Case Study: OTTO achieves self-service analytics and unified data access with Exasol Semantic Layer

OTTO cuts query times from minutes to seconds with Exasol

OTTO, one of Germany's largest e-commerce companies, faced significant challenges in its complex analytics landscape. With business logic scattered across multiple BI tools and layers, data access was slow, inconsistent, and heavily reliant on IT, creating bottlenecks and hindering decision-making. To address this, OTTO partnered with vendor EXASOL to develop the Exasol Semantic Layer, a solution built on Exasol's Virtual Schema technology.

The Exasol Semantic Layer centralized business logic and created a single source of truth, enabling self-service analytics for business users and seamless integration with various BI platforms. This solution delivered transformative results for EXASOL's customer, including a 90% reduction in code complexity, query times cut from minutes to seconds, and streamlined maintenance. OTTO achieved greater operational efficiency, faster reporting, and empowered its teams with independent, governed data access.

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