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February 27th, 2021
Data Saturday #1
From Zero to Cube in forty minutes
(within a web browser)
Francesco Milano
Who am I
• BI & Big Data Practice Director @ Lucient
• Working with SQL Server since 2005 edition
• Email: fmilano@lucient.com
• Twitter: @_fmilano_
• LinkedIn: https://it.linkedin.com/in/fmilano
The friction
• Traditional DWHs are often preceived as black holes by first-time
customers
• They see them as humongous, hard-to-deliver projects
• Time-consuming analysis meeting
• Long time before seeing anything
• They’re afraid to even start the journey
The friction
• And what about Multidimensional/Tabular Cubes?
Even worse!
«I already have Excel!»
(random customer)
A different approach
• Can we help them to understand what’s all about?
• And how?
• We could get customers to know their data
• We should help customers to understand their data
• And we have to do it at early stages, before the project begins
A different approach
• A small Proof-of-Concept could be the way to go
• Organize a meeting
• Define a narrow scope, better to address a real business problem
• Collect and understand the data
• Mesh the data and make it browsable by the customer in the fastest way you
can
A different approach
• Some key points
• This is not about Data Quality
• well...do not ignore it completely, of course ☺
• This is about Data Discovery and Exploration
• Cloud Platforms could and will help
• Try to show to the customer the real value a full project would bring, and how
he’ll make use of it
References
• Data: Data on COVID-19 by Our World in Data
• Azure Synapse Analytics: https://aka.ms/synapse
• Demo files: https://github.com/francesco-milano/datasatpn0001
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From zero to cube in forty minutes (within a web browser)

  • 1. #datasatpn February 27th, 2021 Data Saturday #1 From Zero to Cube in forty minutes (within a web browser) Francesco Milano
  • 2. Who am I • BI & Big Data Practice Director @ Lucient • Working with SQL Server since 2005 edition • Email: fmilano@lucient.com • Twitter: @_fmilano_ • LinkedIn: https://it.linkedin.com/in/fmilano
  • 3. The friction • Traditional DWHs are often preceived as black holes by first-time customers • They see them as humongous, hard-to-deliver projects • Time-consuming analysis meeting • Long time before seeing anything • They’re afraid to even start the journey
  • 4. The friction • And what about Multidimensional/Tabular Cubes? Even worse! «I already have Excel!» (random customer)
  • 5. A different approach • Can we help them to understand what’s all about? • And how? • We could get customers to know their data • We should help customers to understand their data • And we have to do it at early stages, before the project begins
  • 6. A different approach • A small Proof-of-Concept could be the way to go • Organize a meeting • Define a narrow scope, better to address a real business problem • Collect and understand the data • Mesh the data and make it browsable by the customer in the fastest way you can
  • 7. A different approach • Some key points • This is not about Data Quality • well...do not ignore it completely, of course ☺ • This is about Data Discovery and Exploration • Cloud Platforms could and will help • Try to show to the customer the real value a full project would bring, and how he’ll make use of it
  • 8. References • Data: Data on COVID-19 by Our World in Data • Azure Synapse Analytics: https://aka.ms/synapse • Demo files: https://github.com/francesco-milano/datasatpn0001