Big Data
More business using more data
Big Data is not only a matter of volume. It implies the capability of dealing with different data types and sources, combining structured enterprise data with external multi-structured ones.
Knowage BD gives the opportunity to work with big datasources and traditional ones, federating datasets to build different analysis such as: static reports, maps, network views, interactive cockpits and data/text mining models. Moreover, the user can freely explore his own data using a drag & drop query builder or having immediate insights thanks to advanced visualizations. Knowage BD is certified on Cloudera and MapR data platform. Thanks to its integration with Apache Spark, Knowage is also a Databricks Certified Application.
ADVANCED VISUALIZATION
Advanced visualization has to show general phenomenon producing insights, before going in depth. With big data, this approach becomes central, because the end user needs to be driven towards relevant facts without being swamped with details.
DATA FEDERATION
Data federation enables to work with different datasources at the same time, combining heterogeneous datasets in a common model. Here it is possible to declare the logical correspondences between data or ask Knowage to propose the auto detected ones. The so federated model can be used in every analytical document as any other dataset.
Functionalities and versions
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| Reporting |
Static, pixel-perfect reports |
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| Charts - standard capabilities |
Common charts (bar, line, pie, radar, etc.) based on free libraries |
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| Charts - advanced capabilities |
Interactive and zoomable charts based on advanced libraries with commercial licence |
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| Cockpits - standard capabilities |
Interactive cockpits with associative logic; multi sheet. Widgets for text, image, charts, table, cross table, external document (report, etc), maps and SVG designs |
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| Cockpits - advanced features |
Associations discovery |
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| Data/text mining - standard capabilities |
Analytical documents based on R/python scripts |
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| Free inquiry - standard capabilities |
Drag & drop query builder over metamodels and simple data sets; ad hoc reporting starting from data (*) |
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| Data federation - standard capabilities |
Combining different data sets in a single one with an associative logic; drag&drop query builder over federated data sets |
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| Data federation - advanced features |
Discovery associations between data sets (*) |
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| Maps - standard capabilities |
Map catalogue, GIS documents, WMS/WFS standard, SVG designs |
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| Network - advanced features |
Network analysis with measures to study distance, density, etc (*) |
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| Office |
Integration with office documents |
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| Collaboration |
Adding notes to document, sharing information and metadata |
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| Workspace - standard capabilities |
Private environment where user can access to analytical docs and data sets he can freely use. Ad-hoc reporting and self-service capabilities to upload personal data and create a cockpit |
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| Workspace - advanced features |
Create and organize folders in the private area |
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| Navigation - standard capabilties |
Cross navigation from/to different documents |
functionality in roadmap
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Enterprise Edition
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| Report designer |
Designer for static reports, with deploy over a Knowage server |
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| Web designers |
Designers for charts, cockpits and maps |
functionality in roadmap
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Enterprise Edition
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| Metamodel - standard capabilities |
Metamodel for rdbms and jdbc sources; metamodel life cycle |
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| Traditional data source |
Standard sources such as rdbms, file, REST services, script, java class |
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| Big Data source |
Big data sources (Hadoop ecosystem and NoSql databases); CKAN repository; writing on HDFS |
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| Catalogues |
Business models, OLAP catalogue, map catalogue |
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| User & role |
Users & roles management, profile attributes management |
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| Profiling |
Behavioural model |
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| Pubblication environment |
Setting of profiled end-user menus, themes |
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| Process management |
ETL with Talend; common processes |
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| Cache manager |
Cache manager |
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| Metadata - standard capabilities |
Basic technical metadata and business metadata with manual input |
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| Scheduler - standard capabilities |
Scheduling for analytical documents; distributed output |
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| Server manager |
Import/export for documents, and resources with filters. Cleaning functions |
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| Audit & monitoring |
Audit & monitoring model |
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| Installer - standard capabilities |
Installer on tomcat/mysql with demo application |
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| Installer - advanced features |
Multienviroment installer |
functionality in roadmap