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Re-Platforming Discoverer What’s Your Approach? Mike Hartmann, Regional Sales Manager [email protected]
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Re-Platforming Discoverer What’s Your Approach?
Mike Hartmann, Regional Sales Manager
Introductions
Re-Platforming Discoverer?
Analytical versus Transactional Reporting
The 4 D’s Approach – High Level - Review
BI Road Map? - Review
Discovery and Design Phases
Why EiS?
Summary
Agenda
EiS Overview
Founded in 2001
Privately owned
Oracle Platinum Partner and ISV
International presence – US, UK and India • Distribution partners globally
Resources • Atlanta with over 60
• Hyderabad with over 80
Global customers – exceeding 120
Partnerships–Oracle, Deloitte etc.
Re-Platforming Discoverer
Discoverer 11g Premier Support – June 2014
Extended support through June 2017
What’s your approach?
Just a technical replacement of Discoverer
It’s more a part of a much bigger BI project
Somewhere in between
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HCM SCM CRM
OBIA – BI Apps Planning/Essbase – HFM/FCM
Financials Projects Manufacturing
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Common Enterprise Information Model Synchronize Dimensions and Metrics
Oracle Business Intelligence Foundation Hyperion Business Intelligence Foundation
Analytical Reporting Analytical Reporting
Reporting - Utilization and Audiences
• Business Intelligence – Getting the Right Information to the Right People at the Right Time
Standard Reports & Ad Hoc Reports
Query Drilldown
& Alerts
Dashboards, Scorecards, & KPIs
Forecasting
&
Statistical Analysis
Predictive Analytics
& Optimization
• Transactional versus Analytical reporting is typically an 80/20 • 80% of reports keep your lights on • 20% of reports help you plan and strategize
Strategic
Support
Operations
Analytical
Reporting
Transactional
Reporting
Transactional
Reporting
Analytical
Reporting
Reporting - Options
Warehouse Transactional System
Operational Tactical Strategic
BI Transactional Reporting
Transactions, Transactions, Transactions
Summary
Metadata, Schema, Views – EUL, Universes, Models, Star Schema etc.
The 4 D’s Project Approach
Discovery
Define
Design High Level Design Detail Design
Development
Deployment
Debrief
Project Approach – Where to Start?
How about a list of questions or bullet points?
What's my project charter?
What are my re-platforming options?
What's my budget?
Do I build or buy?
What’s my timeline?
What resources are needed?
Project Approach – Next Steps
Don’t have a Report List
Good News…Now’s your opportunity to create one!
Discoverer Sunsets in 6 months
Does that give me enough time
That depends….Buy or Build?
Do I have the internal resources required
Should I bring in a team
BI Roadmap
A BI Roadmap is a deep-dive assessment that provides a detailed plan for deploying an Enterprise Business Intelligence solution
BI Road Map – High Level Current & Target Environment Assessment
Gap Analysis
BI Governance Requirements
BI Tools Assessment
Technical & Enterprise Architectures
Training Needs Assessment
Security Needs Assessment
Timeline - A Roadmap for BI Delivery
Communication and Change Management Plans (optional)
Pilot or Proof of Concept Application (optional)
Oracle BI Applications Speeds Time To Value and Lowers TCO
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Definition Design Development Deployment Support
Project Management
OCM & Training
Discovery
Business Process Architecture
Business Requirements Definition
Business Requirements Mapping
Business Process Re-engineering
Application & Technical Architecture
Module Design & Build
Data Conversion
Documentation
Business System Testing
Performance Testing
Production Migration
Implementation Methodology (AIM)
Implementation Methodology (OUM)
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EiS provides what OBIEE needs for EBS
Oracle Apps Data
EiS Business Views
RPD OBIEE
Over 1,250 EiS Standard Reports
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Discoverer
Workbook
View
EiS Converter
EiS Staging Area
• Views • Joins • Components • LOVs • Comments (if needed)
EiS Metadata
Import Export
OBI
Answers
RPD File
Create
What about those Discoverer Workbooks?
Discoverer Workbook Utility
Enables you to run
reports from Oracle
EBS in Excel
securely while still
maintaining all your
formatting when
refreshing
OBI content, ready to
use answers and
dashboards for
ad-hoc and real time
transactional reporting
for Oracle EBS
Enables GL users
to replace FSGs
with Excel with
almost unlimited
drill down to any/all
sub ledgers
Addresses ad-hoc
reporting needs and
provides configured
metadata (views) and
ready to use reports
for Oracle EBS
EiS - Choices for transactional reporting
Architecture - 100% Oracle extension of Oracle EBS
based on your existing:-
hardware
technology stack
transactional system
configuration and setups
utilizes Oracle Applications security
IT can support EiS using existing skill-sets
complete and mature EBS reporting solution
OA Framework – Fusion Middleware
Complimentary to OBIEE
Why EiS?
Coverage and Configuration • Modules – R11.x, R12.x and beyond..........
Financials – GL, AP, AR, FA, iExp and CM
Projects – Costing, Billing, Management, OTL and Grants
HCM – HR, PAY, OTL, OAB, iRec, IC, CWB and OLM
Supply Chain – PO, INV, iProc and OM
CRM – Sales and Marketing
Service – Install Base, Depot Repair and Service Order
Manufacturing – Discrete, Process, Quality and ASCP
• Implementation Specific Content discovery of Sets of Books (Ledgers in R12), OU’s & Orgs
auto-detection of all DFF’s, KFF’s, EIT’s & SIT’s
complete online documentation with training exercises
over 1,250 production ready reports
fully supported and upgradeable to any version seamlessly
Why EiS?
EiS Customers – 100% Retention
Oracle EBS and technology experts since 2001
Oracle Certified Partner and ISV
Oracle EBS implementation experts
More than just a software company
eXpress Reporting Solutions
Fusion implementation services
OBIEE implementation services
Oracle EBS implementation services
R12 assessments and upgrades/re-implementations
Managed Services
EiS Technologies
There is life outside Discoverer
Several options to select from for
transactional reporting needs
OBIEE, BI Publisher and Excel all have a
place
Maintain investment from Discoverer in
OBIEE or EiS eXpress
Summary
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Book a demo with us by January 30th
Receive a 4 hour BI assessment at NO CHARGE!
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Questions???
