Exploiting Open Source BI and GIS for Spatial Analytics

Location Intelligence Webinar Series

Exploiting Open Source BI and Spatial
to Deliver Location Intelligence

Mr. James Conway
Actuate Corporation

Roderick Ross
Integeo Pty Ltd

Copyright 2006 © INTEGEO All Right Reserved

Agenda
• Trends in Open-Source BI
• BIRT Actuate – First Open-Source BI
– By James Conway (Actuate Corporation)

• Open-Source Spatial
• Delivering Location Intelligence with Open-
Source Actuate BI and Spatial Demo
– By Roderick Ross (Integeo Pty Ltd)

• Q&A

Copyright 2006 © INTEGEO All Right Reserved 2

Guest Speaker: Mr. James Conway
• James Conway joined Actuate in 2002 and has had
successful spells as both a UK Sales Manager and EMEA
Partner Manager wining business in countries such as
Indonesia, Singapore, Dubai and Abu Dhabi.
• Prior to Actuate James worked as a Sales Manager for
Performancesoft Inc, a Canadian based Software Company
which was eventually acquired by Actuate Corporation in
January 2006.
• James is now the APAC Sales Director based out of the
Singapore office. James grew up in South Africa and
retuned to the UK to earn a BA (Hons) Business degree at
Plymouth University


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OPEN-SOURCE BUSINESS
INTELLIGENCE AND
ACTUATE BIRT

Actuate: Introduction

HQ San Mateo, California
Offices Regional HQs: Fribourg, London,
Singapore, Tokyo, Toronto
R&D: San Mateo, Kansas City,
Shanghai, Toronto
Customers Over 4,400 with top-tier accounts
in banking, insurance, securities,
government, health care,
education, utilities and high tech
Services Design, consulting, development,
integration, training, support
Open
Source
Commitment

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Re Open-Source BI from 2 recent research studies

• Gartner
– Predicts that open-source BI will grow five-fold thru 2012
– Lower cost of ownership, application flexibility, innovation, extensibility /
embedability and scalability make open source applications a perfect alternative for
organizations looking for high performance and value.
– Not only are open-source BI solutions continuing to appeal to cash-strapped
companies, but they are improving functionality and starting to reach the
mainstream market
• Beyenetwork
– Of the respondents claim to have deployed open-source software for reporting,
data integration, or database analytics purposes, and more than a third say they
plan to evaluate open-source for analytics in the near term. Only 12 percent of
respondents say they have no plans to look into open-source BI.
– Open-source rose quickly in the information management market, from almost
nothing a few years ago to community- and commercially supported projects for
every possible use.
– Open source is primarily used by small companies is a myth. Data also shows that
medium and large organizations are doing more evaluations


Reasons for using open-source BI
Source: Beyenetwork, 2009


2004: Actuate Launches Eclipse BIRT
Project

Actuate proposed and started Actuate Joins
Eclipse Foundation
BIRT as Strategic Developer
Business Intelligence and Board Member
and Reporting Tools Project
Adds BI and Reporting
… a top-level Eclipse project as Open Source Project

Professional open source
Primary development resources
funded by Actuate

Contributions from many sources
IBM, Innovent Solutions and community


What is BIRT?
Bringing Rich Information to Web Apps

A New Generation of Data Visualization and Reporting Technology

• Modern, web-page design metaphor
• Component-based development
• Open and standards-based
• Flexible APIs and rich programmatic control

Simplicity Power
that makes BIRT to create
simple very complex
designs easy layouts


BIRT Advantages
Access and Integrate Enterprise Data

Integrate multiple data sources
in one BIRT Design
– SQL databases
– Web Services
– Flat files
– XML
– Scripted data sources
– Enterprise applications


BIRT Advantages
Create Simple to Complex Layouts

• Listings, crosstab, dashboard,
pixel-perfect pages, charts …
• Grouping, advanced
aggregations, subtotals,
calculations
• Multi-section and sub-reports
• Conditional report sections and
logic
• Full programmatic control and
scripting
• Embedded images


BIRT Advantages
Produce Output in the Form Users Want

Output to Multiple Formats
– HTML web pages
– PDF documents
– Excel spreadsheets
– Word documents
– PowerPoint files
– … and more


BIRT Advantages
Develop and Maintain Content Easily

Graphical, WYSIWYG Design
• Query and metadata editors
• Formatting builder
• Grouping builder
• Customizable cheat sheets and
templates

