The Challenge

The client needed a centralized business intelligence solution to streamline and analyze on-road and ex-showroom price details across multiple automobile brands and time periods. The goals included:

• Enabling comparisons of pricing trends across competitors and different months.
• Ensuring seamless integration of BusinessObjects (BO) with the existing platform.
• Implementing custom authentication and security controls to align with the company’s policies.
• Validating cube designs, hierarchies, and calculated measures to ensure reporting accuracy.
• Improving processing and query performance for end users.

Solution

The project involved a complete lifecycle implementation of BO integration with the client’s existing platform. Key activities included:

1. BO Integration & Authentication
   • Configured and integrated BusinessObjects with the existing platform.
   • Implemented custom authentication mechanisms on BO Server to align with enterprise security policies.
2. Data Security & Access Control
   • Designed and validated cube roles and user group matrices.
   • Ensured cube-level and report-level security to protect sensitive pricing data.
3. Cube Design Validation
   • Validated measures, dimensions, hierarchies, and calculated fields within the OLAP cubes.
   • Ensured accuracy of pricing and comparison analytics.
4. Performance Optimization
   • Tuned cube processing and query performance, reducing report response times.
5. Post-Implementation Support
   • Provided ongoing support for BO integration, troubleshooting, and enhancements.

Business Impact

• Business Impact Enhanced Pricing Transparency: Enabled management to compare on-road and ex-showroom prices across competitors and timeframes, leading to more informed pricing strategies.
• Stronger Data Security: Custom authentication and role-based security ensured sensitive pricing information was only accessible to authorized users.
• Improved Performance: Optimized cube and query processing reduced reporting time by over 45%, ensuring faster decision-making.
• Seamless Integration: Successful BO integration with the existing platform ensured smooth user adoption without disrupting business operations.
• Scalable Analytics Framework: The solution provided a foundation for expanding analytics into other business areas beyond pricing.

Technology Environment

• Business Intelligence Tools: BusinessObjects, Xcelsius 2008
• Integration: OLAP Analysis, Custom BO Server Authentication .