Patrick Perrier has extensive experience in data consulting and management, particularly with Snowflake, a cloud-based data platform providing secure data sharing and cost-effective solutions. The document outlines the benefits of migrating to Snowflake versus traditional on-premise systems, detailing various migration scenarios and services offered by 360suite. It emphasizes the importance of pre-migration assessments, validation, and performance monitoring throughout the migration process.

2. patrick.perrier@360suite.io
https://www.linkedin.com/in/pperrier/
Me!
● First experience with Crystal Reports in 1994!
● Based in London, UK since 2000
● BOBJ Consultant for 15+ years
● Started at Crystal Decisions UK in 2001 (Support)
● Followed by Business Objects UK (Consulting and Training)
● 360Suite since 2017
Director of CoE

3. What is Snowflake?
● Cloud-built Software as a Services (SaaS) data platform
● Delivers instant elasticity
● Secure data sharing
● Per-second pricing
● Across multiple clouds (AWS, Azure, GCP)
Snowflake combines the power of data warehousing, the flexibility of big data
platforms and the elasticity of the cloud at a fraction of the cost of traditional
solutions.

4. Infrastructure

5. Cost: On-Premise
● Hardware + Support
● Software License + Support
● Multiple Environments (Dev / Test / Prod / DR)
● Multiple Sites
● Backups (Day, Week, Month, Year)
● Server Room (Floor, Air Con, Electricity, etc)
● Backups
● People x2! (IT, DBA, Network, Security etc)
● External Consultants

6. On-Premise vs Snowflake
Warning: Cloud Hangover!
On-Premise
● Initial Cost: HIGH
● Maintenance: Medium to High
● Cost Prediction: Easy
● DBA: SLOW
● Support: SLOW
Snowflake
● Initial Cost: LOW
● Maintenance: Low to Medium
● Cost Prediction: Difficult
● DBA: FAST
● Support: FAST

7. Cost: On-Premise

8. What is Data Migration?

9. Data Migration

10. Scenario 2: Transformation Project
- Source: Non-relational database
- Relational with schema changes
- New Universes and new Reports
360Suite will help
- Pre-migration assessment
- Data Inventory
-Validate
Performance
Scenario 1: Lift and Shift
- Source: Relational database
- No schema transformation
- Universes need no modification
360Suite will help
- Pre-migration assessment
- Impact Analysis
- Validate
- Data regression
- Performance
Migrating to Snowflake: Faster, Safer and Cheaper with 360Suite
3x Scenarios
Scenario 3: Lift and Shift-Advanced
- Snowflake schema is not identical
- Universe needs significant update
- Universe is a UNV
360Suite will help
- Pre-migration assessment
- Bulk update repair the Universes
- Back-up your Documents
- Bulk repoint Webi and Crystal
- Validate
- Data regression
- Performance

11. Snowflake Migration Framework - Lift & Shift
Inventory
Impact Analysis
Usage Analysis
Continued
Assessment
Control and
Monitor Cost
Continued
Validation
Data Regression
Connectivity
Performance

12. Snowflake Migration Framework - Transformation
Data Inventory
Usage Analysis
Performance
Ensure
satisfaction
Continued
Assessment
Control and
Monitor Cost
Continued
Validation

13. Snowflake Migration Framework - Lift & Shift Advanced
Inventory
Impact Analysis
Usage Analysis
Universe
Updates
- Owner
- Tables
- Columns
- Measures
- SELECT
BACK-UP your
environment
before making
any changes
- Connections
- Repointing
BULK Repoint
Impacted
Documents
- Webi
- Crystal Reports
Data Regression
Connectivity
Performance
Continued
Assessment
Control and
Monitor Cost
Continued
Admin & Tests

14. Snowflake Migration - SAP Data Services
Back-up your
environment
before making
any change to
your Documents
Identify Impacted Documents
and bulk repoint Webi and
Crystal Documents
Workflow Documentation
Dataflow Documentation
- Mapping Formulas
Usage
Jobs
Impact Analysis!

15. How 360Suite helps?

16. ,
SAP BusinessObjects Solutions

17. SAP BusinessObjects
Solutions