Simultaneous OLTP and OLAP in ERP
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Subset of presentation given at the International Informix User Group conference in Miami FL in April 2014. Summarises some test results and provides context as to how Pronto Software (Australia's leading mid market ERP vendor) utilises IBM Informix to do both transactional processing and reporting successfully within a single Informix database.
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Simultaneous OLTP and OLAP in ERP
- 1. Achieving the Impossible… Simultaneous OLTP and OLAP performance in ERP Chad Gates Pronto Software @ChadinaBox 1
- 2. About Pronto An ERP for many industries
- 3. Pronto Xi Enterprise Management System
- 4. Global Presence 1,500+ Customers 4,200+ Sites 100,000+ Named users
- 5. Transactional ERP only ERP + Business Intelligence (BI) BI for large Enterprises only BI for SMEs BI for C-level execs only BI for all Heavy IT reliance Self-service BI Staged data Real-time & staged data Desktop only Desktop & mobile The changing BI market
- 6. Many levels… Staged + Near real time Distributed OLAP + Columnar + Unstructured Storage + in memory High availability Big Data Staged + Near real time In Stream BI OLAP + Columnar Mostly structured Modelled in database Predictive In Memory Staged Historical Ad-Hoc 3D OLAP + Predictive Modelled at source Analytics Cubes Near real time Modelled Ad-hoc Semi-historical OLTP +OLAP 2D + 3D Operational Real time Structured Inflexible Listings Non strategic OLTP 2D Reporting Little Big
- 7. Staged + Near real time Distributed OLAP + Columnar + Unstructured Storage + in memory High availability Big Data Staged + Near real time In Stream BI OLAP + Columnar Mostly structured Modelled in database Predictive In Memory Staged Historical Ad-Hoc 3D OLAP + Predictive Modelled at source Analytics Cubes Near real time Modelled Ad-hoc Semi-historical OLTP +OLAP 2D + 3D Operational Real time Structured Inflexible Listings Non strategic OLTP 2D Reporting Little Big Pronto’s focus with Business Intelligence
- 8. First, a bit of history… Pronto’s legacy 4GL reporting solution •List style – operational focus •Non-strategic : two-dimensional •OLTP – real-time reporting •Heavy maintenance overhead 1000+ reports •Modification challenges •Time-consuming •Long lead time Limited report flexibility •No graphs, charts, dashboards or scorecards •Not web-based •Perception that competitive solutions were more feature-rich Reporting interface seen as ‘old technology’
- 9. Pronto Xi Business Intelligence Integrating IBM Cognos for Operational & Analytical Reporting Pre-modelled meta-data layer Adhoc reporting Flexibility to customise Pre-built content 2D + 3D reporting Real time using Informix
- 10. 49 reporting packages 217 namespaces 100+ pre-built reports and dashboards Simultaneous Informix OLTP+OLAP • Financials, Sales, Inventory, Manufacturing, Retail, Service, Project, CRM, Maintenance Management and much more… Out-of-the-box reporting and analytics Self-service reporting framework
- 11. Operational reporting A quick demo of Pronto Xi BI
- 12. One click access to IBM Cognos within Pronto Xi Single logon and auto- authentication using CAP Operational reporting A quick demo of Pronto Xi BI
- 13. Operational reporting A quick demo of Pronto Xi BI
- 14. Operational reporting A quick demo of Pronto Xi BI
- 15. Real-time relational data, direct from ERP Drill-through to ERP from Cognos Operational reporting A quick demo of Pronto Xi BI
- 16. Dynamic connectivity from Cognos to Pronto Xi transaction screens Available to all Pronto Xi users Operational reporting A quick demo of Pronto Xi BI
- 17. Operational reporting A quick demo of Pronto Xi BI Cognos content can be embedded in application screens Pronto Xi Advanced Forecasting
- 18. For the user it behaves like a cube At the back end it is a relational database OLTP Live No ETL Drills down to line level detail Drill through to Pronto Xi Supplied pre-modelled Hybrid operational & analytical reporting Dimensionally Modelled Relational Data (DMR) data source
- 19. OLTP vs. OLAP A quick comparison 19 OLTP OLAP Short Transactions - Relatively simple SQL Longer Transactions - Complex SQL with analytics Random Updates - Few Rows accessed Sequential Scans and updates - Many Rows Accessed Sub-second response time Secs to mins response time ER Modeling - Minimizes redundancy Dimensional Modeling - OK to have redundancy Normalized data (5NF) - Minimizes duplicates De-normalized data (3NF) - Duplicates are OK Few indexes - Avoids index maintenance OK to have more indexes - Mostly read only Pre-compiled queries - Repeated execution of queries Ad-hoc queries - Unpredictable load
- 20. 658 336 231 574 256 269 241 97 57 227 124 191 244 212 310 25 222 53 59 26 216 21 161 133 181 228 54 211 73 53 24 136 19 0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 Sales - Invoice By Customer SO - Order Line Detail GL - Expense Analysis for Assets Exp Sales - Invoice By Customer Territory Inv - Transactions by Item Code GL - Exp Analysis for Motor Vehicle Exp Sales - Product Group by Period AP - Retro Aged TB By Sup By Inv Date SO - Order Summary Inv - Status by Item Code Sales - Inv Rep Sales by Period 11.7 12.10xC1 12.10xC3 Performance Challenge – 11.7 – 12.1xC3 Simultaneous OLTP and OLAP Loads
- 21. Analytics cubes Staged - faster performance - pre- aggregated Supports snapshot data for historical trend analysis Predictive 3D data source OLAP Drill down to aggregation level or line- level detail
- 22. Summary • Informix powering both OLTP & OLAP • Packaging and preconfiguring • Creating reporting data within the ERP • Compelling for mid market 22