Dan Grady The search for the killer productivity application is over… Copyright 2009, Information Builders. Slide 1

Dan Grady

The search for the killer productivity application is over…

Copyright 2009, Information Builders. Slide 1


What is Search?

Intellectual Technologies


Challenge

IT

BusinessAnalysts

Multiple Application Interfaces

DocumentFiles

Images MultiMedia

ReportsServers

Database

Mainframe


Productivity: Employee spend 1 to 3 hours per day searching for information* Duplication of content and effort

BI for the Masses/Messes: Current BI penetration 20% The Google effect on BI Unnecessary Additional Tools

Information Overload: Information doubles every two years Most valuable data is structured in applications and data stores Acceleration of ad hoc queries

Impact

Sources: Business Week; Accenture research on companies with annual revenue of more than $500 million; Forrester research

Trend: Convergence of Search and Business Intelligence

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Convergence of BI and Search: Leverage the power of each


Information Inquiries

(1) Search for customer account

(2) Search for vendor transaction

(3) Get account balances

(4) Get all transactions exceeding $ X.xx

• Leverage the strengths of each technology• Leverage hardware and software• Simplify development, maintenance & deployment• Offer better and more complete user experience

BusinessIntelligence

Security

GUI

Metadata

Integration


Requirements For Successful Implementation

Connect to 300 data sources; capture document changes in real time; merge documents; and more..Connect to 300 data sources; capture document changes in real time; merge documents; and more..

Use metadata to classify documents, to increase the findability, and to render dynamically search filters…Use metadata to classify documents, to increase the findability, and to render dynamically search filters…

Simple search box, powerful guided navigation, interactive tabular view, multi-drill to additional information…Simple search box, powerful guided navigation, interactive tabular view, multi-drill to additional information…

World class Business Intelligence engine that allows you to ask and answer questions additional questions of the searchable content.

World class Business Intelligence engine that allows you to ask and answer questions additional questions of the searchable content.

Robust security for any data source, including row and column level security for structured sources… Integration with other enterprise level security systems.

Robust security for any data source, including row and column level security for structured sources… Integration with other enterprise level security systems.


WebFOCUS Magnify

Single Point of Information Access

IT

BusinessAnalysts

Anyone

Multiple Application Interfaces

DocumentFiles

Images MultiMedia

ReportsServers

Database

Mainframe

WebFOCUS Magnify


Benefits

WebFOCUS Magnify will increase productivity by allowing you to: Better locate and leverage relevant products, information and

data Improving planning and forecasting from improved data access

and retrieval capabilities Improve business processes via more efficient information

retrieval Reduce costs of enterprise wide information management Reduce application development time and increase time to

market Maximize existing content and systems Increase information reuses for your entire enterprise and

beyond (partners, suppliers, customers) Unlock more value from content due to increased usage from a

simple to use interface


iWay Service Manager

Or

HOLD FORMAT MAGNIFY

(depends on latency of information)

How does Magnify work?

Search Request

Magnify Results

Report Request

WF Report

• Assisted Navigation• Tabular View

Operational Data Stores

How do I get there from here?

Step 1Planning

Step 2Indexing

Step 3 WebFOCUS

Reports

Transaction Indexing Set Up

Step 4 Interface Setup

Search Results Retrieval Set Up

Information Assessment

Information Preparation

Set Expectations and Goals

Define environment , configuration and security

Consultant/ Division Leaders

Pro

cess

Tas

ksS

kills

Define reporting goals

Create reporting application

Confirm environment, configuration and security

Outline search result design

Set up retrieval record limits

Testing

iWay Architect Or WF Developer

Analysts / WF Developer iWay Developer / WF Developer

Create collection process

Information transformation

Feed index

What type of applications should I target?

Customer Support/Call Center Customer History, Product Information, etc..

Retail Merchandising, Inventory, Sales, Customer Information, Billing, Product

information, etc.. Supply Chain

Product Information, Vendor Information, Outsourcing Information, Inventory Information, etc..

Law Enforcement Criminal History, Criminal Cases, Vehicle Information, Court Records,

Citations, Precinct/Department Information Human Resources

Employee Information, Benefit Information, Hiring Information, Law Suits Pending, etc…

Sales and Marketing CRM System information: Leads, Contacts, Collateral

Finance Invoices, Capital Expenditures, Project Management

DEMONSTRATION


Documents

Dan Grady The search for the killer productivity application is over… Copyright 2009, Information Builders. Slide 1