1. Setting up a Successful Reporting Solution with Oracle Discoverer and Other Tools
The Top 7 Reasons Why Oracle Users Rely on NoetixViews for Reporting
Joe Dahl, Sales Consultant

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

3. About Noetix
Enterprise Application Metadata experts since 1994
Offices in Europe, US and Asia
Oracle Certified Partner
Siebel Validated Software Partner
Microsoft Gold Partner
1,300+ Customers Worldwide
Industry
A W A R D S

4. Reporting Challenges

5. Reporting Challenges
Packaged Business Intelligence Tools
Manual mapping of data equates to significant cost and delay of most BI tools
With Noetix you have
Reduced time to information
Reduced cost of implementation
Reduced total cost of ownership
Minimum project risk
No additional rework costs or delay with upgrades
Tailored Templates
Tailored Templates
Generic Reporting Templates
Noetix MetaBuilder™
Noetix MetaBuilder™
Reporting Gap – Manual Mapping
Changes to Application Configuration
Custom Application Configuration
Oracle Applications

6. Performance at a Price
RDBMS and underlying Database design allows optimal Online transaction processing (OLTP) performance
Oracle
Applications 11i

7. The DB Consists of 1000s of Objects
Tables
Packages (Procedures & Functions)
Grants/Synonyms
Views (Limited use)
Database Users (Application User Security)
Roles (Limited use in HR modules)

8. Querying Oracle Applications Using SQL
Columns
Tables
(or Views)
Conditions & Data Relationships
This screen shows the underlying query statement required to produce a View.
If you did not use our views, you would have to write this code yourself in order to produce your report
Notice the number of tables in the From Clause
Notice in the Conditions area how the Type-Look-up code is set to ‘Standard’. This means if you were looking for any other type of purchase order you wouldn’t find it. Also notice that the Organization ID is equal to 114.
These conditions are hardcoded into this View. How would you know this if you were creating a report from this view???? The HELPFILE!!!!
We will go over the Helpfile within this training in detail so that you can create your reports effectively.

9. Overview of NoetixViews

10. 7 Reasons Oracle Users Rely on NoetixViews for Reporting
Information All in One Spot
Auto-Generated Content
Open Systems Flexibility
Automatic Upgrade Protection
Performance Optimization
Index Column Identification
Customized Help File System

11. #1 Information All in One Spot
Simplify access
Configuration specific
Upgrade protection
#1 Information All in One Spot
Doesn’t break
Noetix remaps the View…
Oracle changes the database...
MTL_SYSTEM_ITEMS_B
HZ_CUST_ACCOUNTS
OE_ORDER_LINES_ALL
OE_ORDER_HEADERS_ALL
HZ_PARTIES
MTL_SYSTEM_ITEMS_TL
PA_PROJECTS_ALL
PA_TASKS
Version 2
MTL_SYSTEM_ITEMS
HZ_CUSTOMERS
OE_ORDER_LINES_ALL
OE_ORDER_HEADERS_ALL
MTL_SYSTEM_ITEMS_TL
PA_PROJECTS_ALL
PA_TASKS
Version 1
Noetix “View” of the database
ATO Flag
Booked Date
Customer
Customer No.
Item
Item Desc.
Line Status
Open Quant.
Order No.
Order Quant.
Project
Quantity
Organization
Order Lines
Customer
Selling Org.
Cust. Status
Open Quant.
Order Quant.
Booked Date
Order No.
Orders
Flexfield column in the table
ATTRIBUTE1: “Customer Status”
Flexfield column in the view
Cust. Status
Sample Oracle database tables
Report

12. #2 Auto-Generated Content
NoetixViews creates a comprehensive set of views which “simplify” the underlying database design of Oracle Applications
Views mask the complexity

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

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

15. Flexfields as Configured
Key Flexfield Base Table Column Names
Key Flexfield View Column Names
SEGMENT12
Account$Company
SEGMENT6
Account$Division
SEGMENT3
Account$Cost_Center
Descriptive Flexfield Base Table Column Names
Descriptive Flexfield View Column Names
ATTRIBUTE2
VEND$WWW_Site
ATTRIBUTE9
VEND$Preferred_Vendor
ATTRIBUTE11
VEND$Approved_Until

