Sumário Itens Encontrados: 160Chapter 1 Introduction 1In This Chapter 11.1 Introduction 11.2 A Basic Business Need 21.3 What Is Business Intelligence? 31.4 Why BI? 41.5 Enabling a Competitive Advantage 41.6 BI and Reporting Categories 61.6.1 Operational Reporting 71.6.2 Analytical BI 81.6.3 Operational BI 101.7 Summary 13Chapter 2 Why Oracle Essbase Now 15In This Chapter 152.1 Introduction 152.2 OBIEE and Essbase: History and Importance 162.3 Why Essbase Now: From History to Historical,Analytical, and Beyond 192.4 Summary 20Chapter 3 Oracle Essbase and Oracle BI: SuccessfulPlayers and Products 21In This Chapter 213.1 Introduction 213.2 The Primary Vendors: Inventors and Presenters 223.3 The Primary Products and Tools Set: Inclusionsand Exclusions 233.3.1 Oracle Exalytics 233.3.2 Oracle Essbase 243.3.3 Oracle BI Publisher 253.3.4 Oracle BI Foundation Suite 253.3.5 Oracle BI Enterprise Edition (OBIEE) 273.3.6 Oracle BI Mobile 293.3.7 Oracle BI Applications 303.3.8 Oracle BI for Big Data 313.4 The Primary Users: Evaluators, Investors,Implementers and Eventual Benefiters 323.5 Summary 363.6 References 36Chapter 4 Analysis, Evaluation, and Selection 37In This Chapter 374.1 Introduction 374.2 Essential Criteria for Requirements Analysis ofOracle Essbase and OBIEE as a ComprehensiveBI Solution 384.2.1 Business ProcessesâDiscovery and Definition 384.2.2 Information Integration 394.2.3 Information Dissemination, Transformation,and Visualization 404.2.4 User Interaction 414.2.5 Information Customization 414.2.6 Information in Action: BI, AdvancedAnalytics, and Beyond BI (Competitive,Social, and Cloud-Based Intelligence) 424.2.7 Information and Big Data 424.3 Key and Critical Deciding Factors in SelectingSuch a Solution 434.4 The Final Pick is a Customer-Centric Solution:Key Indicator Checklist 444.5 Summary 464.6 References 46Chapter 5 Data Integration, Implementation, andCustomization Using Essbase 47In This Chapter 475.1 Introduction 475.2 Building an Integrated Approach for Data 485.2.1 Recommendations 495.3 Implementation Specifics of Data, from DataSource to Data Analytics 515.4 Semantic Integration between OBIEE andEssbase, Using OBIEE as a Data Source forOracle Essbase 525.4.1 Recommendations 535.4.2 Implementation Specifics 555.4.3 Using OBIEE 12c for Essbase 12c 565.5 Extending and Customizing Essbase 575.5.1 Extending Essbase Cubes 575.5.2 Analytics That Can Be Applied toCustom Implementations 595.5.3 Best Practices and AdditionalCustomization Scenarios 605.6 Summary 625.7 References 63x Oracle Business Intelligence and Essbase Solutions GuideChapter 6 Using Essbase for Analytical BI 65In This Chapter 656.1 Introduction 656.2 What Kind of Analytics Are Good for EssbaseCubes? 666.2.1 Recommendations 686.3 Implementation Specifics of Using Analytical BIUsing Essbase 686.3.1 Using Essbase for Analytical BI 696.3.2 Using BSO Cubes for Analytical BI 716.3.3 Using ASO Cubes for Analytical BI 736.4 Summary 736.5 References 75Chapter 7 Using OBIEE for Operational BI 77In This Chapter 777.1 Introduction 777.2 Donât Let Your Tool Wag Your Data 787.3 Categories for Business Intelligence and Reporting 807.4 What Is Operational Business Intelligence? 827.4.1 The Ultimate Goal: Insight to Interaction 837.5 Delivering Operational BI 847.5.1 Operational BI and OBIEE 857.5.2 Updating the Enterprise Data Warehousefor Operational BI 877.6 The Operational Data Store Option 917.7 Summary 94Chapter 8 Using OBIEE for Self-Service BI 97In This Chapter 978.1 Introduction 978.2 In Search of Self-Service BI 988.3 Enter OBIEE as a Solution 998.4 OBIEE for Self-Service BI 1018.5 Big Data and Self-Service BI 1038.5.1 OBIEE12c and Big Data 1048.6 Summary 105Chapter 9 Best Practices for Solution Implementationand Customization 107In This Chapter 1079.1 Introduction 1079.2 Establishing a Data Foundation Based on aLogical Model 1089.3 Extending the Logical Data Model forImplementation and Customization 1109.3.1 Using the Logical Model To ExtendEssbase Cubes 1119.3.2 Building Analytics That Can Be Appliedto Custom Implementations 1129.3.3 Best Practices and AdditionalCustomization Scenarios 1149.4 The Logical Model as a Scalable Best PracticeSolution 1169.5 Summary 117Chapter 10 Use Case Scenarios 119In This Chapter 11910.1 Introduction 11910.2 The Challenge 12010.3 The Resolution 12310.4 Summary 124Chapter 11 The Prize for the Price: A WinâWin or Not 125In This Chapter 12511.1 Introduction 12511.2 The True Value of Expertise 12611.3 Data-Driven Development 12611.4 A 360-Degree View of a Holistic Solution 12711.5 Summary 128Appendix A: Oracle Big Data and the Cloud for Analytics 131A.1 Using the Cloud To Unleash the Potential ofBig Data 131A.2 Oracleâs Role in Cloud Services and Big Data 132A.3 Beyond BI 133References 133Appendix B: Slides from Data Warehouse Architectures 135B.1 Overview of the Corporate Information Factoryand Dimensional Modeling 135B.2 Slides from OBIEE 12c Presentation 144Appendix C: Oracle® Data Sheets 155Index 167