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â˘Mark Rittman, Co-Founder of Rittman Mead
âŁOracle ACE Director, specialising in Oracle BI&DW
âŁ14 Years Experience with Oracle Technology
âŁRegular columnist for Oracle Magazine
â˘Author of two Oracle Press Oracle BI books
âŁOracle Business Intelligence Developers Guide
âŁOracle Exalytics Revealed
âŁWriter for Rittman Mead Blog :â¨
http://www.rittmanmead.com/blog
â˘Email : mark.rittman@rittmanmead.com
â˘Twitter : @markrittman
About the Speaker
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â˘The ďŹrst release of OBIEE 12c, Oracleâs
enterprise BI platform
â˘Available on all major OS platforms (64-bit
only)
â˘New features include:
âŁVisual Analyzer & Data Mashups (DV Option)
âŁUI refresh and overhaul
âŁNew big data and advanced analytics
capabilities
âŁRadically-SimpliďŹed test-to-production &
cloning inspired by Cloud
âŁFuture platform for innovation around hybrid
& private cloud deployments
OBIEE 12c 12.2.1 : Available for Download on OTN
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â˘Users want to take part in deďŹning new data sources
+ semantic models, canât wait for IT
â˘If you want users to stop using Excel, let them add
their own data to your reports
â˘IT should be an enabler for the business, not a
barrier or gatekeeper for resources
â˘Analysis and discovery are the new âdashboards and
reportingâ
â˘If you canât provision a new BI environment today,
theyâll use a SaaS BI app instead
The New Reality for BI Professionals and IT StaďŹ
â˘Some might say âŚ
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â˘Tableau-style data analysis tool aimed at data
analysts and self-service users
â˘Point-and-click exploration and visualisation
of datasets
â˘Uses BI Repository as data source, ensuring
âsingle-version-of-the-truthâ
â˘Users can also add their own data, âfor data
mashupsâ
â˘Requires additional Oracle Data Visualization
license, $1250/named used
Oracle Visual Analyzer
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â˘Takes the Visual Analyzer part of 12c,â¨
makes it available as standalone tool
â˘Install on Windows desktop, or runâ¨
in Oracle Cloud as SaaS app
â˘Desktop version comes with JDBCâ¨
connectivity to RDBMS, Impala,â¨
Spark SQL, MongoDB etc
â˘DVCS license includes matching # ofâ¨
DV Desktop licenses (named user)
â˘DV option license for OBIEE12c â¨
allows matching # use of DV Desktop
Oracle Data Visualization Desktop & Cloud Service
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Extension of BI Server SQL to Advanced Analytics
â˘Advanced Analytics - BI Server Built-in Functions
âŁNo external engine required
âŁUI integration
âŁExtension to logical SQL
âŁAvailable across all supportedâ¨
DB sources + platforms
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â˘Advanced Analytics - Custom Extensions
â˘DeďŹne Custom Functions
âŁDeďŹne inputs required from BI users
âŁProvide execution script (for e.g. R)
âŁSpecify engine (R, Oracle Database, etc)
â˘Evaluate_Script() allows any custom R function â¨
to be run from within OBIEE
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Custom Advanced Analytics Functions + Scripts
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â˘Extend dimensions within an existing Subject Area
â˘Add facts to an existing Subject Area
â˘Standalone analysis outside of Subject Areas
â˘Future plans to allow mashup metadata to be â¨
promoted into main RPD model
âŁIn meantime, can be achieved throughâ¨
process and accelerators
Self-Service Data Mashups for Business Agility
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â˘Extend dimensions within an existing
Subject Area
â˘Add facts to an existing Subject Area
â˘Standalone analysis outside of Subject
Areas
â˘Future plans to allow mashup metadata
to be promoted into main RPD model
âŁIn meantime, can be achieved throughâ¨
process and accelerators
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External Subject Areas & User-Uploaded Datasets
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â˘Clean page design, focus on data, better
use of space, easier to navigate
â˘Improved Look and Feel for Answersâ¨
and Dashboards
â˘Browser and mobile support
â˘Consistent across Oracle products - cloud
and on-Premises
â˘Strikes a balance between new design
patterns and providing a familiar
environment for 11g users
Complete UI Refresh using âAltaâ Theme
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â˘Enhanced Subject Area pane
âŁSearch, reorder, refresh and reload metadata elements
â˘Improved view rendering
âŁNew Heat Matrix view type
âŁHTML-5 graphics
â˘Direct interaction with results
âŁDirectly edit view properties
âŁNew Graph and Pivot Table Sorting Capabilities
âŁEasily create Groups, Calculated Items and Measures
Many more usability improvements..