16. List of Values (QuickPicks Decoded)
Stored Oracle Values
Retrieved Noetix Values
STATUS_LOOKUP_CODE
Status A C I P
Active
Closed
In Process
Printed
TERMS_ID
Payment_Terms
1000
1001
1002
1020 4 5
2/10, Net 30
30/60/90
Due 10th
Net 30
Net 15
Immediate

17. #3 Open Systems Flexibility
Audience
Unique Reporting Needs
Business Users/Managers
Pre-built Reports
Ad hoc Access
Discoverer
Oracle Reports
Crystal
Noetix WebQuery
Business Objects
Cognos
Brio
Senior Mgmt
Dashboards
Analysts Controllers
Excel
Formatted/Ad hoc

18. #4 Automatic Upgrade Protection
Insulates queries against physical changes
Application upgrades
Changing business requirements
Different delivery methods
Changes to Application Configuration
v11i
v10.7

19. #5 Performance Optimization
Each View references many tables
Complex Queries
Union Relationships
Noetix Development involves Tuning
“Explain Plan”
TKProf

20. #6 Indexed Columns Identified
View Columns
which use an index
(indicated by ‘A$’ prefix)
PO_Purchase_Orders
Search by hints
tell how to build
fast queries
A$BUYER_NAME
A$BUYER_NUMBER
A$PO_CREATION_DATE
A$PO_NUMBER
A$VENDOR_NAME
A$VENDOR_NUMBER
PRINTED_DATE
VENDOR_NAME
STATUS
TERMS
A$ columns indicate that these are key data fields to be used in the filters section of a report to limit your report output. These columns will allow your queries to run quickly and efficiently.

21. #7 Customized Help File System
MS Windows Help File Format
HTML Help File Structure Format

22. Noetix EUL Generator for Discoverer
Supports Discoverer versions 3.1, 4.1, 9i & 10g
Business Areas
Folders
Items
Descriptions
List of Values
Data Drills
Automatic Joins

23. NoetixViews for Oracle Applications
Financials — AP, AR, FA & GL
Supply Chain — INV, OM & PO
Manufacturing — MRP, BOM, WIP, CST and OPM
Human Resources — HR, PAY, BEN
Project Accounting — PC & PB
Grants
Cross Operations Extension
Custom Modules
Through Oracle Applications versions

24. NoetixViews Cross Operations Extension
SIRA Inc.
Set of Books
Set of Books
Set of Books
Airplane Group
Automobile Group
Operating Units
Operating Unit
Operating Unit
Operating Unit
Operating Unit
Commercial
Military
Automotive
Motorcycles
Inventory Orgs
INV / Man. Organization
INV / Man. Organization
INV / Man. Organization
INV / Man. Organization
INV / Man. Organization
Washington
California
New York
Texas
Virginia

25. Noetix Solution — Components
NoetixViews®
Provides hundreds of views of the underlying data structures organized by functional area.
Noetix Help File
Efficiently instructs users in report creation by documenting your Oracle Application specific configurations
Noetix QueryServer®
Integrates disparate data sources into a secure query routing & management platform.
Noetix WebQuery®
Empowers decision makers to create and modify reports without IT involvement.
Noetix AnswerPoint™
Delivers hundreds of click-on, customizable answers to business questions.
Noetix Dashboards
KPIs for various functional areas presented via a graphical display
Through Oracle Applications v
Financials – AP, AR, FA & GL
Supply Chain – INV, OM & PO
Manufacturing – MRP, BOM, WIP, CST, & OPM
Human Resources – HR, PAY, BEN
Project Accounting – PC & PB
Grants
Cross Operations Extension
Custom Views for other Modules
DW Views – GL, AP, AR, OM
EUL Generator for Discoverer

26. Product Demonstration

27.       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     