Analysis Process Design 

You use this variant to easily explore and identify hidden or complex relationships between data.

In BI, data is collected from the heterogeneous databases in the various systems that the enterprise is using and is consolidated, managed, and staged for evaluation purposes. There is often further, valuable potential in this data.

This is completely new information that is displayed in the form of meaningful correlations between data but that is too well hidden or complex to be discovered by simple observation or intuition.

The Analysis Process Designer (APD) allows you to find and identify these hidden or complex relationships between data in a simple way. Various data transformations are provided for this purpose, such as statistical and mathematical calculations, data cleansing and structuring processes.

The results of the analysis are saved in InfoProviders or in CRM systems. They are available for all decision and application processes and thus can be decisive (strategically, tactically, and operatively).

Examples of analysis processes include the calculation of ABC classes, determination of frequency distribution or of scoring information.

Scenario Variant Architecture

The following graphic provides an overview of the architecture:

IT Processes for the Scenario Variant

This scenario variant comprises the following IT processes:

Process	Description
Data Modeling	In this process you create highly flexible and differentiated data models. You use these data models to model different Enterprise Data Warehouse layers.
Analysis Process Design	In this process you create an analysis process which you use to gain new insights from your data. You select an InfoProvider as the data source, appropriate transformations, and a target for the data.
Data Mining Configuration	In this process you create a model for a data mining method so that you can apply the method according to your business requirements. You integrate this model into the analysis process.
Query Design	In this process you generate queries based on InfoProviders. You restrict the data to be evaluated in the InfoProvider through the selection and combination of InfoObjects (characteristics and key figures) in a query. Defining queries is one way in which you can evaluate the data in an InfoProvider quickly and specifically.
BI User Interaction	In this process users call queries and work with them. For example, they analyze BI data as a Web application in the portal and navigate within it; they export and print the Web application or distribute it to other recipients.