As organizations realize the cost savings and scalability benefits of hybrid environments, the focus turns to implementing an analytics platform in these new environments. On-premises vs. cloud is the big choice, but how are some companies leveraging the best of both worlds?
Perficient and UnityPoint Health discussed the benefits of Power BI and Office 365, and how one technology-savvy healthcare provider is leveraging its hybrid environment of Power BI, Excel-enabled dashboards and SharePoint 2013.
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Hybrid Analytics in Healthcare: Leveraging Power BI and Office 365
1. Hybrid Analytics in Healthcare: Leveraging Power BI
and Office 365 to Make Smarter Business Decisions
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2. About Perficient
Perficient is a leading information technology consulting firm serving clients throughout
North America.
We help clients implement business-driven technology solutions that integrate business
processes, improve worker productivity, increase customer loyalty and create a more agile
enterprise to better respond to new business opportunities.
3. Perficient Profile
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• Founded in 1997
• Public, NASDAQ: PRFT
• 2013 revenue $373 million
• Major market locations:
• Allentown, Atlanta, Boston, Charlotte, Chicago, Cincinnati,
Columbus, Dallas, Denver, Detroit, Fairfax, Houston,
Indianapolis, Minneapolis, New York City, Northern
California, Oxford (UK), Philadelphia, Southern California,
St. Louis, Toronto, Washington, D.C.
• Global delivery centers in China and India
• >2,200 colleagues
• Dedicated solution practices
• ~90% repeat business rate
• Alliance partnerships with major technology vendors
• Multiple vendor/industry technology and growth awards
4. BUSINESS SOLUTIONS
Business Intelligence
Business Process Management
Customer Experience and CRM
Enterprise Performance Management
Enterprise Resource Planning
Experience Design (XD)
Management Consulting
Our Solutions Expertise
TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS
Business Integration/SOA
Cloud Services
Commerce
Content Management
Custom Application Development
Education
Information Management
Mobile Platforms
Platform Integration
Portal & Social
5. Our Microsoft Practice
National Service Provider
Perficient is a top Microsoft National Service Provider (NSP), one of only 34 elite
partners in the United States, with more than 2,000 employees nationwide.
Partner Advisory Councils
Perficient is one of approximately 20 organizations worldwide to participate in 3
Microsoft Partner Advisory Councils: SharePoint, Office 365 and Unified
Communications.
Solution Areas
Perficient is a leader in delivering solutions with Office 365, Azure, SharePoint,
Business Intelligence, social business solutions including Yammer, as well as Lync,
Dynamics CRM and Sitecore.
6. National Healthcare Practice
Experts in Consumer-Driven Healthcare Technology
CONSUMERS
HEALTH PLAN PROVIDER
Connected
Health
Business Intelligence
and Analytics
Interoperability
& Integration
Information
Exchange
Regulatory
Compliance
Solutions & Services
Global Delivery Centers/Offshore Delivery
Domestic Delivery Center
Select Clients
7. Speakers
Duane Schafer
Director
Microsoft BI Practice
Perficient
Steven Gregor
Technical Consultant
Perficient
Heidi Rozmiarek
Assistant Director
IT Development
Meriter | UnityPoint Health
8. What I’ll cover:
• Architectural Components & Functions
• Architecture Options
• On Premises, Hybrid, Cloud
• Delivery Considerations
10. Core Technologies – On Premises
Data Architecture Analytics Delivery
SQL Server
• DBMS (DBMS
Services)
• SSIS (Integration
Services)
• MDS / DQS (MDM /
Quality Services)
SQL Server
• SSAS (Analytic
Services)
• Disk-based vs In-memory
processing
• Multidimensional
• Tabular
• Power Pivot
