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From Fragmented Data to Near Real-Time Analytics with Microsoft Fabric
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From Fragmented Data to Near Real-Time Analytics with Microsoft Fabric

DEV Community·Aparna Gupta·6 months ago
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Table Of Contents

What was happening

The impact

Approach

Implementation

Technical stack

Business impact

What did not change

Key takeaway

Final note

In one of our recent projects, reporting cycles weren’t measured in minutes or hours.

They were measured in weeks.

Data existed across multiple systems. Teams were working with it daily. But getting a consolidated, reliable view across finance and operations still took 10–14 days.

Not because the data was inherently complex.

Because it was distributed across systems without a unified data layer.

What was happening

The organization used:

SAP S/4HANA

SAP FSM

SharePoint

other operational sources

Each system functioned independently, but there was no centralized layer for consistent data integration.

A typical reporting cycle involved:

Extracting data from multiple systems

Aligning formats and structures manually

Reconciling inconsistencies

Reapplying business logic for each reporting cycle

These steps were repeated for every reporting…

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