BI Ops lifecycle · 04 · Deploy

A governed path to production.

Deploying objects and artifacts across staging, QA, and production as a controlled release process instead of a manual ritual.

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The lifecycle01 · Plan02 · Develop03 · Test04 · Deploy05 · Monitor06 · Infrastructure
For the BI Executive

Wants a defensible release process: who approved it, when, and what exactly went live.

For the BI Ops Engineer

Wants promotion that doesn't mean republish-and-pray or after-hours archive runs.

Controlled release process

Changes ship as one approved release.

Group the objects that belong together into one release, then decide: run it now, schedule it for later, or save it for when you're ready. No more deploying items ad hoc, one at a time, the way native tooling forces you to.

app.motio.com/releases/qa-p1-pipeline-reset
Release
QA-P1 Pipeline Reset
26 objects grouped
When to deploy
Run now
Deploy all 26 objects immediately.
Schedule
Pick a date and time.
03/12 · 02:00 AM
Save draft
Keep for when you're ready.
Objects in this release4 of 26 shown
v32
BikeStores-data
tfecteau@motio.com
Ready
v1
Customer Profitability
jwieck@motio.com
Ready
v27
Regional Sales
tfecteau@motio.com
Ready
Visual Diff

See exactly what is about to ship.

Compare measures, visuals, and models between any two versions, in a form a reviewer can actually read, so nothing ships unseen.

app.motio.com/sales-analytics/timeline
Sales Analytics
PropertiesTimelineArtifacts
environment-wide · live
Versions
1,204
▲ history on
Changes · 24h
214
▲ 18%
Authors
37
environment-wide
Restorable
100%
one click
Recent changes
v7
AdventureWorks Sales
tfecteau@motio.com · 11:01 AM
Changed
v46
Structure Dashboard
jwieck@motio.com · Yesterday
Changed
v1
User Permissions
asarir@motio.com · Yesterday
Added
Automated Dev→Test→Prod

Promotion repeats, identically, everywhere.

Promote content across workspaces, projects, streams, or content stores in a repeatable, automated flow, without manual steps.

app.motio.com/catalog/analytical-dashboard
Analytical Dashboard
OverviewUsageVolatility
METADATA CATALOG
Reports
105
▲ 133 changes
Models
60
▲ 61 changes
Dashboards
6
▲ 6 changes
Folders
6
stable
Change activityAddedEditedDeployed
Per object type
Reports57%
Models32%
Other11%
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We could not manage our environment without Motio. Most importantly, the release team is no longer the bottleneck.
Richard Wylde · Cognos Analyst, Catlin
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