Case Studies

Teradata to Snowflake Migration

Written by KPI Partners News Team | Jun 21, 2022 10:21:01 AM

OBIEE Reporting re-pointing from Teradata to Snowflake

 

Problem

Migration strategy and implementation expertise needed for OBIEE repointing from Teradata to Snowflake.

 

The Before State

  • OBIEE 10.1.3.4.x pointing to Teradata with explicit limited support
  • Snowflake is identified as an enterprise database, with no connectors, strategy and implementation expertise to repoint OBIEE 10.1.3.4.x to Snowflake
  • Datastage ETL jobs loading data to Teradata

 

The KPI Partners Solution

  • Sequelink set-up for OBIEE to Snowflake connectivity
  • Performed deep-dive analysis for all critical dashboards and reports to fix the defects raised after repointing to Snowflake from Teradata
  • Migration strategy of historical data load and Datastage ETL Jobs repointing from Teradata to Snowflake

 

Results

  • $300K+ direct savings in Teradata support license renewal cost
  • OBIEE repointing to Snowflake with improved report performance
  • Repointing all Data stage ETL jobs to load data to Snowflake tables instead of Teradata