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 OBIA

Oracle Transactional

Business Intelligence

Real Time BI

No DW or ETL

Fusion Apps Only

Leverage ADF and OBIEE

No prebuilt reports or

dashboards

Fusion Fins connect to

Essbase cubes

Oracle Business Intelligence

Applications

Based on Data Warehouse

Pre-built Adapters

Consolidate data from

multiple sources

Library of Metrics

Predefined Reports and

Dashboards

Sources EBS, JDE, Psoft,

SAP, Fusion Apps

Common Metadata Repository & ADF for Fusion Apps

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

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: Change OOTB Reports

High Level Steps

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

Dozens of data sources ready to use

- OTBI and Cubes

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".

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

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