Oracle Business Intelligence: The Condensed Guide to Analysis and Reporting : An Introduction to Oracle Business Intelligence Solutions for Business Analysis and Reporting
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| Title: | Oracle Business Intelligence: The Condensed Guide to Analysis and Reporting : An Introduction to Oracle Business Intelligence Solutions for Business Analysis and Reporting |
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| Description: | An introduction to Oracle Business Intelligence Solutions for business analysis and reportingKey FeaturesInstall, configure, and deploy the components included in Oracle Business Intelligence Suite (SE)Gain a comprehensive overview of components and features of the Oracle Business Intelligence packageA fast paced, practical book that provides you with quick steps to answer common business questions and help you make informed business decisionsLeverage the computational power of Oracle DatabaseBook DescriptionBusiness Intelligence (BI) is the process of obtaining business information from available data and today, most businesses use BI to control their affairs. With Business Analysis and Reporting in Oracle Business Intelligence, you can quickly learn how to put the power of the Oracle Business Intelligence solutions to work. To jump start with analysis and reporting of data on an Oracle Business Intelligence SE platform and to keep the process of learning simple and interesting requires numerous annotated examples.The examples in this introductory guide will make you immediately familiar with tools included in the Oracle Business Intelligence package. This book will teach you how to find answers to common business questions and make informed business decisions as well as helping you to use Oracle Business Intelligence SE platform and prepare database for analysis. This practical, example-rich guide starts by explaining concepts behind getting business information from data. We then move smoothly onto the tools included in the Oracle Business Intelligence SE and Oracle Business Intelligence Tools packages. Along the way, we will look at how to take advantage of Discoverer Administrator, Discoverer Plus, and Discoverer Viewer for analysis and reporting. You will also learn how to build, deploy and execute reports using Oracle Reports, and integrate data from different data sources with warehousing, employing Oracle Warehouse Builder software. Covering advanced Oracle Business Intelligence features, this book will teach you how to pivot data, drill it up and down, as well as display it visually in graphs.What you will learnInstall and configure Oracle Business Intelligence SE suite and Oracle Business Intelligence Tools suitePerform multidimensional data analysis through the prism of SQLUnderstand database structures behind Business Intelligence metadata componentsPerform analysis and prepare reports using the Oracle Business Intelligence SE components— Discoverer Administrator, Discoverer Plus and Discoverer ViewerBuild, deploy and execute reports using Oracle Reports—Reports Server and Reports BuilderIntegrate data from different transactional systems and facilitate business analysis with warehousingTake advantage of the slice and dice capability to change the layout or contents of an Oracle BI Discoverer Plus reportArrange data for effective analysis by use of pivotingDrill data up and down and navigate the Discoverer worksheet to process dataUse analytic SQL functions to answer business questionsUnveil the power of your business data with Oracle DiscovererAnalyze data and prepare business reports using Oracle ReportsBuild a data warehouse with Oracle Warehouse BuilderWho this book is forIf you are an business analyst, a report builder, a DBA, or an application developer who wants to learn how to use the Oracle Business Intelligence platform for analysis and reporting, this is the perfect book for you. Previous knowledge of Oracle Business Intelligence tools is not required, but you should have a competent grasp of using an Oracle Database. |
| Authors: | Yuli Vasiliev |
| Resource Type: | eBook. |
| Subjects: | Business report writing--Data processing, Business--Data processing |
| Categories: | COMPUTERS / Information Technology |
| Database: | eBook Collection (EBSCOhost) |
| Abstract: | An introduction to Oracle Business Intelligence Solutions for business analysis and reportingKey FeaturesInstall, configure, and deploy the components included in Oracle Business Intelligence Suite (SE)Gain a comprehensive overview of components and features of the Oracle Business Intelligence packageA fast paced, practical book that provides you with quick steps to answer common business questions and help you make informed business decisionsLeverage the computational power of Oracle DatabaseBook DescriptionBusiness Intelligence (BI) is the process of obtaining business information from available data and today, most businesses use BI to control their affairs. With Business Analysis and Reporting in Oracle Business Intelligence, you can quickly learn how to put the power of the Oracle Business Intelligence solutions to work. To jump start with analysis and reporting of data on an Oracle Business Intelligence SE platform and to keep the process of learning simple and interesting requires numerous annotated examples.The examples in this introductory guide will make you immediately familiar with tools included in the Oracle Business Intelligence package. This book will teach you how to find answers to common business questions and make informed business decisions as well as helping you to use Oracle Business Intelligence SE platform and prepare database for analysis. This practical, example-rich guide starts by explaining concepts behind getting business information from data. We then move smoothly onto the tools included in the Oracle Business Intelligence SE and Oracle Business Intelligence Tools packages. Along the way, we will look at how to take advantage of Discoverer Administrator, Discoverer Plus, and Discoverer Viewer for analysis and reporting. You will also learn how to build, deploy and execute reports using Oracle Reports, and integrate data from different data sources with warehousing, employing Oracle Warehouse Builder software. Covering advanced Oracle Business Intelligence features, this book will teach you how to pivot data, drill it up and down, as well as display it visually in graphs.What you will learnInstall and configure Oracle Business Intelligence SE suite and Oracle Business Intelligence Tools suitePerform multidimensional data analysis through the prism of SQLUnderstand database structures behind Business Intelligence metadata componentsPerform analysis and prepare reports using the Oracle Business Intelligence SE components— Discoverer Administrator, Discoverer Plus and Discoverer ViewerBuild, deploy and execute reports using Oracle Reports—Reports Server and Reports BuilderIntegrate data from different transactional systems and facilitate business analysis with warehousingTake advantage of the slice and dice capability to change the layout or contents of an Oracle BI Discoverer Plus reportArrange data for effective analysis by use of pivotingDrill data up and down and navigate the Discoverer worksheet to process dataUse analytic SQL functions to answer business questionsUnveil the power of your business data with Oracle DiscovererAnalyze data and prepare business reports using Oracle ReportsBuild a data warehouse with Oracle Warehouse BuilderWho this book is forIf you are an business analyst, a report builder, a DBA, or an application developer who wants to learn how to use the Oracle Business Intelligence platform for analysis and reporting, this is the perfect book for you. Previous knowledge of Oracle Business Intelligence tools is not required, but you should have a competent grasp of using an Oracle Database. |
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| ISBN: | 9781849681186 9781849681193 |
