Data & Dashboard Migration

Legacy BI tools and on-prem data warehouses are holding you back. We migrate your data, dashboards, and pipelines to modern cloud platforms — with zero data loss and minimal business disruption.

BI migration, data replatforming & ETL pipeline modernisation
100+ migrations delivered with zero data loss guarantee
End-to-end: from assessment to decommission of legacy systems

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· 100+ migrations with zero data loss

The Reality

Legacy Systems Are Costing You More Than You Think

Your data and BI infrastructure wasn't built for today's demands. Every month you delay migration, you're paying more for less — in licence fees, maintenance overhead, and missed opportunities that modern platforms unlock.

1

Locked into legacy BI tools

Your organisation is still running Cognos, MicroStrategy, or Crystal Reports. Licence costs are rising, talent is scarce, and the vendor roadmap doesn't align with your cloud strategy.

2

Maintenance costs spiralling out of control

On-prem infrastructure, legacy ETL servers, and outdated BI licences are consuming 60–70% of your data budget — leaving nothing for innovation or new capabilities.

3

No cloud-native capability

Your data warehouse can't scale elastically, doesn't support modern analytics patterns, and forces your team into batch-only workflows that are always a day behind.

4

Performance degrading year over year

Reports that used to take seconds now take minutes. Dashboards time out during peak hours. Your legacy platform wasn't built for the data volumes you're generating today.

5

Critical skill gaps in the team

The engineers who built your legacy platform have left or retired. New hires don't want to work on outdated technology, and finding specialists is getting harder every year.

6

Compliance and security risks growing

Your legacy systems lack modern security controls, audit trails, and data governance. Every compliance review surfaces new gaps that are expensive and slow to remediate.

7

Dashboards fragmented across tools

Different teams use different BI tools. Nobody trusts a single number. Executives get conflicting reports, and reconciliation takes days instead of seconds.

8

Fear of migration failure

You know you need to migrate, but the risk of data loss, business disruption, and project overruns keeps the decision stuck in committee — while costs keep climbing.

Our Expertise

Four Ways We Migrate Your Data & Dashboards

Legacy BI & Dashboard Migration

Migrate from Cognos, MicroStrategy, Crystal Reports, and other legacy BI tools to modern platforms like Tableau, Power BI, and Looker — without losing business logic or historical context.

  • Cognos, MicroStrategy & Crystal Reports migration
  • Report and dashboard conversion with logic preservation
  • User adoption & training for new BI platform
  • Historical report archival & decommission strategy

Cloud Data Platform Migration

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Move your on-premises data infrastructure to Snowflake, Databricks, BigQuery, or Azure Synapse — with a structured approach that minimises risk and maximises cloud-native capability.

  • On-prem to Snowflake, Databricks, BigQuery & Azure
  • Data architecture redesign for cloud-native performance
  • Security, compliance & access control migration
  • Hybrid and multi-cloud deployment support

ETL & Pipeline Replatforming

Replace legacy ETL tools like Informatica, SSIS, and Talend with modern orchestration frameworks — Airflow, dbt, and Fivetran — for faster, more reliable data pipelines.

  • Informatica, SSIS & Talend migration
  • Modern orchestration with Airflow & dbt
  • Fivetran & managed connector setup
  • Pipeline testing, monitoring & SLA enforcement

Data Warehouse Modernisation

Consolidate siloed data warehouses into a unified lakehouse or cloud warehouse — reducing duplication, improving governance, and enabling self-service analytics.

  • Siloed warehouse consolidation & rationalisation
  • Lakehouse architecture design & implementation
  • Schema redesign & data model optimisation
  • Governance, lineage & cataloguing setup

AI-Powered Migration

AI-Powered Migration: Faster, Safer, Smarter

We don't just lift and shift. Our AI-powered migration toolkit automates the most time-consuming and error-prone parts of every migration — from schema mapping and complexity scoring to data validation and risk prediction.

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Automated Migration Assessment

AI-driven complexity scoring that analyses your existing reports, queries, and pipelines to estimate migration effort, risk, and priority — before a single line of code is written.

Smart Schema Mapping

ML-powered column and table matching that automatically maps source schemas to target platforms — reducing manual mapping effort by up to 80% on large-scale migrations.

Data Validation & Reconciliation

Automated testing and comparison frameworks that validate every row, column, and aggregation between source and target — ensuring zero data loss and complete accuracy.

Migration Risk Analysis

Predictive analytics that identify potential migration failures before they happen — flagging data quality issues, dependency conflicts, and performance bottlenecks early.

Migration Ecosystem

We Migrate To and From the Platforms You Use

Whether you're moving to a new cloud data warehouse, switching BI tools, or modernising your ETL stack — we have deep expertise across the entire modern data ecosystem.

SnowflakeDatabricksTableauPower BIdbtFivetranAzure Data FactoryAWS GlueBigQueryAirflowLookerInformatica

+ migration support for 50+ legacy and modern data platforms

Our Process

From Legacy Lock-In to Modern Platform in Weeks

01
Week 1–2

Assessment & Inventory

We audit your entire data and BI landscape — cataloguing every report, pipeline, data source, and dependency — and deliver a prioritised migration roadmap with effort estimates.

