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Fulfilling Real-Time analytics on Oracle BI Applications platform
Shiv Bharti Perficient, Inc.
Analytics users have always had the desire to get “real-time” data. There are certain business scenarios where the ability to do real-time analysis can positively impact different areas of our Business – from increased revenue to a greater customer satisfaction. Most of the Oracle BI Application deployments my team and I have been a part of, have always had some Real-Time components. There are a number of design approaches to extend the Oracle BI applications foundation in order to fulfill these requirements. In this article, I would like to share one of the design approaches I will be presenting with my colleague during Oracle OpenWorld 2014. If you are visiting the Oracle Open World this year, please join us to discuss this topic and any other questions on Oracle Business Intelligence:
Session ID: CON6485 Session Title: Leverage Oracle BI Applications Architecture to Meet Real-Time Reporting Requirements Venue / Room: Moscone West - 3011 Date and Time: 10/1/14, 16:30 - 17:15
What is “Real-Time Analytics”?
Real-time business intelligence (RTBI) is the process of delivering information about business operations
as they occur. Real time means near to zero latency and access to information whenever it is required.
- Wikipedia
Some of the common business scenarios for real-time analytics we always run into are: Access to Point Of Sale transactions to efficiently manage Inventory and Store Cash Operational reports for Business that depend on timely deliveries Users simply need critical operational data in real-time
Let’s take a look at the design approach to fulfill real-time analytics on Oracle BI
applications Platform
For those of you who are not familiar with Oracle BI Applications, It is a pre-packaged and prebuilt BI tool
that enables organizations to realize the value of a packaged BI Application, such as rapid deployment,
lower TCO, and built-in best practices, while also being able to very easily extend those solutions to meet
their specific needs, or build completely custom BI applications, all on one common BI architecture.
Business Requirement: Show me the list of Order Quantity by Customer and Product in real Time.
In order to fulfill this requirement, we will extend the OBIEE metadata to seamlessly integrate data from
two data sources:
1. Oracle Business Analytics Warehouse (OBAW) for historical data (This would be the data loaded