Post on 03-Apr-2018
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Surf safely with Isabel anddiscover her data warehouse
Jean-Paul Evens - SAS Project ManagerPascal Kieboom - Isabel Project Manager
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Who is Isabel ?
! Interbanking Standard Association Belgium! Founded by the 5 largest banks of Belgium! Business : e-banking and e-commerce! Business strength : Network Security through
“Strong Identification” (Smart Card)! Currently more then 60.000 users
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Money makes the world goaround !
40.000.000.000 BEF a day!$ 890.000.000 a day!€ 992.000.000 a day!
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Why the need for adata warehouse?
! The operational databases are very complex! Reporting was on an operational database
and no historical data was available! A tool was needed to better analyse our
customers and market! Create a central point to keep and distribute
metadata
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Our partner: S
! The DWH was designed and developedtogether with SAS! Experience! Partnership! End-to-end solution! Quality
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How did we do it?
! Selection of first business unit! Analyse the requirements! Create Star-Schema’s! Implemented through SAS/Warehouse
Administrator! Reporting through AppDev Studio! Due to positive results the other business
units followed
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Problem of data-distribution
! Datawarehouse was accessible only tointernal personnel" Reporting" Analyses" Statistics
Problem: Distribution to shareholders
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From “office” to “public”
Alpha 4000 - Digital Unix
Data and ApplicationServer
Oracle
External systems
Operational systems
Flat files : network use
Rdb mail statistics
Oracle billing system
Oracle Isabel Admin
Excel sheets installations
Oracle Call Center DB
Secure e-mail
SSL
Secure e-mail
SSL
Web Browser
IsaNet(electr. Sign.)
Internet(SSL)DWH
ExploitationLAN(password)
Fat client
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How SAS is used
Management
Derived andconsolidated
data
OrganisationExploitation
Call CenterDB
......
Mail statistics
Networklogging
IsaRep
Isabel ADMIN
Extract
Manage
SAS/IntrNet
AppDevStudio
EntrepriseMiner
SAS/EIS
Transform
Load
Schedule
MetadataWarehouse Administration
Warehouse Administration
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Security Problems
! Security concerning website! Identification of the user! Protection of our production system! Confidentiality! Firewall pass-through! Communication between webserver and
datawarehouse
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Partnership Solution!
! Combining SAS technology with Isabelsecurity" SAS technology
# Warehouse Administrator# AppDev# SAS/Secure
" Isabel Security# Smart card system
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Conclusion
! The DWH permits# to meet the management reporting needs# to build up customer knowledge
! The SAS solution# delivers a true end-to-end solution# permits rapid development