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Oracle BI 11.1.1.5.0 (PS1) New Features Summary May 19, 2011

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The following is intended to outline our general product direction. It is intended for information purposes only, and may not be incorporated into any contract. It is not a commitment to deliver any material, code, or functionality, and should not be relied upon in making purchasing decisions. The development, release, and timing of any features or functionality described for Oracle’s products remains at the sole discretion of Oracle.

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Oracle BI 11.1.1.5.0 Themes •  Oracle BI Mobile •  Oracle BI Server – Data Sources / Platform Support •  Ease of Use –  Updated Sample BI Application –  Install enhancements

•  Innovation –  Oracle BI Publisher –  Oracle Scorecard and Strategy Management –  Oracle BI Map Views

•  Integration/Upgrade –  Oracle Real-Time Decisions (RTD) –  Oracle Essbase –  Oracle BI 10g and Oracle BI Applications Upgrade


Oracle BI Mobile

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•  Built on OBIEE Foundation •  Employs an embedded Dashboard approach

–  Supports Analyses, Dashboards, Publisher Reports, Action Framework, Scorecards, Alerts, Catalog Search

•  Zero training to interact with data on mobile devices

•  Gestural interactions, Orientation recognition, and Layout optimizations for tablet and smartphone platforms

•  Technical –  Will be Available from Apple iTunes App Store –  Devices supported: iPhone 3GS, 4, iPad –  Hybrid Application

•  Employs Webkit layout engine •  Wrapped in a native iOS shell

–  OBIEE Security Model (SSL and SSO)

Oracle BI Mobile 11.1.1.5.0

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Oracle BI Server – Data Sources / Platform Support

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•  Support added for Oracle OLAP, SAP BW, and MS Analysis Services, Oracle TimesTen, Oracle RetekRPAS

•  Oracle BI EE natively understands hierarchies, dimensions, metrics, etc. for additional multidimensional data sources

•  Dramatically improved metadata import and development experience compared to 10g

•  Incremental update of metadata supported •  Substantially improved UI experience—

multidimensional style look and feel with in-place hierarchy drilling, custom groups, etc.

•  For SAP BW: Introducing new BAPI adapter for Windows and Linux, 32 and 64 bit

New Oracle BI Server 11.1.1.5 Data Sources

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Oracle BI 11.1.1.5 Native Oracle OLAP Integration

•  “Better Together” with Oracle BI, Oracle OLAP, and Exadata

•  Oracle BI utilizes OLAP aware SQL and function shipping

•  Simple cube metadata import •  Oracle BI understands cube

structure

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Improved Documentation for Multidimensional Sources

Documentation in Repository Builder’s Guide

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Oracle BI EE 11.1.1.5.0 Server OS Support

•  Win-32 (Windows Server 2003 & 2008) •  Native Win-64 (Windows Server 2003, 2008, & 2008 R2) •  Linux-32 (RH4, RH5, OEL4, OEL5, SUSE10, SUSE11) •  Native Linux-64 (RH4, RH5, OEL4, OEL5, SUSE10, SUSE11) •  ExaLogic X2-2 - Oracle Linux 5 •  Solaris SPARC (Solaris 10) •  AIX 7.1

–  IBM WebSphere is planned for a subsequent release, NOT 11.1.1.5 •  No 32-bit on 64-bit compatibility

•  All Server OS platforms in subsequent 11.1.1.5 drops •  HP 11.31 •  Solaris x64 (Solaris 10) For illustration only. Please refer to the

current, official platform matrix on OTN

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Oracle BI Platform 11.1.1.5.0 Support Expansion •  All Languages •  Browsers

–  IE7, and IE8 •  BI Publisher in IE8 standards mode and not

BIDI support for IE7 –  Firefox 3.5+ –  Safari 4.x and 5.x

•  Windows Client tools ( on 32-bit XP, 2003, Vista, 2008, Win7) –  32 bit BI Client Developer Tool for client

access –  Admin Tool, Catalog Manager, BIP Office Plug-ins, BI

Office Plug-in

•  BI Server Data Sources –  Oracle 10g & 11g –  Teradata 12 & 13/13.10 –  SQL Server 2005 & 2008 –  DB2 9.1, 9.5 & 9.7 –  Essbase 9.3.3 & 11.1.2+ –  HFM 9.x, 11.1.1.x, & 11.1.2 –  Fusion ADF BCs –  Oracle OLAP –  Oracle TimesTen –  SAP B/W 7 –  Microsoft SSAS 2005 & 2008 –  Oracle RetekRPAS

