Both traditional enterprise BI software and SaaS BI solutions involve the same five stages of taking raw data and presenting it as relevant, actionable data to users. However, traditional enterprise BI software and SaaS BI solutions can differ significantly in each of the five stages in regards to time, cost, complexity, and resources required.
The five stages are:- The Data
- The ETL (Extract, Transform, and Load) Engine
- The Data Warehouse
- Analytic Engine
- Presentation Layer
The first four stages in the BI process comprise the “back end” processes and are traditionally driven by the technical team(s). Most business users primarily interact with the front end or Presentation Layer.
