New Features of OBIEE 11.1.1.6.x

New Features of
OBIEE 11.1.1.6.x

Oracle Open World 2012
October 1, 2012,
Moscone West 3020 10:45am
Christian Screen & Adrian Ward

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Haroun Khan – @hakattak

 BI Evangelist / Solutions Engineer
 15 years in Business Intelligence
 Ex-Oracle
 Ex-Microstrategy
 Co-Author: Oracle BI EE 11g: A Hands-On Tutorial
 Founder JRPass.com

“Loving Ruby on Rails”



Christian Screen – “Just a Guy”

 15 years in technology
 Oracle ACE
 Oracle Deputy CTO
 Hyperion Essbase Certified Consultant
 Microsoft Technology Specialist
 Oracle Open World Alumni
 ArtOfBi.com Blogger & Podcaster @ http://www.ArtOfBi.com

@artofbi



Adrian Ward – “The British OBIEE Chap”

 Siebel Analytics to OBIEE 11g
 Siebel Apps to Oracle BI Apps
 Ex-Accountant
 Ex-Private Detective
 addidici.com Blogger

“Its all about the Database”



Agenda

 The Book, of course
 Front-Runner Enhancements
 Front End Enhancements
 Repository & Administration Tool Enhancements
 Mention-Worthy
 Product Release – Oracle BI Teamwork Collaboration– Demo
 Questions & Answers



Oh, yeah the Book…Its Kind of a Big Deal

 Released July 19th, 2012
 Oracle Business Intelligence
Enterprise Edition 11g: A Hands-On
Tutorial
 Haroun Khan, Adrian Ward, &
Christian Screen
 Published by Packt Publishing, July
2012

 Years in the making, 6-months to
write…Finally!



Why this OOW Session…not the book

 Book is about learning the application’s core end-to-end

 Book is a hands-on instruction set with annotations

 Blogs often highlight only pieces of new functionality

 We know this stuff but the book could only be so leggy

 What better way to gap-fit the book and the latest 11g release



Oracle Mobile BI HD : iPad Application

 iPad Application
 Only available with the 11.1.1.6.2
BP 1 (Bundle Patch)
 Much Improved over Indicators and
11g iPad app
• Both still available



Exalytics In-Memory Machine “Appliance” - GA

 Still an Amazing Hardware / Software Combo
 Yes, organizations are making the investment
 Infiniband is actually getting popular
 What about Failover and High Availability?
 Yes, it’s still Middle-Tier



SampleApp V207 : 11.1.1.6.2 BP1

 Released August 2012
 Highlights features of OBIEE 11g
 Mobile BI HD Ready
 Custom Views
 JavaScript API Calls
 Uncovers New Catalog Manager CLI capabilities
 Used in Web Catalog Statistics Subject Area / Dashboards
 Automated Report Exporting



BISQLGroupProvider – Integrated Security

 Leverage RDBMS Table-based Security

 Started in 11.1.1.5 but less buggy in 11.1.1.6.x

 The only practical way to move along the FMW / OPSS / BI roadmap

 Best practice is to use a 3NF Normalized set of tables, minimum of 3

 Database Authentication Provider also potentially an option



First thing you see…

 Customize Global Header with Custom Links
 Unfortunately must update template files and potentially InstanceConfig.xml
 Favorites
 Ties in with Mobile Favorites



Prompt Enhancements

A.) Reset Button

B.) Currency Prompt



New(er) Native Views

MicroCharting



Prompt Enhancements – Auto Completion



Prompt Enhancements – Map Prompt

<MAP Name="mymap"> <AREA Shape="poly" Coords="70,84,51,300,455"
Href="http://www.map.com/region1.html"> <AREA Shape="poly"
Coords="25,180,125,280,485,668"
Coords="152,106,186,225,340,193"
Coords="675,763,929,286,10,908"
Href="http://www.map.com/region43.html"> </MAP> <IMG
Src="../images/imagemap.gif" Width="500" Height="300" Alt="Image Map"
Usemap="#mymap" Ismap>



Account Options

 Analysis Editor
 Delegate Tab for Proxy As
 Accessibility Mode
 BIComposer
• Yes, it still needs to be configured
but now installs with a script, no
longer completely manual.
 Currency
 Prompts Auto Complete



Analysis Development – General Enhancements

 Rename Views and Compound Layouts
 Select Steps View (similar to Filters View)
 Control what happens when adding a new Criteria tab column after 1st
time viewing the Results tab



Analysis Interaction Control Options



Scorecard and Strategy Management

 It is alive and well. Don’t be scared of it.
 Comments on KPIs
 Smart Watch List
 Strategy/Contribution Wheel
 Set KPI Actual and Target Value
 Integration with Essbase – Sweet!



BI Publisher versus “The World”

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/middleware/bi-publisher/bipublisher-11116-newfeatures-1578408.pdf



BI Publisher versus “Itself”

 Local Excel File as Data Source
 Excel Template Type
 Excel Native Output
 Report Development Life Cycle Management Utility
 Auditing and Monitoring
 E-Business Suite Data Level Security
 Interactive View
 Mobile
 Did someone say QlikView killer?



Repository & Administration Tool Enhancements

RPD Presentation Layer

 Manage nested child table levels without the “->”

 Hide Object If, security
 Hides object but can still be queried via nqcmd, etc.
 Not true object security.



General RPD Enhancements

 Exalytics Tuned
 Summary Advisor
 Aggregate Persistence
 Source Control Management – MDS XML
 See my Article on OTN
 Print OBIEE Business Model & Physical Diagrams
 New Time Series Functions
 First_Period, Last_Period (Are we seeing some demand from EPM here ? )
 PatchRPD CLI
 Best practice for migrating between environments



General Enhancements to keep in Mind

 Oracle BI Security Diagnostics Helper
 Must run and deploy against WLS
 Provides information for Oracle Support, mainly around security issues
 Install supports existing MDS Schemas
 Fusion Middleware still seems to be a silo’d effort though it shouldn’t be
 Potentially separate BIPLATFORM from incumbent MDS
 Validate the Web Catalog to mitigate inconsistencies
 Update Catalog Objects from OBIPS Administration Page
 MUD merge and publish in one-step not two – hmmm….



Demo
Oracle BI Teamwork Collaboration

References

 New Features
 http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E23943_01/bi.1111/e10544/whatsnew.htm
 http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E23943_01/bi.1111/e10544/appuir.htm
 http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E23943_01/bi.1111/e10540/aggpersist.htm#CHDIDDGA
 http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E23943_01/bi.1111/e10539/c5_postinstall.htm#CHDDDIJA
 http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E23943_01/bi.1111/e10540/presentationlayer.htm#CHDJFBBG
 http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E23943_01/bi.1111/e10543/troubleshoot.htm#CHDIIIBE
 http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E23943_01/bi.1111/e10541/prescatadmin.htm#CDCBEEGF



Contact information

Nate Nelson Christian Screen
Business Development Executive BI Evangelist / Solutions Engineer
nate.nelson@capgemini.com Senior Manager – Oracle Analytics Practice
(651) 403-6528 christian.screen@capgemini.com
christian@artofbi.com

Adrian Ward Haroun Khan
Managing Partner Independent
Adrian.ward@addidici.com haroun@awaan.eu



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