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When Oracle chose to enter an acquisition agreement with Endeca back in October of 2011, most industry experts agreed that this deal would further help to enhance the BI capabilities of Oracle. However, no one could have predicted the impact the deal has made roughly one year later. Oracle made its claim in the BI industry with its implementation of OBIEE or Oracle Business Intelligence Suite Enterprise Edition. OBIEE helped to cause a dramatic shift over to self-service Business Intelligence. With Endeca now on board, Oracle is rapidly transforming what was once considered classic BI usage and bringing on new types of unstructured data, with factors such as text files and management of social media.

Tags: OBIEE, Endeca, Jeremiah Johnson, Oracle BI, Blog

by Shiva Molabanti

In general, the recommended approach for uploading the metadata repository is to use the Repository tab of the Deployment page. But you might encounter specific situations in which you must upload the repository using a different approach. For example, the size of the repository file can be too large for Fusion Middleware Control to handle, or you might be working in a development environment and have unique needs.

Tags: OBIEE, Shiva Molabanti, Oracle BI, Blog

Oracle Recognizes KPI’s Expertise in Delivering Specialized Solutions

San Francisco, CA -- September 30, 2012 –-Oracle today awarded KPI Partners with its 2012 Oracle Excellence Award for Specialized Partner of the Year – North America in Business Intelligence Applications. KPI Partners was also the 2011 recipient of the award, formerly known as the Oracle North America Titan Award.

Tags: OBIEE, Kusal Swarnakar, Oracle OpenWorld, Awards, Oracle, Business Intelligence, News, Oracle BI, Oracle BI Applications

KPI Partners Launches E-Book On Project-Based Decision Support Systems

BOSTON, MA – September 4, 2012 – There is a saying that if it cannot be measured, it cannot be managed. Traditionally, projects have used schedules and budgets to monitor progress. This only provides part of the answer. It does not address other variables.

Tags: Sid Goel, Case Study, Project Analytics, News, Oracle BI, Book

by Rajesh Sakamuri

Many users of Oracle BI are being confronted with a problem after upgrading to the most recent versions of the Firefox browser.  An error message is thrown that reads, "Your browser is not supported by Oracle BI Presentation Services."

Tags: OBIEE, Rajesh Sakamuri, Oracle BI, Blog

On June 26th, KPI Partners hosted an educational webinar that helped us understand what Oracle's Exalytics product offering should mean to customer.  Get access to this recording from our live webcast featuring Abhinav Banerjee from KPI Partners who profiles Exadata and discusses how it fits into the Oracle 'EXA' stack of products.

Tags: Webinar, OBIEE, Oracle, Abhinav Banerjee, Oracle BI, Oracle BI Applications, Exalytics, Hyperion, Blog

Business Intelligence Is Being Utilized To Optimize Customer Experience At Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines

SAN JOSE, CA– June 21, 2012 – Technology consultancy KPI Partners partnered with Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines on a customer spotlight webinar that featured a unique business intelligence solution at RCCL.  Through the use of state-of-the-art business intelligence technology, Royal Caribbean can bring together various disparate data sources to help optimize the vacation experience for travelers on all of their ships.

Tags: Webinar, OBIEE, Case Study, News, Oracle BI

by Kurt Wolff

Suppose you have a series of datetime pairs in Oracle BI... The problem is to display the differences between DATE1 and DATE2 in days, hours, minutes, and seconds.

Tags: Kurt Wolff, Oracle BI, Blog

Business Intelligence Guru Releases E-Book Covering Key Principles of Oracle BI (OBIEE)

MINNEAPOLIS – June 1, 2011 – The importance of business intelligence (BI) is rising by the day. BI systems, which help organizations make better and more informed decisions, are becoming crucial for success.

Tags: Data Warehousing, OBIEE, Mobile BI, Business Intelligence, Abhinav Banerjee, News, Oracle BI, Book

On May 29th, KPI Partners partnered with Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines on a customer spotlight webinar that featured a unique business intelligence solution at RCCL.  Get access to this recording from our live webcast featuring Ileana Gonzalez and Richard Paley from Royal Caribbean on the challenges they had building an onboard analytics solution for all the ships in their fleet.

Tags: Webinar, OBIEE, Case Study, Business Intelligence, Events, Oracle BI, Blog