What s New with Oracle BI, Analytics and DW

What s New with Oracle BI, Analytics and DW Mark Rittman, CTO, Rittman Mead India Masterclass Tour 2013

About the Speaker Mark Rittman, Co-Founder of Rittman Mead Oracle ACE Director, specialising in Oracle BI&DW 14 Years Experience with Oracle Technology First Oracle Database - 7.3.4-1996? Regular columnist for Oracle Magazine Author of two Oracle Press Oracle BI books Oracle Business Intelligence Developers Guide Oracle Exalytics Revealed Email : mark.rittman@rittmanmead.com Twitter : @markrittman

A Quick Survey How many of you...? Use Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition? Essbase / Hyperion Planning? Oracle BI Applications? Oracle Data Integrator / OWB? Oracle Database for Data Warehousing? BI and Analytics are everywhere...

OBIEE 11g: Where Are We Now? OBIEE 11.1.1.7 release came out in April 2013 - many new features + updated look and feel Fourth major release of OBIEE 11g since the initial launch back in 2010 Enterprise BI platform centered around the Common Enterprise Semantic Model (RPD) Mobile BI apps, MS Office integration, ad-hoc, dashboard and published reporting Built around Oracle Fusion Middleware Deployable on Windows, Unix, Linux Accessing a range of enterprise data sources Oracle and other RDBMSs Essbase and other OLAP servers Files, XML, web services ADF and SOA sources TimesTen in-memory database

Embedded and Leveraged Throughout the Oracle Tech and Apps Stack Packaged EPM and CRM analytics through Oracle Business Intelligence Applications 11.1.1.7.1 Embedded in the Oracle Fusion Applications Available as BI components within Oracle Fusion Middleware

Part of the Wider Oracle BI Foundation Suite 11g Typically now sold packaged as Oracle BI Foundation Suite 11g Includes Oracle BI EE (dashboard analytics + enterprise semantic model) Oracle BI Mobile Oracle Scorecard & Strategy Management Oracle Essbase Server This provides the context, and the driver, for integration between Essbase and OBIEE Essbase is the go-to OLAP server for Oracle BI EE, and Oracle s analytic apps It s also the standard software bundle when licensing Oracle Exalytics

Oracle s Strategy for Business Analytics Connect to all of your data, from all your sources, Subject it to the full range of possible inquiry Package solutions for known problems and fixed sources, and Deploy to PCs and mobile devices, on premise or in the cloud Any Data, Any Source Full Range of Analytics Integrated Analytic Apps On Premise, On Cloud, On Mobile

Full Range of Analytic Engines Subject your data to the full range of possible enquiry ROLAP for querying and reporting against relational data; MOLAP for multi-dimensional analysis; Search/Analytic database for guided navigation through diverse data Full Range of Analytics Analytic Tools Reporting & Analysis Modeling & Planning Unstructured Analytics Predictive Analytics ROLAP MOLAP Unstructured Analytic Engines

New in OBIEE 11.1.1.7 : Hadoop Connectivity through Hive MapReduce jobs are typically written in Java, but Hive can make this simpler Hive is a query environment over Hadoop/MapReduce to support SQL-like queries Hive server accepts HiveQL queries via HiveODBC or HiveJDBC, automatically creates MapReduce jobs against data previously loaded into the Hive HDFS tables Approach used by ODI and OBIEE to gain access to Hadoop data Allows Hadoop data to be accessed just like any other data source (sort of...)

New in OBIEE 11.1.1.7 - Updated Look & Feel, Visuals, Charts New FusionFX look-and-feel View Suggestion Engine Performance Tiles Breadcrumb navigation links All new standard Views, Print layouts, Dashboard layouts Map Lines, Map Targets, Non BI Layers Blob images content integration Mobile optimized pages

New in OBIEE 11.1.1.7.1 Mobile App Designer Complements BI Mobile HD, creates HTML5-compliant web apps Ideal for LOB-style applications, function-specific, tailored to service Zero install, no data stored on device Works with ios, Android, Blackberry etc, and all HTML5-browsers Build on BI Publisher technology - easy to adapt, extend, customize Deployed as part of OBIEE 11.1.1.7.1, included in BI Mobile license Easy to build, maintain and extend over time

