Reporting Past,

Present and Fusion

John Faucher
November 1, 2013
(Floyd Teter July 2013)

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Agenda

EBS Users Note

Reporting - Old School

Reporting - Today

Evolution to Analytics

Reporting - Fusion

Blurring the lines Reporting / Business

Intelligence

Value of Fusion Measurement

Note to EBS Users

With the sun setting of Discoverer and the move to OBIEE as
THE reporting tool for EBS, many of these points are quickly
becoming crucial to you.
See Oracle Lifetime Support Policy Oracle Fusion Middleware
Oracle Discoverer 11g (Fusion Middleware 11gR1)
Oracle Discoverer 11gR1 (11.1.1.7.0)
Lifetime Support Policy, Coverage for Oracle Fusion Middleware Products September, 2013 Page 8
Line that has Portal 11gR1, Forms 11gR1, Reports 11gR1 and Discoverer 11g R1 (11.1.1.x)
The Party is over in June 2014 Premier Support Ends

Reporting The Good Old Days

Reporting and Information not in sync

The Analytics Ecosystem

Spans needs from Operational Reporting to BI to Analytics

What is the difference between

Reporting and Business Intelligence?

Fusion Reporting Architecture

Traditional - Reporting Tools in Fusion Financials

Oracle White Paper Reporting Tools in Oracle Fusion Financials April 2013

Usage Matrix

OTBI

Oracle Transactional

Business Intelligence

OBIA

Oracle Business Intelligence

Applications

Real Time BI

Based on Data Warehouse

No DW or ETL

Pre-built Adapters

Fusion Apps Only

Consolidate data from

Leverage ADF and OBIEE

No prebuilt reports or

dashboards

Fusion Fins connect to

Essbase cubes

multiple sources

Library of Metrics

Predefined Reports and

Dashboards

Sources EBS, JDE, Psoft,

SAP, Fusion Apps

Common Metadata Repository & ADF for Fusion Apps

OBIA: Change OOTB Reports

Out of the box (OOTB) Reports are built
using Oracle BI Answers
Existing reports can be modified using BI
Answers or BI Composer (a tool built for
modifying BI reports within Fusion
Applications)
Ability to make changes and save to shared
folders depends on user roles and
responsibilities

OBIA: Change OOTB Reports

High Level Steps
Locate desired report
Confirm user roles and privileges
Invoke proper editing tool
Save in place or save with alternate name
Invoke Personalization/Customization page
editor if using new name to allow new
content to be placed on the appropriate
Fusion Applications page

OBIA Using BI Answers To Modify A Report

OBIA Using BI Composer To Modify A Report

Note that BI Composer is intended to be used for simple reports;

in some cases BI Answers is the more appropriate tool

OBIA Extend Data Warehouse To New Sources

In the same manner as the current Applications Unlimited

BI Applications, the Data Warehouse and Reporting
framework can be extended using Informatica and OBI
infrastructure

OBIA Extend Data Warehouse

Determine subject area needing additional data
Determine proper source system(s)
Invoke Informatica PowerCenter tools to modify or create new
mapping(s) and workflow(s)
Invoke the Data Warehouse Administration Console (DAC) to
register Informatica workflow(s) as Task(s) and an Execution Plan
Invoke the BI EE Administration Tool to import, model, and expose
new/modified Warehouse table(s)
Invoke BI Answers to create or modify report using new data. Edit
Dashboards as appropriate.

OBIA Extend DW For New Sources

OTBI Change OOTB Reports

OTBI OOTB Reports are also built using Oracle BI Answers
Existing reports can be modified using Answers or BI Composers (as
permissions and features allow)
Use same steps as OBIA OOTB changes

OTBI Compliment With Data From Another System

BI Publisher Change OOTB Reports

BI Publisher
Compliment With Data From Another System

ADF Reports

So What Do We Have?

A powerful and highly flexible product set

So What Do We Have?

Also a highly complex solution

Lots Of ToolsDMaybe Too Many?

So How Do We Get Back To Simplicity?

A Basic Approach
Report Creation and Modification
Business Analysts useD
OTBI for ad-hoc and real-time transactional reporting
BIP for statutory reporting
BI Composers for BI/Analytics/Predictives
From available data sources
New data sources require skilled developers and
administrators

BI Composer
What Is BI Composer?
BI Composer is a simple-to-use wizard that
allows you to quickly and easily create,
edit, or view analyses without the
complexities of the "Analysis editor".

Dozens of data sources ready to use

- OTBI and Cubes

Create Report: Step 1 Choose Data

Create Report: Step 2 Select View

Create Report: Step 3 - Adjust

Create Report: Step 4 Add Insight

Create Report: Step 5 Done and Use

Value of Fusion Applications

Do Fusion Applications provide all of the functionality needed

to enable users to enter, process, and manage transactions

productively in alignment with corporate goals?

Do Fusion Applications deliver meaningful analysis and flexible

reporting to empower management to make better business

decisions to help me reach my corporate goals?

Reaching Out

John Faucher

John.Faucher@eistech.com

www.eistech.com

Twitter.com/eistechnologies

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