Acceler8

Frequency Layer

Accelerator for Microsoft SSIS Batch Data Integration Development Batch Instance
Status

Environment

Area

Event Log

Area Type

Module

Module Instance

Event Type Module Instance Audit

Module Type

Module / Parameter

Parameter

Challenges
Organisations face common challenges managing and leveraging corporate data assets Lengthy time to deployment High data complexity Extensive data dependencies Inability to respond to changing business requirements or a changing environment due to inflexibility Lack of qualified development resources Poor maintainability

Acceler8 was developed to address these challenges!

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Typical Data Warehouse project

Analysis & design

Data Modelling

ETL Development

Testing

ETL Development takes 60 80 % of the time of a typical data warehouse project

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Acceler8 Move from bespoke, hand-coded ETL packages to model-driven ETL generation

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Some success metrics

- 12 new source tables from source to staging to integration layer in 2 hours - 160 source tables added from source to staging and integration layer in less than 3 days - New customer feed added to existing marketing analytics environment in 3 days - Reduced regression testing after change by 74%

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Acceler8 What is it and what does it do?

Acceler8 auto-generates SSIS packages, reducing development time and improving development consistency

Structured approach to data integration, consistently maintaining high quality standards

Documentation, templates, built-in error handling, auditability and process control

Designed to facilitate a more flexible and affordable ETL development cycle

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Acceler8 foundations
Reduce complexities
Decouple warehouse logic and business logic

Minimise dependencies between ETL modules

Re-run any module without compromising data quality Automate recovery from failure

Design for change

Streamlined addition of new data sources New data and reporting requirements met without having to go back to square one

Generate ETL processes Traceability and auditability Parallelise loading Top down, pattern-based Support Agile development
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Where we are today from an SSIS perspective?

Manual development

Manual development supported by a conceptual framework

ETL Generation based on conceptual framework

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Benefits
Development time for integration is greatly reduced Increased quality and consistency Reducted development errors Delivers a documented, sound foundation for the Data Warehouse Improved maintainability and support Increased Agility of ETL development

Reduction of cost and time-to-value

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Customers that have already benefited (SSIS)

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Out of the box No need to worry about

Indexes Keys and constraints Hierarchies Time variance Key distribution Caching Compression Initial Loads CDC Process control (Data) Recovery DDL/DML definitions and conventions Late arriving information
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File paths Package Configurations SCD1/2/3/6 implementation Fill Factors Maintenance Plans Data Type conversions Scripting Sort order Lookups Data Access modes Validation Compliance and Lineage Date calculations

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Structure
Outline Architecture Structure Design Patterns Technology independent; What do we need to do?

Implementation Patterns

Exception Handling

Operational Meta Data

Presentation Layer

Technology Specific; How do we implement a design pattern in SSIS?

ETL Generation

Integration Layer

Staging Layer

Documentation

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About us
Founded in 2002 in Australia Offices in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Chicago, Raleigh and Dallas 85+ Consultants Cross industry Technology agnostic, 100% services organisation Consulting, Training, Support, Software Procurement

Data and Analytics: Better understand your market, customers and business

Leverage your data to hit your targets

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What We Do
Strategic Services
Data & Analytics Strategy & Roadmaps DW, BI & ETL Architecture Data / Business Modeling Project Management & Governance Competency Centers DW, BI & ETL Assessments Tool / Vendor Selection & procurement assistance Data Warehouse and Data Integration

Implementation Services
Business Intelligence and Analytics

Training

Support / Help Desk

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