KPI Partners Blog

OBIA 11g Domain Load to Business Analytics Warehouse

Posted by KPI Partners News Team on Thu, Jul 11, 2013 @ 02:05 PM

by Veera Reddy Ramidi

This blog introduces and explains the detailed step by step process for executing the Domain Load to Business Analytics Warehouse. Here, we are illustrating for the Student information Analytics data using the new OBIA 11g which is supported only for PeopleSoft 9.0 Campus Solutions. This blog can be used similarly for any other Analytics using OBIA 11g.

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Tags: Student Information Analytics, Data Warehousing, OBIEE, Veera Reddy Ramidi, Oracle, Business Intelligence, Tutorial, Oracle BI, Oracle BI Applications, Examining OBIA 11g, Blog

Performance Tuning Oracle Data Integrator (ODI)

Posted by KPI Partners News Team on Fri, Jun 28, 2013 @ 10:40 PM

by Sharath Venkataranga

The most common question faced by any ETL developer or a Data Warehouse project implementer is always related to performance. Whatever the tool may be, and however fast the job may be running, the end user will always desire something which is a little faster and quicker.

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Tags: Data Warehousing, Training, Sharath Venkataranga, Business Intelligence, Tutorial, Oracle BI Applications, Examining OBIA 11g, Oracle Data Integrator (ODI), Blog

OBIA: Working with "Patches" in DAC 11.1.1.6

Posted by KPI Partners News Team on Tue, Jun 18, 2013 @ 04:44 PM

by Raviteja Mamillapalli

The Use of "Patches"

A traditional Oracle BI Applications implementation involves customizations which require changes in Data Warehouse Administration Console (DAC) metadata objects like Tasks, Tables, Indices, Subject Areas, etc.

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Tags: Data Warehousing, DAC, Raviteja Mamillapalli, Oracle, Tutorial, Oracle BI, Oracle BI Applications, Blog

Executing An ODI Load Plan

Posted by KPI Partners News Team on Mon, Jun 17, 2013 @ 12:41 PM

by Varun Reddy

Oracle Data Integrator (ODI): Executing A Load Plan

Load Plan 

A Load Plan is an executable object in Oracle Data Integrator that can contain a hierarchy of steps that can be executed conditionally, in parallel or in series. Procedures, interfaces, packages, variables, and can be added to Load Plans for executions in the form of scenarios in a Load Plan.

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Tags: Data Warehousing, Varun Reddy, Oracle, Tutorial, Oracle BI, Oracle BI Applications, Examining OBIA 11g, Oracle Data Integrator (ODI), Blog

Why ODI? A Look Into Oracle Data Integrator Architecture

Posted by KPI Partners News Team on Mon, Jun 03, 2013 @ 07:29 AM

by Varun Reddy

E-L-T vs. E-T-L

Oracle Data Integrator, or ODI, provides a new declarative design approach to defining data transformation and integration processes based on a unique Extract-Load-Transform (ELT) architecture.  The declarative design approach separates the declarative rules from the implementation details. ODI architecture eliminates the need for a standalone ETL (Extract-Transform-Load) server and proprietary engine while leveraging the inherent power of RDBMS engines.

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Tags: Data Warehousing, Training, Varun Reddy, Oracle, Oracle BI, Oracle BI Applications, Examining OBIA 11g, Oracle Data Integrator (ODI), Blog

Using The Performance Layer Inside Oracle BI

Posted by KPI Partners News Team on Thu, May 30, 2013 @ 12:40 PM

The BI Apps from Oracle present customers with a nice head start to getting their BI environment up and running. But for many customers, their user community demands lighting-fast speeds while running dashboards, reports and ad-hoc queries. 

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Tags: Data Warehousing, Webinar, OBIEE, Performance Layer, Oracle BI, Oracle BI Applications, Jeff McQuigg, 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

Historical Data Conversion After An ERP Upgrade [Oracle BI Apps]

Posted by KPI Partners News Team on Fri, Mar 29, 2013 @ 10:35 AM

by Puneet Aggarwal

Historical Data Conversion: Implementing Oracle BI Applications after an ERP upgrade

Many companies embark into the deployment of Oracle BI Applications soon after they go live with a new or upgraded ERP system.  A successful BI Apps deployment can bring in numerous benefits – the most notable is the data driven decision making in the organization. However, the success of the project depends a lot on having a good understanding of the challenges that are endemic to such BI deployments. These challenges require business decisions that must be made at the onset of the project to avoid the situation of over-promising and under-delivering.

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Tags: Data Warehousing, OBIEE, Oracle E-Business Suite, Puneet Aggarwal, Oracle BI Applications, ERP, Peoplesoft, Blog

Examining Progressive's HR Analytics Scorecard Solution Using Oracle BI Applications

Posted by KPI Partners News Team on Mon, Nov 12, 2012 @ 04:08 PM

Business Intelligence Is Linking People, Strategy, And Performance At Progressive Insurance

SAN JOSE, CA– November 2, 2012 – Technology consultancy KPI Partners partnered with Progressive Casualty Insurance Company on a customer spotlight webinar that featured a unique business intelligence solution for HR.  Progressive is building state-of-the-art human resource scorecard solutions to optimize the capabilities for managing approximately 25,000 employees and 450 office locations.

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Tags: Data Warehousing, Webinar, Case Study, Business Intelligence, News, HR Analytics, Oracle BI Applications

Why Data Matters to the CFO...

Posted by JEREMIAH JOHNSON on Fri, Aug 03, 2012 @ 01:32 PM

If productive people are the most valuable asset of an organization, data is its most precious boon. Estimates show that 90% of accessible information comes from hundreds of millions of digital data elements from social networks, Internet searches, e-commerce, emails, SMS, GPS and many more. CFOs cannot afford to ignore these massive pools of information growing at a staggering pace. Simply collecting them for reporting purposes is not enough. The true value of data is its role in influencing business decisions in order to help cut costs, enhance operational efficiencies, mitigate risks and improve the bottom line.

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Tags: Data Warehousing, Business Intelligence, Blog