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New Oracle Magazine Article on Integrating OBIEE 11g with Oracle WebCenter Portal: Spaces

[http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/issue-archive/2013/13-may/o33bi-1935580.html] Just a short note to say that my latest Oracle Magazine article is now online, and talks about integrating OBIEE 11g with Oracle WebCenter Portal: Spaces, the "spiritual successor" to Oracle Portal. "New Spaces for BI"

Oracle BI Suite EE

An Oracle BI "Blast from the Past": Ten Products from Oracle's BI History You May Not Have Heard Of...

With Oracle BI Enterprise Edition [http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/middleware/bi-enterprise-edition/index.html], the BI Apps andHyperion EPM Suite [http://www.oracle.com/us/solutions/ent-performance-bi/performance-management/038419.html] , Oracle have a set of reporting and analysis tools that can be considered "best of breed" and compete

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OBIEE, ODI and Hadoop Part 4: Hive Data Transformation & Integration via ODI 11g

In the previous three articles in this series (and well done for everyone that's still with us), we looked at how OBIEE 11.1.1.7 and ODI 11.1.1.6+ can access Hadoop data sources [https://www.rittmanmead.com/blog/2013/04/obiee-odi-and-hadoop-part-1-so-what-is-hadoop-mapreduce-and-hive/] via a related

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OBIEE, ODI and Hadoop Part 3: A Closer Look at Hive, HFDS and Cloudera CDH3

In the first two parts in this series, I looked at the recently-added support for Apache Hadoop as a data source for OBIEE 11.1.1.7 and ODI 11.1.1.6 [https://www.rittmanmead.com/blog/2013/04/obiee-odi-and-hadoop-part-1-so-what-is-hadoop-mapreduce-and-hive/] , and explained how the Hadoop support was really enabled

Oracle BI Suite EE

SmartView as the Replacement for BI Office with OBIEE 11.1.1.7

Apart from system-wide improvements to Essbase integration across OBIEE 11.1.1.7 [http://www.rittmanmead.com/blog/2013/04/essbase-and-epm-integration-improvements-in-obiee-11-1-1-7/] , the other Essbase-related improvement that came with this latest release was the (re-)introduction of SmartView as the replacement for Oracle BI Add-in for Microsoft Office ("BI Office&

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Essbase and EPM Integration Improvements in OBIEE 11.1.1.7

One of the major new feature areas in OBIEE 11.1.1.7, but which has so far got very little attention, is the significant improvement in integration between Essbase, the Hyperion EPM Suite, and OBIEE 11g. The integration between EPM Workspace and OBIEE's Presentation Services which disappeared

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Previewing the New OBIEE 11.1.1.7 SampleApp

OBIEE 11.1.1.7 came out a few weeks ago [http://www.rittmanmead.com/blog/2013/04/obiee-11-1-1-7-now-available-for-download/] , and recently we looked at Hadoop integration [http://www.rittmanmead.com/blog/2013/04/obiee-odi-and-hadoop-part-2-connecting-obiee-11-1-1-7-to-hadoop-data-sources/] , one of the more interesting new features in this release. Over the next week I'

Oracle BI Suite EE

Using SampleApp Scripts to run a Simple OBIEE 11g Load Test

If you've not done so already, I'd advise anyone interested in OBIEE 11g to subscribe to the Oracle BI Tech Demos channel on Youtube [http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXpjKAy010SDUXmAA67DILg], where Philippe Lions and his team showcase upcoming SampleApp releases, and highlight new features like SmartView

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OBIEE, ODI and Hadoop Part 2: Connecting OBIEE 11.1.1.7 to Hadoop Data Sources

In yesterday's post I looked at the key enabling technologies behind OBIEE and ODI's connectivity to Hadoop [http://www.rittmanmead.com/blog/2013/04/obiee-odi-and-hadoop-part-1-so-what-is-hadoop-mapreduce-and-hive/?preview=true] , and today I'll look at how OBIEE 11.1.1.7 can now access Hadoop data sources

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OBIEE, ODI and Hadoop Part 1: So What Is Hadoop, MapReduce and Hive?

Recent releases of OBIEE and ODI have included support for Apache Hadoop [http://hadoop.apache.org] as a data source, probably the most well-recognised technology within the "big data" [http://www.oracle.com/us/technologies/big-data/index.html] movement. Most OBIEE and ODI developers have probably heard of

OBIEE, OEM12cR2 and the BI Management Pack Part 3: But What Does It Do?

