OBIEE12c - Rittman Mead

Oracle Data Visualization Desktop v3

The ODTUG Kscope17 [http://kscope17.com] conference last week in San Antonio was a great event with plenty of very interesting sessions and networking opportunities. Rittman Mead participated during the thursday deep dive BI session and delivered three sessions [https://www.rittmanmead.com/blog/2017/06/rittman-mead-at-kscope-2017/] including a special

OBIEE12c

OBIEE 12c Catalog Validation: Command Line

I wrote a blog post [https://www.rittmanmead.com/blog/2016/11/performing-a-catalog-validation/] a while ago describing the catalog validation: an automated process performing a consistency check of the catalog and reporting or deleting the inconsistent artifacts. In the post I stated that catalog validation should be implemented regularly as

Kscope17

Rittman Mead at Kscope 2017

Rittman Mead will be well represented in San Antonio, Texas next week for Kscope 17 with some of our best from both sides of the Atlantic! Our very own Francesco Tisiot and Jordan Meyer will present various topics as well as participate in the conference events. Also, the newly named

Unify

Unify: Could it be any easier?

Rittman Mead’s Unify is the easiest and most efficient method to pull your OBIEE reporting data directly into your local Tableau environment. No longer will you have to worry about database connection credentials, Excel exports, or any other roundabout way to get your data where you need it to

Tableau

Unify: See Your Data From Every Perspective

Ad hoc access to accurate and secured data has always been the goal of business intelligence platforms. Yet, most fall short of balancing the needs of business users with the concerns of IT. Rittman Mead has worked with hundreds of organizations representing all points on the spectrum between agility and

OBIEE12c

A focus on Higher Education, HEDW 2017

First, before I get into a great week of Higher Education Data Warehousing and analytics discussions, I want to thank the HEDW board and their membership. They embraced us with open arms in our first year of conference sponsorship. Our longtime friend and HEDW board member, Phyllis Wykoff, from Miami

Technical

OBIEE Component Status Notifications

At Rittman Mead, we often hear requests for features or solutions generally not provided by Oracle. These requests range from commentary functionality to custom javascript visualizations. There are many ways to implement these functionalities, but organizations often lack the in-house resources to engineer an acceptable solution. Rittman Mead has the

obiee

Real World OBIEE: Demystification of Variables Pt. 3

In part two [https://www.rittmanmead.com/blog/2017/03/real-world-obiee-demystification-of-variables-pt-2/] of this blog series, I went over using Repository, System and Presentation Variables to make reports dynamic for any series of time. In part three, I am going to talk about making reports dynamic for periods of time using

Technical

Real World OBIEE: Demystification of Variables Pt. 1

OBIEE has some very powerful features and capabilities when it comes to how we visualize and present our data. There are some features which almost everyone uses (filters, prompts, rename columns ect.) and then some that are less common. In part, I think there is a lot of "noise&

Performance

New Performance Analytics Release

Poor performance is one of the most common complaints we hear upon arrival to customer sites, and often for good reason. When users have time to “make the rounds” before the system returns a result (if it returns a result at all), they have the right to be frustrated. Unfortunately,

time series

OBIEE 12c Time Dimension: Logical Sequence Number

The key component of any successful OBIEE implementation is the metadata model known as the repository (RPD). Doing it right is sometimes considered "black magic", and small mistakes in the RPD can impact all the exposed Subject Areas, resulting in poor performances or, even worse, wrong results. Working

OBIEE12c

Financial Reports - which tool to use? Part 2

Financials in BI Publisher## I find it interesting that BI Publisher is mostly known for the creation of pixel perfect repeating forms (invoices, labels, checks, etc) and its ability to bursting them. To me, BI Publisher is the best kept secret for the most challenging reports known to mankind. In

OBIEE12c

Financial Reports - which tool to use? Part 1

One of the treats of working in the Business Intelligence world is that we are asked to analyze different aspects of a business. In fact, we are asked to analyze many different types of businesses, too. Most of us using BI tools have come from some previous background. Be it

obiee

Working with OBIEE Data in Excel using ODBC

Look at this picture. I'm sure you've recognised the most favourite data analysis tool of all times - Excel. But what you can't see in this picture is the data source for the table and charts. And this source is OBIEE's BI

training

What's new in Training in 2017?

2016 - Thank you for a great year! Rittman Mead would like to thank everyone that attended or showed an interest in our Training courses in 2016. Since we started back in 2007, Training has been a mainstay of our service offerings. My personal opinion is that Q3 & Q4

obiee

Web-Based RPD Upload and Download for OBIEE 12c

I was among the people who were dancing and singing after finding out some of the OBIEE 12c new features. The feature I liked the most was a scripted deploy of an RPD file from a developer’s computer. I hate to make dozens of clicks for every deploy of

OBIEE12c

Introducing On Demand Training from Rittman Mead

Rittman Mead is happy to announce that its much anticipated On Demand Training [https://www.rittmanmead.com/on-demand-training/] (ODT) service is live, giving people the opportunity to receive expertly written & delivered self-paced training courses that can be accessed online anywhere, at anytime. We have been delivering technical & end-user

training

Whatever next? The battle to keep up with changes in technology

I’ve been managing Rittman Mead’s Training services in the UK & Europe for over a year now, working closely with my colleagues in the US to ensure we continue to coherently deliver expert instructor led educational courses to the very highest standards. One thing I’ve noticed is

OBIEE12c

Performing a 12c Upgrade with a New Install

Software updates often include new features, and while useful, these new features are often the only driving factors in upgrading software. There's no harm in wanting to play around with the shiny new toy but many software updates also include much more significant changes, such as resolving bugs

obiee

All You Ever Wanted to Know About OBIEE Performance…but were too afraid to ask

At the Polish Oracle Users Group (POUG) conference [http://poug.org/en/timeline/] this week I'm presenting one of my favourite talks, [Still] No Silver Bullets - OBIEE Performance in the Real World [https://speakerdeck.com/rmoff/still-no-silver-bullets-obiee-12c-performance-in-the-real-world] . This presentation is based on the shared experiences of myself

Big Data

OBIEE 12c - Three Months In, What's the Verdict?

I’m over in Redwood Shores, California this week for the BIWA Summit 2016 conference [http://www.ioug.org/p/cm/ld/&fid=992] where I’ll be speaking about BI development on Oracle’s database and big data platforms. As it’s around three months since OBIEE12c came

Technical

Oracle OpenWorld 2015 Roundup Part 3 : Oracle 12cR2 Database Sharding, Analytic Views and Essbase 12c

With the UKOUG conference starting tomorrow I thought it about time I finished off my three-part post-OOW 2015 blog series, with a final post on some interesting announcements around Oracle Database and Essbase. As a reminder the other two posts were on OBIEE12c and the new Data Visualisation Cloud Service

Technical

Oracle OpenWorld 2015 Roundup Part 1 : OBIEE12c and Data Visualisation Cloud Service

Last week saw Oracle Openworld 2015 [https://www.oracle.com/openworld/index.html] running in San Francisco, USA, with Rittman Mead delivering a number of sessions around BI, data integration, Big Data and cloud [https://www.rittmanmead.com/blog/2015/10/rittman-mead-at-oracle-openworld-2015-san-francisco/]. Several of us took part in Partner Advisory

Technical

News and Updates from Oracle Openworld 2014

It’s the Saturday after Oracle Openworld 2014 [http://www.oracle.com/openworld], and I’m now home from San Francisco and back in the UK. It’s been a great week as usual, with lots of product announcements and updates to the BI, DW and Big Data products we