t: +44 (0) | e: | w: Reporting Options – R12 and Fusion Toby Price, Business Development Manager, SolStonePlus
t: +44 (0) | e: | w: Agenda About SolStonePlus Software framework Discussion about now Crystal ball gazing (10 minutes)
t: +44 (0) | e: | w: SolStonePlus Overview 28 years as a Business Intelligence solutions provider –Widely regarded as Oracle's most experienced BI Partner –Staff and Customer Loyalty Premiere Annual Sponsors of the UK Oracle User Group for Independent Oracle advice Pragmatic guidance on new and existing Oracle products
t: +44 (0) | e: | w: Objectives of the presentation Leave with a better understanding of the realistic options and what other organisations are doing The views expressed in this presentation are my own personal views and do not reflect the views of Oracle or any other vendor. And I don’t know everything about everything! Safe Harbour... Anything you see from potential future releases is not a commitment from Oracle (and therefore not many screenshots!)
t: +44 (0) | e: | w: Oracle Software Framework Reports, Discoverer and XML/BI Publisher OBI –EE –SE1 –Foundation BI Applications / Analytics Embedded Analytics
t: +44 (0) | e: | w: Some Roadmap Options to consider Stay with Discoverer and deal with Reports and FSGs using BI (XML) Publisher Perform a technical migration to OBI from Discoverer and Reports Build a bespoke data warehouse Implement BI Applications before or after R12 Re-implement then build an archive data warehouse Buy another software package to report from Financials Wait for Embedded BI in Fusion Applications... any other options raised by the audience
t: +44 (0) | e: | w: ETL Roadmap ODI Informatica –Choice in first release OWB
t: +44 (0) | e: | w: A bit of crystal ball* gazing Oracle Transaction BI (OTBI) Oracle BI Applications Specialised Analytics (Essbase and Real- Time Decisions) I won’t know all the details, but can find out * Not of course Oracle Crystal Ball ;)
t: +44 (0) | e: | w: BI Applications with Fusion New modules –E.g. Fixed Assets –Payroll –Commitments
t: +44 (0) | e: | w: Transactional BI with Fusion Operational data from Financials –Receivables –Payables –GL –Sub-Ledger Accounting –Cash Management –Assets –Intercompany
t: +44 (0) | e: | w: Integration of OBIA and OTBI and Fusion
t: +44 (0) | e: | w: Integration of OBIA and OTBI and Fusion Shared metamodel –OBIA from data warehouse –OTBI from source tables Many performance improvements promised OTBI can be placed on dashboard OBIA can be added to the Fusion Applications reporting pane BI Composer for new reports Search Integration
t: +44 (0) | e: | w: BI Composer – Available now
t: +44 (0) | e: | w: Specialised Analytics Enhancing the GL
t: +44 (0) | e: | w: Conclusion Many options to consider now Look for material benefits and reducing IT support costs Consider reporting upgrade costs when deciding on BI strategy Single source or best of breed
t: +44 (0) | e: | w: Any Questions?