Spanning the Oracle EBS

Reporting Spectrum

Operational and Analytical Reporting

Joe Dahl – Product Specialist

About Noetix

• BI solutions experts since 1994

• Offices in North America, Europe and South Asia
• Certified with all leading BI Platforms
• Recent Product Awards: KMWorld, eWEEK, DMReview
• 1400+ customers globally

PARTNERSHIPS
 Noetix’s History of Dedication to
Oracle Applications Reporting

Noetix Analytics

Noetix Generator NoetixViews for

Noetix for Cognos PeopleSoft
EUL Generator
Noetix
incorporated Noetix for Siebel

1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

1994

NoetixViews Noetix Platform Noetix Dashboard Noetix Generator Noetix Generator

for BusinessObjects for Oracle BI
Noetix Business Intelligence
Noetix Supports the Full
Spectrum of Reporting Needs

Enterprise Models
Strategic
Common Dimensions
Performance Management
Packaged ETL
Enterprise-wide
Data Integration
Analytics / KPIs

Near Real-time Operational Reports

Summarized Data Ad hoc query
Historical Trending Real-time
Drillable Reports Detailed Data

Database Views Application Security

Operational Reporting
BI Content Generation Experts

Oracle E-Business NoetixViews Oracle Discoverer

Suite
NoetixAnswers Noetix Platform
Siebel CRM
Noetix Analytics Cognos BI
PeopleSoft
Business Objects
Oracle Business
Intelligence EE
The Information Gap

Query, Reporting and Analysis Tools

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Custom Application Configuration

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(v2)
The Information Gap

Query, Reporting and Analysis Tools

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Generated Content

Generates
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specific BI content

Custom Application Configuration

No additional
Enterprise Application (v2)
(v1) rework costs or
delay
Information About Your Setup

Information about your

enterprise application Business Best Practices

Configuration User Interfaces Financials Supply Chain

Human
Flexfields Security Manufacturing
Resources

[Interrogated] [Handcrafted]

Generated data

Business Views Reports Documentation

[Configuration-specific [Configuration-specific [Configuration-specific

Views] Answers] Help]
What is a Noetix view?

Oracle database tables Noetix view of Your report

Flexfield column
in the table the database
[Oracle EBS upgrade] [remaps view] [doesn’t break]

HZ_PARTIES HZ_CUSTOMERS
HZ_CUST_ACCOUNTS Order Lines Orders
ATTRIBUTE1: “Customer Status”
ATO Flag
FlexfieldOrder
column
Booked Date No.
in the view
OE_ORDER_HEADERS_ALL Customer
Customer
Customer No.
Cust. Status Customer No.
PA_PROJECTS_ALL OE_ORDER_LINES_ALL Item
Item Desc. Cust. Status
Line Status
Booked Date
PA_TASKS MTL_SYSTEM_ITEMS_B Open Quant.
Order No. Order Quant.
Order Quant.
Project Open Quant.
MTL_SYSTEM_ITEMS_TL
Quantity
Selling Org.
Organization
Oracle Flexfields and Noetix

Key Flexfield Key Flexfield

Base Table Column Names View Column Names

SEGMENT1 Company

SEGMENT2 Division

SEGMENT3 Cost Center

Descriptive Flexfield Descriptive Flexfield

Base Table Column Names View Column Names

ATTRIBUTE1 Web Site

ATTRIBUTE2 Preferred Vendor

ATTRIBUTE3 Approved Until

NoetixViews Help File

Noetix groups views by functional area into roles.

A set of roles are created for each business
group, set of books and operating unit for each
module where applicable.

The first 3-5 characters in a role name, or role

“prefix”, is defined by the customer at install time.
Immediate Answers to Questions

Financials
Which accounts receivable invoices
• Automatically generates are due this month and next month?

more than ~900 reports

Supply Chain
custom to your Oracle What are the on-hand quantities for
implementations the components of a bill of material?