• SSRS (Reporting
Services)
SharePoint
• BI Center / Admin
• Delivery Services
• Excel Connectivity
• Power Pivot
Gallery
• BISM Connectors
Office (Excel)
• Power Query
• Power Pivot
• Power View
• Power Map
11. Core Technologies – Hybrid
Data Architecture Analytics Delivery
SQL Server
• DBMS (DBMS
Services)
• SSIS (Integration
Services)
• MDS / DQS (MDM /
Quality Services)
SQL Server
• SSAS (Analytic
Services)
• Disk-based vs In-memory
processing
• Multidimensional
• Tabular
• Power Pivot
• SSRS (Reporting
Services)
SharePoint Online
• PowerBI Sites / Admin
(BI Center)
• Delivery Services
• Excel Connectivity
• Data Management
Gateway
Office 365 (PowerBI &
Excel)
• Power Tools
• Q&A (Natural
Language Processing)
• Power View
Forecasting
12. Core Technologies – Cloud
Data Architecture Analytics Delivery
SQL Server (Azure VM)
• DBMS (DBMS
Services)
• SSIS (Integration
Services)
• MDS / DQS (MDM /
Quality Services)
SQL Server (Azure VM)
• SSAS (Analytic
Services)
• Disk-based vs In-memory
processing
• Multidimensional
• Tabular
• Power Pivot
• SSRS (Reporting
Services)
SharePoint Online
• Power BI Sites / Admin
(BI Center)
• Delivery Services
• Excel Connectivity
• Data Management
Gateway
Office 365 (Power BI &
Excel)
• Power Tools
• Q&A (Natural
Language Processing)
• Power View
Forecasting
*Note – SQL 2014 DW Edition in Azure is an option here
13. Big Data Technologies – On Premises
Data Architecture Analytics Delivery
Analytic Platform System
• PDW
• Structured Data
• MPP Architecture
• Petabyte Scale
• HDInsight
• Unstructured Data
• Parallelism across
commodity HW
• Based on Apache
Hadoop
SQL Server
• SSAS (Analytic
Services)
• Disk-based vs In-memory
processing
• Multidimensional
• Tabular
• Power Pivot
• SSRS (Reporting
Services)
SharePoint
• BI Center / Admin
• Delivery Services
• Excel Connectivity
• Power Pivot
Gallery
• BISM Connectors
Office (Excel)
• Power Query
• Power Pivot
• Power View
• Power Map
PolyBase for distributed queries
14. Big Data Technologies – Hybrid
Data Architecture Analytics Delivery
Analytic Platform System
• PDW
• Structured Data
• MPP Architecture
• Petabyte Scale
SQL Server
• SSAS (Analytic
Services)
• Disk-based vs In-memory
processing
• Multidimensional
• Tabular
• Power Pivot
• SSRS (Reporting
Services)
SharePoint Online
• Power BI Sites / Admin
(BI Center)
• Delivery Services
• Excel Connectivity
• Data Management
Gateway
Office 365 (Power BI &
Excel)
• Power Tools
• Q&A (Natural
Language Processing)
• Power View
Forecasting
• HDInsight (Azure)
• Unstructured Data
• Parallelism across
commodity HW
• Based on Apache
Hadoop
PolyBase for distributed queries
15. Big Data Technologies – Cloud
Data Architecture Analytics Delivery
Analytic Platform System
• PDW
• Structured Data
• MPP Architecture
• Petabyte Scale
SQL Server (Azure VM)
• SSAS (Analytic
Services)
• Disk-based vs In-memory
processing
• Multidimensional
• Tabular
• Power Pivot
• SSRS (Reporting
Services)
SharePoint Online
• Power BI Sites / Admin
(BI Center)
• Delivery Services
• Excel Connectivity
• Data Management
Gateway
Office 365 (Power BI &
Excel)
• Power Tools
• Q&A (Natural
Language Processing)
• Power View
Forecasting
• HDInsight (Azure)
• Unstructured Data
• Parallelism across
commodity HW
• Based on Apache
Hadoop
PolyBase for distributed queries
19. What I’ll cover:
• Introduce Power BI
• Overview of features
• Security and Data Management Gateways
• Live demo of various components
• Conclusion
20. Power BI:
• Is an analytical component of Microsoft Office 365 cloud service
• Can be thought of as a cloud-based alternative to the familiar “BI
Center” that exists in typical on-premises SharePoint farms
• Provides self-service business intelligence tools that integrate very
closely with Excel
Introducing Power BI
21. Features and abilities:
Overview of Power BI Features
