Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition

Control and Business Analysis with ORACLE BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE ENTERPRISE EDITION

Teodor OgnianovDreamix ltdwww.dreamix.eu

About Teodor

Oracle Fusion Middleware Expert at Dreamix

Passionate about:

• Oracle Technology

• Java

• Business Intelligence

• Open source development

Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition 11g (OBIEE) is a comprehensive business intelligence platform that delivers a full range of capabilities - including interactive dashboards, ad hoc queries, notifications and alerts, enterprise and financial reporting, scorecard and strategy management, business process invocation, search and collaboration, mobile, integrated systems management and more.

OBIEE 11g is based on a proven web service-oriented unified architecture that integrates with an organization’s existing information technology (IT) infrastructure for the lowest total cost of ownership (TCO) and highest return on investment (ROI). 

Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition

Comparison of the components

What additional features OBIEE offers?

BI Server• Single meta database of all end customers

• Switching from "Report-centric" to "Model-centric" approach• Common Enterprise Information Model

• Еxtracting data from multiple sources simultaneously

• Real-time data and historical data• Oracle and non-Oracle data sources

• Performance• Caching, Summary management, SQL tuning• Load balancing across many presentation servers

What additional features OBIEE offers?

• Fully implementеd interface in WEB;• Rich interactive boards;• Integration with MS Office;• Multilingual support;• Distant analysis for mobile users;

BI Presentation Tools

What additional features OBIEE offers?

• SОА & Web Services Connection

• Integration of Oracle BPEL Process Manager

• Oracle Internet Directory and Single Sign-On Support

OBIEE is part of Oracle Fusion Middleware

OBIEE Architecture

• Clients• BI Presentation Server

• BI Server• Repository• Data Sources

Clients

• Gives access to BI information

• Oracle BI Answers - a set of tools for creating, viewing and modifying applications

• Oracle BI Interactive Dashboards - visualizing the results of inquiries made with BI Answers

• Oracle BI Administration Tool

Oracle BI Presentation Server

• Extension of the WEB Server

• Catalog for stored content

• Receive information from the Oracle BI Server and interpreting it to the customers

Oracle BI Server• The Server for Oracle Business Intelligence

• Using meta database directly

• Generate dynamic SQL requests to the physical data sources

• Uses ODBC to RDBMS

• Structure the results to BI Presentation Server

Repository

• Stores meta database used by BI Server

• Generated by the Oracle BI Administration Tool– Imports meta base from data sources– Organizes and structures metadata into business models– Structures the business model for presentation to users

who request the information

Data Sources• Stores the data for analysis

• Available for BI Server

• Available in any of these formats: – Relational Database– OLAP database– Files– Tables – XML for Analysis (XMLA)

Reports with Oracle BIEE

Reports with Oracle BIEE

Reports with Oracle BIEE

Reports with Oracle BIEE

Control and Business Analysis with ORACLE BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE ENTERPRISE EDITION

Create a repository

Oracle BI Administration Tool

Shows repository in three separate panels:

• Physical• Business Model and Mapping• Presentation

Physical Layer

• Connections between dimensional and fact tables are required for valid business model;

• By Oracle BI Server links defines the relations between tables;

Measures

Summary icon that indicates a defined aggregate function

• Increase productivity;• Define measurable matches;• They are on logical columns in the fact

tables;• They have defined aggregate function;

Defining measures

Десен клик на колоната Properties

Избор на функция

Иконата указва агрегатна функция

Right click on Properties > Aggregation

Oracle recommendations

• Use only logical links in the BMM layer.• Rename the logical columns.• Use names corresponding to the

organization and understandable for consumers.

• Use short names without space in them.• Create unique names for columns.• Avoid using same name with the name of

the logical table in the BMM.

Control and Business Analysis with ORACLE BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE ENTERPRISE EDITION

Repository creationPresentation Layer and Hierarchy

User interface in the presentation layer

The presentation layer defines the objects that users see.

Object area

Folder

Column

Catalog

Folder

Column

Oracle recommendations

• Use talking names.• Don`t use quotation marks (') in the names.• Avoid double quotes (").• Make the objects names unique.• Grouped objects in speaking to users• Remove unnecessary objects to simplify model• Use short names to save space in the references

Hierarchy

Define hierarchies in business modelEstablish levels of groupingEstablish ways of drill down

1. Create Dimension

Right-click on the “business model” then select New Object> DimensionRight-click on the “logical dimension” then select Create Dimension

2. Add primarily level

Name

Show primary level

3. Add next level

Name

Number of elements on the

levelRollup

4. Determine the number of elements

Determination of the items number by updating database records.

5. Columns in the levels

The logical column is connected to the logical level

Logical columns can be situated in chosen

position in the hierarchy

6. Add features in the presentationlayer

Add new columns in the presentation layer to make hierarchy visible for the.

Control and Business Analysis with ORACLE BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE ENTERPRISE EDITION

Create reports

1. Workspace

2. Create inquiry

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The selected fields are displayed on the desktop

Select the columns from the panel to place in the inquiry.

3. Displaying results

Go to “Results”.The application can be displayed in many ways.

Change in the look

4. Change in the look

The change in the look allows control over visualization of information.

5. Change in the column format

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Often used in date or numeric field.

6. Filters

• The filters are handy tools to orgamize the displayed information;

• The filters may be on one or more columns;

• Filters can be reused if stored in the system;

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Create Filters

Filters on multiple columns

Filters can be created on multiple columns.

• Introduction to Oracle BI Answers

• Create tabular reports

• Create graphics

• Create titles

Legend

Graphics

Scroller

Scroller

Options

Columns

Result

Graphics options

AreaHorizontal BarBubbleVertical BarLine bar ComboLine Time SeriesParetoPieRadarScatterStep

Options

Basic Options Scaling Information change

Titles andlabels

Additional labels Advanced

Columns

Line columns Horizontal columns (Х)

Vertical columns(У)

Formatting on condition

Click Add Condition

Color on condition

Oracle BI Delivers

• Automate BI• Create alarms (alerts), based on

consultation with BI• Send reports to the BI consumer or send

them by email

BI Delivers Access

Select More Products> Delivers

HomepageCreate iBot-andChange profileView iBot-and

1. Set the General tab

Priority: High, Normal, LowVisibility: Custom, impersonalRun As: available only at impersonal visibility. Specifies which user to run the robot

Add condition

Select a condition to start the work- Oracle BI Answers request.

It is planned to be launched if the application returns one or more rows.

2. Set the Conditional Request tab

3. Set the Schedule tab

Three-piece configuration.Start report.Repeat.End date of departure.It dependents on the time and date on the server, not on the local machine.

4. Set the Recipients tab

Choose receiver

RecipientsMyselfother

5. Set the Delivery Content tab

Content

Empty reference message

TitleContentType of transmissionAdditional textText in the event of a failed request

6. Set the Destinations tab Receiving Tables Accounts receivable Devices Set of devices for receiving

7. Set the Advanced tab

• Select one or more actions after the launch of the robot (with success / failure)

• Calling next iBot• Execution of native SQL script

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BI Publisher

BI Publisher

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