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    Integrating AX 2012 analytic components with external data sources As discussed in previous sections, the AX 2012 B! solution is an extensible option for providing insights ‘10 users, One of the most common reasons for extending the solution is to bring in external data so ‘that a user can derive insights not only from AX 2012 data but also from other data sources within the ‘organization, This scenario is called external date integration. Until recently, data warehouses and data marts were the only reasonable solution for providing insights to users across multiple data sources. However, as applications become more easily interoper- able and as technologies such as in-memory databases and visualizations become more cost-effective and simpler to use, Building a data warehouse isjust one ofthe options. Table 10-2 presents several architecture options for integrating external data with the AX 2012 8 solution. The columns represent architecture options, whereas the rows represent the benefits and cost implications of each option. ‘TABLE 10.2 Options for external data integr ‘Seifservice and | AX2012-based | SSAS-based ETL based data datamashups | integration integration warehouse Scenario vice or depart: | Most ofthe datais | Few systems, simple | Many systems, large mental needs aleady in A imegoton seeds. | datavchensn coer but consolidated 61 plex integration needs inneede. Aechitecture AK 2012 becomes Sringerpemet dete | \soorete eternal Extract, transfor Asourceofdataro | imoAK20I2 wes | dataimto cvdes by | toad TL AK Power Blauthoring | by using services or | using capabilities in| and other data into a and collaboration | master data manage- | SSAS. Sata warehouse Tools Repartscan— | ment tools be attached to Role Centers or forms. Key benefit Business user isthe | Usefulfer organiza- | Uiescapabiltes | Offers complex inte ‘author. 17's feciita- | tions that have mostly | within $5AS toincor- | gration capabilites, tor and governor. 2012 development | porate extemal data _| Patterns and pro- i Into prebuit cubes. | cesses are widely Understoos Complenity Low to medium. Use | Medium Useof | Medium tocalaed | High of Excel for authoring | AX 2012 tools modificabons to pre- snd viualzations built cubes ost tow Moderate Moderate Nish Timeto implement | Low Medium High vey high Level of expert | Low Moderate Moderate High ‘The self-service and data mash-up option is best suited to an environment where capable users author and publish analyses for others. Power BI, an add-in to Microsoft Office 365, provides a set of Fich authoring and collaboration capabilities that can use AX 2012 data securely. For more informa- tion, see “Power BI for Office 365,” later in this chapter. ‘When most data is in AX 2012 (assuming that AX 2012 ‘organization), you have two options the predominant source of data in your You can bring external data into AX 2012 either through services (data services consumed by ‘means of inbound ports) or as batch jobs that are executed periodically to import data into tables. With this approach, external data is represented as read-only data within AX 2012. The benefit to this approach is that external data appears as native data to AX 2012 tools. You can create analytics, reports, and inquiry forms that use the combined data. Amore complex approach involves integrating external data directly into the AX 2012 BI solution. With this option, a BI developer adds another data source to the prebuilt 8! solution by using SSDT. Additional data tables are brought into the DSV by using the new data connection. Its possible to

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