Data Quality Tool- BackOffice

Contents

Overview on BackOffice

Components of Back Office

CranPort

Data StagingWarehouse

DataGarage

CranPort Packages To Import Flat Files

Creation of insert view for Insert Rule for Source Data

Registration and Execution of the Insert Rule in DSW

Refreshing of Cransoft tables in DataGarage

BackOffice Associates is the leading provider of ERP data migration, data governance and master datamanagement solutions for Oracle, PeopleSoft, JD Edwards, SAP and other leading ERP solutions. BackOfficeAssociates delivers the industry’s only “Boring Go Live” process for the uneventful implementation of ERP.For data governance solutions, BackOffice Associates is the choice of customers who require “Business-Ready Data Every Day”.

Converting data to a new ERP system requires more than mere extraction, transformation and loading. The legacy data is the heart of every business operations. So it need a repeatable process that focuses on analysis, construction, and consolidation. To support this process one need the right tools, a proven methodology, and expert consultants. BackOffice Associates has the tools, the methodology and the experts that deliver Business-Ready Data, resulting in time and cost savings for any company.

Toolset enforces methodology

Easy to implement and learn

Simplifies building and validating in Oracle, SAP or target system

Toolset is data driven and reporting is easy

Iterative, repeatable process (Load Early Load Often)

Web based toolset allows many people to develop either independently or collaboratively

Toolset allows you to convert data through automation to a known, successful outcome

Components of BackOffice Associates

CranPort is an import/export utility that allows you to create and execute packages that transfer data from an external source into a CranSoft database and vice versa. This tool is for moving data. CranPort packages can be created and executed on any version of Microsoft SQL Server. It supports the import and export of data to and from SQL Server, ODBC databases, fixed width and delimited text files, and Excel spreadsheets.

Features:Supports multiple types of sources and destinations

Supports ability to map columns to data types

Supports the import of multilingual text files

Supports Unicode

Benefits:

Works with all versions of Microsoft SQL Server

Built on the easy-to-use CranSoft® technology platform

BackOffice Data StagingWarehouse(DSW) is a unique, purpose-built tool providing measurable advantages in the “Data Preparation” phase of your ERP project. DSW is designed for data extraction, cleansing, data rules and targeting. The DSW is an important piece in the puzzle to guarantee a Boring Go Live data migration to an ERP system. With its centralized logic, the DSW functions as an ERP-focused transformation engine. It fills a significant gap in the implementation tools others may provide by allowing a holistic view of your data. This tool can operate in a three-tiered environment for any legacy data across all your ERP instances.

Features:

Eliminates the need for configuration freezes and the endless delays normally experienced with traditional methods of data preparation

Provides a proven methodology yielding business ready source data for loading into an ERP system

Fully automated conversion process – process becomes iterative and intuitive and requires no coding

Provides high visibility into the conversion process including metrics, error reporting, and remediation

Fully automated and produces business ready and ERP ready data

Processes data conversion in an extremely repeatable and accurate manner

Breaks down complex conversions into a series of simple sequential tasks

Generates its own documentation, reconciliation reports and audit trails

DataGarage is a purpose-built tool used for maintaining a unified collection of data from multiple, disparate systems, and is part of the Data Migration Toolset and the Collaborative Applications Toolset .DataGarage can connect to a variety of different data sources to extract and collect the data into a single, unifying database. It provides access to data that resides in multiple systems without the user having to connect to the actual systems. DataGarage can be configured to extract the data at scheduled intervals, and at an individual table level. In this way, the data can be kept in sync based on the processing schedule of each data source.

Features:

Provides for a logical grouping of tables with security by user ID to verify only approved users have access

Supports connection to Oracle, SQL Server, DB2 and ODBC data sources

Configurable scheduling of data refreshes to ensure coordination with existing system activities

Supports Multilingual translation and mapping of language-specific ERP descriptions where appropriate

Supports Unicode

Benefits:

Provides a unified copy of the data from multiple, disparate systems

Provides individuals with web-based access to data without connecting to the underlying systems

CranPort Packages To Import Flat Files

To create a CranPort package:

Click Packages on the Switchboard.

Click Add button on the Toolbar.

Click Save.

Click the Source button.

Enter C:\DSW\Source\MMXX\ttLFA1\ORACLE_VENDOR.xls in Source File Path field.

Click Target button.

Enter stLFA1_Oracle in Target Table field as the new DSW Source table name. This is the destination of the data.

Click Mappings button to view the created mappings.

Click Run button to execute the package

Click Refresh button on the Toolbar to display Count results.

Creation of insert view for Insert Rule for Source Data

Open Management Studio.

Login using SQL Server Authentication.

Locate dswotmproduction database.

Right-click Views.

Select New View.

Locate stLFA1_BPCS table.

Click Add button.

Click Close button

Select only those fields required from the mapping table

Enter ‘BPCS’ in Column

Enter zSource in Alias

Save the view as srLFA1_BPCSInsSel.

Registration and Execution of the Insert Rule in DSW

To register the insert rule to the BPCS source:

Click Teams on Switchboard.

Locate Team.

Click Targets button for the Team.

Locate Target ttLFA1.

Click Sources button.

Locate Source stLFA1_BPCS.

Click Rules

Select srLFA1_BPCSInsSel from Source Rule View list box.

Refreshing of Cransoft tables in DataGarage

Click on the Sources Button and give Oracle table Database details

Click Tables Button and add Table details.

Click Refresh Button for table refresh.