results
• Metric-driven operational HR
• 1500+ reports into 8 interactive dashboards
• In-bound requests: 80% decrease
• 3 FTE reduced to 1FTE
• TTV: 57 days, no IT
Why Birst?
• Zero IT, Zero hardware, Zero software deployment
• Business user self-service
• Automatic detection of changing dimensions such as people changing positions
• Multi-source analysis from Successfactors, Avaya & SAP
Challenges
• Diversity inclusion analytics across 21,000 employees before/after positional changes
• HR Helpdesk and performance analytics for 21,000 employees
DRIVE PRODUCTIVITY & EMPLOYEE SERVICE
“Our HR Business Partners absolutely adore Birst. They believe anything is possible with Birst… if it is data, Birst can do it! And you can be as basic or as advance as you would like.”
Laura Lewis, Sr. Specialist of
HR MetricsData Sources
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Results
• Connect and handle data from complex SAP BW
• Allow for flexibility in changes with FTE
• Optimize opportunity to order process Why Birst ?
• Key Technology: end-to-end Cloud BI – automated warehouse, semantic layer, and front-end while being managed by less than 1 resource
• Flexibility and speed to deployment with Enterprise capabilities: everything in 1 application
• Enterprise Cloud BI
Business
• Manufacture and develop video equipment and software for entertainment industry
Challenges
• 23 individual BU across 50 countries with highly configured products with frequent changes to orders
• Costly and in-flexible SAP BW installation not responding at pace of business
• Business moving at faster pace than systems
AGILITY TO COMPETE IN HIGH-TECH ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY
Data Sources
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WHO IS BIRST
• Enterprise-Caliber BI Platform – born in the cloud
• 10,000+ organizations rely on Birst across all verticals
• Founded by Siebel Analytics veterans
• 80+ Strategic Partners
“ No. 1 in product functionality and customer (that is, product quality,
no problems with software, support) and sales experience.”
2014 Business Intelligence and Analytics Magic Quadrant
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Q&A
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LEARN MORE
• Learning zone– birst.com/resources
• 30-day free trial– birst.com/free-trial
• Contact us– [email protected]– NA: (866) 940-1496
or +1 415-766-4800
– EMEA: +44 1483 397161
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THANKS