Oracle BI Suite Enterprise Edition 10g Bootcamp

The course provides an introduction to the fundamental concepts of business intelligence and the Oracle BI Enterprise Edition architecture, step-by-step procedures for building and verifying the three layers of an Oracle BI repository, and step-by-step instructions for creating ad-hoc queries in Oracle BI Answers and incorporating them into Interactive Dashboards.
Students begin by using the Oracle BI Server Administration Tool to construct a simple repository to address a fictitious company's business requirements. They import schemas, design and build logical business models, and expose them to users in Oracle BI Answers. Students then extend the initial repository and learn how to model more complex business requirements. They also learn how to implement Oracle BI Server security and manage Oracle BI Server cache.
Next, they explore Oracle BI EE user interfaces, and learn to build a simple Oracle BI Interactive Dashboard. They will start with basic requests created in Answers, then add more complexity as the topics progress, including pivot tables, charts, prompts and embedded content. They will also use Oracle BI Delivers to send real-time, personalized alerts to Interactive Dashboards for subscribed users, and explore the Administration features of the BI Presentation Services.

Learn to:

• Describe the role of key components in the architecture
• Use the Oracle BI Administration Tool to build, manage, and maintain an Oracle BI repository
• Use Oracle BI Answers to build and execute queries to test and verify a dimensional business model
• Use the Oracle BI Administration Tool to administer Oracle BI Server
• Build queries and Dashboards in Oracle BI Answers
• Use Oracle BI Delivers to configure, schedule, and deliver personalized alerts

A Live Virtual Class (LVC) is exclusively for registered students; unregistered individuals may not view an LVC at any time. Registered students must view the class from the country listed in the registration form. Unauthorized recording, copying, or transmission of LVC content may not be made.

Audience

• Application Developers
• Business Analysts
• Business Intelligence Developer
• Data Modelers
• Functional Implementer
• Reports Developer
• Technical Consultant

Course Topics Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition: Overview and Architecture

• Define and describe business analytics and business intelligence
• Identify the analytical business challenge and the solution provided by Oracle BI products
• Define and describe data warehousing and data modeling
• Identify the major components that make up the Oracle BI Enterprise Edition architecture
• Describe the role of key components in the architecture
• Describe the relationships among the components

Repository Basics and Building the Physical Layer of a Repository

• Repository structure, features, and functions
• Using the OracleBI Administration Tool
• Creating a repository
• Loading a repository into Oracle BI Server memory
• Importing data sources
• Setting up connection pool properties
• Defining keys and joins
• Creating alias and select tables

Building the Business Model and Mapping Layer of a Repository

• Building a business model
• Building logical tables, columns, and sources
• Defining logical joins
• Building measures
• Examining business model object properties

Building the Presentation Layer of a Repository

• Exploring Presentation layer objects
• Creating Presentation layer objects
• Modifying Presentation layer objects
• Examining Presentation layer object properties

Testing and Validating a Repository

• Checking repository consistency
• Turning on logging
• Defining a repository in the initialization file
• Testing a repository using Oracle BI Answers
• Inspecting the query log

Adding Multiple Logical Table Sources and Calculations to a Fact Table

• Adding multiple logical table sources to a logical table
• Creating new calculation measures based on existing logical columns
• Creating new calculation measures based on physical columns
• Creating new calculation measures using the Calculation Wizard

Creating Dimension Hierarchies and Level-Based Measures

• Creating dimension hierarchies
• Creating level-based measures
• Creating share measures
• Creating rank measures

Using Aggregates, Partitions, Fragments and Repository Variables

• Modeling aggregate tables to improve query performance
• Testing aggregate navigation and Using the Aggregate Persistence Wizard
• Purpose for segmenting data into partitions and fragments
• Partition types and Modeling partitions in an Oracle BI repository
• Session variables and Repository variables
• Initialization blocks
• Using the Variable Manager
• Using dynamic repository variables as filters

Modeling Time Series Data

• Using time comparisons in business analysis
• Using Oracle BI time series functions to model time series data

Configuring Oracle Business Intelligence data and metadata to support multilingual environments Setting an Implicit Fact Column

• Adding fact columns automatically to dimension-only queries
• Ensuring the expected results for dimension-only queries
• Selecting a predetermined fact table source
• Specifying a default join path between dimension tables

Security and Cache Management

• Creating users and groups
• Setting permissions for users and groups
• Authenticating using a external database and database authentication
• Setting query limits and timing restrictions
• Restricting tables as non-cacheable
• Using Cache Manager, Inspecting cache reports and Purging cache entries
• Modifying cache parameters and options
• Seeding the cache

Setting Up and Administering Usage Tracking

• Tracking and storing Oracle BI Server usage at the detailed query level
• Using usage tracking statistics to optimize query performance and aggregation strategies
• Analyzing usage results using Oracle BI Answers and other reporting tools

Multi-user Development

• Setting up a multi-user development environment
• Developing a repository using multiple developers
• Tracking development project history

Filtering Requests in Oracle Business Intelligence Answers

• Introduction to filters in Answers
• Adding filter prompts to requests
• Using saved requests as filters

Oracle Business Intelligence Answers: Advanced Features

• Combining request criteria using set operations
• Executing direct database requests
• Editing logical SQL generated by a request

Building Views and Charts in Requests

• Introduction to Answers views and charts
• Creating and editing charts
• Performing common view tasks

Showing Results with Pivot Tables

• Introduction to pivot tables
• Formatting pivot tables
• Setting aggregation rules and building formulas

Creating and Configuring Oracle Business Intelligence Interactive Dashboards

• Introduction to Interactive Dashboards and pages
• Dashboard Editor UI elements
• Composing dashboard elements
• Types of dashboard content
• Embedding content in Interactive Dashboards
• Using bookmark links to distribute and save Interactive Dashboards

Customizing the Oracle Business Intelligence User Interface

• Modifying cascading style sheets
• Modifying XML message files
• Making configuration changes using the instanceconfig file

Administering the Oracle Business Intelligence Presentation Catalog

• Maintaining the Oracle BI Presentation Catalog
• Managing security
• Understanding security inheritance
• Describing the Presentation Catalog structure
• Permission types
• Setting permissions using the Manage Catalog screen

Using Oracle Business Intelligence Delivers

• Introduction to Oracle BI Delivers
• Configuring delivery devices
• Adding delivery profiles
• Building alerts
• Introduction to Oracle BI Scheduler
• Scripted jobs

Course Objectives

• Set up query logging for testing and debugging
• Use Oracle BI Answers to run queries to test and validate a repository
• Build simple and calculated measures for a fact table
• Create dimension hierarchies and level-based measures
• Model partitions and fragments to improve application performance and usability
• Use time series functions to support historical time comparison analyses
• Configure Oracle BI to support multilingual environments
• Apply cache management techniques to maintain and enhance query performance
• Enable usage tracking to track queries and database usage, and improve query performance
• Set up a multi-user development environment
• Create and modify Business Intelligence requests using Oracle Business Intelligence Answers
• Create and modify Interactive Dashboards
• Customize the Oracle BI Presentation Services user interface
• Business intelligence concepts and the
• Build the Physical, Business Model and Mapping, and Presentation layers of a repository