QASymphony explains how they built and deployed a SaaS business intelligence solution using the Logi Info analytics platform. You'll see tips on using Docker to simplify deployment and discovery strategies for multi-tenancy, localization, and custom reports. Learn more with the Gartner 2016 Critical Capabilities Report for BI and Analytics Platforms at https://goo.gl/IGNRO5.

1. Building and Deploying a SaaS
BI Solution with Logi Info
LOGI 2016

2. Presenter
Jonathan Alexander
CTO – QASymphony
jalexander@qasymphony.com
@jalexanderQAS

3. SDLC
QASymphony – Enterprise Testing Platform
Monitor PPM
Require-
ments
Build
Test
Defects
Deploy
Automation

4. QASymphony Customers

5. In This Session
Our Challenge and Goals
Using Docker Images
Development Pipeline
Cloud Environment
Multi-tenant strategy
Localization strategy
Custom report strategy

6. Our Challenge and Goals
● Must support multi-tenant cloud and (single tenant) on-premise
○ Eventually will have multiple cloud instances
● Goals:
○ continuous integration and continuous deployment
○ allow customers to share dashboards and “custom reports”
○ prepare for future localization

7. Using Docker to Simplify Deployment
● For AWS
○ dockerrun.aws.json
● For on-premise:
○ docker-compose.yml
○ deploy-onpremise.sh
● created separate
_settings.lgx for dev and prod
● parameterized the prod
_settings and embedded the
OEM key
● Future:
○ Load balancing
○ Using Docker for
developers too
AWS Solution Stack On-Premise Solution Stack

8. Continuous Deployment Pipeline

9. Cloud Environment

10. Multi-Tenant Strategy
● Using SecureKey for single
sign-on with parent app
● Parent app passes the account
ID as a session variable for
every user
○ passed to Request
parameter and thereby
to every report
● All data queries use the
account ID to filter data
● Each account has its own
bookmarks and reports, and
error log folders
○ auto-created at login
● Single shared dashboard file
for entire company
○ each user can have
personal dashboard

11. Localization Strategy
● Pass user country code as a
session variable to the app
● Use the country code to find
and load a .json file with
localization strings
○ Load for each report
○ Load into Local data
● All visible strings are
obtained using @Local data
reference

12. Custom Report Strategy
● Bookmarks are used for
“custom reports” and are
global to the account
● Bookmarks can be added to
nav menu, copies to another
bookmark file just for menu
● Bookmarks can be scheduled
(using process tasks)
● Additional custom reports
(developed using Logi Studio)
can be added via JSON file

13. Learn more with Gartner 2016 Critical
Capabilities Report for BI and Analytics
Platforms.