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Watch: Unpacking The New Oracle BI Apps (Now With ODI!)

Posted by KPI Partners News Team on Tue, Jun 25, 2013 @ 01:34 PM

The new release of the Oracle BI Applications (11.1.1.7.1) now leverages Oracle Data Integrator (ODI). This huge development means that ODI can alternatively be utilized as the primary data integration tool over Informatica. ODI and its Extract-Load-Transform functionality could provide customers a setup that delivers increased performance and reduced data integration costs.

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Tags: Student Information Analytics, Webinar, JD Edwards, OBIEE, Vikas Agrawal, DAC, Oracle, Informatica, Business Intelligence, Video, Jeremiah Johnson, Events, Oracle BI, Oracle BI Applications, Exalytics, Examining OBIA 11g, Oracle Data Integrator (ODI), Hari Cherukupally, GoldenGate, Indirect Spend Planning, Blog

15 Steps To Configure Oracle BI Apps 11.1.1.7.1

Posted by KPI Partners News Team on Tue, May 28, 2013 @ 02:48 PM

by Ashwin Pujari

With the release of the new version of Oracle's BI Applications, we've published some introductory articles such as 'Under The Hood Of The New Oracle BI Apps' and 'The ALL-NEW Oracle BI Apps... now with ODI (11.1.1.7.1)'.   I thought I would take a deeper look into the steps involved with configuring this new version of the BI Apps.  

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Tags: Vision Workshop, Ashwin Pujari, Oracle, Business Intelligence, Tutorial, Oracle BI, Oracle BI Applications, Examining OBIA 11g, Oracle Data Integrator (ODI), Indirect Spend Planning, Blog

Multi-Source Session Variables in OBIEE

Posted by KPI Partners News Team on Tue, May 21, 2013 @ 01:44 PM

by Shiva Molabanti

Version 11.1.1.7.0 of Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition (OBIEE) Supports Multiple-Source Session Variables

In addition to supporting regular session variables that are populated from one data source, Oracle Business Intelligence 11.1.1.7.0 also supports session variables that can be populated from multiple data sources. These multi-source session variables can be used in logical queries or in repository data filters and contain the union of values from the different data sources. There is no restriction on the number of values that the multi-source session variable can hold. To create a multi-source session variable, you first create row-wise initialization blocks for each source.

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Tags: OBIEE, Shiva Molabanti, Business Intelligence, Oracle BI, Blog

The ALL-NEW Oracle BI Apps... now with ODI (11.1.1.7.1)

Posted by KPI Partners News Team on Thu, May 09, 2013 @ 09:25 AM

by Shiva Molabanti

The new Oracle BI Applications 11.1.1.7.1 has been completely re-architected to leverage the power of ODI with its E-L-T (Extract-Load-Transfer) architecture and has new out-of-the-box tools to increase the productivity and lower down the total cost of ownership (TCO). The Oracle BI Apps 11.1.1.7.1 has significantly expanded with new analytical contents.

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Tags: Shiva Molabanti, Oracle, Business Intelligence, Oracle BI Applications, Examining OBIA 11g, Oracle Data Integrator (ODI), Oracle GoldenGate, Blog

SmartView: An Intelligent Addition To Hyperion & OBIEE

Posted by KPI Partners News Team on Thu, Apr 25, 2013 @ 03:30 PM

by Shiva Molabanti

OBIEE and SmartView integration – A Great Oracle BI / MS-Office Add-in

Oracle Hyperion SmartView for Office Integration.

SmartView is much more powerful than its well-known predecessor, the Hyperion Excel Add-In. It not only connects to Essbase, Hyperion Planning, and now to Oracle BI EE. The Smart View 11.1.2.2 Add-in replaces the Oracle BI Office Add-in as the primary Office application for Oracle BI Foundation. For benefit of the users, both are still available with OBI 11.1.1.7.

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Tags: OBIEE, Shiva Molabanti, MS Office, Oracle, Business Intelligence, Oracle EPM, MS Excel, SmartView, Oracle BI, Hyperion, Blog

[Recording] Extending Oracle BI for Real-Time Analytics

Posted by KPI Partners News Team on Fri, Apr 12, 2013 @ 11:54 AM

Organizations do not have the ability to wait for a data refresh during critical business times like the financial close process & the management of an enterprise's supply chain.  The innovators at KPI Partners have extended the Oracle BI Applications to support real-time analytics.

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Tags: Data Warehousing, Webinar, Sid Goel, OBIEE, Financial Analytics, Pre-Built Solutions, Oracle E-Business Suite, Real-Time BI, Bruce Wroughton, Oracle Discoverer, Real-Time Supply Chain and Inventory Analytics, Oracle, Business Intelligence, Oracle BI, Oracle BI Applications, Kumar Krishnaswamy, Real-Time Financial Analytics, Exalytics, Fixed Asset Analytics, Blog

What Exactly is Business Intelligence?

Posted by JEREMIAH JOHNSON on Fri, Mar 22, 2013 @ 03:13 PM

In the past when automation and digitization were still unknown, who would have ever thought of smart machines, intelligent companies and business intelligence? Business decisions were then mostly based on individual experiences and intuition. As technology advanced, computing led the way for companies to access massive data in less time and use them to make important business decisions. By the mid 1980s, business intelligence began to take its roots.

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Tags: Business Intelligence, Jeremiah Johnson, Blog

The Crazy World of Human Resource Analytics

Posted by KPI Partners News Team on Mon, Mar 11, 2013 @ 11:47 AM

by Jeremiah Johnson

The Right Data For HR Insight

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Tags: Oracle E-Business Suite, Training, Big Data, Business Intelligence, Human Resources, Jeremiah Johnson, HR Analytics, Oracle BI Applications, ERP, Human Resource Analytics, Blog

[Recording] Why Integrate OBIEE, Essbase, and Hyperion?

Posted by KPI Partners News Team on Wed, Feb 20, 2013 @ 02:26 PM

While business intelligence (BI) is meant to serve the purpose of managing the analysis of day-to-day transactional activity, enterprise performance management (EPM) is summary analysis that provides forward-thinking predictive and what-if analysis.

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Tags: Webinar, Sid Goel, OBIEE, Case Study, EPM, Essbase, Mark Joslin, Oracle, Business Intelligence, Oracle EPM, Oracle BI, Oracle BI Applications, Hyperion

Gartner CIO Survey: Business Intelligence As Top Priority in 2013

Posted by JEREMIAH JOHNSON on Thu, Feb 07, 2013 @ 10:53 AM

Big Data & Analytics Among The Most Disruptive Forces in Enterprise Technology

Gartner recently conducted a global survey of more than 2,000 chief information officers in 36 industries across 41 countries.

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Tags: Mobile BI, Big Data, Business Intelligence, infographic, Jeremiah Johnson, ERP