Oracle BI 10g: Analytics Overview

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1 Oracle BI 10g: Analytics Overview Student Guide D50207GC10 Edition 1.0 July 2007 D51731

2 Copyright 2007, Oracle. All rights reserved. Disclaimer This document contains proprietary information and is protected by copyright and other intellectual property laws. You may copy and print this document solely for your own use in an Oracle training course. The document may not be modified or altered in any way. Except where your use constitutes "fair use" under copyright law, you may not use, share, download, upload, copy, print, display, perform, reproduce, publish, license, post, transmit, or distribute this document in whole or in part without the express authorization of Oracle. The information contained in this document is subject to change without notice. If you find any problems in the document, please report them in writing to: Oracle University, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, California USA. This document is not warranted to be error-free. Restricted Rights Notice If this documentation is delivered to the United States Government or anyone using the documentation on behalf of the United States Government, the following notice is applicable: U.S. GOVERNMENT RIGHTS The U.S. Government s rights to use, modify, reproduce, release, perform, display, or disclose these training materials are restricted by the terms of the applicable Oracle license agreement and/or the applicable U.S. Government contract. Trademark Notice Oracle is a registered trademark of Oracle Corporation and/or its affiliates. Other names may be trademarks of their respective owners.

3 Contents I Course Introduction Agenda I-2 Instructor and Class Participants I-3 Training Site Information I-4 Course Audience I-5 Course Prerequisites I-6 Course Goal I-7 Course Objectives I-8 Course Methodology I-9 Course Materials I-10 Course Agenda I-11 What This Course Does I-12 Summary I-13 1 Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition: Overview Objectives 1-2 What Is Business Intelligence? 1-3 Business Intelligence Challenges 1-4 Large and Changing Data Volumes 1-5 Differing Requirements 1-6 Ineffective Tools 1-7 Solution: Oracle BI Enterprise Edition 1-8 Oracle BI Enterprise Edition 1-9 Data Warehousing 1-10 Transactional Versus Analytical Systems 1-11 Transactional Versus Analytical Systems Database Schema 1-12 Star Schema 1-13 Fact 1-14 Dimension 1-15 User-Friendly 1-16 Star Schema: Example 1-17 Dimensional Modeling 1-18 Oracle BI Enterprise Edition Platform 1-19 Oracle BI Applications 1-20 Summary 1-21 iii

4 2 Exploring the Oracle BI Enterprise Edition User Interface Objectives 2-2 Oracle BI Answers 2-3 Starting Oracle BI Answers 2-4 Subject Areas 2-5 Working with Requests in Oracle BI Answers Constructing a Request Modifying Request Criteria Changing Column Order Displaying Request Results Modifying Results Layout Adding Filters to Requests Creating and Editing Filters Saving a Request 2-14 Oracle BI Dashboards 2-15 Accessing Oracle BI Intelligence Dashboards 2-16 Accessing Saved Intelligence Dashboards 2-17 Viewing Intelligence Dashboard Detail 2-18 Modifying Intelligence Dashboards 2-19 Editing Dashboards 2-20 Summary 2-22 Lab Oracle BI Enterprise Edition Architecture Objectives 3-2 Oracle BI Architecture 3-3 Oracle BI Clients 3-4 Oracle BI Interactive Dashboards 3-5 Oracle BI Answers 3-6 Oracle BI Delivers 3-7 Oracle BI Presentation Services Administration 3-8 Oracle BI Presentation Services 3-9 Presentation Catalog 3-10 Oracle BI Server 3-11 Oracle BI Server Details 3-12 Oracle BI Repository (.rpd) 3-13 Cache 3-14 NQSConfig.ini 3-15 DBFeatures.ini 3-16 Log Files 3-17 iv

5 Oracle BI Scheduler 3-18 Data Sources 3-19 Oracle Business Analysis Warehouse 3-20 DAC and Informatica Server 3-21 Informatica Server ETL 3-22 Sample Request Processing 3-23 Oracle BI Enterprise Edition Platform Architecture 3-24 Implementation 3-25 Clustering Oracle BI Servers 3-26 Summary 3-27 Lab Oracle BI Enterprise Edition Repository Basics Objectives 4-2 Oracle BI Repository 4-3 Oracle BI Administration Tool 4-4 Physical Layer 4-5 Physical Layer Objects 4-6 Data Sources 4-7 Connection Pool 4-8 Tables and Columns 4-9 Key Columns 4-10 Business Model and Mapping Layer 4-11 Business Model and Mapping Layer Objects 4-12 Business Model Object 4-13 Logical Tables 4-14 Logical Table Sources 4-15 Logical Columns 4-16 Measures 4-17 Presentation Layer 4-18 Presentation Catalogs 4-19 Presentation Layer Objects 4-20 Presentation Catalogs, Folders, and Columns 4-21 Additional Considerations 4-22 Query Repository Utility 4-23 Repository Directory 4-24 NQSConfig.ini 4-25 Repository Modes 4-26 Summary 4-27 Lab 4-28 v

6 5 Oracle Business Intelligence Applications Objectives 5-2 The Evolving Role of Business Intelligence 5-3 Oracle Business Intelligence Applications 5-4 Oracle BI Analytics Applications 5-6 Oracle Business Intelligence Applications 5-7 Oracle Business Analytics Warehouse 5-8 Prebuilt Star Schemas 5-9 Oracle Financial Analytics Product Components 5-10 Oracle BI Apps: Selected Key Entities Unified Multi-Source Data Model 5-11 Prebuilt ETL Routines 5-12 Prebuilt Repository 5-13 Prebuilt Subject Areas 5-14 Prebuilt Folders and Columns 5-15 Prebuilt Presentation Catalog 5-16 Prebuilt Oracle Business Intelligence Applications 5-17 Role-Based Analytics with Siebel CRM 5-18 Oracle BI Applications and SiebelCRM Architecture 5-19 Deployment Options 5-20 Configuring Oracle BI Applications 5-24 Summary Integration with Oracle BI Publisher Objectives 6-2 What Is Oracle BI Publisher? 6-3 Oracle BI Publisher 6-4 What Is Oracle BI Publisher Desktop? 6-6 Oracle BI Publisher Desktop 6-7 From Data to Destination 6-8 Creating Answers Request 6-9 Displaying Request Results 6-10 Publishing the Request in Dashboard 6-11 Connection to BI EE from BI Publisher 6-12 Creating a Report 6-13 Specifying the Data Set for the Report 6-14 Creating a New Layout 6-15 Viewing Final Report from Answer s Request 6-16 Viewing the Report in BI EE Dashboard 6-17 Creating a Report from BI Server 6-18 Creating the Query 6-19 Using the Query Builder 6-20 vi

7 Viewing the Final Report from BI Server 6-22 Summary 6-23 Lab 6-24 Appendix A: Practices vii

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