Boosting OBIEE project performance with Exalytics
As part of the Oracle Engineered Systems portfolio, Oracle Exalytics is as of today under the radar of all companies looking for performing, state-of-the-art BI platforms. In fact, Exalytics blends...
View ArticleSetting Custom Data Format in OBIEE Answers
Sometimes it is necessary to display numeric values in specified format or replace the null values in table or pivot table with zeros or custom text. OBIEE Answers and Dashboards give us a possibility...
View ArticleBlank schemas in BI Administration Tool when importing metadata
Introduction OBIEE (11.1.1.6) demands having the full set of OCI libraries in order to import metadata successfully. A couple of steps will guide you to install the missing libraries as well as...
View ArticleAnalytic Functions: Using LAG for SCD type 2
In one of my previous blog articles called ´´Deduplication using Analytic Function´´, I explained a simple introduction of Oracle Analytic Functions. In this article (addressed for SQL developers), I...
View ArticleOBIEE Metadata Dictionary in 11g
As seen in one of our previous blog articles “Step-by-step on how to generate a Metadata Dictionary”, sometimes you might need to make accessible to the users information about metrics or attributes...
View ArticleHow to secure an Enterprise OBIEE 11g environment: the Oracle HTTP Server
Most clients have their Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition (OBIEE) 11g environment inside their Local Area Network (LAN) secured behind two firewalls, one between the World Wide Web (WWW)...
View ArticleBig Data Strategy
As dust begins to settle, the hype around Big Data is slowly changing into a more realistic thinking on how to actually make it work. At this point, mostly everyone have heard of Big Data and have a...
View ArticleSecured Oracle HTTP Server: Configuring SSL
In a previous post we explained how an Enterprise OBIEE 11g environment can be secured when deploying OBIEE 11g content outside the organization by placing an Oracle HTTP Server (OHS) into the DMZ side...
View ArticleReal case scenario: Migration of the Web Catalog Security in OBIEE 11g
I’ve recently been assigned to a customer project where I was in charge of the BI System Administration. The project was in the user acceptance stage and changes to reports & dashboards happened...
View ArticleHow to burst e-mail messages via Oracle BI Publisher API
Oracle BI Publisher is a reporting solution to author, manage and deliver all your reports and documents easier and faster than traditional reporting tools. Using BI Publisher’s bursting feature you...
View ArticleBullet Graph in Tableau
In this post I am going to introduce one of the most interesting graphs that we can find in Tableau, the Bullet Graph. It was created by Stephen Few and its goal is replace the gauges (i.e. the typical...
View ArticleBig Data in Tableau: Hadoop Connection in Tableau Desktop
Hello Folks! In this article I want to explore the Cloudera Hadoop connection that Tableau Desktop v8 offers. Tableau’s strategy is around big data lately and they are doing their best to become the...
View ArticleHive vs. Impala with Tableau
As I explained in a previous post, Cloudera is an active contributor to the Hadoop Project and in this ecosystem they have launched Impala inside the CDH4 package. Impala offers the possibility of...
View ArticleImplementing KPI Trending in OBIEE
Business Managers are frequently provided BI reports designed to support their decision making process. These analyses typically include highly visual graphs showing how the company performs over time...
View ArticleOracle EBS Responsibilities to OBIEE migration using WebLogic Scripting Tool...
Previously if you wanted to log onto your Oracle E-Business Suite as well as your Oracle Business EE/BI it was necessary to use two different usernames and passwords. In this blog we will show you how...
View ArticleTwitter and Oracle Endeca Information Discovery
This blog article will explain how to capture fresh real time Twitter data in a football match scenario and feed it to Endeca in order to perform unstructured text enrichment and analytics.The post...
View ArticleTwitter and Oracle Endeca Information Discovery – Part 2
PART 2: Folling up on the first part of Oracle Endeca Information Discovery Endeca Studio analysis After all the loading has been done, a new application in the Endeca Studio can be created with this...
View ArticleClearPeaks event at the chamber of commerce Barcelona
Yesterday ClearPeaks presented the visual analytics tool Tableau to over 50 professionals in the center of Barcelona. We chose the Cambra de Comerç, a modern business center which provided the ideal...
View ArticleHow to access the DAC server using the command line
One of the features that DAC has is the ability to remotely access it through the command line. This allows us to get information such as the status of an ETL execution or the status of the Informatica...
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