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Help! I Need my Oracle Cloud Application Data

Using BI Cloud Connector(BICC) & Oracle WebCenter Content Server (UCM) to extract data

April 10, 2019

John WhitakerLou SchoellerHuron Consulting Group

Agenda• Introductions• Oracle Cloud Application Data Extraction Options• BICC and UCM Solution

– BI Cloud Connector Capabilities– Oracle WebCenter Content Server (UCM) Overview– UCM File Transfer Utility

• BICC Extract Use Cases

Introductions

Presenters: John Whitaker & Lou Schoeller• John Whitaker: Principal Architect, Huron Enterprise Solutions & Analytics• 20+ years experience in Enterprise Application, Reporting, Data Warehouse

and Analytics development and implementations• Specializing in Oracle Cloud Application Data Warehousing and Analytics

• Lou Schoeller: Technical Architect, Huron Enterprise Solutions & Analytics• 30+ years experience in Enterprise Application, Reporting, Data Warehouse

and Analytics development and implementations• Deep expertise in Oracle EBS and Oracle Cloud Application Data Warehousing

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• OCM• Remote Delivery• Custom Development• Application and Technical

Support• Private Cloud

• Data Strategy• Financial and Operational

Reporting• Information Strategy• OLAP and Essbase• Big Data and Hadoop

• Financials• Human Capital Management• Supply Chain• Procurement• Projects• Expenses Management

• Process & Systems Diagnostic

• Strategic Roadmap• Vendor Selection• Blueprint Architecture

• Customer Experience Management (CXM)

• Sales Forecasting & Pipeline Management

• Lead, Contact & Opportunity Management• Data Management, Integration & Analytics

• Strategic Planning and Financial Modeling• Planning, Budgeting and Forecasting• Financial Consolidation,

Close and Reporting• Master Data Management

& Data Governance• Profitability and Cost Analysis• Robotic Process Automation

• Organizational Development• Post-Transaction Integration• Benchmarking &

Industry Insight

Huron ES&A Enterprise Solutions & Analytics

• Strategy, Growth and Digital Business Models • End-to-end capabilities to support clients’ successful

transformation programs• Strategy and Solution Selection, Architecture• Implementation and benefits realization

FULL SERVICESTRATEGY THROUGH EXECUTION

Data Extraction Options

Oracle Cloud Data Extraction Techniques• BI Publisher based flat file extracts

– DEMO– PRO’s: Can get any data, Deliver files to multiple locations– CON’s: Custom SQL Code on complex Data Model, Practical Limitations in file size

• REST APIs: Get request can extract to json files (https://docs.oracle.com/en/cloud/saas/financials/18c/farfa/op-invoices-get.html)– PRO’s: Many tools support REST APIs– CON’s: Limited Data Available, Custom Code

• BI Cloud Connector: Scheduled zip extract downloads– PRO’s: No custom code, Oracle supported, included in Oracle Cloud App stack– CON’s: Extracts can be complex, not all data is available

BI Cloud Connector Advantages• Oracle Built, Managed and Supported• Leverages Oracle Cloud Application Security Roles• Part of a standard Oracle Cloud Application stack just like OTBI, an instance is

setup by Oracle when you create a new environment• Can handle large data volumes:

– Compresses flat files into .zip files– Can split up flat file extracts into multiple files (default is max 1GB each)– Writes to Oracle Cloud storage technology which will have better performance than

writing to an external system like an FTP site• Can schedule full and incremental extracts to minimize daily extract file size

BICC and UCM

BI Cloud Connector Capabilities• Originally built for Oracle BI Applications, the tool is purpose built to extract

large volumes of data per Cloud Application module (Finance, Projects, etc.)• Can store extracts in two locations:

– Oracle Cloud Storage– Oracle WebCenter Content Server (UCM)

• Users specifies which data they need and schedules the extracts:– Immediate– Simple (one-time extract in the future)– Hourly– Daily– Weekly– Monthly (day of month)– Yearly

Demo: BICC• Setting up External Storage• Extract Preferences• Offerings and Data Stores• Scheduling an extract• Extract Reset

Oracle WebCenter Content Server (UCM) Overview• WebCenter Content Server (UCM) is used by Oracle Cloud Applications to

store all files including FBDI and output of the ESS and BICC jobs run. • Content in UCM is secured through user, roles, privileges and accounts.• Multiple ways to access data:

– User Interface: can be accessed using url https://<hostname>/cs– Webservices: The UCM webservice GenericSoapPort is used to execute any of the

UCM file functions including upload, download, list and delete files from UCM.– UCM File Transfer Utility API

Demo: UCM Navigation and Features• Browse/Folders• Search Criteria• File Information• Manual File Download• Manifest File

UCM File Transfer Utility• The utility is an API written in Java that enables command line execution of

tools to import/export files from/to the UCM.• Tools include:

– Download– Upload– Search

• Executable from Linux or Windows

Demo: UCM File Transfer Utility• Installation and configuration• Parameters• Sample script• Results• Additional functionality to consider with scripts

UCM File Transfer Utility – Integration w/ETL Tools• Since the API is command line executable it can be invoked from any ETL tool

capable of initiating a command line task– Install/Configure the utility at appropriate location (typically ETL tool host)– Decide to wrap in a script or call direct

• Ex: ODI (Oracle Data Integrator) or Informatica

Example: UCM File Transfer Utility w/ODI

Example: UCM File Transfer Utility w/ODI

Use Cases

BICC Use Case: Oracle Data Warehouse• Leverage ETL Tool to extract data from BICC into a Cloud Data Warehouse

BICC Use Case: Amazon Web Services ODS• Leverage Non-Oracle Technologies to create an ODS for interfaces

EC2

On-Premises Applications and

Databases

AWS RDSCluster

Storage Gateway

ERP Cloud

Concur Expenses

FilesBICC Files

Files

EPBCS

Cloud Application Layer

Cloud Extract Files

Elastic Load Balancer

Extract Scripts

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