BDB

BDB platform has been developed by ex-SAP team with 50,000 man days of effort, over the last 4+ years. Platform is better than or comparable to leading tools in the world. It is unique, readily deployable, easy to use, end to end seamless integrated AI, Data Science and Advanced Analytics platform with all the prebuilt world class features required by any large enterprise / bank / financial services company or an SME. Real time data pipeline, ETL, Data wrangling and preparation, highly versatile and powerful predictive work bench with high performance and scalability, top end visualization, self-service BI, Mobility, NLQ and all the add-ons like survey, social media, sentiment analysis, geospatial etc are available here. It can be deployed on any cloud (AWS, AZURE, Google, etc.) or on-premises and supports multi tenancy. It has high hybrid integration and customization capabilities. Platform easily integrates with the company’s current enterprise / analytics infrastructure and companies can leverage it in full or its various modules. BDB already has a set of large global customers.

BDB is a seamless end to end platform that helps in reducing total cost of ownership, increasing productivity of analytics team, help to rollout AI/Analytics projects faster, leading to higher ROI and higher data democratization. It adds significant value on business, innovation, architecture, technology and cost perspective.

1. ADMINISTRATION:
   BDB platform has a very powerful Admin and User Management module.
   Admin section facilitates to monitor, configure and update the settings related to all other sections of the platform. Admin can manage the complete platform from this area.
   User Management section allows new users/groups to be created, and roles/permissions can be defined accordingly. User can also be imported from other platforms like Windows AD, CAPPM etc. Bulk users can also be created seamlessly without compromising any security aspect.

2. DATA CONNECTORS:
   BDB has various inbuilt data connectors and it can directly connect to various commonly used data sources, applications, third party API’s, IoT, social media etc. in real time. We can connect to RDBMS, Big data, FTP/ SFTP Server, flat files, web services etc. and manage structured as well as unstructured data. Platform’s advanced features ensure that real time data from data connectors are reflected in the dashboards or reports. Users can blend data from various sources to gain insight. Some of the key connectors are listed below-
   MySQL
   MS SQL
   Oracle
   Hive
   SAP Hana
   MS Sql Olap
   Elastic Data Store
   Cassandra
   OData
   Spark SQL
   AWS Redshift
   File (Excel/CSV)
   FTP Server
   Google Analytics
   JIRA
   LinkedIn
   Google Sheet
   Facebook
   MailChimp
   Flipkart
   Amazon
   Dropbox
   Salesforce
   ZOHO Books
   Quick Books
   Twitter
   ServiceNow
   Google Forms
   Facebook Ads
   Google Adverts
   Snowflake
   Twitter Ads
   LinkedIn Ads
   PostgreSQL
   . . . and many more

3. DATA PREPARATION:
   BDB has a dedicated module for data preparation which includes various world leading features like data transformation, data profiling etc. BDB provides self-service data preparation tool. It empowers a user to encapsulate, transform and load data effortlessly. Data Analysts can instantly detect anomalous records (rows with invalid or empty values) and purge the unwanted data sets in a few clicks using Machine-Learning based smart techniques and sampling. The data preparation module lets the user do transformations & statistical profiling along with viewing the changes in your data simultaneously. Currently, BDB has more than 50 transformations with the team constantly working on adding more.
   In addition to the dedicated module, the platform has supporting tools for data preparation in Predictive Workbench and Dashboard Designer for the data scientists and citizen data scientists to perform cleansing/formatting/transformations.

4. PREDICTIVE WORKBENCH:
   BDB platform has one of the most comprehensive and powerful predictive workbench in the industry. It is based on a simple drag and drop UI. It provides end to end and seamless features for leading type of algorithms from R, Spark ML, Python, CNN (Keras + TensorFlow) and many more. There are various inbuilt algorithms for the for Data Scientists & Citizen Data Scientist to use as well as a provision to write custom algorithms. It has a Neural Network Workspace using Keras and TensorFlow which can be leveraged with Real time data and Event driven data to implement Machine Learning and Deep Learning. Users can leverage this for various used cases like Sentiment Analytics, Image Analytics and Video analytics. It has various innovative features which will improve productivity of data scientists and citizen data scientists. Performance of workflow models can be evaluated and the finalized workflows can be scheduled. Output data can be written back to various mediums using the data writers. Any work done in the workbench can be saved, reused and shared with other users.
   The Predictive Workbench is also integrated seamlessly with the Data Ingestion, Data Preparation as well as Data Visualization & Mobility.

5. VISUALIZATION:
   Dashboard Designer- *
   BDB has a top end visualization modules and it is one of the best tools available for complex and custom dashboards. It can create complex dashboards which cannot be created on other leading tools. These complex dashboards will also run smoothly on any device, whether it is desktop/laptop, tablets or mobile phones. Not only this, the dashboards are integrated with NLQ features (text and voice based search) providing great ease and productivity to the business user. It has a simple drag and drop UI, enabling the BI developer to create world class dashboards. It has various innovative components including charts, filters, grids and other components to enhance the interactivity. Also, users can incorporate third party charting libraries including D3 charts and fusion charts.
   Designer also allows BI developers to write custom scripts (java script or jquery) on top of any component/data connector. With the integration of scripts, the possibilities are endless. It allows users to export the data in PDF/ EXCEL/ PNG/ PPT without sending data to external server. BDB dashboards can also manage real time data/ streaming data, leading to various business advantages.
   *Self-service BI / Business story-
   BDB has a very easy to use service self-service BI tool that provides simple drag and drop features enabling Business users having little or no technical knowledge to create and modify their own custom reports and dashboards to generate business insights. A business user can quickly create rich, interactive data visualization to present complex, related data with ease. The system auto suggests the best possible chart for your data. Users can save and share dashboards and collaborate with other business users. Not only this, dashboards are integrated with NLQ (voice as well as text) features providing great ease and productivity to the business user.

6. CONVERSATIONAL ANALYTICS:
   BDB has a powerful and advanced conversational analytics/NLQ feature where users can leverage simple text or voice to create, modify and search dashboards. This comprehensive feature accelerates daily decision making for Business users by allowing them to ask questions about their data. BDB’s AI driven voice assistance lets user dig deeper into the data and create a complete visual report without even using fingers. AI data search is available on iOS, Android, and the web.

7. DATA PIPELINE:
   BDB has a unique data pipeline feature enabling ingestion of real time and batch mode data, whether structured or unstructured into the platform’s data lake. Data Pipeline features helps creating an end to end AI and BI solutions very easily, quickly and seamlessly. It has an event driven, Lambda based architecture. This ensures the seamless flow of real time and batch time data from various commonly used data sources, applications, third party API’s, IoT, social media etc. It can be utilized to create innovative solutions quickly saving time and resources.

8. OTHER FEATURES:
   Survey Builder- It is a unique and powerful data collection tool with a simple drag and drop UI which enables users to create, administer and analyze survey data.
   Geo Spatial- BDB platform allow users to plot their business data in various maps like Google map, Leaflet etc. Data can be brought here from any other module of the platform or from external sources.
   Sentiment Analysis- BDB platform has a strong sentiment analyzer engine which processes any narrative data and plot them in various charts E.g. Heat map, Tag cloud etc.