BI Ops lifecycle · 02 · Develop

Nothing anyone builds gets lost.

Building models, calculations, and visualizations: captured, comparable, and recoverable the moment it happens, without asking builders to work differently.

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

Sets the standards. Cares that development is consistent, governed, and recoverable.

For the BI Ops Engineer

Builds models, calculations, and visuals. Wants version control that costs zero effort.

Zero-touch version control

Every change captured, the moment it happens.

No exports. No commits. No new habits for the people building. Motio captures a full version history of every artifact, every edit, and every author: environment-wide, the moment it happens.

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
Visual Diff

Every version comparable, before it ships.

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

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%
Safe recovery & rollback

Any version restorable, instantly.

Every version in the history is a safe restore point. Pick any one, days or years back, and restore the live artifact with a single click. No re-uploads, no manual rebuilds, no data loss.

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
Also at this stage

Merge

Combine work from multiple authors without one person's edits silently overwriting another's, so parallel development never means lost work.

Metadata Catalog

Motio's metadata catalog turns every version, edit, and usage signal into a governed dataset, and ships it back to you as live dashboards.

Inspection

Deep, automated inspection of content for errors and inconsistencies, so problems are found by Motio, not by a user on Monday morning.

Governed self-service

Self-service means everyone's building at once. Because every edit is versioned, the core BI team keeps a live picture of who did what.

AI Interface

Query your version history and metadata in natural language: your estate's memory, on tap.

When our Cognos content store crashed, we'd implemented Motio just four months prior. Without it we'd have lost months of work. Right there, it paid for itself.
Mark Mortensen · BI Systems Administrator, DaVita
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