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Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition 12c

You're reading from Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition 12c Build your organization's Business Intelligence system

Product type Paperback

Published in Apr 2017

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781786464712

Length 578 pages

Edition 2nd Edition

Tools

Oracle Business Intelligence

Concepts

Business Intelligence

Authors (2):

Adrian Ward

Haroun Khan

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Table of Contents (18) Chapters

Preface

1. Oracle BI 12c Architecture FREE CHAPTER

2. Installing the Prerequisite Software

3. Installing on Windows Server 2012

4. Reviewing the Features of the Reporting Repository

5. Installing and Configuring Client Tools

6. Understanding the Systems Management Tools

7. Developing the BI Server Repository

8. Creating Dashboards and Analyses

9. Agents and Action Framework

10. Developing Reports Using BI Publisher

11. Usage Tracking

12. Improving Performance

13. Using the BI Admin Change Management Utilities

14. Ancillary Installation Options

15. Reporting Databases

16. Customizing the Style of Dashboards

17. Upgrading to 12c

Chapter 15. Reporting Databases

"It's all about the database" - Anonymous.

No book on Oracle BI would be complete without introducing the concepts of a reporting database.

Just to be clear, Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition (OBIEE) is neither a database nor a storage system for data. OBIEE grabs data from a source (which is normally a database), and sends it to your screen (or e-mail, PDF, and so on) in a presentable format.

As discussed in previous chapters, the source data can be held in a variety of formats including, but not limited to, spreadsheets, tables, and XML. However, for most large implementations, a database is the only suitable source. If there are millions or even billions of data items, then a database is crucial. Moreover, a well-structured and well-maintained database is essential for the very survival of an OBIEE project. Size matters when it comes to design: the bigger the database, the better the design needs to be; otherwise it...

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Authors (2)

Ward

Ward

Adrian Ward is an Oracle ACE Associate who started working in Siebel Analytics back in 2001 and quickly realized the potential in the technology. He formed the UK's first independent consultancy focusing purely on OBIEE (nee Siebel Analytics) and Oracle BI Applications. He has led many large successful OBIEE implementations in a wide range of business sectors, from investment banking to military operations. His deep technical OBIEE and BI Applications knowledge has been applied on dozens of projects throughout the globe, including HR, Sales, Service, Pharma, and Custom Analytics, which is enabling hundreds of thousands of users in their day-to-day roles. He was also one of the first bloggers on Oracle BIEE at http://www.obiee.info and today runs the Addidici OBIEE consultancy, which has operations in the UK, Europe, and South Africa. Adrian runs one of the largest Oracle BI networking groups on LinkedIn -- Oracle Business Intelligence, is an active tweeter (@Addidici), is a speaker at Oracle conferences, and helps others learn. In his spare time, he loves sailing at Hayling Island, skiing, enjoying life with his family, and learning new technologies.

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Khan

Khan

Talha Khan is a passionate web developer, JavaScript enthusiast, software consultant, and coffee freak from Pakistan who is currently residing in UAE. He has more than five years of experience in this field. Despite graduating in mathematics and statistics, his love for web technologies pushed him toward the field of web technologies. He is experienced in developing interactive websites and web applications using PHP, MYSQL, and Dot Net Suite along with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript libraries. He has been teaching web development as well and is an active contributor on programming forums such as StackOverflow. Occasionally, he tweets at @alphaprofile. Talha has worked and consulted on various projects for several major brands and companies. Tossdown.com, a leading restaurants and food search engine of Pakistan, is among one of his major achievements. He is also running his own start-up while educating newbies on technology. He is currently working as a software architect for UAE's biggest swimming academy, Hamilton Aquatics.

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