Quintesys

How Quintesys Accelerator Helps

Quintesys Accelerator conducts a detailed assessment of your Cognos or Tableau environment, analyzing reports, dashboards, chart types, calculated columns, and all other critical elements required for migration to Power BI or Apache Superset. This comprehensive analysis provides clear insights into your migration needs and enables accurate estimation of migration timelines, ensuring a smooth and efficient transition to your new BI platform.

Automated Assessment: Quintesys Accelerator automatically performs a thorough assessment of your BI environment.
Seamless Migration: Automates the migration of reports, dashboards, and data models with no manual effort.
Accurate Reconciliation: Ensures reconciliation and validation for both data and visual accuracy.

Assessment Accelerator

Assessment Area	Cognos ➜ Power BI	Cognos ➜ Superset	Tableau ➜ Power BI	Tableau ➜ Superset
1. Inventory & Usage	Catalog reports, dashboards, charts & visuals. Identify usage frequency.	Catalog reports, dashboards, charts & visuals. Identify usage frequency.	Catalog Tableau workbooks, dashboards, data sources. Usage analytics.	Catalog Tableau workbooks, dashboards, data sources. Usage analytics.
2. Visualization Mapping	Identify prompts, drill-downs, charts. Use Power BI bookmarks, slicers.	Quintesys Accelerator converts as it is	Map dashboards, actions, charts to Power BI equivalents.	Quintesys Accelerator brings as-it-is migration from Tableau to Superset
3. Data Source Compatibility	Assess DBs (DB2, Oracle, etc.)	Connects to all major databases that are SQL-Compatible. Quintesys Accelerator performs this task automatically.	Migrate live connections/extracts.	Must rely on SQL queries; Quintesys Accelerator performs this task automatically.
4. Calculated Fields / Logic	Translate Cognos macros, expressions to DAX.	Quintesys Accelerator performs point-and-click conversion of Cognos macros; no manual SQL rebuild required.	Identify LOD expressions, calculated fields to DAX.	Quintesys Accelerator performs this task automatically—no manual work.
5. Data Model Assessment	Analyze Cognos data models, relationships, and hierarchies for migration readiness.	Analyze Cognos data models, relationships, and hierarchies for migration readiness.	Assess Tableau data sources, joins, and model structure for compatibility.	Assess Tableau data sources, joins, and model structure for compatibility.
6. Metadata Extraction	Extracts Cognos report, model, and dashboard metadata for migration analysis.	Extracts Cognos report, model, and dashboard metadata for migration analysis.	Extracts Tableau workbook, dashboard, and data source metadata for migration analysis.	Extracts Tableau workbook, dashboard, and data source metadata for migration analysis.

Assessment Timelines

Phase	Estimated Duration	Activities
1. Discovery & Inventory	1–2 hrs	List reports, dashboards, models, usage stats, and source connections
2. Complexity Analysis	1–2 hrs	Classify models by complexity (filters, calculations, data volume, joins)
3. Feature Mapping	1 day	Compare feature sets (macros, LODs, actions) between source and target tools
4. Pilot Testing	1–4 hrs	Automate migration of 1–2 reports/models and validate end-to-end.
5. Planning & Timeline	0.5–1 day	Finalize batch sizes, schedules, and team responsibilities for bulk migration