As distributors move to Cloudsuite Distribution they continue to encounter significant challenges in data access and management, integrating reporting and analytics tools, and delivering accurate, timely reports, dashboards, and scorecards. This network meeting will delve into the challenges companies are experiencing, examine available solutions, and provide valuable insights through group discussions. Join us to explore best practices and receive guidance and information to enhance your reporting and analytics capabilities.
AGENDA:Introductions, Group Goals, and Agenda Overview General Group Discussion
Care and Feeding of Data Lake and Birst - (Demonstration)
- Replication to the Data Lake, Purge / Reload the Data Lake
- Sending Data from a Newly Activated Table to the Data Fabric
- JDBC Driver Download with Infor OS
- Create a Custom Schema (Table) in the Data Lake
- Using SAABE Data Extraction for Data
- Add a Birst Report as a Widget to Workspaces
- Edit Widget Layout in any Cloudsuite Application
Victoria Christiansen, Agile Dragon
Brian Nigri, Infor
Birst RoadmapOverview and Updates, Future Enhancements and Strategy, ERS, Q&A
Tiffany Canada, Infor
Break - 10 minutes
Mark Johnson, Professor of Practice at Texas A&M UniversityDiscussions around predictive (What is likely to happen/forecasting) and prescriptive (What should we do?) analytics and more.
Customer Overview and Demo (Birst)
Jodie Jones, Business Analyst - MTI Distributing
Though long-time users of Distribution Analytics, MTI had operational reporting needs that it wanted to resolve without incurring the cost of Birst Enterprise, an external third-party platform, while leveraging standard IOS integration and security. To achieve the visibility necessary to manage its business better operationally, MTI opted to extend its use of the Birst platform. This presentation is a quick overview of that solution.
1. MTI Solution Technical Overview
2. Demo Current Production Application
CSD Analytics Overview Kevin Dean, Praestro Consulting
Vendor Intro and Product HighlightsVarious Vendors
Wrap Up, Next Steps, + Q&A