Posts Tagged ‘obiee’

Oracle BI EE 11g Release 1 (11.1.1.9) As you might know, Oracle has released OBIEE 11.1.1.9.0.   There are a host of new features that I know some of my clients have been looking for; including the ability to save calculated fields for reuse in other analyses, enhanced export functionality, and Hyperion Planning data source support.  We […]

Today Oracle releases Data Sync, a tool that facilitates loading data into the Oracle BI Cloud Service (BICS) by offering a variety of capabilities: Loading data from on-premise relational databases or data files into BICS Schema Database Scheduling data load jobs Monitoring data load jobs Sending out email notifications Earlier this week, Oracle has upgraded […]

What is searchandizing? Obviously search in the context of merchandising. Retailers have taken this technique to a different level. Constant price pressures and competition from online retailing has spurred the innovation in this area both in terms of tools, approach and overall strategy. In the early dot com days several online retailers have built custom […]

Whenever OBIEE encounters a run-time error, instead of getting a report you typically see an error message like this on screen:   Expand “Error Details” and you are provided with several lines of query information. For an administrator, the more information the better so one can figure out what went wrong without having to search […]

With an increase in the adoption of cloud applications by large corporations, most organizations today are in some form of hybrid state i.e. they are using a combination of both on-premise as well as cloud applications to run their business. Regardless of where the applications maintain their data, organizations need the ability to see a […]

In today’s data digitized world, no business or organization can survive, let alone thrive, without a solid data management and data analysis infrastructure. For several decades now, organizations have relied on platforms and analytics software to analyze their digital data in order to understand the health of their business, layout business and management strategies, identify […]

Over the last few years the integration between Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition (OBIEE) and Essbase has been undergoing continuous evolution. The progression is aimed at making both analytical products more compatible as they are complimentary. Security may be a challenge, however, when it comes to implementing data-level security on OBIEE reports that source data […]

In the star-schema based data modeling, it is not very often to turn on slowly change dimension as type 2, while it will bring some advantage to feed some requirements such as ‘show me the history change for one business group folks’, ‘show me the revenue and cost incurred by the employees at point of […]

Neetu Shah and Shiv Bharti (@shivbharti) spoke on, “Leveraging Oracle BI Applications Architecture to Meet Real-Time Reporting Requirements.” The focus was on how the next generation EIM Architecture will help you achieve your goals in this regard. I got the idea that the 45-minute time-frame really didn’t leave enough time to address the topics in the […]

After attending the Keynote sessions yesterday at  #OOW14, I walked away with three key product directions for customers to consider: Cloud Strategy Big Data Strategy Insights on your data ( Analytics) This is a very exciting time for us as a leading Oracle BI Implementation Partner to be able to take our expertise of leading […]

Fulfilling Real-Time analytics on Oracle BI Applications platform Analytics users have always had the desire to get “real-time” data.  There are certain business scenarios where the ability to do real-time analysis can positively impact different areas of our Business – from increased revenue to a greater customer satisfaction. Most of the Oracle BI Application deployments […]

Kathryn Watson, Solution Architect at Perficient, presented at KScope14 today about reversing the star schema in Oracle BI logically in the metadata Administration tool of Oracle Business Intelligence. It has long been accepted that classically designed dimensional models provide the foundations for effective Business Intelligence applications.  But what about those cases in which the facts […]