Use Self-service Analytics to Build Strong Data Teams On the other hand, the right tools — ideally a self-service data prep suite that doesn’t require any development or DBA expertise — can help your business reap the many benefits of a self-service analytics model: • More rapid access to company data and business intelligence — which means no more waiting in the IT fullservice line and greater ability to act more quickly on data-driven insights • Greater knowledge-sharing across the organization — which can lead to otherwise hidden business insights • Standardized approaches to data prep — meaning business teams can more easily pull new data from anywhere in the company into their own data sets and start getting value from that data TOAD® DATA POINT AND TOAD INTELLIGENCE CENTRAL Now that you’re convinced of the tremendous business advantages to deploying a self-service model for data analytics and business intelligence, let’s look at the right tools to make it work at your company. Within the Toad® portfolio of products offered by Quest, Toad Data Point is built specifically for business users and analysts. This analyst query and reporting software allows analysts, regardless of their proficiency with SQL, to easily build queries, profile and prep data results, design reporting workflows, and share data with data consumers — all from a single application. With Toad Data Point, business users can connect to nearly any data source (both on premises and in the cloud) to query and prepare data for faster business insights in any database environment. 3 And when you add Toad Intelligence Central to Toad Data Point, you turn a powerful data prep tool into a full Toad-fueled collaborative platform that allows your team to share and standardize their practices, publish their production workflows and present fully prepped data to the rest of the business. Together Toad Data Point and Toad Intelligence Central empower your users to come together as a team: • Share high-level environment information about which back-end systems contain which official data elements and how to connect to them. • Document back-end data relationships, including how to relate data spread over different back-end systems. • Develop and share standard up-to-date query templates. • Create a common library of data transformation routines that prep the data for analysis, such as creating calculated fields, creating groupings and roll-ups, removing duplicates, and standardizing formats. • Grow a repository of self-updating, already-prepped, curated datasets that all users can query from with any visualization or analytics tool. • Publish automated and selfservice workflows into a centrally managed environment that the entire business can access. If you are looking for a proven, affordable way to achieve your data-driven business goals, Toad Data Point with Toad Intelligence Central can turn your analytic silos and data bottlenecks into synchronized data teams. With the full-service analytics model, fewer people across the organization understand how to extract businessintelligence value from the company’s raw data. ABOUT QUEST At Quest, our purpose is to solve complex problems with simple solutions. We accomplish this with a philosophy focused on great products, great service and an overall goal of being simple to do business with. Our vision is to deliver technology that eliminates the need to choose between efficiency and effectiveness, which means you and your organization can spend less time on IT administration and more time on business innovation. © 2018 Quest Software Inc. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. This guide contains proprietary information protected by copyright. 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On the other hand, the right tools — ideally a self-service data prep suite that doesn’t require any development or DBA expertise — can help your business reap the many benefits of a self-service analytics model: • More rapid access to company data and business intelligence — which means no more waiting in the IT fullservice line and greater ability to act more quickly on data-driven insights • Greater knowledge-sharing across the organization — which can lead to otherwise hidden business insights • Standardized approaches to data prep — meaning business teams can more easily pull new data from anywhere in the company into their own data sets and start getting value from that data TOAD® DATA POINT AND TOAD INTELLIGENCE CENTRAL Now that you’re convinced of the tremendous business advantages to deploying a self-service model for data analytics and business intelligence, let’s look at the right tools to make it work at your company. Within the Toad® portfolio of products offered by Quest, Toad Data Point is built specifically for business users and analysts. This analyst query and reporting software allows analysts, regardless of their proficiency with SQL, to easily build queries, profile and prep data results, design reporting workflows, and share data with data consumers — all from a single application. With Toad Data Point, business users can connect to nearly any data source (both on premises and in the cloud) to query and prepare data for faster business insights in any database environment. 3 And when you add Toad Intelligence Central to Toad Data Point, you turn a powerful data prep tool into a full Toad-fueled collaborative platform that allows your team to share and standardize their practices, publish their production workflows and present fully prepped data to the rest of the business. Together Toad Data Point and Toad Intelligence Central empower your users to come together as a team: • Share high-level environment information about which back-end systems contain which official data elements and how to connect to them. • Document back-end data relationships, including how to relate data spread over different back-end systems. • Develop and share standard up-to-date query templates. • Create a common library of data transformation routines that prep the data for analysis, such as creating calculated fields, creating groupings and roll-ups, removing duplicates, and standardizing formats. • Grow a repository of self-updating, already-prepped, curated datasets that all users can query from with any visualization or analytics tool. • Publish automated and selfservice workflows into a centrally managed environment that the entire business can access. If you are looking for a proven, affordable way to achieve your data-driven business goals, Toad Data Point with Toad Intelligence Central can turn your analytic silos and data bottlenecks into synchronized data teams. With the full-service analytics model, fewer people across the organization understand how to extract businessintelligence value from the company’s raw data. ABOUT QUEST At Quest, our purpose is to solve complex problems with simple solutions. We accomplish this with a philosophy focused on great products, great service and an overall goal of being simple to do business with. Our vision is to deliver technology that eliminates the need to choose between efficiency and effectiveness, which means you and your organization can spend less time on IT administration and more time on business innovation. © 2018 Quest Software Inc. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. This guide contains proprietary information protected by copyright. The software described in this guide is furnished under a software license or nondisclosure agreement. This software may be used or copied only in accordance with the terms of the applicable agreement. No part of this guide may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and recording for any purpose other than the purchaser’s personal use without the written permission of Quest Software Inc. The information in this document is provided in connection with Quest Software products. No license, express or implied, by estoppel or otherwise, to any intellectual property right is granted by this document or in connection with the sale of Quest Software products. EXCEPT AS SET FORTH IN THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS AS SPECIFIED IN THE LICENSE AGREEMENT FOR THIS PRODUCT, QUEST SOFTWARE ASSUMES NO LIABILITY WHATSOEVER AND DISCLAIMS ANY EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY WARRANTY RELATING TO ITS PRODUCTS INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL QUEST SOFTWARE BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, PUNITIVE, SPECIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF PROFITS, BUSINESS INTERRUPTION OR LOSS OF INFORMATION) ARISING OUT OF THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE THIS DOCUMENT, EVEN IF QUEST SOFTWARE HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. Quest Software makes no representations or warranties with respect to the accuracy or completeness of the contents of this document and reserves the right to make changes to specifications and product descriptions at any time without notice. Quest Software does not make any commitment to update the information contained in this document. Patents Quest Software is proud of our advanced technology. Patents and pending patents may apply to this product. For the most current information about applicable patents for this product, please visit our website at www.quest.com/legal Trademarks Quest, Toad and the Quest logo are trademarks and registered trademarks of Quest Software Inc. For a complete list of Quest marks, visit www.quest.com/legal/trademark-information.aspx. All other trademarks are property of their respective owners. If you have any questions regarding your potential use of this material, contact: Quest Software Inc. Attn: LEGAL Dept 4 Polaris Way Aliso Viejo, CA 92656 Refer to our website (www.quest.com) for regional and international office information. 4 TechBrief-Toad-SelfServiceAnalytics-US-KS-31667
