Alvin DanielSenior Product ManagerOracle DiscovererOracle Corporation
Best Practices in Building a BI Dashboard in Portal with Discoverer
Alvin DanielSenior Product Manager
Oracle Corporation
Session 40154
Agenda
Overview of the Discoverer Solution
Architectural UnderpinningsPutting it all together: building a
dashboardMaximum Scalability &
Performance
Overview of Discoverer
Discoverer Product FamilyDiscoverer Administrator 10g
Manage metadata, security, and performance
Discoverer Plus 10g Create ad-hoc queries, analytics, and graphs
Discoverer Viewer 10g Pivot, drill, and export existing queries
Single User Interface
Desktop Edition (C/S) Plus (Java) Viewer (HTML)
Discoverer Portlets
List of Workbooks
Portlet
Worksheet Portlet:
Crosstab
Worksheet Portlet: Graph
Architecture
Discoverer Architecture
Oracle Application
Server
Plus
Viewer
Discoverer Admin.
Dynamic results, database is a single source
Enforces database and Applications security
Each session uses “smart” middle-tier caching
Scalable n-tier design, fast performance
10g Database
Discoverer Portal Integration
Oracle Application Server :Portal, Discoverer
Plus
Viewer
Web Portlet Provider Java Servlet Provides access to worksheets,
workbooks, etc. through a Portal wizard
Persistently manages portlet contents
Single Sign-On Traditional “userid/pwd@db” and
EUL now called a connection SSO user can have multiple
Discoverer connections associated
Also support Applications login Supported outside of Portal too
Database 10g
New Interactions with DiscovererPortal gives context for
Discoverer informationPortal integrates Discoverer
at the information levelPortal publishes Discoverer
information to communities
D E M O N S T R A T I O N
Building the Dashboard
New Benefits
PublishingPersonalizationPromotion
New Benefits- Publishing
Publish with All Discoverer Benefits
– Still “connected” to Discoverer– Information is still managed, performant– Information is still secure
Covers All Scenarios– Single view (traditional web site)– Public/private view (public community site)– Per-user view (customer account site)– Flexible view (everything else!)
New Benefits- PersonalizationSupports Portal
“customization” frameworkSelf-service customization
without touching Discoverer
Re-usable ROI
New Benefits- Promotion
Increase Portal site usage– Users want real content– Users want maximum personalization
Increase Discoverer usage– All users become Discoverer users– Click-throughs launch Discoverer at “full-power”
Self-sustaining cycle– Good content = more Portal users– More Portal users = more Discoverer users– More Discoverer users = more good content– lather, rinse, repeat...
Maximizing Scalability & Performance
Maximizing Scalability & PerformanceEliminate redundant
queries by sharing resultsEliminate redundant
queries by remembering results
The Ultimate BI FAQ
Oracle Application
Server
Today, users run queries to see “what’s up?”
User A & B each run the same weekly sales report
Database 10g
“What’s up?”“What’s up?”
“What’s up?”
“What’s up?”
“What’s up?”“What’s up?”
“What’s up?”“What’s up?”
Why answer one question N times?!
Users may have different security
Users may need different customizations
The Ultimate BI FAQ
Oracle Application
Server
“What’s up?”
Today, users run queries to see “what’s up?”
User A & B each run the same weekly sales report
Database 10g
Portlet Provider acts like a “smart” cache
If users A & B run it using the same customizations, we fetch from cache
Complete transparency, zero delay
The Ultimate BI FAQ
Oracle Application
Server
“What’s up?”
Today, users run queries to see “what’s up?”
User A & B each run the same weekly sales report
If users A & B run it using the same customizations, we fetch from cache
Database 10g
weekly
If users A & B reload the page every 10 minutes, the report’s query is not re-executed
If users A & B want “live” results, click-through to Discoverer
Maximizing Scalability & PerformanceEliminate redundant queries
by sharing resultsEliminate redundant queries
by remembering resultsOptimize user behavior
– Essential information always on hand– Users are more focused when they ask
deeper questions
Summary
Discoverer Portal IntegrationSynergy- each promotes the otherPublishing without “disconnecting”
– Security– Management, performance
Increase ROI through personalization Increased scalability by optimizing
user behavior
AQ&Q U E S T I O N SQ U E S T I O N SA N S W E R SA N S W E R S
