Enhancement of Analytics for Users

Amulya Sharma

(Sponsored by J. Michael Boyle,Principal, Sports Analytics Institute

Faculty Advisor: Chris Dansie)

Objective: Improve user experience of the Data Warehouse

Build a BI solution : Switch or upgrade?

Address methods to improve data quality

Enhance standard or ad-hoc reports

Target Users: NHL team members

PROJECT OVERVIEW

AGENDA

BI platform selection

Upgrading Pentaho

Player Clustering in R

Enhancing Reports: Demo

Lessons learned

Future of the project

BI Solution: Comparative Analysis

UPGRADING PENTAHO

Suite: Pentaho BI Server, Data Integration, Report Designer

Upgrade performed over two stages:

I. Stage: v4.8 v5.4

Reasons: GUI overhaul, plug-ins support

II. Stage: v5.4 v6.0

Reasons: Pentaho DI Lineage, Marketplace

Clustering in

Purpose: To form peer groups of players with similar attributes

RESULTS

Dynamic Reporting

DEMO!

Lessons learned

1. Constant Focus on evolving needs = Project Success!

2. Open Source technology can be challenging

3. Adaptability/Quick learning > Prior knowledge

Next steps

1. Implement SAI Data Warehouse for clustering

2. Automate peer group reports via scripts

3. Redesigned Reports with metric refinement

Questions?