Future Considerations

Metadata Integration

Metadata management is a key aspect of the BI Environment that relies on the Agency’s strategy to define and maintain the enterprise-wide metadata source. In the current CMS BI Environment, each BI tool and RDBMS creates and manages its own metadata relevant to its function and purpose. CMS will need an overarching metadata strategy to enable more sophisticated enterprise management of data throughout its life cycle, improve data quality, facilitate cross-organizational ease of data sharing, and increase the value of information delivery to business users.

Common Security Controls

A BI portal provides a central facility for adding new BI applications. An additional topic detailing the controls that can be inherited from a BI portal by new applications will be reviewed and added to provide greater coverage of security controls at lower overall cost.