Users think of an Oracle Business Intelligence (OBI) Dashboard as a single entity. OBI uses an ‘a la carte’ method in which ‘Objects’ can be assembled and re-used across multiple Dashboard. This Modular approach drives the need for an effective inventory system.
A blog with a short life span as Oracle Business Intelligence (OBI) will be de-supported in 2025. Introduces key concepts used in the Mount OBI blog series.
Previous blogs introduced the technology and processes to climb the metaphoric Mount OBI. Communications was alluded to but more fully discussed in this blog as well as the various passes AGOV engaged in to reduce its OBI footprint by two-thirds.
Continue readingThree metrics help to assess the value of an OBI-Object: quantitative, qualitative, and the ‘So-What’ question. These are supplemented by the overall ‘game-rules’.
Continue readingIn the previous blog, Mount OBI was introduced as well as AGOV. Both are metaphoric. The mountain represents how organizations can accumulate reporting assets.
Continue readingManaging a fleet of ‘reports’ is the bane of any organization. This is the story of how the fictional organization, AGOV, managed to eliminate two-thirds of its inventory prior to an upgrade.
Notes on how to document and manage Oracle Data Integrator (ODI) or similar extract, transform, and load (ETL) tools. A bit of a lengthy memory jog for the author.
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