Dashboard and reporting tools: Integration of BI tools in the geospatial domain

Dashboard and reporting
tools: Integration of BI tools
in the geospatial domain
Thierry Badard
Co-founder and CTO
Colloque AGMQ, Saint-Hyacinthe, October 19th
, 2010.

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en GeoBIOctober 19, 2010
About Spatialytics
1.Software editor in Geospatial BI (GeoBI)
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Supports and develops its own GeoBI open source projects
(http://www.spatialytics.ORG)
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Will propose a commercial edition (software and SaaS)
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Works with a network of integrators / resellers
2.Solutions integrator in Quebec province
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Consulting
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Reseller of the OpenGeo Suite – Enterprise Edition
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Professional services
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Training and support
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Developement and integration

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Business Intelligence (BI)
• Business Intelligence applications are usually used to
better understand historical, current and future
aspects of business operations in a company.
• The applications typically offer ways to mine
database- and spreadsheet-centric data, and
produce graphical, table-based and other types of
analytics regarding business operations.
• They support the decision process and allow to take
more informed decision!

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Rely on a sometimes complex architecture which
may include some robust components and
applications like:
– OLTP data sources (DBMS, files, sensors, ...)
– ETL tools
– Data warehousing (DW)
– On-line Analytical Processing (OLAP) servers and
clients
– Reporting tools
– dashboards
– Data mining

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Dashboards
• Is an executive information system user interface that (similar to an
automobile's dashboard) is designed to be easy to read
• Dedicated to track the flows inherent in the business processes that
they monitor
• Graphically, users may see the high-level processes and then drill
down into low level data (often unavailable to the senior executives)
• Provide decision makers with the input necessary to "drive" the
business
• Graphical user interface displays summaries (tables), graphics (e.g.
bar charts, pie charts, bullet graphs, "sparklines," etc.) and gauges
(with colors similar to traffic lights) in a portal-like framework to
highlight important information
• Dashboards are interactive and could be updated in (near) real time!

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Dashboards - benefits
• Visual presentation of performance measures
• Ability to identify and correct negative trends
• Measure efficiencies/inefficiencies
• Ability to generate detailed reports showing new trends
• Ability to make more informed decisions based on
collected business intelligence
• Align strategies and organizational goals
• Save time over running multiple reports
• Gain total visibility of all systems instantly

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Reporting tools
• Reports provide thus some static snapshots in time of the
performance/status of the entity you are examining
• Reporting tools automate the production of unified reports
which join different views of the enterprise in one place
• They enable the querying of data sources (OLAP data
cubes, Excel files, DBMS) with different logical models to
produce a human readable report in different formats
(pdf, word, openoffice, Excel, html, …)
• While reports can be distributed in print form or via
email, they are typically accessed via a corporate intranet

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Dashboard and reporting tools
• A lot of tools exist!
• Proprietary vs. open source
• E.g. Cristal reports, MicroStrategy, SAP, ...
• I will introduce the major open source tools :
– JasperServer, JasperReport, iReport
– BIRT
– Pentaho Reporting, Dashboards and CDF

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Jaspersoft
• http://www.jaspersoft.com
• Complete BI suite (ETL, OLAP server, ...)
• Open source edition includes 3 tools for reporting:
– iReport : report designer
– JasperReport : report engine
– JasperServer : report portal
• Commercial edition adds:
– a drag-and-drop dashboard designing tool
– Some flash based animated components
• 3D animated and advanced charts
• Basic flash maps with very few interactions (hyperlinks)
– Google maps API integration: just markers on the map!

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Jaspersoft

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Jaspersoft
- Demo -

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Actuate
• http://www.actuate.com/
• http://www.eclipse.org/birt
• BIRT (Business Intelligence and Reporting Tools) is an open source Eclipse-
based reporting system which can be integrated with Java/J2EE applications
• Report editor is based on/integrated in the well-known Eclipse IDE
• Like JasperServer/Report, it enables the production of reports with minimal
interaction capabilities
– Input parameters
– Static links
• What about maps support?
– It offers just a basic integration of some flash maps (as Jasper, based on
FusionMaps) and of the Google Maps API
– As Jasper, just markers or clickable predefined areas
– No-drill down or roll-up, very limited thematic mapping capabilities, ...

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Actuate

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Pentaho
• http://www.pentaho.com
• As Jasper, Pentaho provides a complete BI suite
• Note : Jasper Analysis (OLAP Server) is Mondrian! ;-)
• As Jasper, dashboards are an exclusive feature of the commercial edition!
• Open source edition provides:
– Pentaho Reporting
• Comes with a report designer
• Reports are hosted in a portal with authentication
– Community dashboard framework (CDF)
• Design of dashboard is performed mainly programmatically
• Could be hosted in the same portal as reports and comm. dashboards
• As BIRT and Jasper, maps support is very limited!
– Basic integration of the Google Maps API with just markers

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Pentaho

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Interested in tools comparison?
• Some very interesting links:
– Open Source Reporting Comparison - BIRT, Jasper,
Pentaho
http://www.innoventsolutions.com/open-source-reporting-comparison.html
– BIRT, Jasper, Pentaho - Comparison Matrix
http://www.innoventsolutions.com/birt-jasper-pentaho-comparison-matrix.html

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Why do we need geo-analytical
dashboard and reports?
• “About eighty percent of all data stored in corporate databases has a spatial
component” [Franklin 1992]
• Enable the exploration of spatial relations between data
– To take into account all aspects of data
– And then take informed decisions
• Some phenomena can only be observed and interpreted by representing
them on a map!
– Spatial distribution,
– Spatiotemporal evolution, etc.
• OK … but we do not just need some markers on a map. We need to have:
– Rich, complex and customizable thematic mapping functionalities
– Drill-down and roll-up capabilities to navigate into the data and
correlate/analyze them at different levels of detail
– Synchronisation (or not) between tabs, diagrams and maps
– A rich and lightweight toolbox to make the existing tools geo-capable or
to easily create by its own some geo-analytical dashboards and reports ...

