1. Oracle Business Intelligence Event 22 nd February 2012 Saxon Hotel, Johannesburg Business Intelligence Strategy Recommendations for Customers Using Oracle BI Discoverer

2. Copyright © 2008, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.2 The following is intended to outline our general product direction. It is intended for information purposes only, and may not be incorporated into any contract. It is not a commitment to deliver any material, code, or functionality, and should not be relied upon in making purchasing decisions. The development, release, and timing of any features or functionality described for Oracle’s products remains at the sole discretion of Oracle.

3. Program Agenda Introduction Discoverer customers requests Oracle BI Discoverer Oracle response to customer requests Oracle Discoverer Options Oracle Discoverer and BI EE Roadmap Business and Technical Benefits of Oracle BI EE Technical Migration Considerations Migration Assistant

4. Introduction

5. Copyright © 2008, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.5 Requests From Discoverer Customers Comprehensive BI capabilities Clear roadmap for my BI implementation Reduce TCO of BI deployment

6. Business Intelligence Oracle Discoverer & OBIEE

7. Copyright © 2008, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.7 Clear Roadmap for BI Deployment Your Current and Future Strategy Secure your investment in Oracle Discoverer with unlimited support Extend your deployment with Oracle’s strategic BI technology and comprehensive migration plans from Discoverer Ensure that you have the best level of integration with Oracle ERP, CRM, DB, and other applications and technologies Use Discoverer until ready to migrate Gradual, self-paced migration plan to Oracle BI Suite Enterprise Edition (BI EE) Migration Assistant utility for metadata Documentation, methodology, best practices Consulting Services Produce high-fidelity enterprise reports from Discoverer Worksheets alone or combined with other data sources Extend your BI environment with custom or packaged BI Applications based on BI EE 1 WHATHOW

8. Copyright © 2008, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.8 Reduce Total Cost of Ownership Efficient, Comprehensive BI Technology Reduce maintenance, administration, and data integration costs of your BI deployment Increase efficiency by easily creating, publishing, and distributing BI across the organization Standardize on a single BI foundation for all your enterprise reporting and analysis needs “Model once, deploy everywhere” environment with Oracle BI EE’s Enterprise Information Model (EIM) Single graphical metadata layer for multiple, concurrent data sources Secure, personalized access from all end-user delivery channels Simplify and consolidate data access and modeling for enterprise wide deployments Optimized data access for heterogeneous sources Centralized, comprehensive system administration capabilities BI server architecture built for performance, scalability, high availability, and security WHATHOW 2

9. Copyright © 2008, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.9 Comprehensive BI Capabilities Oracle BI Suite Enterprise Edition Take advantage of Oracle’s best-of-breed, strategic BI technology –Oracle Business Intelligence Suite Enterprise Edition Overcome functionality limitations of Oracle Discoverer BI EE provides optimized data access to heterogeneous sources (EIM) Powerful BI server with an advanced calculation and integration engine Pervasive BI across the organization: Interactive, personalized thin client dashboards Rich, thin client UI for ad hoc query, reporting, and analysis Wide range of end user delivery channels Event-based and recurring scheduled alerts High-fidelity, pixel perfect enterprise reporting from Discoverer or other sources Extensible, packaged BI Applications integrated with Oracle technology WHATHOW 3

10. Oracle Discoverer Customer Roadmap What are your options? Extend current deployment Migrate to Oracle BI EE Implement Oracle BI EE combined with Discoverer Migrate Discoverer objects Oracle Discoverer Customer Implement new functionality Continue to use Discoverer objects Metadata Migration Utility Re-create Workbooks Single metadata layer (EIM) High-fidelity enterprise reports Use with BI EE and phase out* "This information is not a commitment to deliver any material, code, or functionality. The development, release, and timing of any features or functionality described remains at the sole discretion of Oracle" Consider Oracle BI Apps

11. Oracle Discoverer 10.1.2.211 g 10.1.2.310.1.2 Oracle Business Intelligence Roadmap for Oracle Discoverer and Oracle BI EE Oracle BI EE Suite 10.1.3.211.1.1.5Next Releases10.1.3.410.1.3.3 We’re here now Migration utilities from Discoverer to Oracle BI EE Discoverer integration with Oracle BI Publisher Advanced Calculated Members and Usability Improvements "This information is not a commitment to deliver any material, code, or functionality. The development, release, and timing of any features or functionality described remains at the sole discretion of Oracle" Oracle Discoverer Metadata Conversion Assistant BI Publisher support for Discoverer Workbooks as data sources

