Transforming Retail Reporting with SQL to Microsoft Fabric Migration

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Home Case Studies Transforming Retail Reporting and Analytics with SQL to Microsoft Fabric Migration

74%

Faster Reporting Cycles

65%

Increase in Reporting Stability

72%

Faster Access to Current Metrics

About the Client

The client is a leading US retailer operating a large network of stores across multiple regions. Naturally, theymanage high volumes of sales transactions, inventory data, store performance metrics, and stock movement data to support daily operations and decision-making.

As store count and transaction volumes grew, the retailer identified the need to migrate legacy SQL-based reporting to Microsoft Fabric. There was a need to modernize analytics, improve reporting speed and stability, and enable faster access to up-to-date sales and inventory insights across the business.

Unveiling Success

Modernizing Retail Analytics Through Microsoft Fabric Migration

With increasing store operations and rising data volumes, the retailer’s existing SQL-based reporting environment struggled to meet performance expectations. Report refresh cycles became longer, dashboards lost stability, and analytics teams faced delays in accessing current sales and stock data.

In addition, manual data preparation and validation added operational overhead and increased the risk of mismatches across reports. To overcome these challenges, the organization initiated a strategic migration from SQL to Microsoft Fabric, enabling scalable analytics, faster query performance, and unified reporting across retail operations.

Client's Challenges

Struggling with slow SQL report refresh cycles, limiting timely visibility into sales trends, store performance, and inventory turnover.
Managing manual data preparation and validation, increasing mismatches across reports and slowing analytics teams during migration planning.
Facing stability issues in dashboards as rising data volumes strained the legacy SQL reporting layer.
Lacking a scalable analytics foundation to support real-time and near-real-time reporting during and after migration to Microsoft Fabric.

Our Solutions

Migrated SQL-based reports to Power BI on Microsoft Fabric using Kanerika’s migration accelerator, significantly improving refresh speed and query stability.
Automated input preparation and validation by migrating rules into Fabric pipelines, reducing manual effort and ensuring consistent data inputs.
Replaced the legacy SQL reporting layer with a unified Microsoft Fabric model, enabling faster query response times and improved dashboard reliability.
Enabled analytics teams to work with near-real-time sales and stock metrics, supporting faster operational and business decisions.

Tools and Technologies Deployed

Maximizing Business Value

Enabling Scalable Retail Analytics Through Migration

Faster Reporting Cycles
Optimized Fabric-native models and pipelines significantly reduced report refresh times across sales and inventory dashboards.

Improved Reporting Stability
By eliminating SQL bottlenecks, dashboards became more stable and reliable even as data volumes increased.

Faster Access to Current Metrics
The migration enabled near-real-time availability of sales and stock metrics in Microsoft Fabric, empowering business teams to make timely, data-driven decisions.

Consistent Retail Reporting Framework
Automation of data preparation and validation as part of the migration eliminated manual steps, reduced errors, and improved confidence in post-migration reporting.

Scalable, Future-Ready Analytics Platform
The Microsoft Fabric foundation positioned the retailer to support future growth, advanced analytics, and AI-driven retail insights.

Why Kanerika?

Kanerika is a premier provider of data-driven software solutions and services that facilitate digital transformation. Specializing in Data Integration, Analytics, AI/ML, and Cloud Management, Kanerika prides itself on its expertise in employing cutting-edge technologies and agile methodologies to ensure exceptional outcomes. With a proven track record across various industries, Kanerika maintains rigorous quality standards, backed by ISO 27701 & 27001 certification, SOC II, and GDPR compliance. We are also CMMi Level 3 appraised, further accentuating our commitment to quality service delivery. As a distinguished partner of Microsoft, Databricks, AWS, and Informatica, Kanerika’s commitment to innovation and strong partnerships positions it at the forefront of empowering businesses for their growth.