The document discusses the complexities of metadata management in Business Intelligence (BI) systems, highlighting issues such as disparate metadata pockets due to legacy systems and tools. It emphasizes the need for modernization initiatives, including migrating to cloud solutions and implementing metadata automation for improved efficiency. The document also suggests a pathway from metadata confusion to clarity through effective data management practices.

1. Grab some
coffee and
enjoy the
pre-show
banter
before the
top of the
hour!

2. Metadata Mastery: A Big Step for BI
Modernization

3. Eric Kavanagh
CEO, Inside Analysis
Amnon Drori
CEO, Octopai
Dave Wells
Research Director, Eckerson
Group

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From Metadata Muddle to Metadata Magic:
A Big Step for BI Modernization
Dave Wells
dwells@eckerson.com

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The BI Technology Myth
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LEGACY
Legacy
Systems
ERP Systems
SaaS
SaaS
Applications
MDM / RDM
ETL
Processing
Dashboards
Reports
Scorecards
OLAP
ETL Database
Analysis
&
Reporting

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The BI Technology Realities
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LEGACY
Legacy
Systems
ERP Systems
SaaS
SaaS
Applications
MDM / RDM
ETL
Processing
Dashboards
Reports
Scorecards
OLAP

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The BI Technology Realities
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LEGACY
Legacy
Systems
ERP Systems
SaaS
SaaS
Applications
MDM / RDM
ETL
Processing
Dashboards
Reports
Scorecards
OLAP
IBM Datastage
Microsoft SSIS
Informatica Powercenter
Oracle Data Integrator
etc.
Oracle Database
Teradata
Microsoft SQL Server
etc.
IBM Cognos
Tableau
Microsoft Power BI
Microstrategy
etc.

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The Metadata Muddle
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IBM Datastage
Microsoft SSIS
Informatica Powercenter
Oracle Data Integrator
etc.
Oracle Database
Teradata
Microsoft SQL Server
etc.
IBM Cognos
Tableau
Microsoft Power BI
Microstrategy
etc.
source schema & definitions
source-to-target mapping
data transformation logic
data lineage
warehouse data inventory
warehouse data definitions
database schema
data constraints
analysis workbooks inventory
business data definitions
business metrics definitions
data lineage

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The Metadata Muddle Compounded
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Assume that your organization has:
• 4 data warehouses as a result of mergers & acquisitions
• 3 different ETL tools used across the 4 warehouses
• 2 SQL Server warehouses, 1 Teradata, and 1 Oracle
• Cognos, Business Objects, SSRS, Power BI and Tableau
used in various combinations across the 4 warehouses
How many pockets of disparate metadata do you have?
4 data warehouses
x 3 ETL tools
x 3 database management systems
x 5 reporting and analysis tools
= 180 metadata pockets may exist

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The Need for BI Modernization
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Legacy BI Modern BI and Analytics

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Modernization Projects
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Migrate to Cloud
Migrate to Self-Service
Update Data
Architecture

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More (and more complex) Modernization Projects
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Consolidate Data Warehouses
and Migrate to Cloud
Update Architecture
and Migrate to Cloud

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Data Knowledge – The #1 Barrier to Modernization
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METADATA
MUDDLE

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From Muddle to Magic – What We Need
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METADATA
MUDDLE
Metadata Automation
• Crawl tools to collect metadata
• Store metadata in one repository
• Index metadata and see connections
• Fast, efficient metadata searching
• Visual mapping of data lineage
• Drill from summary to detail
• Export for external uses
• Inject into data catalogs

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More companies are looking to modernize:
On-Prem to Cloud: Moving metadata management from On Prem to the Cloud
BI Systems
metadata

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More companies are looking to modernize:
Migrating Legacy BI systems to Modern BI systems
BI Systems

18. DB Sources
Marketing
CRM
ERP
Finance
HR
Other Sources
ETL Tools
Informatica
DataStage (IBM)
SSIS (MS)
Others
(Talend, etc’)
OCTOPAI AUTOMATED METADATA MANAGEMENT
Data Warehouse
Oracle
Others
(Hadoop, etc’)
SQL Server(MS)
Teradata
Vertica(Big Data)
Reporting & Analysis
Tools
Cognos (IBM)
BO (SAP)
QlikView
Tableau
OBIEE (Oracle)
Others (Sisense, etc’)
www.octopai.com
SSAS (OLAP),
TABULAR
Complete data lineage to and from reports

19. Get in touch for a free trial!
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