• Allows users to tap into enterprise source data that is stored either on
premises or in the cloud, for example using the Azure service
• Clean, transform and merge data with built in tools such as Power Query
• Model your data using Power Pivot
• Create relationships between source tables, ex. from a DW
• Build custom measures using business friendly DAX language
• Construct hierarchies and KPIs
• Leverage in-memory engine for query speed optimization
• Perform automated data refreshes from your source data
22. More Features:
• Visualize and explore your data using Power View
• Can be developed by IT and/or “self-service” data discovery tool
• Drag and drop simplified development
• Visualization layer that runs on top of a MD data source, such
as a Power Pivot Model
Overview of Power BI Features
23. Overview of Power BI Features
Additional miscellaneous functionality:
• Q&A natural query language searches
• Ex: “Total revenue by year for the state of Florida”
• Power View statistical model forecasting
• Power Map
• Visualize geospatial data layered onto Bing maps
24. Security:
• Security model is similar to traditional SharePoint
• Secure your sites and content using SP groups and users
• Can be integrated with your existing active directory to manage
credentials
Data Management Gateways:
• Provides the ability to perform automatic data refreshes
• Client side DMG agent used to expose your enterprise data to
Power BI
• Tool is installed on DB server, and registered in Office 365 Admin
Center
Security and Data Management Gateways
26. To wrap up, Power BI is:
Power BI Overview Conclusion
• An analytical component of Office 365
• Intended to be business user friendly and unlock self-service
capabilities
Introducing Heidi Rozmiarek from UnityPoint Health
• She will be describing how her team has successfully leveraged
certain Microsoft Power Tools
Thank you for your time today!
Steven Gregor, Technical Consultant
Steven.Gregor@Perficient.com
28. Who Is UnityPoint Health?
UnityPoint Health
At a Glance
13th
LARGEST
NONPROFIT
HEALTH SYSTEM
$3.7Billion
TOTAL PROJECTED ANNUAL
REVENUE
3,707/3,069
LICENSED/STAFFED BEDS
154,717
ADMISSIONS
TOTAL 28,676
EMPLOYEES
$4.5 Million
YEARLY PATIENT VISITS
29. The Simple Question
• It starts with a simple question...
“How many patients are visiting Clinic X per year?”
• And a follow-on question…
“Where do the patients that visit Clinic X live?”
• And another…
“Of the patients visiting clinic x, how many live in City A?”
• And another, slowly growing in complexity…
“Of those patients that live in city a, how many see Provider B?
30. The Simple Gets Complex
Until the answer requires aggregating, cleansing, and deciphering a
complex web of information.
31. Complex Questions, Simple Solutions
• The questions are complex, but the solutions don’t have to be.
• Guiding Principles for Tool Selection:
– Leverage existing investments where
possible
– Use tools users are familiar with to
empower self-service
– Maintain tight integration between systems
– Choose tools that are easily deployed
– Deliver cost effective solutions
• The Choice:
Microsoft Business Intelligence Platform
32. Architecting the Solution
Internal Data Stores
External Data Feeds
Cloud Data
Collect Discover Share
42. Key Takeaways
• Power BI transforms Excel
– PowerQuery allows for data acquisition & cleansing
– PowerPivot enables data modeling & cube development
– PowerView & PowerMap fuel advanced visualization
• Power BI & SSRS transform SharePoint into an analytics hub
– Sharing of PowerPivot data models
– Sharing of PowerView dashboards
– SSRS running in SharePoint integrated mode allows reports to sit
alongside dashboards
• End user adoption is rapid
– Familiarity of Excel & SharePoint allows quick ramp up
– Analyst layer of the organization will flourish
– Build an environment that can “grow with you”