12. Oracle Discoverer 10.1.2.211 g 10.1.2.310.1.2 Oracle Business Intelligence Roadmap for Oracle Discoverer and Oracle BI EE Oracle BI EE Suite 10.1.3.211.1.1.5Next Releases10.1.3.410.1.3.3 "This information is not a commitment to deliver any material, code, or functionality. The development, release, and timing of any features or functionality described remains at the sole discretion of Oracle" We’re here now

13. Copyright © 2008, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.13 “The fact that this was turned around in about 10 minutes is something I'm going to highlight” “We're on site for a POC with a customer and this is an amazingly powerful demonstration of how we can leverage their investment in Discoverer” “First I want to say that the migration utility was great. best of all is its simplicity. we presented it to customers and they liked it.” Initial Impressions

14. Copyright © 2008, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.1414 Enterprise Information Model Benefits BUSINESS BENEFITS Consistent, Accurate Information Business User Self Service Choice of Front End Tools Role-Based, Secure Access Transparent Information Access TECHNICAL BENEFITS Model Once, Deploy Anywhere Reduced User Support Enables Phased BI Standardization Supports IT Compliance Initiatives Easier Upgrades & Changes

15. Key Benefits Compared to the EUL Ability to map multiple data sources (incl. non-Oracle) Dimensional modeling capability (Semantic Object Layer) Level based measures Item level privileges Item ‘foldering’ to organize large numbers of objects Copyright © 2008, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.15

16. Product Components

17. Oracle Discoverer – Oracle BI EE Analogous Components Discoverer Administrator <> BI EE Administration Tool Copyright © 2008, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.17

18. Oracle Discoverer – Oracle BI EE Analogous Components Discoverer Plus/Viewer <> BI EE Answers Copyright © 2008, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.18

19. Oracle Discoverer – Oracle BI EE Analogous Components Discoverer Portlet Provider <> BI EE Dashboards Copyright © 2008, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.19

20. Metadata Migration

21. Copyright © 2008, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.21 Oracle Discoverer – Oracle BI EE Metadata Migration Discoverer Administrator <> BI EE Administration Tool

22. Copyright © 2008, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.22 Oracle Discoverer – Oracle BI EE Metadata Migration 1 into 3 Discoverer End User Layer analogous to Oracle BI EE’s Enterprise Information Model (metadata layer) EIM is comprised of three layers 3 into 1 Oracle BI EE metadata: Physical Layer Business Model & Mapping Layer Presentation Layer Single, unified metadata model

23. Migration Considerations

24. What type of system do you wish to migrate? Data warehouse Custom built solution – 3NF Oracle Applications reporting (e.g. BIS) What aspects of the system need to be migrated Metadata Workbooks and worksheets Copyright © 2008, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.24 Oracle Discoverer – Oracle BI EE Migration Considerations

25. Data Warehouse Typically star or snowflake schema Optimized for data access Good match with BI EE logical business layer Copyright © 2008, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.25

26. Custom Built Solution – 3NF Typically contains multiple joins between tables Discoverer allows users to select from multiple join paths when creating reports – no equivalent in BI EE Need to fit model into the star schema for logical business layer An example of multiple join paths and logical layer benefits…. Copyright © 2008, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.26

27. Migration Assistant

28. Copyright © 2008, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.28 Metadata Conversion Assistant Shipped with Oracle BI EE 10.1.3.4 ( bin directory ) Documentation, Methodology, and Best Practices Beta tested by several partners and customers Generates Oracle BI EE.rpd file Also comprehensive Oracle Consulting programs

29. Copyright © 2008, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.29 Metadata Conversion Assistant Suitability of Discoverer metadata for automated conversion Data Warehouse Unsuitable for Prebuilt Oracle BIS Custom 3NF Increasing manual effort required

30. Summary

31. Copyright © 2008, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.31 Summary 1 2 3 Oracle provides you with a clear roadmap for your current and future BI deployments You can reduce the total cost of ownership of your BI implementation with new technologies You should take advantage of Oracle BI Suite Enterprise Edition to overcome limitations of Oracle Discoverer

32. Copyright © 2008, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.32 For More Information search.oracle.com oracle.com/technology/Discoverer-Migration or