This book highlights the practical aspects of using Oracle Essbase and Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition (OBIEE) as a comprehensive BI solution. It explains the key steps involved in Oracle Essbase and OBIEE implementations. Using case studies, the book covers Oracle Essbase for analytical BI and data integration, using OBIEE for operational BI including presentation services and BI Publisher for real-time reporting services, Self-service BI- in terms of VLDB, scalability, high performance, stability, long-lasting and ease of use that saves time, effort, and costs, while maximizing ROI.

IntroductionA Basic Business NeedWhat Is Business Intelligence?Why BI?Enabling a Competitive AdvantageBI and Reporting CategoriesSummaryWhy Oracle Essbase NowOBIEE and Essbase: History and ImportanceWhy Essbase Now: From History to Historical,Analytical, and BeyondSummaryOracle Essbase and Oracle BI: Successful Players and ProductsThe Primary Vendors: Inventors and PresentersThe Primary Products and Tools Set: Inclusions and ExclusionsThe Primary Users: Evaluators, Investors, Implementers and Eventual BenefitersReferencesAnalysis, Evaluation, and SelectionEssential Criteria for Requirements Analysis of Oracle Essbase and OBIEE as a ComprehensiveBI SolutionKey and Critical Deciding Factors in Selecting Such a SolutionThe Final Pick is a Customer-Centric Solution:Key Indicator ChecklistReferencesData Integration, Implementation, and Customization Using EssbaseBuilding an Integrated Approach for DataImplementation Specifics of Data, from Data Source to Data AnalyticsSemantic Integration between OBIEE and Essbase, Using OBIEE as a Data Source forOracle EssbaseExtending and Customizing EssbaseReferencesUsing Essbase for Analytical BIIntroductionWhat Kind of Analytics Are Good for EssbaseCubes?Implementation Specifics of Using Analytical BI Using EssbaseReferencesUsing OBIEE for Operational BIDon't Let Your Tool Wag Your DataCategories for Business Intelligence and ReportingWhat Is Operational Business Intelligence?Delivering Operational BIThe Operational Data Store OptionUsing OBIEE for Self-Service BIIn Search of Self-Service BIEnter OBIEE as a SolutionOBIEE for Self-Service BIBig Data and Self-Service BIBest Practices for Solution Implementation and CustomizationEstablishing a Data Foundation Based on a Logical ModelExtending the Logical Data Model for Implementation and CustomizationThe Logical Model as a Scalable Best Practice SolutionUse Case ScenariosThe ChallengeThe ResolutionThe Prize for the Price: A Win-Win or NotThe True Value of ExpertiseData-Driven DevelopmentA 360-Degree View of a Holistic SolutionOracle Big Data and the Cloud for AnalyticsUsing the Cloud To Unleash the Potential of Big DataOracle's Role in Cloud Services and Big DataBeyond BIReferencesSlides from Data Warehouse ArchitecturesOverview of the Corporate Information Factory and Dimensional ModelingSlides from OBIEE 12c PresentationOracle Data SheetsIndex