The Longview Integration Suite (LVIS) provides data integration between Longview 7 and any data sources. LVIS simplifies and automates the integration process through a graphical interface and pre-built connectors. It extracts and transforms data from hundreds of sources, loads it into Longview, and automates scheduled or triggered integration. LVIS helps customers overcome data integration challenges and provides benefits like faster planning and reduced costs.

1. Longview Integration Suite
Background The Longview Integration Suite (LVIS)
Data is at the core of factual analysis, planning and decision LVIS is ERP agnostic and provides flexible, open
making. Large organizations gather and manage standards-based data integration that is not tied to any ERP
transactional data for a variety of business functions and or data source. LVIS simplifies and automates data
applications. Today’s dynamic business environment has led integration by providing bi-directional data integration
to a heterogeneous mix of applications and databases with between Longview 7 and any number of data sources.
ever-increasing data volumes. A unified view of all this data
is essential to gain visibility into financial and operational
performance. It is also the crucial first step in every
performance management project.
Data Integration Challenge
Integrating data from multiple, disparate data sources can
be a daunting task, typically requiring technical expertise
and a variety of skill sets. Some of the common data
integration challenges include:
n Complex data structures, cryptic nomenclature
n Complex application logic
n Specific database or ERP domain expertise
n Data audit, data privacy and security concerns LVIS provides powerful, yet intuitive, functionality to extract
n Data quality and availability concerns data from hundreds of data sources, performs various
transformations including cross-platform calculations and
Data integration is also dynamic and constantly changing as
validations, and loads the combined data into the
business requirements evolve and data structures change or
multi-dimensional Longview database. Pre-built connectors
new data sources are added. All these challenges can
to ERP systems and other data sources recognize
potentially limit or derail the success of a performance
underlying source data models and APIs thus accelerating
management initiative by:
the data integration process. The graphical interface
n Reducing frequency of data loads, leading to less simplifies the overall process of creating and maintaining
frequent/accurate planning and reporting the data integration flow, while the data integration engine
n Limiting the amount of detailed data, hindering can automate the entire process based on a schedule or
thorough analysis and planning, and event triggers.
n Renewed reliance on sub-optimal tools such as
spreadsheets

2. Longview Integration Suite
Key Features Key Benefits
n Graphical data integration designer LVIS helps customers overcome their data integration
n Comprehensive set of prebuilt adaptors for hundreds challenge by providing them with powerful, yet simplified
of common databases, ERP and CRM systems, as well data integration capabilities with end-to-end automation.
as legacy data sources Some of the resulting benefits include:
n Connectivity to on-premise, on-demand data n Faster, highly efficient data integration with shorter
n Powerful data transformation engine with: learning curves and reduced costs
n The ability to handle the most complex n Simplified and automated data loads for more frequent
transformation requirements planning and reporting
n Rules definition for complex data aggregation and n Faster and easier to combine financial and
transformation non-financial data for both financial and operational
n Instantaneous design-time views of source and
performance management
transformed data n Data lineage and reports assist with audit and
n Execution testing and error trapping
compliance requirements
n High performance to leverage limited time windows in
n Real-time, scheduled or batch update
n Highly scalable data integration
a 24 x 7 environment
n Integration of any number, any combination, any
n Multi-threaded integration engines for scaling large
version of data sources and applications
n Automation, data validation, error capture, etc.
data load processing
n Distributed model allowing integration processes at
minimize errors and improve data quality
n Continuous update of net-change data and/or
the points of integration
n Role-based access and control
metadata as required for real-time performance
n Leverages inherent CPM capabilities of the Longview management
platform, such as data validations
n A library of web service APIs to integrate with any 3rd
party ETL technology or middleware
About Longview Solutions
Longview Solutions provides a corporate performance management (CPM) and tax data management platform that leading
companies such as Aon, Brunswick, Lexmark, The Home Depot and Trustmark use to drive performance with speed, visibility
and financial integrity. Since 1994, Longview has been helping clients create a single repository of financial truth from which
all, or any one of the following key financial processes can be performed: financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, modeling,
disclosure management/XBRL reporting, statutory consolidation, management reporting, profitability analytics, tax data
collection, tax provision/reporting and tax planning. Longview is an Exact company headquartered in Toronto, Canada with
additional offices in Philadelphia, Chicago (USA), London (UK), and Amsterdam (NL).
For more information please visit www.longview.com.
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11/2012
Longview Solutions
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