KPI Partners Blog

By Kurt Wolff

What is the formula behind a measure? What is the source of the column in the report? These kinds of questions could be handled in multiple ways. The data dictionary feature is one, although a common reaction to the data dictionary feature is that it’s more suited to IT than to the business users. Another way is to present a “tool tip” in Answers (the text of which comes from the Description property of the logical or presentation column in the metadata). However, many users do not have access to Answers or mainly encounter the columns while perusing reports in a dashboard.

New Oracle Business Intelligence Application Designed to Track Performance Throughout Project Life Cycles 

To help organizations gain greater insight into project performance, Oracle today introduced Oracle(R) Project Analytics, a new component of the Oracle Business Intelligence (BI) Applications, which monitors key project performance metrics and enables users to control project costs and improve project performance and profitability.

Oracle Project Analytics is one of two applications newly introduced with the general availability of Oracle BI.

ORACLE OPENWORLD, SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Oracle today announced that market-leading Independent Software Vendors (ISVs), Value Added Resellers (VARs) and Systems Integrators (SIs) are supporting Oracle's Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) System. The growing ecosystem is playing a significant role in the worldwide adoption of Oracle's EPM offerings.