Mazen Manasseh

Oracle Cloud ERP offers several built-in tools for reporting. While native reporting tools like Oracle Transactional Business Intelligence (OTBI) and Oracle BI Publisher are well-suited for specific types of operational reporting, they do have limitations when it comes to performing complex and enterprise-wide reporting. It is therefore crucial to complement the Oracle Cloud ERP application […]

Are you looking to supplement your Oracle EPM applications with enhanced analytics capabilities? If you find yourself trying to achieve one of the following, this blog post introduces you to a Perficient solution that leverages the Incorta Direct Data Mapping technology. Mash up EPM data with data from other systems like ERP, Sales, etc… Drill […]

One of the easiest and lowest maintenance approaches to feed Fusion Cloud Apps data into a data warehouse, is with Oracle Analytics Cloud (OAC) Fusion Business Intelligence Cloud Connector (BICC) Data Replication. Data Replication for Fusion Apps is a native feature of OAC Enterprise edition. If you’re migrating your on-premises application, such as E-Business Suite, […]

As organizations are moving faster to reduce their inhouse infrastructure, database and application management overhead, many are migrating their legacy on-premises ERP, SCM, HCM, and CX applications to Oracle Fusion Cloud Applications. And it is very common to see such organizations already invested in a consolidated data warehouse. A data warehouse is typically a common […]

A recently released feature of Oracle Analytics Cloud (OAC) is Private Access Channel (PAC). PAC allows us to connect OAC to private data sources. This means it allows us to connect OAC to databases hosted in private networks, such as on-premises within a corporate network, or on other Clouds, both Oracle and non-Oracle. PAC connects […]

Managing an analytics ecosystem for an organization is a mission critical responsibility. Whether it’s the accuracy of the reporting data, the latency of data refreshes, security enforcement, dashboard performance, turnaround of enhancement requests, scalability, or adherence to regulatory and organizational policies, there are various aspects that come into play when it comes to successful adoption […]

If you’re looking to copy over data from one Oracle Autonomous Database (ADB) to another, you are probably wondering how to go about doing that. OCI offers a whole database clone capability which is straightforard to use and provides a clone of the whole autonomous database within the same Oracle Cloud tenant. However, if you’re […]

Financial analysts are often looking for a daily tracker of their organization’s sales. Daily sales tracking requires bench-marking against budgets and forecasts. However, it is often the case that plans are defined at a higher level compared to actuals. In addition, while actuals are available from ERP, plans are maintained in a separate application for […]

Perficient’s absence management solution with COVID-19 data helps businesses stay proactive, avoid productivity loss and better plan for skill back-fills. Absence and workforce management is one of the key HR functions that play an important role in the overall operation and performance of a company. This is even more crucial at a time when typical […]

Are you looking to supplement your Oracle EPM applications with enhanced analytics capabilities? At Perficient, we have successfully implemented analytics solutions that complement both on-premises Hyperion applications as well as Oracle EPM Cloud business processes: Planning and Budget Cloud Service, Financial Consolidation & Close Service, and Essbase Cloud. Our methodology requires minimal data movement leveraging […]

The Oracle EPM suite provides best-in-class business process applications when it comes to activities such as financial planning, consolidation and period-end close. Organizations are often looking for ways to easily incorporate financial information, out of EPM applications, into consolidated reporting with other systems (such as ERP, Sales, HR, and others). Also, there is great value […]

OAC and OAS are congruent products and therefore enable organizations to leverage both deployments simultaneously. Going from OAS to OAC or vice-versa is as simple as creating a snapshot from one place and restoring it onto another. However, there are some differences between the two. In this post I am summarizing what these are at […]