OBI 11g-Rittmann Creating Dashboards

Overview of Creating Analyses and Dashboards in OBIEE 11g
Venkatakrishnan Srinivasan, Principal Consultant, Rittman Mead AIOUG Sangam Conference, Bangalore December 2011
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Introductions
Venkatakrishnan Srinivasan Principal Consultant, Rittman Mead 12+ Years IT Experience Experience in BI/DW and CRM Email: venkat.srinivasan@rittmanmead.com
Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition 11g (OBIEE 11g)

Complete Business Intelligence platform from Oracle Delivers rich analytic and reporting functions for an enterprise by: a) Collecting up-to-date data from valid sources to ensure single version of truth, b) Presenting the collected data in a lucid formats for easy understanding, and c) Delivery of such reports in a timely manner.
OBIEE Part of Fusion Middleware

Leverages the advantages that Oracle Fusion Middleware offers in terms of application infrastructure
Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition 11g

Released in July 2010 Current version is 11.1.1.5 Can be downloaded at following link
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/middleware/bi-enterprise-edition/downloads/bus-intelligence-11g-165436.html
New Visualization Features in OBIEE 11g

Many new visualization features Updated user interface that combines all the reporting tools Updated dashboard, catalog, search and home page Integration with Oracle MapViewer New KPI and scorecard features An updated version of BI Publisher
OBIEE 11g Unified Framework

Single UI for Answers, Dashboards, Delivers, BI Publisher Common menus, controls, menu buttons One-click access to common functions, catalog areas Requires IE7+, FF3+
OBIEE 11g Home Page
OBIEE 11g Home Page
Common Header Consistent menus and links Search access to catalog Links to administration, help, log off Menus for New .. And Open Shortcut to Home Page
OBIEE 11g Home Page
OBIEE 11g Home Page
Task-Based Menu Create/Open catalog objects Browse catalog folders Scoped to user privileges
OBIEE 11g Home Page
OBIEE 11g Home Page
Recent and Popular Catalog Objects Most recently accessed by you Most popular amongst your groups
OBIEE 11g Catalog Page
Catalog Folder View My Folders Shared Folders Nested view of catalog contents
Catalog Tasks Context-Specific Catalog-wide tasks (Archive etc) Object-specific tasks (Open, Edit, etc)
Object Listing Listing of all objects for selected folder, search, etc Shortcuts to common actions Optional preview of analysis
OBIEE 11g Answers - Criteria View
Subject Area Folder Listing Listing of one or more subject areas Presentation Tables Attribute columns Hierarchical columns Measure columns
Catalog Folder Listing Same listing as on Catalog Place My Folders and Shared Folders
Criteria Listing List of all selected columns Edit formulas Edit column properties Add filters Set sort criteria
Filter Listing List of filters Save filters
OBIEE 11g Answers - Results View
Views Listing List of all available views Add view to analysis, eidt view Moved from previous location above compound layout
Result View Default to compound layout Preview of the analysis Edit View Add totals, Change layout, etc
OBIEE 11g Dashboard Editor
Dashboard Objects Listing Columns, Sections Alert Section Action Link, Action Link Menu Link or Image, Embedded Content Text Catalog folder view
Dashboard Editor Add and move sections, columns Edit section and column properties Edit analysis Change report links etc
New Answers and Dashboards Features in OBIEE11g

Improved support for OLAP-style reporting Hierarchical columns Support for ragged and skip-level hierarchies Dynamic re-arrangement of pivot tables in the dashboard New visualizations and dashboard controls New gauge types and graphics
Hierarchical Columns
OBIEE 11g supports concept of "hierarchical columns" In-column drilling up and down a hierarchy Regular columns are renamed "attribute columns" Supports level-based and ragged (parent-child) hierarchies Works with both relational and OLAP (Essbase, Oracle OLAP, etc) data sources
Master-Detail Linking
Columns can be enabled for Master-Detail Linking Selecting a column causes master-detail messages to be sent to other views
Demonstration
Analyses and Dashboard
Key Performance Indicators

