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Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition 12c - Second Edition

By : Adrian Ward, Christian Screen, Haroun Khan
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Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition 12c - Second Edition

By: Adrian Ward, Christian Screen, Haroun Khan

Overview of this book

Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition (OBIEE) 12c is packed full of features and has a fresh approach to information presentation, system management, and security. OBIEE can help any organization to understand its data, to make useful information from data, and to ensure decision-making is supported by facts. OBIEE can focus on information that needs action, alerting users when conditions are met. OBIEE can be used for data analysis, form production, dashoarding, and workflow processes. We will introduce you to OBIEE features and provide a step-by-step guide to build a complete system from scratch. With this guide, you will be equipped with a good basic understanding of what the product contains, how to install and configure it, and how to create effective Business Intelligence. This book contains the necessary information for a beginner to create a high-performance OBIEE 12c system. This book is also a guide that explains how to use an existing OBIEE 12c system, and shows end users how to create.
Table of Contents (24 chapters)
Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition 12c - second Edition
Credits
About the Authors
About the Reviewer
www.PacktPub.com
Customer Feedback
Preface

Let's talk management tools


Oracle BI 12c is based on the Fusion Middleware architecture, which provides two core applications, WebLogic Server (WLS) Administration Console and Enterprise Manager (EM) Fusion Middleware Control. Oracle BI is deployed with a limited-use license for Oracle BI. This means that the WebLogic software itself is still the fully functioning product, but the implementation of WLS is bound to certain restrictions, such as a non-scaled-out environment, which would require the additional purchase (always consult your Oracle representative for these details) of an enterprise license for WLS. WLS and EM manage configurations that have a systemic impact. Basically, if those applications aren't online and available, neither is your Oracle BI 12c deployment. Yes, there are other management consoles that allow specific control of the individual applications, such as Oracle BI 12c server, BI Publisher, MapViewer, and so on. Those consoles are referred to as Application Administration...