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SOLAPLayers
• SOLAPLayers is a lightweight cartographic component (framework)
which enables navigation in geospatial (Spatial OLAP or SOLAP) data
cubes, such as those handled by GeoMondrian.
• It aims to be integrated into existing dashboard frameworks in order
to produce interactive geo-analytical dashboards.
• Such dashboards help in supporting the decision making process by
including the geospatial dimension in the analysis of enterprise
data.
• First version stems from a GSoC 2008 project performed under the
umbrella of OSGeo.
• Licensed under BSD (client part) and EPL (server part).
• http://www.solaplayers.org

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SOLAPLayers v1
• Version 1 was based on OpenLayers and Dojo
• It allows:
− the connection with a Spatial OLAP server such as
GeoMondrian,
− some basic navigation capabilities in the geospatial
data cubes,
− and the cartographic representation of some measures
as static or dynamic choropleth maps, maps with
proportional symbols.

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SOLAPLayers v1

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SOLAPLayers v1
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SOLAPLayers v1
• Version 1 was a mostly proof of concept!
• It presents important limitations:
− Allows only the cartographic representation (no crosstabs or charts)
− Works only for one measure and the spatial dimension !
− Offers limited navigation capabilities in the geospatial
data cubes
− Is able to connect to GeoMondrian only
− Extending the framework is difficult due to the
lack of flexibility and the poor documentation of Dojo,
− Integration with other currently used geo-web and dashboard
frameworks was difficult
− ...

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SOLAPLayers 2.0
• So, SOLAPLayers has undergone (and is still undergoing ;-) ) a
deep re-engineering!
• Version 2 is fully based on ExtJS/GeoExt (and hence OpenLayers)
− It will make its integration with other geo/web and
BI/dashboard frameworks easier
− It provides some new ExtJS components dedicated to GeoBI!
− Based on the philosophy for the development of applications
adopted by these geo-web frameworks, it allows an easier
creation/maintenance of the produced geo-analytical
dashboards!
− Like ExtJS, it supports internationalization!

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SOLAPLayers 2.0 - Architecture
MDX
OLAP4J
SOLAPJSON
Client
Authentication
Built-in or LDAP
Server
Server
Native or XML/A
SOLAP Server
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MDX
OLAP4J
SOLAPJSON
Client
Authentication
Built-in or LDAP
Server
Server
Native or XML/A
SOLAP Server
Native or XML/A
Geospatial data source
(WFS, DBMS, ...)
OLAP Server
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2

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MDX
OLAP4J
SOLAPJSON
Client
Authentication
Built-in or LDAP
Server
Server
Native or XML/A
SOLAP Server
Native or XML/A
(WFS, DBMS, ...)
OLAP Server
Bridge architecture
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Maximize what is in place in organisations
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But, no Geo-MDX capabilities available!
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MDX
OLAP4J
SOLAPJSON
Client
Authentication
Built-in or LDAP
Server
Server
Native or XML/A
SOLAP Server
Native or XML/A
(WFS, DBMS, ...)
OLAP Server
(WFS, DBMS, ...)
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2
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MDX
OLAP4J
SOLAPJSON
Client
Authentication
Built-in or LDAP
Server
Server
Native or XML/A
SOLAP Server
Native or XML/A
(WFS, DBMS, ...)
OLAP Server
(WFS, DBMS, ...)
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For simple geo-dashboards
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Based on transactional data
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Thematic mapping
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No Geo-MDX and drill-down
or roll-up capabilities!
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SOLAPLayers 2.0 - Geo-dashboard made easy!
Define the template of the dashboard in a HTML file1

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Define the template of the dashboard in a HTML file1
Define your dashboard components in a JS
file and map it to the div in the HTML file2

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Enjoy! ;-)
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SOLAPLayers 2.0
- Demo -

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SOLAPLayers 2.0 – Sum-up & roadmap
• As GeoExt which provides Geospatial extensions to ExtJS,
SOLAPLayers provides GeoBI extensions to ExtJS
• So, to make it simple: SOLAPLayers = GeoBIExt!
• At present, it provides the main components for creating
geo-analytical dashboards
– Map, crosstab, column chart, line chart, ...
– But, many more to come and to develop!
● Cube explorer, query builder, time slider/navigator, gauges, score cards, social graphs, ...
– Advanced interaction capabilities and settings will be added to each components!
– Additional thematic mapping capabilities are also required: multi-maps, ...
• We anticipate to have a first full and stable version in
January 2011
• Integration with some reporting and dashboard tools presented here
are in progress ... Stay tuned!

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Questions?
Dr. Thierry Badard
Co-founder and CTO
tbadard@spatialytics.com
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