KPIs can be defined in the web catalog Requires measures for actual and target Thresholds for good, bad etc performance can be set
KPI Watchlists
Users can define watchlists, to monitor their KPIs Supports collaboration with KPI owner
KPI Scorecards
Arrange KPIs into hierarchies, strategies etc Define strategy trees, cause-and-effect relationships etc
Mapping and Location Intelligence

OBIEE 11g ships with Oracle MapViewer 11g Used in conjunction with Oracle RDBMS and spatial datasets to add map views Good way to help visualize geographic/location element of BI dataset
Creating a Map View Step 1 : Link Maps to Dataset Columns

Administration task, one-off at system configuration stage Import maps from Oracle MapViewer and associate theme keys with subject area columns Columns then need to be included in the request criteria when map created
Creating a Map View Step 2 : Add View to Analysis

Select New View > Map from Answers Results tab Requires setup in advance (integration with MapViewer, Spatial dataset)
Creating a Map View Step 2 : Add View to Analysis

Select New View > Map from Answers Results tab Requires setup in advance (integration with MapViewer, Spatial dataset)
Creating a Map View Step 3 : Select Graphs for Layer Themes

Graphs and other visualizations can be added for individual layers in view Pie charts, bar charts, variable size bubbles, icon selection etc Shade polygons based on measure binning/value ranges
Creating a Map View Step 4 : Embed in Dashboard, Pan & Zoom

Embed map in dashboard, use as any other view Link to dashboard prompts, Master-Detail links etc
Demonstration
Map Views
Summary
OBIEE 11g comes with significant improvements in reporting Updated version of Answers has better support for OLAP analysis New task-based UI integrates reporting across product areas KPIs, Scorecards, Map Views add further functionality to OBIEE Read more about OBIEE 11g at http://www.rittmanmead.com Write to us at info@rittmanmead.com for more details Thank you for attending!
Overview of Creating Analyses and Dashboards in OBIEE 11g

Venkatakrishnan Srinivasan, Principal Consultant, Rittman Mead AIOUG Sangam Conference, Bangalore 2011

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Overview of Creating Analyses and Dashboards in OBIEE 11g

Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition 11g (OBIEE 11g)

OBIEE Part of Fusion Middleware

Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition 11g

New Visualization Features in OBIEE 11g

OBIEE 11g Unified Framework

OBIEE 11g Home Page

OBIEE 11g Home Page

OBIEE 11g Home Page

OBIEE 11g Home Page

OBIEE 11g Home Page

OBIEE 11g Home Page

OBIEE 11g Catalog Page

OBIEE 11g Catalog Page

OBIEE 11g Catalog Page

OBIEE 11g Catalog Page

OBIEE 11g Catalog Page

OBIEE 11g Answers - Criteria View

OBIEE 11g Answers - Criteria View

OBIEE 11g Answers - Criteria View

OBIEE 11g Answers - Criteria View

OBIEE 11g Answers - Criteria View

OBIEE 11g Answers - Criteria View

OBIEE 11g Answers - Criteria View

OBIEE 11g Answers - Criteria View

Filter Listing List of filters Save filters

OBIEE 11g Answers - Results View

OBIEE 11g Answers - Results View

OBIEE 11g Answers - Results View

OBIEE 11g Answers - Results View

OBIEE 11g Dashboard Editor

OBIEE 11g Dashboard Editor

OBIEE 11g Dashboard Editor

OBIEE 11g Dashboard Editor

New Answers and Dashboards Features in OBIEE11g

Key Performance Indicators

Mapping and Location Intelligence

Creating a Map View Step 1 : Link Maps to Dataset Columns

Creating a Map View Step 2 : Add View to Analysis

Creating a Map View Step 2 : Add View to Analysis

Creating a Map View Step 3 : Select Graphs for Layer Themes

Creating a Map View Step 4 : Embed in Dashboard, Pan & Zoom

Overview of Creating Analyses and Dashboards in OBIEE 11g

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