Course Details

Program on Oracle BI Foundation Suite is available here with us. Teachers here have very high level of proficiency in tutoring. They are highly dedicated professionals, always present here for the overal guidance of the students, in respect of the course. Meticulously designed notes are provided to each of the students, for after-class study purpose.

Contents:

• Repository Basics
• Oracle BI architecture components
• Repository structure, features, and functions
• Using the OracleBI Administration Tool
• Creating a repository
• Loading a repository into Oracle BI Server memory
• Building the Physical Layer of a Repository
• Importing data sources
• Setting up connection pool properties
• Defining keys and joins
• Examining physical layer object properties
• Creating alias and select tables
• Building the Business Model and Mapping Layer of a Repository
• Building a business model
• Building logical tables, columns, and sources
• Defining logical joins
• Building measures
• Examining business model object properties
• Building the Presentation Layer of a Repository
• Exploring Presentation layer objects
• Creating Presentation layer objects
• Modifying Presentation layer objects
• Examining Presentation layer object properties
• Testing and Validating a Repository
• Checking repository consistency
• Turning on logging
• Defining a repository in the initialization file
• Testing a repository using Oracle BI Answers
• Inspecting the query log
• Adding Multiple Logical Table Sources
• Adding multiple logical table sources to a logical table
• Specifying logical content
• Adding Calculations to a Fact Table
• Creating new calculation measures based on existing logical columns
• Creating new calculation measures based on physical columns
• Creating new calculation measures using the Calculation Wizard
• Creating Dimension Hierarchies and Level-Based Measures
• Creating dimension hierarchies
• Creating level-based measures
• Creating share measures
• Creating rank measures
• Using Aggregates
• Purpose of aggregate tables in dimensional modeling
• Modeling aggregate tables to improve query performance
• Testing aggregate navigation
• Using the Aggregate Persistence Wizard
• Using Partitions and Fragments
• Purpose for segmenting data into partitions and fragments
• Partition types
• Modeling partitions in an Oracle BI repository
• Using Repository Variables
• Session variables
• Repository variables
• Initialization blocks
• Using the Variable Manager
• Using dynamic repository variables as filters
• Modeling Time Series Data
• Using time comparisons in business analysis
• Using Oracle BI time series functions to model time series data
• Modeling Many-to-Many Relationships
• Using bridge tables to resolve many-to-many relationships between dimension tables and fact tables
• Using helper tables to model many-to-many relationships for team-based hierarchies in a dimension
• Setting an Implicit Fact Column
• Adding fact columns automatically to dimension-only queries
• Ensuring the expected results for dimension-only queries
• Selecting a predetermined fact table source
• Specifying a default join path between dimension tables
• Integrating Third-Party Reporting Tools with Oracle BI Server Creating Repositories Using Multidimensional Data Sources
• Adding a multidimensional data source an Oracle BI repository
• Displaying data from multidimensional sources in Oracle BI Answers requests and Oracle BI Interactive Dashboards Security
• Creating users and groups
• Setting permissions for users and groups
• Authenticating using a external database
• Authenticating using database authentication
• Setting query limits and timing restrictions
• Setting filters to personalize information
• Cache Management
• Restricting tables as non-cacheable
• Using Cache Manager
• Inspecting cache reports
• Purging cache entries
• Modifying cache parameters and options
• Seeding the cache
• Setting Up and Administering Usage Tracking
• Tracking and storing Oracle BI Server usage at the detailed query level
• Using usage tracking statistics to optimize query performance and aggregation strategies
• � Analyzing usage results using Oracle BI Answers and other reporting tools
• Multi-user Development
• Setting up a multi-user development environment
• Developing a repository using multiple developers
• Tracking development project history
• Using Administration Tool wizards and utilities to manage, maintain, and enhance repositories
• Employing techniques to optimize Oracle BI query performance
• Applying Oracle BI repository design principles
• Working with Oracle Business Intelligence Answers
• Introduction to Oracle BI Answers
• Working with requests in Oracle BI Answers
• Using advanced formatting
• Filtering Requests in Oracle Business Intelligence Answers
• Introduction to filters in Answers
• Adding filter prompts to requests
• Using saved requests as filters
• Oracle Business Intelligence Answers: Advanced Features
• Combining request criteria using set operations
• Executing direct database requests
• Editing logical SQL generated by a request
• Building Views and Charts in Requests
• Introduction to Answers views and charts
• Creating and editing charts
• Performing common view tasks
• Showing Results with Gauge Views
• Introduction to Gauge views
• Working with Gauge views
• Showing Results with Pivot Tables
• Introduction to pivot tables
• Formatting pivot tables
• Setting aggregation rules and building formulas
• Creating Oracle Business Intelligence Interactive Dashboards
• Introduction to Interactive Dashboards and pages
• Dashboard Editor UI elements
• Composing dashboard elements
• Configuring Oracle Business Intelligence Interactive Dashboards
• Types of dashboard content
• Embedding content in Interactive Dashboards
• Using bookmark links to distribute and save Interactive Dashboards
• Customizing the Oracle Business Intelligence User Interface
• Modifying cascading style sheets
• Modifying XML message files
• Making configuration changes using the instanceconfig file
• Configuring Guided Navigation Links
• Building guided navigation with static links
• Building guided navigation with conditional links and sections
• Administering the Oracle Business Intelligence Presentation Catalog
• Maintaining the Oracle BI Presentation Catalog
• Managing security
• Understanding security inheritance
• Describing the Presentation Catalog structure
• Permission types
• Setting permissions using the Manage Catalog screen
• Using Oracle Business Intelligence Delivers
• Introduction to Oracle BI Delivers
• Configuring delivery devices
• Adding delivery profiles
• Building alerts
• Introduction to Oracle BI Scheduler
• Scripted jobs
• Using Oracle Business Intelligence Briefing Books
• Introduction to Oracle BI Briefing Books
• Creating an Oracle BI Briefing Book
• Adding Content to Briefing Books
• Editing a Briefing Book
• Downloading and viewing a Briefing Book
• Adding a list of Briefing Books to a Dashboard
• Using Briefing Books with Oracle BI Delivers
• Using Oracle BI for Microsoft Office
• Introduction to Oracle BI for Microsoft Office
• Working with Oracle BI content in Microsoft Office applications
• Using Oracle Business Intelligence Publisher
• Introduction to Oracle BI Publisher
• Creating a BI Publisher report from an Answers request
• Creating a BI Publisher report from the BI Server
• Integrating Discoverer worksheet content in a BI Publisher report
• Reviewing Interactive Dashboard Design Principles and Best Practices
• Understanding dashboard design principles
• Conceptualizing dashboards
• Dashboard fundamentals