Deploying DW with Analytics & Custom Reporting Capabilities
A major US-based semiconductor manufacturer was facing several performance issues with its disparate databases and transactional systems. The urgent need was for a centralized data warehouse with reporting capabilities.
Business Challenge
Designing and implementing a data warehouse and custom analytics capabilities to reduce the burden on the client’s IT and create a single source of truth.
Technology Components
Oracle Database, Oracle Data Integrator, OBIEE
Approach
Finalized end-state vision for an enterprise data warehouse solution including tools and processes
Prepared program roadmap with phases and deliverables
Analyzed source systems and captured detailed business requirements
Architected EDW solution and designed Dimensional Data Model and ETL and BI interfaces
Created entity-level and attribute-level relationship documents
Created reusable ETL components that could be used across various mappings
Created physical layer, business view layer and presentation layer in OBIEE for operational and analytical reporting
Implemented EDW system across the client’s departments by organizing workshops, imparting trainings, and bringing necessary organizational changes
Defined KPIs and built live queries to build prototypes based on excel dumps for more than 20 different dashboards in a set of business workshops
Enabled data extraction using queries built during prototype and validated the data plumbing, KPI derivation and dashboard development driving the adoption
Transformational Effects
Provided a single source of truth for all strategic, tactical and operational reporting to help reduce cost and increase revenue
Deployed a centralized data governance and stewardship to facilitate multi-stakeholder usage
Implemented real-time reporting and analytics to help analyze financial performance, trends and risks at each business function level
