Palo Open Source BI Suite Matthias Wilharm BI Consultant matthias.wilharm@trivadis.com Winterthur, 24.09.2008 Basel Baden Bern Lausanne Zurich Düsseldorf Frankfurt/M. Freiburg i. Br. Hamburg Munich Stuttgart Vienna
Agenda Company Jedox Overview of the solution of Jedox Installation Data are always part of the game. Palo Analyze Data ETL Build ETL Process Summary Open Source BI TKNE - Palo BI Suite 2 2008
Company Jedox German Company, Freiburg specialist of planning, analysis and reporting systems multidimensional In-Memory OLAP Excel und Enterprise Spreadsheets offer of commercial open software partner of SAP AG und Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft rapid growth revenue: > 50% annual growth from 2002 till 2007 installations: > 10.000 worldwide downloads: > 5.000 per month 50 employee (July 2008) Open Source BI TKNE - Palo BI Suite 3 2008
Agenda Company Jedox Overview of the solution of Jedox Installation Data are always part of the game. Palo Analyze Data ETL Build ETL Process Summary Open Source BI TKNE - Palo BI Suite 4 2008
Palo Open Source Business Intelligence Suite JPalo Java full client Palo OLAP Server 64 Bit In-Memory OLAP database Palo Supervision Server compliance module for the Palo OLAP Server Palo Worksheet Server web-front-end with Excel functionalities Palo ETL Server data exchange with ERP Systems and databases Open Source BI TKNE - Palo BI Suite 5 2008
JPalo (1) Universal Java api Read data and meta data from Palo and other OLAP Databases (XMLA, SAP BW, Mondrian) to create palo databases Java full client Reporting and modeling of Palo databases and reports of OLAP databases (XMLA) Web client Zero installation client with latest technology Open Source BI TKNE - Palo BI Suite 6 2008
JPalo (2) WebClient von Tensegrity, Köln Open Source BI TKNE - Palo BI Suite 7 2008
Palo OLAP Server Multidimensional database thinking in terms of cubes and dimensions and cells Memory-based & real-time Palo is a memory-based database, calculation in memory, basically means speed Server-bases installed locally or server Front-end Microsoft Excel basically front-end is Microsoft Excel, alternative Web-Front-end Write-back New data directly into the cube, save data and calculated the aggregation in the cube Open Source BI TKNE - Palo BI Suite 8 2008
Palo Supervision Server (1) Monitor and control data Monitors, controls and logs all data inputs made in Enterprise Spreadsheet and Palo OLAP Server Warning and alert Supervision Server can trigger warnings and alerts, correct inputs Central Event and Process management Linkages between Palo data ranges and supervision scripts, written in PHP or Java Not Open Source Software Open Source BI TKNE - Palo BI Suite 9 2008
Palo Supervision Server (2) Client A Client B change a value in datacell of cube Palo Server login on Palo server datacell receive limit of value Supervision Server PHP Script for client A GetTriggeringArea PHP Script for client B OnUserLoginIn PHP Script for limit SendEmail Open Source BI TKNE - Palo BI Suite 10 2008
Palo Worksheet Server (1) Web application Modeling web application, based on excel sheets Easy usability Business users develop with Excel reports and publish with Worksheet Server Not an Open Source Software Open Source BI TKNE - Palo BI Suite 11 2008
Palo Worksheet Server (2) Open Source BI TKNE - Palo BI Suite 12 2008
Palo ETL Server (1) Focus on OLAP and Palo Integrate data from different sources: Flat files (csv, text) with ODBC (DB2, Oracle, MySQL, Microsoft SQL Server, JDBC) ODBO (Palo) LDAP SAP (end of 2008) User Interface Define the ETL Process in XML, integrated in Eclipse Dev. Tool Drill Through To navigate from cell in the OLAP cube to source data Other Open Source ETL Tools (e.g. Kettle or Talend plugin for Palo) Next version with GUI Open Source BI TKNE - Palo BI Suite 13 2008
Palo ETL Server (2) Open Source BI TKNE - Palo BI Suite 14 2008
Agenda Company Jedox Overview of the solution of Jedox Installation Data are always part of the game. Palo Analyze Data ETL Build ETL Prozess Summary Open Source BI TKNE - Palo BI Suite 15 2008
Installation Installation wizard to install the products Open Source BI TKNE - Palo BI Suite 16 2008
Agenda Company Jedox Overview of the solution of Jedox Installation Data are always part of the game. Palo Analyze Data ETL Build ETL Process Summary Open Source BI TKNE - Palo BI Suite 17 2008
Palo Analyse Data (1) Start Excel with Excel Addin Open Source BI TKNE - Palo BI Suite 18 2008
Palo Analyse Data (2) View Data Open Source BI TKNE - Palo BI Suite 19 2008
Palo Analyse Data (3) Result Open Source BI TKNE - Palo BI Suite 20 2008
Agenda Company Jedox Overview of the solution of Jedox Installation Data are always part of the game. Palo Analyze Data ETL Build ETL Process Summary Open Source BI TKNE - Palo BI Suite 21 2008
ETL Build ETL Process (1) Open Source BI TKNE - Palo BI Suite 22 2008
ETL Build ETL Process (2) Structure of xml file <project> <connections> <connection> </connection> </connections> <sources> <source> </source> </sources> <pipelines> <pipeline> </pipeline> </pipelines> <exports> <export> </export> </exports> <jobs> <job> </job> </jobs> </project> connection to databases transformations cube, dimension, flates create, add or update executions Open Source BI TKNE - Palo BI Suite 23 2008
Agenda Company Jedox Overview of the solution of Jedox Installation Data are always part of the game. Palo Analyze Data ETL Build ETL Process Summary Open Source BI TKNE - Palo BI Suite 24 2008
Palo Strengths and Weaknesses Easy to install Basic functions of OLAP Good integration in Microsoft Excel API for Java Integration enterprise web portal (but not open source) No business functions (e.g. planning) Small or medium data volume Medium performance (e.g. calculation) Small user administration Calculation in cube not transparent 64 bit version for large data volume Other commercial or open source analysis tool use Palo Other open source tool deliver plugins for palo (e.g. Kettle or Talend) Write back function Documentation for Client and Administration Open Source BI TKNE - Palo BI Suite 25 2008
Palo - Core Messages Knowledge transfer is only the beginning. Knowledge application is what counts. Open Source Licence Database for smal and medium of multidimension data volumen Integration in Excel and Java Java Client for data analysis Open Source BI TKNE - Palo BI Suite 26 2008
Practical Open Source BI @ Trivadis Experience practical OSS Business Intelligence Software KnowHow Strengths and weaknesses of Jedox Palo, JasperSoft BI Suite, Pentaho BI Suite, BIRT and MySQL Tested suitability for real world BI - projects Trivadis recommendations for usage and performance Drop you Business Card at Trivadis and get your personal free invitation for the 1 day Trivadis Knowledge Networking Event 29.10.2008 in Zürich, agency of Trivadis 31.10.2008 in Lausanne, agency of Trivadis February 2009 in Stuttgart, agency of Trivadis Open Source BI TKNE - Palo BI Suite 27 2008
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