What if the real complexity of BI migrations lies in the sources?
What if the real complexity of BI migrations lies in the sources? In any data visualization solution migration project, we tend to think that the main pitfall lies in the change of tool. Yes, but "not only" ! Moving from SAP Business Objects to Looker, for example, could be a matter of “translating” dashboards and the semantic layer. We know how to do it very well . R EX: SAP BO migration to GCP Looker But our experience shows that there is a structuring aspect that adds complexity to complexity in the context of a technical migration: the management of data sources in the target. When migrating from SAP BO to Looker, they are rarely fully migrated to GCP BigQuery. Sources may remain in Oracle, for example, rely partly on custom SQL (freehand SQL), or combine multiple databases. Complex cases are numerous. We have built a technical solution to effectively handle all of these scenarios. A new p...