9 posts from: An Eye on Oracle BI
OBIEE 11g: A brilliant child has grown up
(Indexed 2010-07-07):
Next to the announcement of OBIEE 11g with an overview of the new features, This post is in fact to close a period, started 12 years ago, working with Oracle BI technology. I will announce the next phase in my career which I am planning to start the first of August this year.
Understanding the Oracle BI Server, see the Light
(Indexed 2009-07-17):
How does the Oracle BI Server master the random request and handle any data model. When you also 'see the light' you will likely agree that Oracle BI EE is definitely quite able to handle 3NF data models.
BI Applications 2.0: Buy and Build Less
(Indexed 2009-05-31):
During a period of around twelve years where I have executed and rolled-out more than 20 Oracle BI Applications projects on a variety of source applications, I noticed there is something wrong with the slogan "Buy vs. Build" which I tend to call BIA 1.0. This post is a first attempt to make the community aware of a more realistic picture than the binary option Buy or Build a solution.
MetaData Warehousing
(Indexed 2008-03-25):
MetaData Warehousing is about the concept of centralising and integrating the business intelligence metadata (KPI's, metrics, calculations, dimensions, hierarchies). The importance of this concept is highly underestimated during data warehousing and business intelligence initiatives. In most cases, multiple BI Tools and applications will access the data warehouse, each with their own metadata layer. The Oracle BI EE repository technology provides means to centralize the business intelligence met...(truncated)...
From Intelligence to Business with BI Applications
(Indexed 2008-03-25):
The current trend is BI Applications and are positioned as the BI solution with a quick ROI and time to market compared to the build alternative because of the pre-packaged nature of the (Oracle) BI Applications. Being an evangalist myself for the BI Applications which I support wholeheartedly, it is of critical importance for an implementation team to meet the expectation set by the vendor or system integrator. The key point is business process skills and operational system knowledge. This blog...(truncated)...
Oracle BI Fusion Intelligence integration with Oracle E-Business Suite
(Indexed 2007-06-26):
IntroductionSince Oracle acquired Siebel and embraced Siebel Analytics (nQuire) technology and applications, many improvements have been added to the product, currently known as the Oracle BI Enterprise Edition (OBIEE), the BI technology platform and Oracle BI Applications (OBIA), the BI application content being BI metadata and application integration. Significant progress has been made in the area of application integration with the E-Business Suite for ERP, CRM and SCM, also k
Oracle BI Applications Integration Characteristics
(Indexed 2007-06-26):
IntroductionWhile the market of Business Intelligence is emerging, the field of Business Intelligence Applications is very popular. Many enterprises have both back office and front office systems to support their daily business. Many of these companies have invested in business intelligence products or at least in the technology. A relatively small subset is convinced about the benefits of pre-packaged, integrated business intelligence applications based on best-practices and doma
BI Apps: Oracle BI EE security integration with Oracle E-Business Suite
(Indexed 2007-06-26):
IntroductionSince Oracle acquired Siebel and embraced Siebel Analytics (nQuire) technology and applications, many improvements have been added to the product, currently known as the Oracle BI Enterprise Edition (OBIEE), the BI technology platform and Oracle BI Applications (OBIA), the BI application content being BI metadata and application integration. Significant progress has been made in the area of application integration with the E-Business Suite for ERP, CRM and SCM, also
Oracle BI Applications: OBIEE security integration with Oracle E-Business Suite
(Indexed 2007-06-26):
This is an updated post about (previously about integration of Fusion Intelligence) the user interface security integration of Oracle BI Enterprise Edition with Oracle Applications' or E-Business Suite. The version of EBS considered is: 11.5.10. An in-depth methodology is described to build this integration from zero or to analyze the pre-built integration for EBS BI Applications.