•  RCU database –  Oracle 10g & 11g, SQL Server 2005 &

2008, DB2 9.7 •  Application Servers

–  WebLogic Apps Server 10.3.5 only •  Portals

–  WebCenter –  WebCenter 11.1.1.4+ and JDeveloper 11.1.1.4+

•  Security via FMW –  Active Directory 2003 & 2008 –  CA SiteMinder 6 –  OpenLDAP 2.3.37 –  Sun Java System Directory Service 6.3 –  Novell eDirectory 8.8 –  Oracle Directory Server Enterprise Edition

11.1.1.3+ •  Mobile Support

–  Mobile Application Support (iOS 4.2.1+) •  Office Support

–  Microsoft Office 2010

For illustration only. Please refer to the current, official platform matrix on OTN

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Oracle BI EE Certification Matrix

•  Please see •  http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/middleware/bi-enterprise-

edition/bi-11gr1certmatrix-166168.xls •  http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/middleware/bi-enterprise-

edition/

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Ease of Use

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BI Server 11.1.1.5.0 – Administration Tool Simplification and Ease of Use

•  BI Server metadata web service –  Remote read/write of BI Server metadata –  SOAP, WSDL, SAML standards –  Utilizes the XUDML language (BI Server XML API)

•  Data model diagrams revamped –  True ERD-style presentation and interaction –  Auto-layout

•  Consistency checker enhanced –  Ensures more reliable merges and queries –  Upgrade guide for fixing errors no longer allowed –  Command-line utility for automation

•  64-bit Admin Tool –  Supports larger BI models

•  Client installer –  32-bit Admin Tool, 32- or 64-bit Windows

•  Smaller stack footprint (Simple Install) –  Unit test sandbox fits on 32-bit machine

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Oracle BI Sample Application 11.1.1.5 Rich sourcing federation, advanced calculation examples

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Oracle BI Sample Application 11.1.1.5 Oracle Data Mining Integration Examples

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Oracle BI Sample Application 11.1.1.5 Custom Formatting Examples

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Innovation

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Oracle BI Map Views Support for Google Maps as Background maps

•  Google Maps can be used as background maps in Map Views –  MapViewer now supports Google Maps tiles as a built-in map tile

layer –  UI for defining Google Maps based tile in MapViewer –  Appears as background map in OBIEE Map Data Administration –  Can be used seamlessly as background map

•  Useful for displaying rich background maps •  Useful if geo-data is mostly in Long/Lat coordinates •  Must obtain a Google Maps API key for your application •  Still require spatial data for geometries from NAVTEQ or

other provider if you want to display shapes (for e.g. country boundaries)

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Oracle BI Map Views Examples

State formats & Bar graphs created by OBIEE

Background map served from Google Maps

San Francisco background map, served from Oracle eLocation Server

San Francisco background map, served from Google Maps

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Oracle Scorecard and Strategy Management

•  General UI Refinements •  Parallel processing of

views in dashboards •  New KPI Builder •  Custom KPI Attributes •  Advanced Scoring •  Search in Dimension Bar •  Dashboard and

Hierarchical Prompt Support •  Support •  Mobile

** Patent Pending

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Oracle BI Publisher 11.1.1.5.0 Reports and Layouts

•  Layout Editor •  List object •  Pivot Table

enhancements •  Formula Dialog

enhancements •  Excel Template Builder

and enhancements •  Native Excel (XLSX)

output •  Interactive output

performance enhancements

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Oracle BI Publisher 11.1.1.5.0 Data Models

•  Local Excel Data Source •  EBS Data Source Enhancements •  XML in CLOB via SQL •  Bursting Definition:

•  Parameter Support •  XML, Webservices support

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Integration & Upgrade

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Oracle Real Time Decisions 11g Overview

•  Integration –  RTD RPD for Analysis & Reporting of RTD Predictive Models Learning Data –  Eligibility & Scoring Rules Editors available as embeddable ADF component

