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Jan van Dijkjan.van.dijk@cns.nl

www.dwexplorer.com

Agenda

1. Business Intelligence & Ease Of Use

2. BI Products & Ease of Use

3. DataWarehouse Explorer (DWE)

4. Demo

5. Architecture

6. CNS Company

Agenda

1. Business Intelligence & Ease Of Use

2. BI Products & Ease of Use

3. DataWarehouse Explorer (DWE)

4. Demo

5. Architecture

6. CNS Company

BI attention

Source: Gartner EXP (January 2006 - January 2010)

BI Market Consolidation

BI Adoption

27

73

TDWI Research

Using BI Not Using BI

9.5

90.5

BI Survey

Using BI Not using BI

Source: “Ease of Use and Interface Appeal in Business

Intelligence Tools”, BeyeNETWORK, March 2010

Source: “Report Debunks BI Usage Myth”, TDWI.com,

May 2009

“Field staff and front-line

workers rated ease of use as

most important, even above

data quality.

Middle managers rated ease

of use and data quality as

equally important.”

“Sites that reported that

software was too hard to use

again had the smallest

deployments."

OLAP Survey 9 – How products should be chosen

3.683.783.8

4.044.074.084.144.184.294.314.324.484.554.574.63

4.834.925.04

OtherCorporate standard

Bundled with another productProduct reputation

Chosen vendor did a better sales jobVendor relationship/reputationIntegrates with other products …

Low priceUser scalability

Availability of local supportWeb Architecture

Large data handling capacityFunctionality/product features

Range of server platforms supportedEase of use for end-users

Ease of use for application buildersProof of concept faster or better

Fast Performance

Business Benefit Index

Source: “BI Survey 9”, BARC, 2010

TDWI - Ease of Use impact

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%

Specific tool features (create …

Analytic power (rankings, time …

Fast query response time

Visual display of data with charts

Personalization with users …

Ability to combine data from …

Easy-To-Use BI Tools

Data quality

Not very important Important Very important Essential

How important are these factors for BI to support more users, more

decisions, and better impact business performance?

Source: “Ease of Use and Interface Appeal in Business Intelligence Tools”, BeyeNETWORK, March 2010

Agenda

1. Business Intelligence & Ease Of Use

2. BI Products & Ease of Use

3. DataWarehouse Explorer (DWE)

4. Demo

5. Architecture

6. CNS Company

Report Writers

• Usually already available

• Hard to create report

– Not meant for end users

• Reports are static

– Copy to Excel

– Many reports created

Spreadsheets

• Available and used…

a lot

• Difficult to navigate

BI data

• Spreadmart threat

– Not auditable

– Not maintainable

– Error prone

BI Tools

• Should be easy to use

– Most are; for the end user

• Expensive

• Proprietary

– Specialized IT skills

– Data locked up

Agenda

1. Business Intelligence & Ease Of Use

2. BI Products & Ease of Use

3. DataWarehouse Explorer

4. Demo

5. Architecture

6. CNS Company

DataWarehouse Explorer

Most Easy to Use BI Tool Based on Microsoft

SQL Server

Analysis Services

Based on SSAS

• Rich BI platform

• Open

• Affordable

• Scalable

• Widely adopted standard

Most Easy to Use BI Tool

• No training required

– Familiar interface

– Options visual

– Drag an drop on tables

• Explain data

– Show descriptions

– Cube dictionary

DataWarehouse Explorer Components

1. DWE• Easy analysis of data

• Interactive tables

• Charts

• Maps

• KPIs• Create reports

• Analysis Starting Points

• Standard Reports

2. DWE Portal• Publish Reports

• Schedule reports

• Mobile & Web Access

Agenda

1. Business Intelligence & Ease Of Use

2. BI Products & Ease of Use

3. DataWarehouse Explorer

4. Demo

5. Architecture

6. CNS Company

Agenda

1. Business Intelligence & Ease Of Use

2. BI Products & Ease of Use

3. DataWarehouse Explorer

4. Demo

5. Architecture

6. CNS Company

Solution: Solution Architecture

ETLSources Cubes DWEData

Warehouse

SQL ServerAny DWESSASSSIS

Agenda

1. Business Intelligence & Ease Of Use

2. BI Products & Ease of Use

3. DataWarehouse Explorer

4. Demo

5. Architecture

6. CNS Company

• Dutch Company founded in 1994

• 15 years experience international DWH projects

• Dutch market leader in real estate sector

• Microsoft Gold Certified ISV Partner

Mission:

Deliver the most intuitive BI solution for market

Expand international partner & customer presence

CNS: History & Mission

EMEA:

– Netherlands

– UK

– Germany

– Austria

– Switzerland

– Italy

– Spain

– Sweden

– Israel

AMERICAS:

– Canada

– USA

– Mexico

– Costa Rica

– Guatemala

– Brazil

– Peru

– Venezuela

CNS: Providing global presence…

CNS: Active across all industries:

Maritime Services

Defense Export Services Organization

DataWarehouse Explorer

Most Easy to Use BI Tool

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