Burda Market turned to SAP BusinessObjects solutions for more efficient, systematic and faster decision-making, and chose to rely on the experience of the D-CAT Technologies business intelligence team for the implementation.
Challenge
- Remove departments' dependence on IT so they can build reports and analyses quickly, without learning a programming language.
- Let departments pull the reports they need from the system whenever they need them.
- Move the analytics workload off the production system and into a data warehouse.
- Resolve performance and consolidation problems in reporting.
What we did
Started in August 2016, the project was completed in 30 working days with D-CAT consulting. First, the sources to be used for reporting were analyzed, and ETL processes combined the data into a structure suited to both consolidation and analysis, forming the data warehouse. SAP BusinessObjects development followed, and with the support of Burda Market's IT and reporting team the system went live once end-user training was complete.
Result
- Reports run without putting load on the production system.
- With scheduling, reports are available without being rerun and are sent out automatically.
- A data warehouse designed for reporting and analysis makes consolidated reporting fast and easy.
- Users build their own reports and get them whenever they need them.
- With access rights in place, data is made available in a controlled way, in line with security policies.
