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iKnow Data Integration Process Visibility

Overview

The iKnow application offers functionality for operating IBM’s

InfoSphere DataStage ETL platform. Tightly integrated with

DataStage, iKnow Server provides process automation,

monitoring and analysis features. iKnow’s modules address

different aspects of data integration process automation and

work together to enable trusted information in complex data

integration environments.

Process Visibility

The goal of iKnow’s analytics, monitoring and statistics

modules is to bring data integration processes closer to

operators and management by providing real-time visibility

and job performance metrics.

Analytics

iKnow offers powerful new tools for operators who wish to

understand and improve their DataStage environments. The Analytics module provides insight into how the system was

performing, across servers, when events of particular interest, such as errors or heavy server load, occurred.

With iKnow Analytics users can replay past events, such as last night’s batch process, and examine the interplay

between system resources and parallel processes executing on multiple servers.

Key benefits

Using iKnow Monitoring, operators have access to process and system performance metrics at a glance, increasing process

reliability

The Analytics and Statistics modules provide process meta data not available elsewhere, allowing for process performance tuning

Full integration with DataStage, graphical process design tools and multiple invocation modes enable iKnow users to reduce process

complexity

With iKnow, operator skills requirements are reduced

iKnow Monitoring enables managers to supervise process execution, providing

unmatched data integration process visibility

Picture 1 The Analytics module

Intelcom provides services and products within:

-Data Governance -Data Quality -Master Data Management -Business Intelligence

Intelcom Akersgata 49 NO-0180 Oslo Norway

Intelcom Solheimsgaten 11 NO-5058 Bergen Norway

Tel. +47 22 89 20 80 www.intelcom.no www.iknow.no VAT 984 983 832

iKnow Data Integration Process Visibility

Monitoring

In an operational environment with complex data integration processes up-to-date information on task progress and

system performance must be constantly available to operators. A customisable dashboard is the ideal format for

displaying lots of information in an easy-to-grasp view. The monitoring dashboard in iKnow collects information on

running processes and activities, DataStage errors and link data and server performance metrics.

All features in iKnow support multiple DataStage engines on multiple

servers. Supporting hardware, such as database servers, can also be

monitored.

Statistics

To be able to improve and optimise data integration processes over

time, operators need access to job performance statistics. Operational

metadata on process and activity duration and errors is automatically

collected by iKnow, and made available in the Statistics dashboard.

Picture 2 The Monitoring module

Picture 3 Error statistics