Modern BI supportsĬollaboration, while providing appropriate data governance and data security. Modern BI frees the IT andĪnalyst team to focus on more strategic goals. Of IT and the analyst community, the modern BI environment expands the use ofĪnalytical tools throughout the organization. ROI, and lower TCO to the organization by empowering business users and holdingĮach team member accountable for results. Solutions allow for and support user adoption, and deliver more benefit, better Gartner predicted in its 2017 report, Technology Insight for Modern Analytics and Business Intelligence Platforms, that “by 2020, smart/augmented, nonrelational-, search- and visual-based data discovery capabilities will converge into a single set of next-generation data discovery capabilities as components of modern BI and analytics platforms.” Not capitalize on the unique perspective, knowledge or skill of these users toĪdvance business results, plan for future results, or solve problems. Within the line of business or business users in general, the enterprise could Traditional BI solutions were not designed to support use by team members The traditional tools were not scalable or flexible enough for mobile, nor did they provide guided, auto-recommendations in a natural language environment. Discovery is an iterative process that does not require extensive upfront model creation. The more traditional tools were designed for use by analysts or IT staff and while these tools provided sophisticated features, these features were not accessible or easy to understand for anyone outside the analyst or technical community. It is a business user oriented process for detecting patterns and outliers by visually navigating data or applying guided advanced analytics. The primary difference between traditional BI and the new, more modern approach to BI lies in flexibility and accessibility. How is Modern BI Different From Traditional BI? Understands the value of objective metrics and accurate analysis and the modernīI environment is designed to support these goals at every level of the Time-sensitive, rapidly changing business markets and competitive positioningĪnd provides more options and flexibility to support data popularity, socialīI and power users within the organization. The design of modern BI tools recognizes the reality of Integrated into a uniform view, so users can drag and drop data and interact Restricted to formats and delivery designed by IT. Modern BI shifts the focus away from IT and data scientist analysis and reporting and offers mainstream tools with access and flexibility so that business users can produce reports and analysis on-the-fly and share data with other users to make decisions and optimize business results.ĭashboards are more flexible and support personalization. It should satisfy the needs of the average business user with self-serve tools that have sophisticated features in an easy-to-use integrated BI environment. Modern BI addresses the new business reality.