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

� Twitter.com/eistechnologies

� Facebook.com/eistech

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