Post on 01-Apr-2015
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Reporting Options – R12 and FusionToby Price, Business Development Manager, SolStonePlus
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Agenda
• About SolStonePlus• Software framework• Discussion about now• Crystal ball gazing (10 minutes)
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SolStonePlus Overview
• 28 years as a Business Intelligence solutions provider– Widely regarded as Oracle's most experienced BI
Partner – Staff and Customer Loyalty
• Premiere Annual Sponsors of the UK Oracle User Group for 2008-2011
• Independent Oracle advice• Pragmatic guidance on new and existing Oracle
products
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Objectives of the presentation
• Leave with a better understanding of the realistic options and what other organisations are doing
• The views expressed in this presentation are my own personal views and do not reflect the views of Oracle or any other vendor. And I don’t know everything about everything!
• Safe Harbour ... Anything you see from potential future releases is not a commitment from Oracle (and therefore not many screenshots!)
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Oracle Software Framework
• Reports, Discoverer and XML/BI Publisher• OBI
– EE– SE1– Foundation
• BI Applications / Analytics• Embedded Analytics
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Some Roadmap Options to consider
• Stay with Discoverer and deal with Reports and FSGs using BI (XML) Publisher
• Perform a technical migration to OBI from Discoverer and Reports
• Build a bespoke data warehouse• Implement BI Applications before or after R12• Re-implement then build an archive data warehouse• Buy another software package to report from
Financials• Wait for Embedded BI in Fusion Applications• ... any other options raised by the audience
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ETL Roadmap
• ODI• Informatica
– Choice in first release• OWB
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A bit of crystal ball* gazing
• Oracle Transaction BI (OTBI)• Oracle BI Applications• Specialised Analytics (Essbase and Real-
Time Decisions)
• I won’t know all the details, but can find out
* Not of course Oracle Crystal Ball ;)
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BI Applications with Fusion
• New modules– E.g. Fixed Assets– Payroll – Commitments
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Transactional BI with Fusion
• Operational data from Financials
– Receivables– Payables– GL– Sub-Ledger Accounting– Cash Management– Assets– Intercompany
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Integration of OBIA and OTBI and Fusion
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Integration of OBIA and OTBI and Fusion
• Shared metamodel– OBIA from data warehouse– OTBI from source tables
• Many performance improvements promised
• OTBI can be placed on dashboard• OBIA can be added to the Fusion
Applications reporting pane• BI Composer for new reports• Search Integration
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BI Composer – Available now
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Specialised Analytics
• Enhancing the GL
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Conclusion
• Many options to consider now• Look for material benefits and reducing IT support
costs• Consider reporting upgrade costs when deciding
on BI strategy• Single source or best of breed
• toby.price@solstoneplus.com
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Any Questions?