Support For Oracle Discoverer Is Ending… What Are My Options

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November 12, 2013

Support For Oracle Discoverer Is Ending… What Are My Options?

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Agenda

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What’s The Problem?① What is Oracle Discoverer?

② Discoverer Support Is Ending

What Are My Options?③ Options For Current Discoverer Customers

④ BI Tool Migration Methodology

⑤ Exploring The Migration Options

The ScheduleAgenda


Copyright © 2008, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. 4

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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What Is Oracle Discoverer?

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BackgroundWhat Is Oracle

Discoverer?


A query, reporting, analysis and Web publishing toolset.

Provides web based access to data from relational and multidimensional data sources.

2 main web based products: Oracle Discoverer Plus Oracle Discoverer Viewer

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Many acquired Discoverer as part of EBS applications

Custom reports built by developers.

Reporting tool – No Analytical features

Latest release came out in 2009 (11.1.1.6)

OriginWhat Is Oracle

Discoverer?


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Discoverer Support Is Ending

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Premier Support ending June 2014 No next release planned Ensure certification with new 3rd party

products/versions Ensure certification with new Oracle

products

Take ActionDiscoverer Support Is Ending


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Simplify your BI Deployment Reduce total number of reports Map multiple data sources Mobile BI

Take ActionDiscoverer Support Is Ending


Oracle’s Direction For Business Intelligence

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Oracle is committed to Protect, Extend and Evolve strategy which allows customers to protect the investment they have in traditional technologies while allowing new tools and technologies to be adopted for evolving requirements or new development.

With this strategy, Oracle allows customers to continue to leverage their existing investment in Discoverer while offering a path to Oracle’s strategic business intelligence offering.

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Premier Support is Ending for Oracle Discoverer in June 2014

Recommendation:Develop A Plan For Migration

What’s The Problem?


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Options For Oracle Discoverer Customers

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① Do Nothing

② Migrate To Oracle BI EE

③ Deploy Enhanced Functionality w/ BI Apps

Overview Of OptionsOptions For Oracle Discoverer Customers


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What Are The Reporting Scenarios?

Oracle E-Business Suite

Custom Transactional Application

Custom Data Warehouse

ConsiderationsOptions For Oracle Discoverer Customers


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Challenges

Lots of Redundant Reports

Development Team

Strictly Operational/Tactical Reporting

Usage: Data Download



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Opportunities

Report Consolidation

Serve Real Business Needs

Provide Insight, Not Just Reports

Enable Cross-Functional Analysis

Go Mobile



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Understand Your Org’s Unique Situation

Use This As An Opportunity To Consolidate & Enhance

Options For Oracle Discoverer Customers


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BI Tool Migration Methodology

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MethodologyBI Tool Migration Methodology


① Audit

② Analyze

③ Development

④ User Acceptance

Download Info Sheet at

www.kpipartners.com/Migration

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Exploring The Migration Options

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21Migration Options



Migrate To Oracle BI EEDiscoverer-to-OBIEE Metadata Migration Assistant

KPI Partners Real-Time Discoverer Toolkit

Deploy Enhanced FunctionalityOracle BI Applications

KPI’s Real-Time Solution Extensions for Oracle BI Apps

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1Migrate To OBIEEExploring The Migration Options


24Support For Oracle Discoverer Is Ending… What Are My Options? Quick Introduction To OBIEE


Discoverer vs. OBIEE

OBIEEAnswers

Discoverer Plus Viewer




OBIEEDashboards

Discoverer Portal Provider




OBIEEAdmin Tool

Discoverer Administrator




OBIEERepository (RPD)

End User Layer (EUL)


Physical LayerLogical LayerPresentation Layer

RPD

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Advantages of OBIEEExploring The Migration Options


① Robust 3-Layer Metadata Support

② Scalable, Modern Architecture

③ Non-Oracle Database Support

④ Data Federation Capabilities

⑤ Enhanced Mobile Features

⑥ Robust Security Architecture

⑦ Improved Performance

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OBIEE Is Oracle’s Strategic Direction For BI

