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SAP Agile Data Preparation Overview Firstlogic Solutions is an SAP Gold Partner providing SAP software solutions and implementation services to data-driven companies. www.firstlogic.com/software/sap-software/ www.firstlogic.com/contact-us/ Phone: 678-256-2900 SAP Solution Brief SAP Solutions for Enterprise Information Management Objectives Solution Benefits Quick Facts SAP Agile Data Preparation Make Data Actionable and Available to Everyone © 2015 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. All rights company. affiliate SE or an SAP SAP © 2015 Objectives Solution Benefits Quick Facts Gain self-service access to high-value data Gain self-service access to Organizations need to make data-driven decisions, but how do they obtain high-value data sound data, scale, and operationalize those data-driven decisions? Self-service data preparation solutions from SAP can help. The SAP® Agile Data Preparation application provides self-service access to trusted data, offers in-memory performance, and is built for everyone – business, IT, and data stewards. As the world transitions to an information- well as concerns about information security based economy, we rely on accessing the and privacy – the challenges facing our right information to do our work. But finding organizations only get bigger. and accessing the needed data, validating its accuracy, and mashing it with other data is a With a comprehensive, self-service, data challenge. Analysts often spend more time preparation solution, business users can looking for and preparing information for instantly improve the value and usefulness of analysis than conducting the analysis itself. data, IT can optimize its ability to govern how And as we continue to be immersed in a Big business users are preparing data, and data Data world – one with growing data volumes, stewards can accelerate business efficiency internal and external information sources, as with trusted data. 2 / 8 © 2015 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. Objectives Solution Benefits Quick Facts Enable analytics, data migration, and master data management Enable analytics, data migration, and master Now you can drive more successful analytics, the software guide you through ways to data management data migration, and master data management cleanse, enrich, and combine your data initiatives with data preparation capabilities at • Quickly prepare data sets with a visual, Discover, prepare, and share data without the your fingertips. With SAP Agile Data Preparation, interactive interface that is designed for help of IT your company can: ease of use and suggests one-click fixes for • Empower business users to instantly inaccurate, incomplete, and duplicate data Monitor and operationalize data improve the value and usefulness of data by • Optimize IT’s ability to govern how business access and usage discovering, preparing, and sharing data – users prepare the data by monitoring and without help from IT operationalizing data access and usage Enable in-memory performance in the cloud and • Get fast insights by quickly importing • Accelerate business efficiency with trusted on premise multiple data sets from on-premise, cloud, data by defining, assessing, and improving or spreadsheet data sources and let data quality with proactive data stewardship Give business analysts self-service access to a variety of data sources for better visibility into critical information and fast, decisive action. 3 / 8 © 2015 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. Objectives Solution Benefits Quick Facts Discover, prepare, and share data without the help of IT Enable analytics, data migration, and master data As a business analyst, you must access and business intelligence (BI) application or data management combine data from multiple sources, which discovery tool. And because SAP Agile Data include internal, third-party, and cloud-based Preparation enables you to complete the full Discover, prepare, and share data without the data. Usually, you need to leverage more than range of data preparation tasks in a single help of IT one tool and rely on multiple people to get all drag-and-drop workflow and without any pro- the relevant data you need. You also need to gramming, you have more time for developing Monitor and operationalize data get the insight ready for and into the hands of value-added analysis. access and usage other business users and decision makers. Packaging and summarizing the insights can With SAP Agile Data Preparation, you can: Enable in-memory performance in the cloud and consume time and reduce the relevance of • Give business analysts fast access to a variety on premise the information. of data sources so they gain better visibility to critical information for immediate action Now, SAP Agile Data Preparation lets you • Deliver a common set of easy-to-use data discover, prepare, and share data how and integration and data quality tasks so you when you need it – without depending on IT can improve the value of data instantly for for help. The tool makes it easy for business analytics or operational programs users and analysts to quickly prepare data • Provide an interactive data preparation sets with a visual, interactive interface that workflow for sharing and collaborating so helps eliminate the inefficiencies of traditional you can drive real business impact across approaches. You can then share those insights the enterprise with trusted information by embedding the prepared data into any 4 / 8 © 2015 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. Objectives Solution Benefits Quick Facts Monitor and operationalize data access and usage Enable analytics, data migration, and master data As business users continue to demand faster privacy, and data security – which ultimately management access to decision-making data, IT must find a simplifies IT governance. way to deliver that data access in a secure and Discover, prepare, and share data without the timely manner. Although providing self-service The software lets you: help of IT data access to business users is part of the • Enable self-service data access and prepara- solution, IT still needs to maintain control, tion capabilities – so business users are data Monitor and operationalize data monitor, and operationalize data access driven rather than data dependent on IT access and usage and usage. • Monitor your organization’s data usage, so you maintain critical controls over data Enable in-memory performance in the cloud and With SAP Agile Data Preparation, your IT users standards, privacy, and security on premise and developers can enable self-service data • Proactively deliver frequently used data access to the business while maintaining sets to the business, so you can increase critical controls over data standards, data IT productivity and quickly prioritize infor- mation management initiatives Optimize IT’s ability to govern how business users are preparing data. 5 / 8 © 2015 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. Objectives Solution Benefits Quick Facts Enable in-memory performance in the cloud and on premise Enable analytics, data migration, and master data SAP Agile Data Preparation is powered by Cloud customers get the power of the robust management SAP HANA®. The SAP HANA platform is architecture of SAP HANA without additional designed to handle both high transaction cost or burden of maintenance. They simply Discover, prepare, and share data without the rates and complex query processing on the log on and start data preparation projects. help of IT same platform. The self-service data prepara- SAP HANA makes data available anytime, tion tool leverages fast processing speed, anywhere, whether for business analysis or Monitor and operationalize data scalability, and data virtualization, enabling operations. On-premise customers have the access and usage your business users to operate in real time ability to deploy the self-service data prepara- and truly revolutionize business. tion solution within the SAP HANA platform Enable in-memory performance in the cloud and use in-memory technology for innovation. and on premise SAP Agile Data Preparation is powered by SAP HANA, with in-memory innovation available in the cloud and on premise. 6 / 8 © 2015 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. Objectives Solution Benefits Quick Facts Realize the benefits Realize the benefits Armed with accurate insights about your • Every need – Self-service data preparation data, you can rely on data quality and use users gain a visual, interactive interface that data to take direct and immediate actions simplifies data preparation and can be used that improve the effectiveness of your analyti- in conjunction with any BI discovery tool, cal and operational initiatives. cloud users get the power of data without the additional burden of maintenance, and Key benefits are available for every type of in-memory performance lets you operate in user, for every need, and for every purpose: real time to truly revolutionize the business. • Every type of user – Business users im- • Every purpose – You can work across prove the value of data by quickly discov- information-intensive initiatives such as ering, prepping, and sharing data; IT can analytics, data migration, and master data better govern how business users prepare management; find and use data and base data by monitoring and operationalizing analytics on timely, trusted data; provi- data access and usage; and data stewards sion data and adhere to compliance needs define, assess,
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