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How to Slash Data Analysis Project
Times in Half
Julie Hyman
Product Manager
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Agenda
• Introduce Toad BI Products
• Toad Data Point for Data Analysis Projects
• Top Time Savers
• Hidden Productivity Gems
• Helping you Get Organized
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Dell’s Agile Business Intelligence SolutionToad BI Suite
Direct Data AccessToad Intelligence CentralSelf-service data integration Data mash-ups across multiple sources Collaboration server
BI sourcesBO, OBIEE, MSAS
RDBMSOracle, SQL Server, DB2, Sybase, MySQL, ODBC
Big Data Hadoop, Cassandra, MongoDB, Dynamo DB, other NoSQL
Data warehousesDell QSDW, Teradata, Greenplum, Netezza, Redshift
DesktopExcel, Access, files
Cloud apps Salesforce.com
Data SourcesBI sourcesBusiness Objects, Oracle BI Enterprise, MS Analysis Services
Querying, Data Prep & AnalyticsData Discovery & Visualization D
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Toad Decision Point Toad Data Point
Analyst Tools
Querying, Data Prep & Analytics
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Toad Data Point
ProductivityAutomate workflows
Access
Data integrationQuery, join and transform data
ProvisioningProvision data, reports, visualization and export data
AccessibilityConnect to nearly any data source
Integrate
Provision
Toad Data Point is a cross-platform query and data
integration tool that simplifies data access,
analysis and provisioning for data management
professionals
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History of Toad Data Point
Today
Used by over 22K users in 3500 companies across 88
countries
September 2011
Version 3.0 Introduced Professional
Editions
August 2012
Version 3.2
Introduced BI Suite
November 2013
(to be released)
Version 3.4
Automation on the Server
August 2007
Version 1.0 Released
October 2010
Version 2.7 Increased Cross
Platform Functionality
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Resources
• Trial versions
• http://www.quest.com/toad-data-point/
• http://software.dell.com/products/toad-data-point/
• http://www.toadworld.com/products/toad-data-point/default.aspx
• Toad World Community
• http://www.toadworld.com/products/toad-data-point/default.aspx
• Tips and Tricks Guide
• Email [email protected]
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Top Time Savers
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Top Time Savers - Connectivity
Native RDBMS Connectivity:
Oracle
SQL Server
DB2 (LUW & z/OS)
Sybase (ASE, Anywhere & IQ)
Teradata
MySQL
Access
ODBC Connectivity:
Vertica
Greenplum
Netezza
DB2 iSeries*
Postgres*
Composite*
Informatica*
Informix*
Open Edge*
* Customer reported
Files Sources:
Excel
CSV
BI Sources:
SAP Business Objects
Oracle Business Intelligence
Microsoft Analysis Services
Cloud Sources:
Hive
Salesforce.com
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Top Time Savers – Visual Interface
• Visual Query Builder
• Database Diagram
“Toad Data Point has been a great help for our department. It has been useful in automating our weekly reporting. Toad also makes writing SQL very efficient with drag and drop from the object tree and auto look-up of objects. In addition, the data modeling tool helps new-hires understand our data very quickly reducing our on-boarding times. Day-to-day, Toad Data Point helps us get more done faster.”
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Top Time Savers – Cross Query
• Cross Query
“My organization has two distinct databases … The only common Key between the two databases is Social Security Number. Previously, I was required to extract the data from both individual databases and then merge the resulting data via STATA software using the Social Security numbers to analysis the various subsets of the data. Now with my current Toad Data Point 3.3 software, I can cross query the two individual databases joined via Social Security number without actually extracting the Social Security numbers [i.e., Personal Private Information (PPI)] from the individual databases to my computer in the process.”
“We use Toad Data Point in conjunction with Teradata as well as SQL Server and the speed is phenomenal through either, ODBC or otherwise. Toad Data Point simplifies processes that we use to develop queries, coding scripts, and reports.”
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Top Time Savers - Automation
• Automation
“Toad has quickly become our primary tool for interacting with our data warehouse environment. The most significant lift in our process has come from automating previously built reports. Using Toad’s powerful scripting tools we’ve been able to eliminate many manual steps in our daily report refresh process. Toad has given us more time to sleep in—literally. We used to have people coming in at 4:00 A.M. to refresh reports for our customers on the east coast, but now when we come in at 8:00 A.M. those reports have long since refreshed with no manual intervention.”
“I work in a Materials Analysis Lab for both physical and chemical failure analysis in the semiconductor industry. One of my tasks is to provide lots of statistics for, e.g. turn-around-times of requests, lab workload and efficiency, gather data from different sources like Oracle database and Excel spreadsheets. All in all, I estimate it to be appr. 80 graphs or so… Prior to using TDP I did everything in Excel by means of embedded database links, macros, and several batch jobs using various smaller tools and of course the windows scheduler… [now] I converted everything to TDP. The automation feature is my best friend.”
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Top Time Savers – Local Storage
• Local Storage & Local Storage Snapshots
“Local storage is my favorite feature in Data Point. It allows me to work on developing good SQL queries without having to continually query the my Oracle system. And the snapshot feature in allows me to refresh my whole data set in one click.”
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Top Time Savers – Import/Export
• Import and Export
“I am often handed files of data that our customers want to incorporate in their reports. Prior to having Toad Data Point, my only option was to import the data into Microsoft Access so that I could push the data to our Oracle database by ODBC. Thanks to Toad Data Point, I can use the import functionalities to get the files directly loaded into Oracle which is a huge timesaver for me!”
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Hidden Productivity Gems
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Hidden Gems
• Transformation & Cleanse
• Toad Views
• Code Snippets
• SQL Recall
• Auto Replace
• Data Compare & Result Set Compare
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Getting Organized
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Good Organizing
• Project Manager
• Color Coding
• Customizing your desktop