Developer Productivity and Reuse
• Library support for publishing and
sharing components
• Support for common standards
SQL, HTML, JavaScript, Java, XML
• Cascading Style Sheets
• Built-in debugger


Actuate Products Extend BIRT
Meet specialized requirements

Development Deployment
Tools Tools
Skill-specific tools Manage, schedule,
for developers secure, run and
and users distribute

User High-Scale
Interactivity Distribution
Eclipse BIRT Load-balanced,
Engage users
with rich, high availability
Meet core for 100,000s
interactive
requirements of users
content


Actuate Products Extend BIRT
Meet specialized requirements

Actuate BIRT Deployment
Designers Kits

iServer
BIRT Studio
Development Deployment Express
Tools Tools
Skill-specific tools Manage, schedule,
BIRT for developers secure, run and iServer
Interactive and users distribute Enterprise
Viewer
User High-Scale
Interactivity Distribution
Eclipse BIRT Load-balanced,
Engage
Actuate BIRT users high availability
Meet core for 100,000s
Viewer with rich,
requirements of users
interactive
content


BIRT Works for All Deployments
From Open Source and Embedded to the
Enterprise

BIRT + iServer Enterprise
Publish rich
BIRT + iServer Express + Views apps outside
the firewall
Implement
security & Secure and
BIRT + Flash Widgets support millions
management
of users
Engage users Publish rich
BIRT Open Source and let them Scorecards and Scale,
+ JavaScript drive rich apps Performance performance,
+ SQL Management apps security, reliability

Free Open Embedded Department Enterprise
Source Tools Applications Applications Applications

BIRT


OPEN-SOURCE SPATIAL
AND DELIVERING
LOCATION INTELLIGENCE

Integeo: Introduction

HQ Sydney, Australia
Offices Part of the Forge Group
Operating Branches in Integeo
SEA, Integeo China, Integeo
Iberia
International reseller channel
Customers Fortune 1000 enterprises, In
government, healthcare, financial,
emergency services, retail, legal,
transport, mining, technology
Partners Major BI and spatial players,
Google

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Why is location important in
performance management?
• Every dollar spent has a location
• Where are our service delivery points?
• Where are our client markets?
• Where do I recruit specialist skills?
• What areas aren’t we covering?
• How is our accessibility?
• Where will we site our new sites?
• How much assistance has been
offered in my electorate?
• The “where” can be just as important as the what


Location Intelligence (LI/GIS)

• Location Intelligence is a mature domain allowing
users perform spatial analysis.
• Create maps from spatial data
• Can highlight spatial patterns in data such as
geographic clusters of incidents
• Capable of advanced visualisations such as hot spot
or gas cloud analysis
• Not very good at analysing non spatial data or
representing data in a non spatial environment.


Location becoming pervasive

• Google Maps, Google Earth
• Satellite Navigation
• Personal GPS devices
• RFID tags
• Geocoded Address Reference files
• Expectation that Location will be available in main Business
Reporting context and tied to it
• Easy to do, not require GIS skills or programming
• How do we achieve this??


Important Considerations

• Open Standards – OGC

• Open Source Spatial based on OGC

• GIS/Spatial – Web Services OGC standards
based

• Publishing BI spatial analytics as OGC WMS


Open Geospatial Consortium

• Development of open
geospatial standards
• Certification of
compliant software
• Advocacy of
Interoperability


The Open Geospatial Consortium
• Formed from the Open Grass Foundation in 1994 as a
consortium of US Universities, Government
Departments and the US Army Corps of Engineers.
• Originally driven by the army to help procurement
process.
• Progressed to an aim of sharing geographic content
using open standards.
• Now has 344 companies as members from Computer,
Commercial, Government, Academic and Defence
backgrounds (amongst others).
• Has created standards for many Geo-related topics.
• Has a core set of spatial interoperability standards,
most prominent being the Web Map Service and Web
Feature Service.


OGC Standards

• Web Map Services (WMS)
• Web Feature Service (WFS)
• Web Map Context (WMC)
• Styled Layer Descriptor


ROI on Open Standards

• 26% overall saving.
– Lower costs for sharing data.
– Low Maintenance and Operation costs outweigh
higher implementation costs.
• Significantly reduce risk.
– Long term support for Standards
– Services Oriented Architecture allows
componentizing future enhancements.

