Transitioning from InfoMaker to Oracle BI Publisher

Bryan Gardner

CBA Inc.

Safe Harbor Statement

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

Aligning with the Oracle Toolset

• Oracle Database

• WebLogic Server

• Business Intelligence Publisher

• Enterprise Content Management

• Java / JRockit

Other Oracle Toolset Options

• Business Process Management

• User Productivity Kit

• AIA Integrations

• BI Enterprise Edition

Existing Forms & Reports?

• Primavera Contract Management 14.0, Business Intelligence Publisher Edition, no longer supports InfoMaker. Any customized reports or forms that were created in InfoMaker need to be recreated in Oracle BI Publisher.

Choices – You have one

• Stay with what you know…

– PCM v13.1

• Sybase InfoMaker v12

• Embrace the future!

– PCM v14, BI Publisher Ed.

• Oracle BI Publisher 11g

Oracle BI Publisher 11g

• Enterprise reporting solution, built on open standards

• Integrated with Primavera Contract Management v14.0 BI Publisher Edition

• Integrated with Primavera P6 Enterprise Project Portfolio Management R8.2

Benefits of BI Publisher

• Use familiar desktop products

• View, run & schedule reports

• Publish reports

• Deliver reports automatically

• Cross product reporting

• Oracle Support & Communities

Reporting File Structure

Sybase InfoMaker

• Power Builder Library

– Reports

• Design

• Query

Oracle BI Publisher

• Folder (LOT, CONT, etc)

– Data Models

• Query

– Reports

• Layouts

–Design

Layout Templates

• Oracle BI Publisher

• Word

• Excel

• Acrobat

• Flex

• Jdev

• Others

Output Options

• PDF

• HTML

• Excel

• Power Point

• Flash

• RTF

• CSV

• XML

• EDI

• EFT

Oracle’s BI Publisher Resources

• Blog – blogs.oracle.com/xmlpublisher

• Community – communities.oracle.com

– Discussions & Open Chat

• YouTube – youtube.com/user/bipublisher

• OTN – oracle.com/technetwork/index.html

• Oracle University – education.oracle.com

Oracle University

• Oracle BI Publisher 11g R1: Fundamentals – Describe the components, basic features, and

positioning of BI Publisher as a reporting tool

– Create data models by using the Data Model Editor based on Oracle Database 11g

– Create BI Publisher reports based on data models

– Create report layouts by using the Layout Editor (online)

Limited Use License

• Any users who need to customize or create new reports will need a full-use license of BI Publisher.

Upgrading?

• Customers licensed for Contract Management under legacy Primavera licensing who would like to take advantage of the restricted use license of Oracle BI Publisher should contact their Sales representative to migrate their licenses to the current Oracle offerings.

Need Help? Support Info

• When opening a Service Request with Oracle Support, be sure to open the request with the proper Support team as Contract Management integrates with many different Oracle applications. To ensure you reach the proper Support team, enter the correct product information during the Service Request creation process.

Need Help? Support Info Product Use this support line for…

PCM Installation and configurations involving Contract Management: its data or configurations with another product.

WebLogic WebLogic server installation and configuration that is not specifically related to Contract Management.

Oracle Server Oracle Database installation and configuration that is not specifically related to Contract Management.

BI Publisher BI Publisher installation and configuration that is not specifically related to Contract Management.

Repository Creation Utility

Oracle Fusion Middleware > Fusion Middleware 11g Installation Issues > OFM 11g RCU Installation Issues.

Questions & Answers

Want more? See this sessions!

Introduction to Primavera Contract Management, Business Intelligence Publisher Edition

Mon, 03:45 PM Banyan C

Reporting from Contract Management 14.0 Using BI Publisher 11g

Thu, 08:30 AM Banyan C

Convert Your Infomaker Reports to Oracle BI - A Recommended Approach

Thu, 09:45 AM Banyan F

Customizing and Writing Reports for Primavera P6 Using Oracle BI Publisher

Tue, 08:00 AM Banyan C

Business Intelligence with Primavera P6 Analytics Tue, 02:00 PM Banyan C