1. So what are your options? EiS Proprietary and Confidential
Replacing Discoverer?
So what are your options?
Andy Donovan – EiS Technologies
EiS Proprietary and Confidential

2. Agenda Introductions What is Business Intelligence
Strategic v Tactical v Operational
When, Who and What
Where does OBIEE fit (and truly fit OOTB)
What does OBIEE need
So show me!
Why EiS?
Summary

3. Agenda Introductions What is Business Intelligence
Strategic v Tactical v Operational
When, Who and What
Where does OBIEE fit (and truly fit OOTB)
What does OBIEE need
So show me!
Why EiS?
Summary

4. What is Business Intelligence?
Dashboards
Key Performance Indices (KPIs)
Balanced Scorecards
Trending
Benchmarking
Analytics
Ah-hoc Reporting
Business Intelligence (BI) refers to skills, technologies, applications and practices used to help a business acquire a better understanding of its commercial context
© Wikipedia 2009

5. What is Business Intelligence?
Dashboards
Key Performance Indices (KPIs)
Balanced Scorecards
Trending
Benchmarking
Analytics
Ah-hoc Reporting
“Getting the Right Information to the Right People at the Right Time to improve Organizational Performance”
Business Intelligence (BI) refers to skills, technologies, applications and practices used to help a business acquire a better understanding of its commercial context
© Wikipedia 2009

6. What is Business Intelligence?
Strategic
Strategic
When - For the next 5 years
Who - “C” Level
What - Planning and forecasting

7. What is Business Intelligence?
Strategic
Tactical
Tactical
When - This and next year
Who - VP’s and Senior Directors
What - Analysis, Project Over-runs

8. What is Business Intelligence?
Strategic
Tactical
Operational
Operational
When - Today and yesterday
Who - LOB Management
What - What happened?

9. Agenda Introductions What is Business Intelligence
Strategic v Tactical v Operational
When, Who and What
Where does OBIEE fit (and truly fit OOTB)
What does OBIEE need
So show me!
Why EiS?
Summary

10. Oracle Apps Transactions
Where Does OBIEE Fit?
OBIEE
Oracle Discoverer
BI Publisher
Operational
Tactical
Strategic
Oracle Apps Transactions
Data Warehouse
Present day
What is happening now?
Live transactional reporting
History and short to medium term
Ad hoc reporting, Why?
Management & statutory reporting
What will happen
Long term plans, Forecasts
Scorecards and Dashboards

11. Where Does OBIEE Fit – REALLY !!!
Oracle Discoverer
BI Publisher
Operational
Tactical
Strategic
Oracle Apps Transactions
Warehouse
Transactions, Transactions, Transactions
Summary

12. Agenda Introductions What is Business Intelligence
Strategic v Tactical v Operational
When, Who and What
Where does OBIEE fit (and truly fit OOTB)
What does OBIEE need
So show me!
Why EiS?
Summary

13. Where Does OBIEE Fit – REALLY !!!
Oracle Discoverer
BI Publisher
Operational
Tactical
Strategic
Oracle Apps Transactions
Warehouse
Transactions, Transactions, Transactions
Summary

14. What does OBIEE need then?
Operational
Tactical
Strategic
Metadata, Schema, Views – EUL, Universes, Models, Star Schema etc.
Warehouse
Oracle Apps Transactions
Transactions, Transactions, Transactions
Summary

15. What does OBIEE need then?
Strategic
Tactical
Operational

16. Complexity What does OBIEE need then? What goes here? Strategic
Tactical
Operational
What goes here?
Complexity

17. X What does OBIEE need then? Strategic Tactical Operational
Metadata, Views, Open Objects
Tables, Columns, Fields, Joins,
KP Prof, SQL, PLSQL, Triggers,
Keys, Oracle DB, MS SQLDB

18. What does OBIEE need then?
The Complexity
Complex Data Structures
Data is not always in one module
Building a report needs IT involvement
User-defined fields need to be reported on
Configuration specific elements aren’t there
Everyone wants their data in Excel
And give it ALL the data to me, I will decide later!

19. Agenda Introductions What is Business Intelligence
Strategic v Tactical v Operational
When, Who and What
Where does OBIEE fit (and truly fit OOTB)
What does OBIEE need
So show me!
Why EiS?
Summary

20. Agenda Introductions What is Business Intelligence
Strategic v Tactical v Operational
When, Who and What
Where does OBIEE fit (and truly fit OOTB)
What does OBIEE need
So show me!
Why EiS?
Summary

21. Why EiS? Mask complexity with EiS Views EiS Views are cross modular
Enable end users to create reports
Auto-detection of ALL KFFs and DFFs
Auto-detection of Books, OUs, Inv Orgs.
OOTB Excel Pivot Tables with drill to detail
The Complexity
Complex Data Structures
Data is not always in one module
Building a report needs IT involvement
User-defined fields need to be reported on
Configuration specific elements aren’t there
Everyone wants their data in Excel

22. Coverage and Configuration
Why EiS?
Coverage and Configuration
Modules – R11.x and R12.x
Financials – GL, AP, AR, FA and CM
Projects – Costing, Billing, OTL and Grants
HCM – HR, PAY, OTL, OAB, iRec, CWB and OLM
Supply Chain – PO, Inv and OM
Cross Modular – eg. AP to Projects
Implementation Specific Content
discovery of Sets of Books (ledgers), OU’s, Orgs
auto-detection of all DFF’s, KFF’s, EIT’s & SIT’s
detection of pick-lists, LOVs, IDs etc
full documentation & training modules
over 500 production ready reports
fully supported & maintained software solution

23. Summary Why EiS ? Content - Apps Specific Module Coverage
Apps Security
All Oracle - Integrated
Documented
Proven

24. EiS Proprietary and Confidential
Thank you for attending
Andy Donovan
EiS Technologies
EiS Proprietary and Confidential

25. eXpress Solutions
EiS eXpress
Views/Reports
Dashboards
OBI Generator

26. Why EiS? Oracle Apps Data EiS Business Views UDML RPD OBIEE
EiS Standard Reports

27. About EiS EiS Technologies Oracle experts since 2001
Based in Atlanta, GA with offices in India and UK
Oracle Certified Partner and ISV
More than just a software company
eXpress Reporting Solutions
OBI Generator
Oracle “eXpress” implementation services
On Demand and Managed Services