The simplified view into your data created in the data preparation layer allows for consumers to easily understand the data in business terms. The Data Consumption layer enables the communication of data requests into Live Data Gateway and the serving of the requested data.
This semantic layer produces very strong benefits for both self-service analytics and self-service modelling. The Data Preparation Layer of Live Data Gateway enables important data transformation steps, and provides a simplified semantic layer for business users to easily navigate data and be shielded from the complexities of the underlying data structures. The primary connection protocol is JDBC, however connection via OData, XMLA, JSON, REST, and API is also supported. All connectivity is managed through this single virtualized data connection point, meaning that no database drivers or other connections mechanisms are required by any consuming application or user environment, instead Live Data Gateway manages all of these connection details. The Data Virtualization layer of Live Data Gateway is the connection point into the many data sources that are supported - Cloud Data, Relational Data, OLAP Data, Hadoop Data, Applications (On-Premise and Cloud). Live Data Connectivity & Data Consumption Methods Live Data Gateway Functional Layers: Data Virtualization Layer