In the previous two posts in this series, I looked at the product architecture for Oracle Enterprise Manager 12cR2 (EM12cR2) Cloud Control and the BI Management Pack [http://www.rittmanmead.com/blog/2013/04/obiee-oem12cr2-and-the-bi-management-pack-part-1-introduction-to-oem12cr2/] , and how you registered OBIEE, TimesTen, Essbase and the DAC as targets for monitoring and

OBIEE, OEM12cR2 and the BI Management Pack Part 2: Installation and Configuration

In the previous post in this series, we looked at what Oracle Enterprise Manager 12cR2 and the BI Management Pack could do for OBIEE 11g admins [http://www.rittmanmead.com/blog/2013/04/obiee-oem12cr2-and-the-bi-management-pack-part-1-introduction-to-oem12cr2/] , and how it manages a number of Oracle products from the database through to Fusion Middleware

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OBIEE, OEM12cR2 and the BI Management Pack Part 1: Introduction to OEM12cR2

A few years ago I wrote a series of blog posts, and an OTN article, on managing OBIEE 10g using Oracle Enterprise Manager 10gR4 and the BI Management Pack [http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/articles/rittman-oem-bipack-087508.html], an extra-licensable option for OEM that provided additional management capabilities for OBIEE and

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What's Coming at the Rittman Mead BI Forum 2013, Atlanta, May 15th - 17th 2013

At the end of last week I talked about what we had planned for the BI Forum in Brighton, and today I want to talk about what we've got planned for the Rittman Mead BI Forum 2013 in Atlanta [http://www.rittmanmead.com/biforum2013/], running the week after

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Looking forward the BI Forum 2013, Brighton UK

It's around a month to go now until the Rittman Mead BI Forum runs in Brighton, UK, with the Atlanta event running the week after. Full details on both events are on the Rittman Mead BI Forum 2013 homepage [http://www.rittmanmead.com/biforum2013/], but I thought it&

ODI 11.1.1.7 Also Available for Download

As well as the 11.1.1.7 release of OBIEE, this week saw the 11.1.1.7 release of Oracle Data Integrator 11g [https://blogs.oracle.com/dataintegration/entry/oracle_releases_oracle_data_integrator2] , Oracle's long-term strategic data integration tool. Unlike the OBIEE 11.1.1.

OBIEE 11.1.1.7 Now Available for Download

OBIEE 11.1.1.7 became generally available ("G.A.") [http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/middleware/bi-enterprise-edition/downloads/bi-downloads-1923016.html] over the long Easter weekend, for Microsoft Windows 32/64-bit and all the usual Unix and Linux platforms. We'll have more on this blog over the

Oracle Endeca Information Discovery 3.0 Now Available

You probably missed it over the weekend, but a couple of days ago I posted an article on our blog about Endeca Information Discovery 2.4 [https://www.rittmanmead.com/blog/2013/03/can-endeca-provide-an-alternative-to-obiee-for-fast-complex-ad-hoc-analysis/] , and whether it could be a viable alternative to Oracle BI's Analysis Editor (aka

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Can Endeca Provide an Alternative to OBIEE for Fast, Complex Ad-hoc Analysis?

Towards the end of last week I was pulling together an article for Oracle Magazine on Oracle Endeca Information Discovery [http://www.oracle.com/us/solutions/business-analytics/business-intelligence/endeca/overview/index.html] , and how it can now use OBIEE's BI Server and repository as an additional data source.

Does the BI Server System Component Make Full Use of My Multi-Socket, Multi-Core Server?

An interesting question came up during a client visit the other week, where their system had some performance issues and I was asked to take a look at it for them. One of their concerns was whether OBIEE 11g, in particular the BI Server system component within it, was making

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Report Flexibility, or Split-Second Performance : Pick One or the Other

Kevin McGinley wrote an interesting post the other week [http://oranalytics.blogspot.ie/2013/02/my-perspective-on-oeid-part-1.html] reflecting on Oracle Endeca Information Discovery (OEID), and the role that it's come to play within Oracle's BI tools strategy. Kevin's view was that whilst Oracle positioned

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BI Forum 2013 Agenda and Registration Details - Now Live!

I'm pleased to announce that registration for the Rittman Mead BI Forum 2013 is now live, with all details on the BI Forum 2013 web page [http://www.rittmanmead.com/biforum2013]. This year's BI Forum takes place on the first two weeks of May, in Brighton

Rittman Mead BI Forum 2013 : Abstract Survey, Dates and Venues

Thanks to everyone who submitted abstracts for the BI Forum 2013 events in Brighton and Atlanta, and (whilst I say this every year, and mean it) I think we've got the best selection of papers ever. To give you a preview of what might be on the agenda,

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Live Virtual OBIEE 11.1.1.7 Expert Seminar with Mark Rittman - April 22nd/23rd 2013, via Oracle University

Can't make it to one of our scheduled classroom-based OBIEE11g or ODI11g courses, but you're still keen on hearing the latest about OBIEE 11.1.1.7, Exalytics and Endeca development, and just how far Oracle now are with OBIEE and Essbase/Hyperion integration? If so,

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Rittman Mead BI Forum 2013 Call for Papers now Open!

I'm pleased to announce that the call for papers for the 5th annual Rittman Mead BI Forum is now open, with abstracts being accepted through to January 31st, 2013. Last year's BI Forum was the biggest and best ever, running in Brighton, UK and Atlanta, GA