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The Oracle Hybrid Analytics Journey
Business Leader Workgroup Enterprise
Data Visualization
On-Premise
OBI12c
+ Data Visualization
On-Premise
OBI12c
+ Data Visualization
+ Data Warehouse
On-Premise
Business Leader Workgroup Enterprise
Data
Visualization
Cloud Service
Business Intelligenceâ¨
Cloud Service
(includes DV)
Business Intelligenceâ¨
Cloud Service +
Database Cloud Service
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â˘Oracle Business Intelligence, re-imagined for the cloud
â˘Runs as part of Oracle Public Cloud, part of wider Oracle Platform-as-a-Service
â˘Pay monthly, min 10 users, rolling upgrades and new features
â˘Entirely thin-client, simpliďŹed administration
â˘Aimed at departmental use-cases
âŁSharing data from a spreadsheet
âŁTeam reporting
âŁDevelopment sandboxes
âŁUser-driven thin-client modeling, eventualâ¨
BAR ďŹle interchange with on-premise
Oracle BI Cloud Service - Agile Analytics in the Cloud
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â˘Separation of Environment and ConďŹguration
âŁSingle source of truth for both â no environment info in RCU DB schemas
âŁEnd Point API
-Reduce dependency on hardwired server names in conďŹguration
âŁOne place to edit environment and/or conďŹguration
âŁMost ďŹles can be edited directly by customer using any tool including Chef / Puppet
â˘Singleton Data Directory (SDD)
âŁSimple conversion to high availability (HA) deployment
âŁEasier Backup and Restore and Disaster Recovery
â˘Removal of OPMN process control
⣠Nodemanager used throughout to control components
OBIEE12c Architecture Key Changes
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â˘Inspired by Oracle Cloud SaaS BI applications
â˘A logical BI environment that provides service for users
âŁAllows login
âŁProvides BI functionality
âŁContains BI content designed for target users
âŁOBIEE 12.2.1 uses a single service instance, into whichâ¨
the RPD, catalog and security artefacts are deployed
âŁImpact - no UI currently for uploading RPDs, coming
soon with next patch release
Key Developer New Feature - BI Service Instances
BI Domain
Service Instance
Catalog
(Webcat)
Data Model
(RPD)
Security Policy
(Application
Roles)
Mobile or browser logged in
to a BI Service Instance
BI Processes
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â˘A ďŹle format used to package the content of a Service Instance or BI Application Module.
âŁIncludes webcat content, bi server datamodel metadata and security policy information
âŁIncludes a manifest ďŹle to manage dependencies on BI Modules if applicable*
â˘Used as a vehicle to enable Service Instances to be moved from one place to another:
âŁBackup and Restore
âŁTest to Production (T2P)
âŁCloning Service Instances
âŁMoving a Service Instance from one deployment to another
âŁUpgrade
â˘Roadmap is for BICS / OBIEE12c BAR ďŹle interoperability
*See subsequent slides on BI Modules
BI Application Archive (BAR) Files
Catalog
(Webcat)
BI Application
Archive (BAR)
Data Model
(RPD)
Security Policy
(Application Roles)
Manifest
(Including List of
Dependencies)
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â˘Multiple service instances in the same BI
domain
âŁMulti-tenancy capabilities
âŁIndependent service instances each able to
serve a diďŹerent set of business users
â˘Analytic Application Modules
âŁAbility to create and deploy base content for
each service instance
âŁAbility to upgrade base application content
whilst leaving user content unchanged
âŁEach service instance can be based on an
analytic application module
âŁOne analytic application module can be used
by multiple service instances
Coming in the Future - Multiple Service Instances