Geospatial Interoperability Return on Investment Study,
NASA Geospatial Interoperability Office, April 2005

Geospatial Open Source

• Server environment
• Geoserver
• Robust
• Standards Compliant


OGC to link Business Intelligence and Spatial

• Use of OGC standards to provide a generic
connection framework between reporting
tools and geospatial systems.
• Types of data that are combined to support
better program management, gap analysis
and demographic analysis


Use of GIS web Services
• Google Maps
• Provides ready access to street and satellite
data worldwide
• Provides geocoding facility
• Scaleable and highly robust
• Most organisations can use at this level
• Large savings in infrastructure management
• Reducing spatial data overload
• Data maintained, styled and update
• Very cost-effective

Data Flow

Report
Output

Business Map
Intelligence Output
Platform

Report Spatial Integration KML
Platform
Queries Map Intelligence

OGC Map Layers
Requests Google

OGC Compliant
Business Reference GIS Server
Data Data
Base
Layers

Map Intelligence BI Map link

Map Intelligence
+
BIRT Connector

Map Server supplies data BI Report supplies data

Map enabled BI Reporting


Map Intelligence - Integration Platform
Business Data   GIS Base Maps
Reference Data   Reference Data

Open Geospatial Consortium
BIRT

Map Intelligence Server
OBIEE Business Intelligence

WMS, WFS, SLD, WMC, GML, OpenLS
Hyperion
Business OGC
Platforms

Objects Compliant
COGNOS
Server
and
Micro Google
Strategy Web Services
Excel
Microsoft
Reporting
Services


Map Intelligence – Spatial Hub
• Provides a platform to drive spatial analysis
from Business Reporting platforms
• Links common business reporting
repositories and tools to spatial analysis
without the need for a spatial datawarehouse
• Utilises commonly available skills in the
market leveraging and extending these to
include spatial presentation and analysis
• Links from BIRT and Microsoft Excel to GIS in
a no code environment
• Direct output of spatial analytics as KML to
facilitate viewing in Google Earth


Map Intelligence – Spatial Hub Benefits

• The map is integrated and driven from the
Business Reporting world
• Can be considered just another Chart Type
• No specialist GIS skills required for
development or deployment
• Updates and reflects the current state of the
Business report
• One centrally maintained GIS infrastructure
utilised by all users
• Client Integration Kit for linking other BI
sources or applications

Map Intelligence WMS export
• Many Different GIS servers
• Do they support WMS import
• Map Intelligence supports export of BI spatial
layers as interactive WMS
• Allows opportunity to link BI with other GIS
servers
• Example – DEEWR using specific BI tool and
specific GIS platform
• Integrate BI into an existing GIS interface


Insert WMS layer from Map Intelligence

Enable data from DEEWR’s
BI Tools (MS Reporting
Services, Excel and
Hyperion) through
MapIntelligence to display
as a layer over SOLAR


Mapserver fills in the theme


Examples of Location Intelligence with
BIRT and Geoserver

• Irish Society for Quality in Health Care
• Using BIRT for report generation/presentation
• Map Intelligence for integration of spatial
layers
• Geoserver as spatial server
• Open street maps for spatial layers


ISQSH – Main Indicators page


ISQSH – Competencies page filtered


ISQSH – Base map with hospitals


ISQSH – Filtered one hospital, filtered
to certain parameters


ISQSH – Zoomed to hospital – Open
Street Layers used


Examples of Location Intelligence with
BIRT and Geoserver

• Australian Business Atlas
• Using BIRT for report generation
• Map Intelligence for integration of spatial
layers
• Google for background street data and
geocoding


Demonstration

BIRT and Integeo


Questions?
Roderick Ross Carolyn Ho Wendy Victorino
rodr@integeo.com Carolyn.Ho@actuate.com wendyv@integeo-sea.com

Contact us for evaluation copy

Completed Integeo SE Asia Webinar Series:
•Exploiting Open-Source BI (with Actuate) and Spatial
•Leveraging Google Maps to Add the Spatial Dimension in your BI
•Using OGC Standards to Link BI
•Spatial BI with Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services
•Profit from Location: Location Intelligence Primers by Industry
Recordings at http://www.integeo-sea.com/vknowledgecenter.php?id=2


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