Demonstration OBIEE 11.1.1.7 SampleApp

OBIEE Roadmap : Planned Data Sources : From Oracle Openworld 2013 Greater diversity of relevant data sources required for analytic applications, e.g Big Data, Cloud, Social Cloud requires re-thinking of where data is accessed from, i.e. on-premise or through the public Internet Planned data source abstraction project will provide an Open API to extend the BI Server source support Plug in any data source that can be accessed via Java to the BI Server Will not require code changes to the BI Server to add a data source API will support both internal and third-party development Key benefit is the ability to rapidly respond to new data source requirements

OBIEE Roadmap : Thin-Client Data Modeler: From Oracle Openworld 2013 Requirement for a tool strategy that supports both Cloud and On-Premise metadata development Thin-Client Modeler to be delivered with BI Cloud Service v1 Web-based tool designed for the business user Masks complexity in creating a model with Admin Tool Thin-Client Modeling tool planned for Fusion SaaS Future goal is to deliver thin-client tool with comparable functionality to replace the legacy Admin Tool

OBIEE Roadmap : Metadata Architecture: From Oracle Openworld 2013 Requirement for a metadata architecture that supports iterative multi-user development with discrete ownership of objects, easy upgrades/patching, and rapid deployment Roadmap Features Metadata stored in XML repository Metadata packaged as archives Export / Import / Migration / Deployment Metadata objects shared across projects Ownership assignment to discrete metadata objects and projects BI Admin Tool Admin Tool RPD BI Metadata Modeler Thin Client UI Metadata Services XML DB

From the Labs : BI Ask : From Oracle Openworld 2013 Familiar metaphor to access your BI content & data Installed by default with OBIEE Interprets Semantic layer, Data & Catalog artifacts Reports, KPIs, Dashboards & BI Mobile Apps On-the-fly queries Get answers to questions without authoring Auto-suggest and generate visualizations On-The-Fly to guide users Entry point into Answers, Dashboard and authoring tools Instrumented to capture statistics that will drive prescriptive and proactive BI capabilities Who is querying for What, When & Where Statistics will improve suggestions over time

New in OBIEE 11.1.1.7 : Full Integration of Essbase into OBIEE Tech Stack From OBIEE 11.1.1.7, Essbase is now an install option within the OBIEE product installer Has to be licensed separately, or as part of BI Foundation Installs Essbase Server, Essbase Studio, Financial Reporting and other BI-related/complementary tools alongside OBIEE Management of Essbase Server, Security, start/stop etc all from single Enterprise Manager farm

Essbase and OBIEE within Oracle BI Domain - EM Management Essbase can be stopped, started, restarted from EM via OPMN Essbase metrics reported on from EM Integrated security tools via OPSS application roles and policies

The Return of EPM Workspace Integration from OBIEE 11.1.1.7 EPM Workspace integration returns with OBIEE 11.1.1.7! SSO via shared OPSS (FMW) security Launch BI content from within Workspace Store FR reports in Catalog (must launch from EPM Workspace though, not from OBIEE dashboard)

Also - Full Essbase Cube Spin-Off in OBIEE 11.1.1.7 More of a developer preview at this stage, but...... OBIEE logical SQL command CREATE CUBE provides ability to create whole Essbase ASO or BSO cube from RPD Rather than just a single aggregate slice One for the future - full OLAP data mart automation?

Demonstration Essbase / EPM Integration in OBIEE 11.1.1.7+

Essbase Role within Oracle BI Foundation Suite Essbase is deployed alongside OBIEE to complement OBIEE s existing relational capabilities Adds an enterprise-class OLAP server to the stack, deeply integrated Essbase is supporting BI; elsewhere, in EPM Suite, it runs the show alone All integration work in this context is about making BI run better, not replacing Essbase-specific tools or removing EPM Suite

And for a Bonus: SmartView Compatibility across Essbase and OBIEE From OBIEE 11.1.1.7, SmartView can now be used with OBIEE for Office integration Ability to create new reports as well as analyze Catalog content via Excel, Word etc Replaces BI Office (and original SmartView from OBIEE 10g)