02
Weeks 2–3

Migration Architecture

We design the target architecture: cloud platform selection, schema mapping, ETL patterns, security model, and a phased migration plan that minimises business disruption.

03
Weeks 3–8

Parallel Build & Test

Our engineers build the new platform in parallel with your existing systems — migrating data, converting reports, and replatforming pipelines with continuous validation at every step.

04
Week 9

Cutover & Validation

We execute the cutover with automated data reconciliation — comparing every row between source and target — and run user acceptance testing before going live.

05
Ongoing

Decommission & Optimise

Post-migration, we decommission legacy systems, optimise performance on the new platform, train your teams, and provide hypercare support to ensure a smooth transition.

Case Study

Global Financial Services Firm

Financial Services Firm Migrates 2,000+ Reports from Cognos to Tableau with Zero Data Loss

A global financial services firm was locked into IBM Cognos with 2,000+ reports, 15 years of historical data, and rising maintenance costs. We executed a full migration to Tableau and Snowflake — converting every report, validating every data point, and decommissioning the legacy platform in 12 weeks.

2,000+

Reports migrated

Zero

Data loss

60%

Cost reduction

Faster reporting

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Zero

Data loss across 2,000+ reports

Validated · Reconciled · Guaranteed

Real Results

The Business Impact of a Successful Migration

60%

Average cost reduction after migrating from legacy platforms

Zero

Data loss guarantee across every migration we deliver

Faster reporting and dashboard performance on modern platforms

One

Unified platform for data, dashboards, and pipelines

How We Work

Engagement Options

Pick the model that fits where you are. All engagements include a dedicated migration lead and a clear outcome definition.

Fixed Scope

Migration Readiness Assessment

Ideal for: Teams planning a migration who need a clear roadmap

A 2-week deep dive into your current data and BI landscape — cataloguing assets, scoring complexity, estimating effort, and delivering a prioritised migration plan with risk analysis.

  • Full asset inventory & dependency mapping
  • Complexity scoring & effort estimation
  • Target platform recommendation
  • Risk assessment & mitigation plan
  • Prioritised migration roadmap
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Tailored

Full Migration Program

Ideal for: Organisations ready to migrate data, dashboards, or pipelines

A complete migration engagement — from architecture and parallel build through to cutover, validation, and legacy decommission — delivered by a dedicated migration team in 8–12 weeks.

  • Everything in Readiness Assessment
  • Target platform architecture & setup
  • Data migration with zero-loss validation
  • Report & dashboard conversion
  • ETL pipeline replatforming
  • User training & change management
Monthly Retainer

Post-Migration Managed Service

Ideal for: Teams that want ongoing support after migration

We manage your new platform end-to-end — monitoring performance, optimising costs, resolving issues, and ensuring your migrated environment runs at peak efficiency.

  • Platform monitoring & alerting
  • Performance tuning & cost optimisation
  • Report & pipeline maintenance
  • Dedicated migration engineer on call
  • Priority SLA support

Common Questions

Data Migration FAQs

What is data migration?

Data migration is the process of moving data from one platform to another — typically legacy → cloud, on-prem → SaaS, or one cloud platform to another. Common patterns: Teradata → Snowflake, Oracle → Databricks, on-prem Hadoop → cloud lakehouse, legacy BI tools → modern visualisation. Distinct from data modernization, which migrates AND redesigns; pure migration preserves the existing model.

What does Decision Foundry's data migration service include?

Five pillars: legacy BI and dashboard migration (Cognos / MicroStrategy / Business Objects → Tableau, Power BI, MCI); cloud data platform migration (on-prem → Snowflake, Databricks, BigQuery); ETL and pipeline replatforming (legacy ETL → modern ELT); data warehouse modernisation; automated migration assessment and smart schema mapping (AI-assisted to accelerate complex migrations).

How is migration different from modernization?

Migration is lift-and-shift — same data model, new platform. Modernization re-architects during the move (new patterns, new governance, new capabilities). Sometimes migration is right (you've already modernised, you just need to switch hosts). More often modernization is right (you're moving anyway, so fix the technical debt while you're at it). See data modernization for the longer transformation play.

How long does a data migration project take, and what does it cost?

A focused single-platform migration (one source, one destination, basic data) runs 10–16 weeks. A complex enterprise migration (multiple legacy systems, hundreds of tables, parallel-run requirements) runs 6–12 months. Dashboard migrations specifically (BI tool to BI tool) tend to be faster — 6–10 weeks for 20–50 dashboards using our automated assessment tooling. Discovery call first.

We can't take downtime during migration — how do you handle that?

Every migration we deliver assumes zero downtime. Parallel-run patterns where source and destination both produce data; reconciliation reports to validate parity; cutover windows scheduled in low-traffic periods; rollback paths in place for every step. For regulated environments, dual-write periods of 30–90 days before fully decommissioning the legacy system are standard.

Why Decision Foundry for data migration?

We've delivered enterprise data migrations across Teradata → Snowflake, Oracle → Databricks, on-prem Hadoop → cloud lakehouse, Cognos → Tableau, MicroStrategy → Power BI, and dozens of other paths since 2004. Snowflake Select Partner, Databricks Premier Partner, Salesforce SELECT. AI-assisted migration tooling accelerates schema mapping by 40–60% on large migrations.