BI Sense: ETL & data warehousing
A custom ETL pipeline and warehouse solution that transformed how a business accesses its data — from slow, expensive daily reports to near real-time dashboards.
Overview
BI Sense was a data warehousing and ETL project for a business that relied on daily batch reports to make operational and strategic decisions. The existing reporting setup was slow, expensive, and increasingly unreliable as data volumes grew.
LovelyPixel built a custom ETL pipeline and structured data warehouse that replaced the existing system with a faster, cheaper, and more reliable solution — one that could scale alongside the business.
Challenge
The client's existing data pipeline had several critical issues:
- Reports took the better part of a day to refresh — too slow for operational decisions
- Third-party API services were expensive and lacked the flexibility needed
- Data quality was inconsistent — errors often went undetected until they surfaced in dashboards
- The system couldn't scale to handle growing data volumes without significant cost increases
Solution
We designed and built a complete ETL pipeline and data warehousing solution from scratch, tailored to the client's specific data sources, reporting needs, and budget constraints.
What we built
- Custom ETL pipeline with incremental sync and scheduled refresh
- Structured data warehouse optimised for Power BI dashboards
- Built-in error recovery and data validation at every stage
- Monitoring, automated alerts, and clear documentation
- Architecture designed to scale without proportional cost increases
Results
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Next steps
The client continues to expand the data sources feeding into the warehouse. The architecture was specifically designed for this — new data sources can be added without rebuilding the existing pipeline. Ongoing monitoring ensures reliability as data volumes continue to grow.
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