Enhanced Functionality Compared To Discoverer

Exploring The Migration Options: Migrate To OBIEE


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Discoverer Migration AssistantExploring The Migration Options


What Is It?Command-Line Utility

What Does It Do?Reads Discoverer EUL

What Does It Produce?OBIEE Repository (RPD)

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1 • Export Discoverer Metadata (EEX File)

2 • Configure & Run Discoverer Migration Assistant

3 • Upgrade RPD from OBIEE 10g to 11g

4 • Build OBI Answers Requests & Dashboards

5 • Deploy OBIEE 11g

5-Step Process : Discoverer Migration Assistant


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KPI’s Real-Time ToolkitExploring The Migration Options


What Is It?Command-Line Utility

What Does It Do?Converts Workbook Queries to Views & Auto Generates OBIEE Metadata for Views

What Does It Produce?OBIEE Repository (RPD)

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1 • Create DB Views from Workbook Queries

2 • Run KPI RPD Generator

3 • Build OBI Answers Requests & Dashboards

4 • Deploy OBIEE 11g

4-Step Process : KPI Partners Real-Time Toolkit


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KPI’s Real-Time ToolkitExploring The Migration Options


Automated E-Business Suite Key Flexfield Support

Automated E-Business Suite Descriptive Flexfield Support

Automated View Change Detection & Metadata Generation

Smart Retention of Manual Metadata Changes

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Use KPI’s Real-Time Toolkit To Generate OBIEE RPD

Use Automation Features To Maintain Your Metadata

Exploring The Migration Options: Migrate To OBIEE


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2Deploy Enhanced FunctionalityExploring The Migration Options


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ANALYTICSOracle BI Gazette

Pre-Built Analytic Content Plugs into ERP Leverages OBIEE Classic BI Model Functional Area Focus

What Are The Oracle BI Apps?Exploring Migration Options


“Oracle BI Apps is like the pre-built content for your daily newspaper”

Financial AnalyticsHuman Resources AnalyticsProcurement and Spend AnalyticsSales AnalyticsService AnalyticsContact Center AnalyticsMarketing AnalyticsPrice AnalyticsProject AnalyticsLoyalty AnalyticsSupply Chain & Order Mgmt Analytics

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Pre-built warehouse Designed for Analysis & Reporting

Pre-built ETL Extract Data From Popular ERP

Pre-Built DashboardsRole Based, Business Process Workflows

Pre-built MetadataCalculations & Metrics

Oracle EBS

PeopleSoft

JD Edwards

Universal

SAPOracle BI

ApplicationsWarehouse

ETL

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ETL

ETL

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Presentation layer

Logical business model

Physical sources

Quick Introduction To Oracle BI Applications

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KPI Extends Oracle BI AppsExploring Migration Options


Extension to OBIASupports Oracle EBSReal-Time AnalysisAd-hoc CapabilityPre-built DashboardsPre-built reportsReal-Time ViewsPre-built Repository

Download Info Sheet at KPIPartners.com/solutions

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Some Real-Time Needs…

Usually narrowly focused

• Last week of the Month (Orders / Shipments / Invoices)• First week of Month (GL Posting, Trial Balances)

But Business Critical

• Are any of my customer orders on hold?• Are any of my customer orders on backorder?• Have all my sub-ledger transactions posted to GL?• VP of Sales needs updates every 2 hrs during last week of month


Exploring Migration Options

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OBIA Is Recommended For EBS & Multi-Source Environments

Combine OBIA w/ KPI’s Real-Time Extensions

Exploring The Migration Options: Deploy Enhanced Functionality


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Migration Assistant

KPI Real-Time OBIA

ERP (E-Business Suite & Other)

ERP Real-Time Needs

Custom Transactional Schema

Custom Data Warehouse

Migration Options for DiscovererFinal Summary

Final Takeaways

Oracle Discoverer Premier Support Is Ending

Oracle’s Strategic BI Platform Is OBIEE Foundation Suite


Final Takeaways

Multiple Options Are Available For Customers To Adopt OBIEE

Most Customers Will Choose A Combination Of Options


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