Collaborative BI: 3 Ways to Use Cognos with Power BI & Tableau
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The document discusses the integration of Cognos metadata with modern BI tools like Tableau and Power BI, highlighting the differences between bimodal analytics modes. It emphasizes how organizations with legacy Cognos implementations can leverage existing metadata for enhanced data analysis and reporting. Additionally, it introduces the Senturus Analytics Connector as a solution to expedite the deployment of these tools while maintaining governed metadata.
Collaborative BI: 3 Ways to Use Cognos with Power BI & Tableau
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- 2. 2 Hundreds of resources Visit our Knowledge Center to download this presentation and explore other assets: senturus.com/resources 2
- 3. 3 Steve Reed Pittman Director Enterprise Architecture and Engineering Senturus, Inc. 3 Introductions Principle BI Analytics Architect Senturus, Inc. Pedro Ining
- 4. Agenda •Introductions •What is bimodal analytics? •How do we leverage the Cognos metadata? •3 Methods to leverage Cognos data in Tableau & Power BI •Senturus overview and additional resources •Q&A 4
- 5. Enjoy the full webinar presentation This slide deck is from the webinar Collaborative BI: 3 Ways to Use Cognos with Power BI & Tableau To view the FREE video recording and download this deck, go to https://senturus.com/resources/3-ways-to-use-cognos- with-power-bi-tableau/ 5
- 6. • Many organizations maintain a ‘legacy’ Cognos implementation • Organizations have decided to move to Mode 2 type tools: • Tableau • Power BI Today’s discussion
- 7. 7 Mode 1: bimodal analytics • Linear: predictable, accurate and stable • Traditional enterprise reporting • Trusted governed, quality data • Limited flexibility • Limited self-service or visual exploration • Data warehouse can take time to develop • IT bottlenecks 7
- 8. 8 Mode 2: bimodal analytics • Allows for business-driven data analysis and discovery • Iterative by nature • Emphasizes agility and speed • Visual data exploration • Governed and non-governed data Issues • Mix of governed and non-governed data. • Non-central or duplicate metadata. 8
- 9. 9 Analytics architecture • Centralized data warehouse • Data dictionary • Acknowledge that both types of analytic tools are important • Cognos for mode 1 • Tableau &/or Power BI for mode 2 BUT what about the analytics metadata??? 9
- 10. 10 BI metadata • Maps physical structures to logical business names • Isolates users from the complexity of the database • Cognos FM has mapped the physical structures to data governed metadata
- 11. Multiple tools multiple metadata layers 11 Cognos DataSet Cognos DataModule Cognos FM Pkg Publish as Data Source Data Sources Data Warehouse ODS ERP Cognos DataSet Multiple Data Sets for performance Dashboards Reports Tableau Model or Custom SQL Tableau Data Extracts Tableau Data Extracts Tableau Data Extracts Workbooks Metadata conformance may be inconsistent Cognos DataModules Power BI Model or Custom SQL Shared DataSets Publish on Power BI Service Power BI Reports Centralized Data Governed Metadata Modeling
- 12. Why you shouldn’t (re)-create metadata 12
- 13. Cognos as a metadata source 13 Publish as Data Source Cognos DataModule Cognos FM Pkg Centralized Data Governed Metadata Cognos DataSet Cognos DataSet Data Sets for performance Dashboards Reports Workbooks Tableau Data Extracts Centralized Data Governed Metadata Data Sources Data Warehouse ODS ERP Use Cognos SQL 1 2 3
- 14. 14 CSV extract • Extract simple list reports to CSV format. • Download • Import into Tableau/Power BI.
- 15. 15 Leverage Cognos produced SQL • Use an existing Cognos List Report that is sourced from a database. • Copy/edit the produced SQL. • Paste into Tableau/Power BI as a data source.
- 16. The Senturus Analytics Connector Visual analytics users can connect directly to the Cognos application layers, giving them instant access to high quality data. 16
- 17. 17 Wrap-Up • Those organizations with legacy Cognos implementations can still leverage existing Cognos metadata to quickly deploy Tableau and Power BI models. • The Senturus Analytics Connector can help speed up the deployment of these tools and still leverage governed metadata.
