Job Scheduling for BI/ETL

More than ever, companies count on business intelligence (BI) solutions to gain insight into operations, customers, and financial results. Business Intelligence plays a critical role in shaping a company’s strategy and tactics – but what if the data these applications use is inaccurate? Tidal’s enterprise scheduling can improve the quality of the data Business Intelligence software, and their users, rely on.

ETL: Process improvement required

The data warehouses that business intelligence software mine are almost universally created using conventional extract transform, load (ETL) processes. When Business Intelligence served smaller corporate or departmental purposes, populating data warehouses was straightforward. With a handful of data sources, it was easy to assemble and manually monitor the ETL process. But today’s expanded role for Business Intelligence often demands data from hundreds, if not thousands, of sources. Expanded Business Intelligence requires complex scheduling and processing for data to be accessed in the proper order, and processing to be completed within the operating window.

Tidal solutions enhance ETL

Tidal Enterprise Scheduler can dramatically simplify the entire ETL operation. It goes beyond managing ETL complexity to providing integration, recovery, and auditability – far more than is available with basic tools or scripting solutions. To further streamline the ETL process, Tidal helps ensure that other operational applications aren’t degraded, and that the ETL process completes on schedule.

Tidal delivers proven results with improved Business Intelligence

As companies invest in BI for its strategic value, incremental investments in Tidal enterprise scheduling and application performance management solutions are proving to boost the success of Business Intelligence initiatives. Datacenters at Genzyme, Sikorsky Aircraft, JD Powers & Associates among others have invested in Tidal specifically to improve Business Intelligence results. Using Tidal solutions reduces datacenter load and increases corporate confidence in the Business Intelligence solution and the quality of its results – a significant return on investment according to any calculation.

Tidal offers enterprise adapters for off--the--shelf integration with SAP BW, SAP Business Objects, Cognos, Informatica, Microsoft® SQL Server® Reporting Services, SAS, IBM Websphere Datastage, and custom integrations are available for other applications.

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