Native BI generation and BI migration: concepts and caveats
What generating native BI reports means, how asset conversion differs from a rebuild, and why each conversion path must be validated on its own.
What "native" means
A native report or dashboard is created in the target platform's own format, so it can be opened, edited, secured and published with that platform's tools. This differs from a lookalike that is displayed through a separate viewer.
Conversion compared with rebuilding
| Aspect | Rebuild by hand | Convert supported assets |
|---|---|---|
| Starting point | Requirements and screenshots of the old report | The existing asset |
| Effort | Every report is recreated manually | Supported parts are converted, the rest is rebuilt |
| Risk to manage | Drift from the original meaning | Assuming a converted report behaves identically without checking |
Why each path has to be validated
Platforms differ in how they store data models, calculations, formatting and security. A conversion from one platform to another is therefore a separate piece of engineering for each direction, and support for one direction says nothing about another.
For that reason a trustworthy vendor lists a conversion direction only once it has been implemented and tested, and says what it does not cover.
Evaluation checklist
- Which source and target platforms and versions are supported, per direction?
- Which asset types convert, and which must be rebuilt?
- How calculations, data models and security rules are handled.
- How converted output is compared with the original.
- What the vendor says it does not support.
How DAXORA Forge approaches it
DAXORA Forge generates native BI reports and converts supported BI assets. Support is listed path by path, only where implemented and validated. See the Forge page and the compatibility page for the current status.
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