- 18. 18 Learn more about the Senturus Analytics Connector Read an overview View demo for Power BI View demo for Tableau 18
- 19. Like what you see? To view the video recording and download the slide deck go to https://senturus.com/resources/3-ways-to-use-cognos- with-power-bi-tableau/ Visit our website to access our library of free BI knowledge resources including events, blogs, demos, whitepapers, other on-demand webinars and our dashboard gallery https://senturus.com/senturus-resources/ 19
- 20. Additional resources 20 Insider viewpoints Technical tips Unbiased product reviews Product demos Upcoming events More on this subject
- 21. Upcoming events •Power BI Gateway: Understanding, Installing, Configuring • Thursday, Apr 28, 2022, 11am PT/2pm ET • https://senturus.com/events/power-bi-gateway-understanding-installing-configuring/ •Cognos Analytics Performance Tuning • Thursday, May 12, 2022, 11am PT/2pm ET • https://senturus.com/events/cognos-analytics-performance-tuning/ 21
- 22. Decisions and actions Business needs Modern BI: accelerated & accessible 22 Analysis-ready data
- 23. A long, strong history of success •21+ years •1350+ clients •3000+ projects 23
- 24. 24 Join the Senturus team We’re hiring talented and experienced professionals • Java Developer • Senior Azure Architect • Senior Cognos BI Architect/Project Manager • And more See job descriptions: https://Senturus.com/why-Senturus/careers/ Send your resume to: jobs@Senturus.com
- 25. © 2020 by Senturus, Inc. This presentation may not be reused or distributed without the written consent of Senturus, Inc. www.senturus.com 888-601-6010 info@senturus.com Thank You
Editor's Notes
- #3: The first question we usually get is “Can I get a copy of the presentation?” Absolutely! It’s available on Senturus.com. Select the Resources tab and then Resources Library. Or you can click the link that was just posted in the GoToWebinar Control panel. Be sure to bookmark the resource library. It has tons of valuable content addressing a wide variety of business analytics topics.
- #4: Joining us today is…Pedro Ining Pedro joined Senturus in 2010 and brings over 20 years of BI and data warehousing experience to his role. He has been instrumental in implementing data warehousing systems from scratch and has experienced the evolution of the BI industry through several iterations of BI products including Cognos, Power BI, Tableau and MicroStrategy.
- #7: Today’s Topics What is Bimodal Analytics? How do we leverage the Cognos Metadata? Methods to leverage Cognos to get data into new tools like Tableau & PowerBI
- #8: Linear approach basically meaning the traditional SDLC life cycle. Requirements for reports and data are developed, handed of to both the IT data side and IT BI side. Products are developed Customers wait Product is released Changes occur because analysis is old
- #10: Getting to Mode 2 it is important to think about consistent metadata
- #12: So for phase 1 we have already create a very rich Cognos Metadata. The current FM package models the entire Policy Holder Services subject area. The naming conventions of the fields and measures have been take from Allation. All this metadata just flows seamlessly into high-performing Cognos Data Sets and Modules for a seamless experience which results in consistent reports and dashboards.
- #13: Time Consuming 1000 s of tables to sift through Compromise Data Integrity Multiple metadata layers cause change mgmt. nightmare Performance Suffers as you add JOINS Lack of data quality Compromises Data Security
- #14: We have proofed this approach by using the same data sets in both Cognos and Tableau.
- #19: In our Knowledge center you will also find recorded webinars and case studies on our Analytics Connector.
- #21: In additional to the recorded webinar and blog that Todd referred to earlier, Senturus provides 100s of free resources on our website. We have been committed to sharing our BI expertise for over a decade. Go to Senturus.com/resources
- #22: Join us for our upcoming webinars.
- #23: A little background on Senturus. We concentrate on BI modernizations and migrations across the entire BI stack. We provide a full spectrum of BI services; training in Power BI, Cognos and Tableau; and proprietary software to accelerate bimodal BI and migrations We particularly shine in Hybrid BI environments.
- #24: We have been focused exclusively on Business Analytics for 20 years. Our team is large enough to meet all your business analytics needs yet small enough to provide personal attention.