Oracle BI Applications

“Can we make it worth the Purchase?”

Introduction § Oracle Gold partner én Specialized Partner

§ CRM On Demand, § Oracle BI Applications.

§ Oracle Business Solution partner

§ Oracle’s Siebel CRM, § Oracle BI Application, § Oracle CRM On Demand, § Oracle Middleware, § Oracle Knowledge (Inquira)

Oracle BI (Applications) Consultant

§  Oracle BI EE - 'Oracle Business Intelligence Foundation Certified Implementation Specialist - 1Z0-526‘

§  Oracle BIA - 'Oracle Business Intelligence Applications 7 for ERP Certified Implementation Specialist - 1Z0-525‘

§  Oracle BI By Bakboord (http://obibb.wordpress.com) §  Twitter (http://twitter.com/daanbakboord)

“Buy versus Build”

§  Buy to standardize §  standard every-day

processes

§  Build to compete §  processes make a

difference

Tools vs Applications

Oracle BI Applications “Pre-Built, Pre-Mapped, Pre-Packaged”

Pre-Built § Reports & Dashboards (Best Practice Library) § Repository § Schemas § ETL

Oracle BI Applications “Empowerment”

Oracle BI Applications enables you to…. §  …. reduce query impact on (ERP / CRM) source

environment §  …. create a self-service analytic environment

§  focus on business §  high performance §  reduced IT involvement

§  …. provide interactive analytics §  drill-down §  guided navigation §  pre-built workflows

Devil’s Triangle

Faster Time to Value

Oracle BIA Implementation “Objectives”

§  Application §  gain insight §  better…

§  … decisions §  … actions §  … business processes

§  User Adoption & Acceptance §  Ability to Support & Maintain the Implementation

Oracle BI Applications “Simplified”

§  Hard Side (Technical) § Acquire & Combine § Transform to Information & Knowledge § Distribute Data

§  Soft Side (User)

§ Use § Culture

Focus on the Business (User) “Softside of BI”

§  Willingness to Change §  Sponsorship

§  20% saboteurs §  60% followers §  20% pioneers

Save Time “Weeks & Months vs Months & Years”

§  Install §  Configure §  Load §  Demo

§  Oracle BI Dashboards §  Oracle BI Answers

Oracle BI 11g (7.9.6.3) “Seeing is Believing” New features

§  Master Detail Linking §  Chart Sliders & Zooming §  Hierarchical Columns §  View prompts §  Cascading Prompts

Validate

§ Data Validation § Fit / Gap Analysis

§  Deployed Applications §  Business Reporting Requirements §  Customizations in the Source Application §  Required (ETL) Customization

User Adoption “Business vs IT”

§  IT supports the Business §  Business needs IT §  Communicate

§  better understanding §  why do I need data? §  request in relation to it's development cost §  questioning Business needs

Acceptance “Build vs Build Less”

100% Standard doesn’t exist! §  Source System Customized §  Every Customer is ‘Special’

Customize & Extend §  columns (dimension metrics) §  tables (dimension, fact, aggregation) §  granularity §  hierarchy §  front-end (reports , dashboards) §  new source (system)

Training “End User”

Understand …… § …. (possible limitations) of the content of the out-of-

the-box Oracle BI Applications; §  Financials, §  HR, §  Procurement §  Spend and Project Analytics

§ …. how dashboards can be built and distributed §  Oracle BI Dashboards §  Oracle BI Answers §  Oracle BI Delivers

Training “Support & Maintain”

Understand …… § …. the Oracle BI Applications proposition § …. the technology behind Oracle BI EE / Oracle BI

Applications §  setup §  configure §  manage

§ …. planning and implementing customizations / extensions

Oracle BI Application “Benefits”

§  Time  to  Value  §  Quick  install  

§  customer  data  §  ‘Vanilla’  installa2on  

§  Standardiza5on    §  architecture,    §  setup  §  methods  §  naming  

Oracle BI Application “Pitfalls”

§  Oracle BI A = Application §  Customization is possible §  ETL can be complicated

§  Define the Needs §  Oracle BI Applications as a new….

§  …. philosophy §  …. approach for business improvement

BI trends for 2012

BI in the Cloud Mobile BI Analytics In-memory analytics The Agile approach to BI Big Data

Summary

§  Time is the gateway to success §  Oracle BI Applications provides the Technology §  Business & IT are on the same Team §  Use the time to support the Business

Questions?