• Provides end users with Human Resources

immediate answers to What is the wage or salary history for a
common business specific employee or group of employees?

questions
Manufacturing
What is the average price difference
between a purchase order and stored
cost?
 NoetixViews Global Extension

SIRA Inc.
Global
Business Group Business Group
HR, BEN,
PAY, OTL United States United Kingdom

Global
Chart of Accounts “A” Chart of Accounts “B” Chart of Accounts “C”
GL, FA, FV, AR, AP,
Sets of Books/Ledgers Sets of Books/Ledgers Sets of Books/Ledgers
PO, OE, PB, PC, GMS Operating Units Operating Units Operating Units

Global
INV, BOM, WIP, CST, Master INV Organization Master INV Organization Master INV Organization
“X” “Y” “Z”
MRP, EAM, QA INV Organizations INV Organizations INV Organizations

Also Global: ASCP, Service & OPM Suites

Global Security

• Row-level security
• EBS data access privileges of the user
– Manual & automatic setup
– Applications Data is secured
– Organizational accessibility
– Application-specific security is enforced
– MOAC (Multi Org Access Control)
supported
• Custom row-level security option, as needed
Noetix Generator
How BI Tools Ship – No Content
Noetix leverages existing EBS and
BI platform investments

Oracle BusinessObjects
Noetix
Discoverer Enterprise XI Other
WebQuery Cognos
Third-party
8 BI
Oracle BusinessObjects BI Tools
Noetix Dashboard
BI Suite EE Edge Series

End User Layer /

Virtual Models / Other data
Enterprise Universe
tables Packages models
Information Model

BI Platform Semantic Layer Repositories and Report Catalogs

Noetix Generator
Oracle E-Business Suite

NoetixViews
Noetix Provides a Reporting
Application With Any Front End Tool

NOETIX HELP FILE

OBI EE

COGNOS

DISCOVERER
Noetix Platform

NOETIX WEBQUERY MICROSOFT EXCEL NOETIX DASHBOARD

Query Mgmt Performance

Services Manager
Noetix QueryServer Metadata Delivery
Repository Server

NoetixViews Siebel Other ERP

PeopleSoft Legacy DM/DW
Oracle ERP or CRM
Noetix Search
A 360° View of Your Reporting
Environment
Noetix Search Key Benefits

• Powerful Search Capability for Report Developers

– Familiar user interface
– Easily find the right view(s) for queries & reports
• Reporting Objects Cross-Referenced
– List all views by column
– List all Oracle tables by view
– List all columns by Oracle table by view
– List all views by Oracle table
• Print/Save PDF Files of Views/Columns/Tables Detail
• 360 Degree View of Your Views!
Bringing Search to Noetix Reporting

Filter search by view names, view column names,

table names and table column names.

Search across multiple instances of

NoetixViews.

Guided navigation
enables searching
by roles, modules,
and Oracle
configuration
NoetixViews Coverage
Oracle E-Business Suite 11i & 12.0
Financials Discrete Manufacturing Asset Lifecycle Management
General Ledger Bill of Materials Enterprise Asset Management
Payables Work in Process
Receivables Inventory Service
Assets Master Scheduling/MRP TeleService
Cost Management Install Base
Procurement Quality Depot Repair
Purchasing Field Service
Process Manufacturing Service Contracts (LA)
Order Management Product Development
Order Management Process Planning Projects
Process Execution Project Costing
Human Resources OPM Financials Project Billing
Human Resources OPM Inventory
Advanced Benefits Grants
Payroll (US, UK, CAN, & AUS legislations) Project Manufacturing Grants Proposal
Time and Labor Project Manufacturing (LA) Grants Accounting

EBS Administration Advanced Planning and Scheduling Industry Verticals

Application Object Library Advanced Supply Chain Planning US Federal Financials
Finanicals Interface Tables

PeopleSoft Enterprise 8.9 Siebel CRM 6.0 - 8.0

Human Capital Management Customer Releationship Management
Human Resources Sales
Payroll North America Service
Time and Labor Call Center
Marketing
Horizontal Applications
Vertical Applications
Analytical Reporting
BI Challenges

• Achieve business reporting and data analysis

requirements
• Minimize or eliminate impact on the
production transaction database (OLTP)
• Improve query performance
• Capture transitory or historical data that no
longer resides in the OLTP database
• Integrate data from multiple disparate
databases
Noetix Analytics

• “Packaged” subject area data models in star schema data marts

– Conformed dimensions and dimension hierarchies
– Snapshot data for history and trending

• Detailed data for full drill in Operational Data Store

• Pre-built ETL mappings from Oracle EBS
– Complex transformations into data marts
– Change Data Capture for incremental refresh

• Integration interface to integrate legacy data

• Extensibility framework for customizations
• Pre-defined performance measures (KPIs), dashboards and reports
– AP/AR Aging, Working Capital Management, Net Bookings, Profitability Analysis, Vendor Performance & Quality,
Headcount & Turnover Analysis

• Active metadata repository with administration tools

• Generators for integration with BI Platforms
Sample Noetix Analytics Subject Areas

Working
Profitability Projects Sales ASCP Discrete MFG
Capital

Project
Cash Conversion Daily Net Full Pegging by
Commitment Backlog BOM Costing
Cycle Revenue MSC Plans
Details