(in support of Fusion CRM applications) –  RTD Informant , RTD Advisors and RTD Batch Web Services available as

JDev extensions –  JRF Based Web Services

•  Common Installer •  Enterprise Manager integration, Interoperability, Oracle Diagnostic

Logging based Logging •  Security

–  Secured Web Services via Oracle Web Services Manager (OWSM ) –  Enforcing policies on JAXWS Web Services using JRF

•  Globalization –  Decision Center globalization for the following languages: English, French,

German, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese (Brazilian), Japanese, Korean, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional)

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Oracle RTD Business Intelligence The RTD Model Snapshot Enables BI Access

•  Enables offline customer centric reporting of predictive insights discovered by RTD •  Combines Process Intelligence from RTD with Data Intelligence

from Data Warehouses, OLTP systems •  Facilitates custom reporting directly from RTD models

•  Batch extract, Not real time •  Provides a facility for RTD user to export RTD models

stored in binary into a relational database for ad hoc reporting outside of RTD •  Includes counts of events, predictiveness values, and

correlations •  Supports all BI tools including OBIEE

•  In 11g RTD Model Snapshot tables integrated in the BI Platform Schema

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Oracle RTD Business Intelligence The Model Snapshot Enables BI Access

•  Foundation - Model snapshot data exported from the RTD then utilized by standard reporting and business intelligence products and techniques

•  Instance - RTD RPD created to expose model insights into OBIEE

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Oracle BI 11.1.1.5.0 and Oracle Essbase 11.1.2.1 Enhanced Integration

•  Single-Click configuration of BI Server and EPM SSO –  Connection pool setting –  No need for manual configuration of

EPM registry

•  Essbase Studio – BI Server Business Model Support –  Provides Studio the ability to read and

re-use BI Server dimensions and hierarchies for Cube construction

•  Extended BI Server support for Essbase versions –  11.1.2.1, 11.1.1.3.5

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Installation and Upgrade

•  Greater flexibility and improved installation experience

•  Optimized Simple install with lower memory footprint

•  Integration with My Oracle Support for updates as part of installation

•  Support for existing Metadata Services Schema (MDS)

•  Extend an existing WLS Domain

•  In-place upgrade from 11.1.1.3 to 11.1.1.5

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Oracle BI 10 Upgrade

•  Numerous bug fixes identified by 11.1.1.3 early adopters and BI Applications development •  New documentation chapters on process and level

setting expectations •  Typical recommended upgrade phases:

1.  Education 2.  Complete all existing 10g development cycles and roll to

production 3.  10g parity on 11g 4.  Base 11g feature uptake 5.  Advanced 11g features uptake and new requirements

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Oracle BI Applications 7.9.6.3 New Release Concurrent with 11.1.1.5

•  Full suite of pre-built CRM and ERP

Analytics offerings –  Siebel, PeopleSoft, JD Edwards, E-Business Suite

•  Built for and certified with OBIEE 11.1.1.5 –  Adopts 11g presentation features

•  Presentation hierarchies, sliders, master-detail linking, cascading prompts

–  Adopts 11g security model •  Role-based, not group-based

–  Unlock new capabilities for BI Apps customers •  Geospatial, scorecard, mobile support, systems

management

•  Additional important certifications, including: –  Informatica 9.01 HF2 –  Teradata 13.10

•  Additional bug fixes and ETL optimizations

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Uptake of 11.1.1.5 by BI Applications Customers Integration

Two approaches: •  Upgrade to BI Applications 7.9.6.3

–  Certifies 11.1.1.5, out of the box support for 11g capabilities

–  Recommended choice for net new implementations and existing BI Apps customers needing 11.1.1.5 capabilities alike

•  Platform-only upgrade for existing BI Apps deployments –  Fully supported with OBIEE 11.1.1.5 but not

without challenges –  Good option for heavily customized deployments

with strong need for 11.1.1.5 features

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Oracle BI 11.1.1.5.0 Summary

•  Oracle BI Mobile •  BI Server – Data Sources/Platform Support •  Ease of Use –  New SampleApp –  Install enhancements

•  Innovation –  Publisher –  Strategy and Scorecard –  MapViews

•  Integration/Upgrade –  RTD –  Essbase –  Upgrade –  BI Applications

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