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Analytics and Data Oracle User Community Data Summit 2023

We are excited to be sponsoring the first post-pandemic Analytics and Data Oracle User Community Data Summit next week, March 14-16, 2023 The three day summit will be held at the Oracle Conference Center in Redwood Shores, California and will feature keynotes by industry experts, educational sessions by practitioners and

APEX

Oracle APEX - Universal theme tip #1 - Grid Responsiveness

I finally had some time to play with the responsiveness in the Universal Theme of Oracle APEX. Given that our APEX instance has just been upgraded to 22.2, and I had to refresh the theme anyway, I decided to invest some time into checking a hidden feature that I

APEX

Oracle APEX – Analytics Publisher REST API Integration

We have produced this blog to describe how to integrate an Oracle Analytics Publisher part of Oracle Analytics (previously called BI Publisher) into APEX without using the latter's built-in reporting features. Seasoned developers of APEX applications will be familiar with its reporting capabilities, which can use uploaded templates

automl

Oracle AutoML UI at a glance

At the RMOUG 2023 training days, I co-presented a paper with my colleague Hannah Patrick titled "Data Science - Your Path to Predictive Analytics". Today I'd like to share with you an overview of the part of the paper that focused on the Oracle AutoML User

Comparison of Tableau vs Power BI vs Oracle Analytics

Introduction Business Intelligence (BI) tools are a vital part of the data and analytics architecture, as they allow end users to consume the data and help them to take better data-driven, actionable decisions, for example: * Increasing profitability by analysing customer behaviour * Eliminate inefficiencies by optimising operations * Quickly adapt to market

FILTER function

A Hitchhiker's Guide to the FILTER Function in Oracle Analytics

The FILTER function is a must-know feature for any Oracle Analytics developer to create advanced calculations in their own reports. Despite already being available when I entered the working world in 2010, it's plagued by a bug and the one line documentation is not exhaustive at all: as

Data Governance

Taking a Data Governance Programme to Maturity

In this mini-series, I’ve looked at the business benefits of employing a data governance framework; and how to get startedwith some quick wins in the first six months. I’m going to close the series by explaining how to embed a data governance programme in your business, so that

Conferences

RMOUG Training Days 2023

We are proud to be the platinum sponsor and soon-to-be attendee of the Rocky Mountain Oracle User Group (RMOUG) Training Days event. Expect to be Informed and Inspired to Initiate new Ideas to Improve your working lives at Training Days 2023 Live - Virtual - Hybrid Conference.

Data Governance

How to Get a Data Governance Programme Underway... Quickly

Data governance does not need to begin life fully fledged. There are some quick wins that most organisations should be able to implement in six months without the need for significant additional budget or board level agreement.

Odi2Package tool - auto-generates ODI Packages

Introducing Odi2Package We have added a new tool to our arsenal - Odi2Package. It auto-generates ODI Packages based on a template. In combination with our Sql2Odi tool, we are now one step closer to the utopian dream of generating ETL straight from Low-level Design. Generating DDL statements (CREATE TABLE, CREATE

OAC

Oracle Analytics Cloud January 2023 Update: What's New?

The January 2023 Update for Oracle Analytics Cloud came out few days ago and in this blog post I'm going to have a look at the most important new features it includes.

Sql2Odi - best practices for auto-generating your ETL content

I blogged a while ago about our Sql2Odi tool that converts SELECT (and WITH as well) statements into Oracle ODI Mappings. (Blog posts 1, 2 and 3.) Now that the tool has been around for close to 2 years, let us reflect on lessons learnt and best practices adopted. Let

Data Governance

Why Data Governance Is More About Enabling Good Than Stopping Bad

It seems like every day businesses are bombarded with reminders of the value of data. Data, we are told, leads us to make smarter decisions that deliver better outcomes.

APEX

Oracle APEX - Debugging Tip #1

If I would need this feature I would probably invest a lot of time trying to find out an answer. But funny enough I found out by mistake and as it might be useful to someone else I have just decide to publish this short blog post. Application Process on

We've added Search!

Well, to be precise, our blog is hosted on Ghost, and we have just upgraded to version 5.0 which includes search, see here. 0:00/1× What does this mean? Well, now you don't have to use external search engines to find pages on the Rittman Mead

APEX

Oracle APEX - Social Login

I looked into Social Sign-in as an option for Oracle APEX a few years ago. This was pre APEX 18.1 and, at this time, it was not simple to configure (in fact it would have taken a considerable amount of code to implement) Fortunately, since 18.1 APEX offers

OAC

Oracle Analytics Cloud November 2022 Update: the New Features, Ranked

The November 2022 Update for Oracle Analytics Cloud came out few days ago and in this blog post I'm going to have a look at all the new features it includes.

oas

Leveraging Custom Python Scripts in Oracle Analytics Server

This post illustrates how to leverage custom Python scripts in Oracle Analytics Server to give you greater control and flexibility over specific data processing needs.

Rittman Mead - de Novo Partnership

26th October 2022 On behalf of Rittman Mead I am delighted to announce the market disrupting partnership of de Novo - Rittman Mead. Oracle is a large investment for any organisation and as such it needs to be done correctly. By combining forces this new partnership gives clients access to

Commute Vs Energy App

23% of UK workers are considering ditching WFH to save on heating bills!!! Was the title of a news article that appeared on my phone at the end of August. Back then, and I say back then because the rate at which things are changing in the UK make a

How to Sense-Check Your Data Science Findings

Introduction One of the most common pitfalls in data science is investing too much time investigating a dead-end. It happens to the best of us; you're convinced that you've found something amazing and profound that will revolutionise the client's business intelligence...And then, in

OAC

A Few Words About OAC Embedding

How to embed OAC DV projects into third-party sites

OAC Semantic Modeler and Version Control with Git

OAC Semantic Modeler features native version control with Git

OAC Semantic Modeler and the SMML Language

There are a few reasons to like the Oracle Analytics Cloud (OAC) paired with the new Semantic Modeler: * It works in the cloud. I mean, it actually works. (Check my blog post [https://www.rittmanmead.com/blog/2022/07/giving-oac-semantic-modeller-a-try/] for an overview of Semantic Modeler.) * It has a native,

OAC

Giving OAC Semantic Modeler a Try

Kids just love it when old folk go on about good old days. The particular good old days I have in mind is when Oracle CRM On Demand was released. Competition in the Cloud CRM space was tough but the Oracle product had one trick up its sleeve: its data