Margins by Cost of Sales by Exception

Days Sales Expenditure Make Items with
Customer, Customer, Demand/Supplie
Outstanding Details no BOM
Product, Rep Product, Rep s by Resource

Exception Order Items with

Days Inventory Projects Project Revenue On-time
Demand/Supplie no Associated
Outstanding Revenues Details Performance
s by Customer Job

MFG BOM
Days Component
Projects Cost Center Net Bookings & Operation
Purchasing Usage - History,
Expenditures Distribution Lines Net Change Sequences by
Outstanding Trends
MSC Plans

Open Operating
Job Bill Rate Debookings/ PO Lines by Quantity Built vs.
Receivables Income as % of
Overrides Rebookings Implement Task Quantity Ordered
& Payables Sales

MFG BOM
Spend by Cost Center Material
Gross Profit Projected COGS Operation
Period and Organization Transactions By
(Contribution) Per Order Sequences by
Vendor Relationships Plant to Ship
Customer
Noetix Analytics Architecture

Data Packaged Analytics

Packaged ETL
Warehouse
Oracle
E-Business Operationa Dashboards
Suite l
Data Store
Extraction Views
Informatica PowerCenter

Noetix Generator
Reports

Metadata Layer
Data Marts
Cubes
Integration Interface

2nd Tier
ERP

Metadata
Repository
KPIs
100+ Data Revenu
Sources Help System
e
Metadata Trends
Manager
Noetix Analytics –
Operational Data Store

• Reference Tables
– Lookup tables such as Master Master
Data Data
country codes, terms
codes, etc.
Transaction Transaction
Tables Tables
• Master Tables
– Customers, products, Master Master
Data Data
sales reps, etc.
• Detail Tables
Hybrid Star Schema
– Order lines, invoice
- Tactical, Near Real Time -
lines, journal entries,
AP invoices, etc.
Operational Data Store –
Configurable Refresh

Functional
Groups Extraction, Transformation, Loading

AP – 1 hr

Country Order
Codes Types
Oracle Applications

OM – 10 min.
Customer Item

Order
Order Lines
Headers

Operating
Rest Nightly Unit
Sales Rep

Operational Data Store

- Operational data, dimensionalized, near real time -
 Noetix Analytics Data Marts
to answer specific business questions

Dimensions Dimensions

Facts
• Analysis
Customer Date
• Slice and Dice
• Trending
• Out of the Box KPIs:
― Spend by Period and Vendor
― Days Sales Outstanding
Orders
― Cost of Goods Sold Product
Orders
Detail
Sales Rep
― Inventory Turns Orders
Detail
Fact
Detail
Fact
― On-time Performance Orders
Fact
Details
― Open Sales Order Aging
― Projects Expenditures
― Margins by Customer,
Product, Rep Set of Operating
Books Unit
― Daily Net Revenue

Exclusively Star Schema

Noetix BI Value Propositions

Packaged Analytics
• Rapid Implementation Financials Human Resources
Projects Procurement
• Open Architecture Discrete Manufacturing Order Management
Process Manufacturing Service and Contracts
• EBS centric Inventory
Compensation
Incentive

Working Capital
• Extensible METADATA LAYER

• Metadata Driven Data Warehouse

• Upgrade Protection Operational

Data Marts
Data Store

• Lowest TCO

Enterprise Applications

E-Business Suite Legacy

PeopleSoft JD Edwards
Siebel QAD MFG/Pro
Nature of Solution: End Goal
Product Demonstration
Noetix Analytics
Noetix Functional Coverage
Noetix Business Intelligence
Reporting across the BI spectrum

BI APPLICATIONS

Packaged Packaged
Reports Drillable
Answers Analytics Dashboards KPIs
Reports

BI PLATFORMS

Noetix for Business

Noetix Oracle BI Discoverer Cognos
Excel Objects

METADATA GENERATORS

ENTERPRISE BI MODELS

OLTP Data Warehouse

Database Operational
Data Marts
Views Data Store

METADATA SERVICES & DATA INTEGRATION

ENTERPRISE APPLICATIONS

E-Business
E-Business QAD
PeopleSoft
PeopleSoft Siebel
Siebel Legacy
Legacy JD
JD Edwards
Edwards
Suite
Suite MFG/PRO
MFG/PRO
Noetix Business Intelligence
Supports Noetix Core Values

Open
Rapid Configuration
Architecture
Implementation Specific

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Bringing Data Into View

Metadata Lowest
Extensible
Driven TCO

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