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Process
Connect for Analytics includes a number of components that together make it possible to use external business intelligence tooling for analyzing operational data (almost real-time) extracted from the Planon application.
The following image depicts the most important components:
Schematic overview of the components in Connect for Analytics.Schematic overview of the components in Connect for Analytics.
1. On the left: the Planon operations side, producing operational data.
2. Bottom-right: the data lake and the connector.
Storing the operational Planon data and providing an access point to BI tooling. Once a connection is established, the Planon application's operational data is kept in sync with the data lake automatically.
3. Top-right: the (customer's) BI tool used for analyzing the operational data.