Know your Application

Data Mining Tool - DMT

Objective

• Rapid drill down capability to financial element / payment

category level in both USD and local currency.
• Provide the look and feel, and deliver performance of the
existing prototype solution.
• Should mirror the FVA database, where possible, to ensure a
straight forward and efficient fold-back from the interim tool
to the FVA data marts.
Why Data Mining Tool?
TODAY PILOT STUDY

Perceived BO End State

Limitations Considerations
• Performance Issues – Investigate BO
Speed & flexibility of Capability during the
data refresh. Pilot.
• Difficult to offer This will support
dynamic Drill Down and correct decision Excel / XML Output
BO Users today Visual reports in current making about
report from FVA version. Scalable solution at
data marts vi BO • Difficult to offer the end of Pilot before EDB
Deski or Webi Snapshot functionality. implementing Webserver
interface using • Difficult to respond to Enterprise Class
either canned changing requirements solution
reports or they quickly & SQL
have the ability responsively for Server
to run limited ad Proof of concept Pilot
hoc reports DB

FVA BO Universe

Launched
2008

FVA Terradata
Datamarts
3
Sample – Front end screens

• eDb Screens
Application Architecture
Size and Performance

• Data Scope – Incremental data starting from 2011.

Bi-Weekly Refresh.
• VIN data – 13 millions records/2 weeks
• FIN data – 230 Million records/2 weeks

Load job run

Process Records time Overall Process run time

Vin Data 13,857,252 27 mins 1 hr 52 mins

Fin Data 238,035,437 55 mins 1 hr 27 mins

Inside a DRS connector
Bulk Load option

Data Stage - SQL server configuration

ODBC Connector
Challenges Faced
• Initial Set up

• Filling Up SQL sever Log space

– Truncate access for Deletes.
– Effective Log space utilization through Schedule changes for
Inserts.

• Automation failover fall back.

- GSS address SQLMRR1131.ford.com

• Load Reconciliation Reports.

Future Scope

• Extending the life of Interim Data Mining Tool

• Currently DMT stores Europe and NA data. In future
other markets will also be added.
• More features as per customer needs.
 Questions?

Your valuable comments and suggestions are welcomed. Please contact

kmohan15@ford.com