Demonstration SmartView

Oracle BI Applications 11.1.1.7.1 Latest release of Oracle s packaged ERP & CRM analytics product Two new applications - Student Information Analytics and Indirect Spend Analytics Support for EBS, PSFT, Siebel and JDE sources (not Fusion Apps, yet) Implements new OBIEE 11.1.1.7 visuals, dashboard features

Use of Oracle Data Integrator 11g as Embedded ETL Engine Oracle Data Integrator is now an option for the BI Apps embedded ETL engine Potential TCO benefits + use of Oracle strategic tool DAC also now gone, replaced by web-based config Same concept of source adapters, BI Apps DW New option to use GoldenGate to replicate source data into SDS (source dependent schemas) Future 11.1.1.7.x releases will also support Informatica for ETL, Fusion Apps as a data source

Use of ODI for Embedded ETL Load configuration tasks now carried out using BI Configuration Manager + Functional Setup Manager Web-based admin tools with closer integration to ODI Informatica Execution Plans now replaced by ODI Load Plans Load Plan Generator application assembles plans based on subject area selection, and task dependencies ODI Studio + Console now used for ETL customization + mgmt Potential benefits from closer tool integration, lower TCO, more efficient ETL processing (ELT)

OBIA Roadmap : Cloud Adapters : From Oracle Openworld 2013 Replicates hosted data from cloud environment to on-premise Operates identically to all other data sources (via OBIA SDS) Loads data into OBIA SDS tables to support standard OBIA ETL processing into OBIA Data Warehouse Targeted availability FA Sales, HCM, CRM (Rel 8) RightNow & Taleo Eloqua TBD OBIEE OBIA DW ODI Fusion Fusion SDS EBS JDE PSFT Oracle Cloud Customer On-Premise Environment

OBIEE Roadmap : OBIEE in the Cloud : From Oracle Openworld Aimed at departmental / LOB use-cases Multi-tenant OBI Integrated with Oracle Cloud store Answers & Dashboards Web-client data loader and modeler BI Mobile HD DB service (Schema-aaS) pre-requisite (single source) Simple administration and integrated IdM - V1 does not include other OBIEE components: Publisher, Delivers, Essbase, Smart View, MapViews or Invoke Actions - Service will never include OBIEE Suite Plus legacy components: IR, Web Analysis, SQR Reporting

Oracle Database 12cR1 Latest release of Oracle Database, focused on the cloud Headline feature - Container and Pluggable Databases New DB Express Enterprise Manager utility + many new general DB new features

New BI&DW Features with Oracle Database 12cR1 Temporal Validity and In-Database Row Archiving Potentially new way to design DW star schemas? But is the benefit worth the redesign? select first_name, to_char(valid_time_start,'ddmon-yyyy') "Start", to_char(valid_time_end,'dd-mon-yyyy') "End" from hr.emp_temp versions period for valid_time between to_date('01-sep-1995') and to_date('01-sep-1996') order by 2;" SQL Pattern Matching Very interesting - highlight of the release Spot patterns of behavior in data across rowsets Stock price movements, CxO activity etc

OWB, ODI and Oracle Database Data Integration Tools OWB 11gR2 was the final (new) release of OWB, now in maintenance mode New release just out with support for Oracle Database 12c Oracle s plans are to bring OWB + ODI functionality together in ODI12c Part of a wider set of DI tools including EDQ, GoldenGate Migration utility or process from OWB to ODI (details to follow) Likely to incorporate flow-based mapping approach from OWB Likely release at end of 2013?

Thank You for Attending! Thank you for attending this presentation, and more information can be found at http://www.rittmanmead.com Contact us at info@rittmanmead.com or mark.rittman@rittmanmead.com Look out for our book, Oracle Business Intelligence Developers Guide out now! Follow-us on Twitter (@rittmanmead) or Facebook (facebook.com/rittmanmead)

What s New with Oracle BI, Analytics and DW Mark Rittman, Technical Director, Rittman Mead iloug Tech Days, July 2013, Jerusalem