2010 International Conference Business Intelligence & Product Analytics Rob McAveney www. 300 Brickstone Square Suite 904 Andover, MA 01810 [978] 691 8900 www. Copyright 2010 Aras All Rights Reserved.
Business Intelligence Overview Business intelligence (BI) is all about providing timely and accurate information to support business decisions The raw data needed to make good decisions is often stored in multiple databases and in different formats, so IT must build a data warehouse Business Analysts "slice and dice" the raw data in a meaningful way, then share their analyses with others using reports, charts and dashboards d Decision makers often have the ability to drill down into the data to get more details Copyright 2010 Aras All Rights Reserved. Slide 2
Business Intelligence Benefits Copyright 2010 Aras All Rights Reserved. Slide 3
PLM Analytics Resolve cost overruns or margin shortfall through informed engineering change Identify the cause of quality problems by tracing back to individual id components Dynamically respond to issues in order to increase profitability Aggregate and share business data with colleagues in a secure and central manner Monitor and analyze enterprise performance to take action where necessary Copyright 2010 Aras All Rights Reserved. Slide 4
Challenges for BI in PLM Often no single point of access for product information No complete view of product data for business decisions Information is disparate and not accessible by all authorized team members Lots of people need access, not just Engineering Too many systems to learn and use and many are domain specific Executives lack easy, fast and accurate visibility into product centric information Copyright 2010 Aras All Rights Reserved. Slide 5
Why Aras is Powerful for BI Open and Transparent Open data model Easy to integrate Dynamic and Extensible Change and extend your data model without breaking existing iti BI dashboards, d reports, scorecards, etc Easy to Use & Create Leveraging Microsoft s f latest technologies Cornerstone of database & enterprise strategy Able to handle real time data access Copyright 2010 Aras All Rights Reserved. Slide 6
BI Options Simple analytics in Aras Innovator Existing dashboard and reporting technology Data rollup and analysis using server events Utilize a reporting package like Reporting Services Included with Microsoft SQL Server Fast aggregation and calculation of raw data Charts and graphs included Start building a data warehouse with Analysis Services Included with Microsoft SQL Server Fast analysis of data from multiple sources Build dashboards without writing complex code SharePoint s BI capabilities Copyright 2010 Aras All Rights Reserved. Slide 7
Simple BI in Aras: Dashboards Copyright 2010 Aras All Rights Reserved. Slide 8
Simple BI in Aras: Dashboards Copyright 2010 Aras All Rights Reserved. Slide 9
Simple BI in Aras: Data Rollup Display the aggregated value on the form, drill down to see the raw data Copyright 2010 Aras All Rights Reserved. Slide 10
Reporting Services Copyright 2010 Aras All Rights Reserved. Slide 11
Analysis Services: Terminology Online analytical processing (OLAP) Database technology used to integrate and analyze raw data Dimension A way to categorize or filter data, e.g. Time or Product Line Measure A numerical fact, e.g. Units Sold Cube A matrix of dimensions and measures that is optimized for fast multidimensional queries Copyright 2010 Aras All Rights Reserved. Slide 12
Analysis Services: Build a Cube Copyright 2010 Aras All Rights Reserved. Slide 13
Analysis Services: Cube Details Copyright 2010 Aras All Rights Reserved. Slide 14
Build Charts and Dashboards Copyright 2010 Aras All Rights Reserved. Slide 15
Build Charts and Dashboards Copyright 2010 Aras All Rights Reserved. Slide 16
Chart Drill Down Copyright 2010 Aras All Rights Reserved. Slide 17
Chart Drill Down Copyright 2010 Aras All Rights Reserved. Slide 18
Chart Drill Down Copyright 2010 Aras All Rights Reserved. Slide 19
Chart Drill Down Copyright 2010 Aras All Rights Reserved. Slide 20
Dynamic Charts Copyright 2010 Aras All Rights Reserved. Slide 21
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KPI Metrics Copyright 2010 Aras All Rights Reserved. Slide 25
KPI Metrics Copyright 2010 Aras All Rights Reserved. Slide 26
KPI Metrics Copyright 2010 Aras All Rights Reserved. Slide 27
Reports in Excel for Analysis Pivot Table connects directly to the cube Copyright 2010 Aras All Rights Reserved. Slide 28
Reports in Excel for Analysis Drill down deep into the BOM Add new columns to perform additional calculations Copyright 2010 Aras All Rights Reserved. Slide 29
Reports in Excel for Analysis Copyright 2010 Aras All Rights Reserved. Slide 30
Reports in Excel for Analysis Copyright 2010 Aras All Rights Reserved. Slide 31