Everything you need to know before migrating off of Qlik
This Step-by-step guide is intended for companies that
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There are specific differences between doing a net new Power BI implementation or Data Warehouse Implementation and migrating from Qlik to Power BI. You must use different Tools, Methodologies, and Skillsets in order to be successful.
How do we do it?
Metadata and Technical Documentation
We use an automated tool, the BI Blueprint, which provides Metadata and Technical Documentation of your current BI environment.
The documentation provided by the BI Blueprint will contain the following details about your current deployment:
The documentation provided by the BI Blueprint will contain the following details about your Qlik deployment:
- Database connections used with type of connection
- Tables found per connection
- Join relationships between tables
- Dimensions
- Measures
- Expressions
- Lists of dashboards, workbooks, or reports
- List of visualizations
and more
On average, the BI Blueprint saves 60% of the effort of doing this step manually.
At the end of Step 1, you can review Power BI licensing options.
Power BI Architecture
Structure within Power BI and administrative configuration.
- Infrastructure & Data Architecture advisory services
- Power BI setup and configuration
- Power BI security setup and review
- Dataflows
- Datasets
- Azure review and configuration advisory services: Active directory setup, security, and management of internal and external users
Power BI data model
Data migration
Power BI report development
Implementation of Innovoco's Power BI Usage Dashboard to encapsulate both Power BI Premium and non-premium workspaces to keep history and see trends over time.
Bi Connector Setup
Use your existing QVDs and data structure in Power BI and leverage Qlik’s ETL capabilities.
Main use cases
- Power BI POC: Allow users get the look and feel of the new BI Tool
- Get started quickly: Migrate all your users over to Power BI with your current data structures while the new DW/CDW is being created
Ad-hoc support as needed
Your team will be building at the same time as the Innovoco team
Innovoco will assist with:
Development tasks
Questions
1:1 sessions
...and more!
Embedded Website Template
Option 1: Embedding of a Power BI page
Option 2: Extended option – Web-based Dashboard: Bring objects and integrate with required interfaces
Pagination Reporting
Structure setup
Development of one paginated report of medium complexity
How Innovoco can help you
Companies want to modernize their BI platforms to reduce cost, be more agile, and cover new use cases. However, the migration of BI platforms is often a complex process that requires different Tools, Methodologies, and Skillsets in order to be successful.
Tool-based migration approach
Automated migration process that eliminates most manual effort
Up to 80% time saving over full manual migration