Power-Up Your Reporting for Oracle Apps! Enterprise Reporting and Dashboard Solution Rob Griebel, Noetix

Agenda About Noetix Reporting Challenges The Noetix Solution Product Demonstration Q&A

About Noetix Information access experts since 1994 Offices in North America and Europe Oracle Certified Partner customers worldwide Industry A W A R D SA W A R D S

Reporting Challenges

Oracle Reporting Challenges No Business User Reporting Capability ERP – Large and Diverse User Base Most Companies Have Significant Reporting Backlog Bundled Solution – Costly to Develop and Maintain – Requires Programming Expertise – Technical Challenges Limited Available Alternatives – Complex Data Model = Data Mapping Complex Data Nomenclature Poor End User Adoption Rates of Reporting Tools

The Noetix Solution

User Reporting Challenges Solved Challenge Ability to run ad hoc queries  Complexity of Oracle data model  Access to data no matter where it resides  Need IT assistance IT backlog  Report development cycle takes significant effort  IT constraints and other priorities Learning curve  Want data represented in familiar terms  Want to use tools I know  Re Use of content for reports, dashboards Quick installation of common technology that all tools can use (Noetix WebQuery, Excel, Dashboards) Valuable reports out-of-the-box you can customize and deploy yourself Automatically generates business views in terminology users understand Noetix Solution

NoetixViews ® Provided 650+ views of the underlying data structures Noetix AnswerPoint ™ Delivers hundreds of click-on, customizable answers to business questions. Noetix QueryServer ® Integrates disparate data sources into a secure query routing and management platform. Noetix WebQuery ® Empowers decision makers to create and modify reports without IT involvement.. Noetix Dashboards ™ Interactive graphical presentation of enterprise information Noetix Solution Components

Noetix Platform Query Mgmt Services Metadata Repository Custom ViewsHR CRMLegacyAppCustom DM/DW Oracle Generated Views Oracle Applications Data Noetix Architecture Noetix Dashboards Generated Reports (Templates) Oracle Application Noetix WebQuery with Excel Integration Query & Reporting Tools Applications Custom Reports

Noetix Metadata Repository What is Metadata? Your configuration… Setups Users/Roles Business Rules  Organizations Oracle Applications 11i  Noetix MetaBuilder

Oracle Applications 11i Security NoetixViews How Noetix Uses Metadata  Noetix Metadata Repository Query & reporting  KPIs and metrics Transaction data

What is a View? Example: Purchase Order tables in the database PO_HEADERSC PO_LINE_TYPES PO_LINES MTL_ITEM_CATEGORIES MTL_ITEMS AP_TERMS PO_UN_NUMBERS Your Report Open POs PO No. Item Description List Price Quantity Unit Price Vendor Simplified Noetix “View” PO_Lines Buyer Currency Item Description List Price Open Flag Line No. PO No. Quantity Terms Unit Price Vendor MTL_ITEM_CATEGORIES PO_LINE_TYPES PO_LINES_TL PO_HEADER_TL MTL_ITEMS_TL PO_NUMBERS AP_TERMS_II Same View No changes! New database structure…

Key Flexfields as Configured Key Flexfield Base Table Column Names SEGMENT12 SEGMENT6 SEGMENT3 Account$Company Account$Division Account$Cost_Center Key Flexfield View Column Names

Noetix QueryServer Integrates disparate data sources into easy-to-use virtual tables  Provides simplified integration with Oracle Application data  Centralizes control & data access management  Oracle Siebel Legacy Centralized Query & User Management

Dynamically integrates reports with Microsoft Excel  Noetix WebQuery Cost-effective, zero client information delivery (XML)  Easily-to-Use Reporting Interface for Casual User  Navigation Tool of the Noetix System  Web Based Interface

How much? How many?? Noetix AnswerPoint Provides end-users with immediate answers to business questions Automatically generates over 550 reports custom to your Oracle implementation Immediate Answers Provide Templates for Custom Report Requirements

Why We are Successful Pre-generated Content – Views and reports that pick up configuration End User Independence – Ease of use Faster Time to Market – Predictable, proven implementation Open Architecture – Easily integrate with other data sources Performance – Don’t have to sacrifice real-time data Change Management – Upgrade protection      

Why Noetix is Different? the only software provider that automatically generates content (metadata) from Oracle Applications, enabling immediate access to enterprise-wide information.

Product Demonstration

Demo Overview Pre-Built Reports You Can Customize What You See is What You Get Power-Up Your Query Tool of Choice – Microsoft Excel – Dashboards

Questions? Q&A