New Features

Data Extraction and Forwarding Agent (DEFA)

There are various sources which generate data and there is a need to collect, transform and store this data for BI processing.

In addition there might be secured networks from where you can receive data but not be able to connect and fetch data.

 

Intellicus brings in a solution to above with the introduction of dedicated service running at source called Data Extraction and Forwarding agent (abbreviated as DEFA).

This Data Extraction and Forwarding Agent (or DEFA) collects identified data at predefined intervals from a data source and forwards it to a data collector component

(Intellicus Report Server) which can transform and load this data.

 

Once received at the Intellicus Report Server, analytics can then be applied on this data and visualizations be created in the form of Dashboards, Reports, Graphs and GIS maps. 

 

Upon quick and easy installation of this small component (DEFA) on machines where data is being generated, you need to configure DEFA to connect to Intellicus Report Server:

 

Data Collector (Intellicus Report Server) receives data that has been being transferred by DEFA and processes this data through a data processing channel

called Intellicus Query Object. You can also specify data fetch and send intervals for DEFA.

You can have data coming in from multiple DEFAs too.

 

Load

Further you can load the incoming data into target file system (File, Relational database, HDFS, No SQL database or Columnar database).

 

DEFA allows incremental data extraction and scheduling of this activity. Both these features are extremely important to manage the velocity and volume of data.
Any business environment where centralized monitoring of remote application data is required, DEFA can be the solution.