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Grab some
coffee and
enjoy the
pre-show
banter before the
top of the
hour!
H T Technologiesof 2016
HOST:RebeccaJozwiak@rebeccajozwiak
THISYEARis…
THELINEUP
ANALYST:
DezBlanchfieldDataScientist,TheBloorGroup
ANALYST:
RobinBloorChiefAnalyst,TheBloorGroup
GUEST:
StanGeigerSeniorProductManager,IDERA
INTRODUCING
RobinBloor
Monitoring BI
Robin Bloor Ph D
The Role of BI
BI is the feedback loop for corporate systems
The Driving Force: Insight = Analytics
And Optimization?
The Begetting of BI
u Desire for knowledge begets user requests
u User requests beget analytics projects
u Analytics projects beget data lakes
u Data lakes + analytics beget insights
u Insights beget BI
A Full BI Platform: Much Simplified
Corporate Reality
BI Disruption
u Data volumes u Data sources u Streaming & speed of arrival u Unstructured data u Social (unclean) data u IOT data u Data provenance u Compute power (parallelism) u Machine learning u New analytic workloads
Bi is not a static situation.
The Internet of Things
Event-driven Architectures
Real-time Everything
The Future BI Landscape Includes…
BI: Of The User, By The User, For The User
u Data flow integration/automation u Performance/timeliness (overall) u Data coverage: data sources, also
structured/unstructured data u Data cleansing u Data access skills u Visualizations u Shareability u Actionability
The issues in summary:
About BI Monitoring…
Unless the BI SERVICE is dependable and timely, it isn’t a SERVICE
INTRODUCING
DezBlanchfield
@dez_blanchfield
Maintaining&MonitoringHealthyB.I.pla4orms
@dez_blanchfield
modernB.I.pla.ormshave
manycomplexmovingparts
@dez_blanchfield
ModernBusinessIntelligencepla.ormsaremadeupofmanycomplexmovingparts,it’snotjustaboutkeepingthelightson.
§ Availability&Qualityofdatasources
§ Databases&DataWarehousing
§ SystemAdmin&Management
§ Pla4ormSecurity&Governance
§ User&SystemAccessControls
§ UserInterfaces&PresentaFon
§ AnalyFcsPla4orms&Tools
§ ReporFng,Monitoring&Dashboards
Morethanjustkeepingthelightson..
@dez_blanchfield
thechallengeofmanaging
B.I.pla.ormsatanyscale
@dez_blanchfield
BusinessIntelligenceiso@enthelifebloodofanorganizaBon,anyB.I.pla.ormperformancehitswillimpacttheboDomline.
§ LossofaB.I.pla4orm=flyingblind
§ PoorperformanceimpactsadopFon
§ Accessissuesimpacteverything
§ Decisionmakingcompanywide
§ Accurate&TimelyreporBng
§ Capacitytorunthebusiness
§ Staffperformance&moral
§ Compliance&Governance
B.I.pla4ormsdemandperformance..
@dez_blanchfield
asingleperformanceissuecan
impacttheenBreecosystem
@dez_blanchfield
Aswithsomanythings,theRumsfeldConundrumapplies,knownknowns,knownunknowns,andunknownunknowns..
§ CoreBusinessSystemPerformance§ Sales,MarkeBng,Finance
§ HR,OperaBons,LogisBcs
§ Planning,ForecasBng,ReporBng
§ Backendsystems&pla4orms§ ResponseBmes&loadaverages
§ Workloads/Batches/Backups
§ Maintenance/Updates/Patching
§ Misc.manualsystemadmin
§ ManualDataImportsorExports
Coreareasthatcanimpactperformance..
@dez_blanchfield
complexsystemsrequiresmart
toolstomanageperformance
INTRODUCING
StanGeiger
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BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE PLATFORM HEALTH Monitoring the Microsoft BI Stack
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BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE ARCHITECTURE
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MICROSOFT PLATFORM ARCHITECTURE
§ Source Data • Relational Databases (SQL Server, Oracle, etc.) • NoSQL (MongoDB, Cassandra, Hbase)
§ Data Storage and Aggregation • SQL Server Database • Azure Data Warehouse • Analysis Services (SSAS)
§ Presentation/Analytics • Excel • Reporting Services (SSRS) • PowerBI
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You don’t know what you don’t know.
Noam Chomsky
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PLATFORM MONITORING § Availability
• Resource Availability (up/down) • Root Cause Identification
§ Performance • Server level performance metrics • Resource level performance • Identify bottlenecks
§ Utilization • User Sessions • Requests (queries, reports, etc.)
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When you need it, and don't have it…you sing a different tune.
Bert Gummer, Tremors 2
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