Modelling from JDeveloper
November 21st, 2005 by Peter Scott
In a few idle moments I downloaded the CWD4ALL extension to JDeveloper – I guess it is the developer in me that wants to give modelling tools a trial and as the vendor web page mentioned words and phrases such as OLAP, multi-dimensional modelling and Oracle Analytical Workspaces. I thought I would give it a try.
Well I managed to work out to use some bits it – but I am going to admit defeat for now… I’m going to have to ask the vendors for instructions. I’ll write more on this when I get it to work!
November 21st, 2005 at 10:06 pm
Very interesting Pete, I’ll check back and see how you got on with it. From my experience, the only problem with any third-party tools that support Oracle’s BI / OLAP stack is that they quickly get out of date – due to Oracle changing how the products work – and the vendor never keeps their products updated. For example, the IAF Software tools (Vista/Coaster), VSS Business Analyzer, Qubeview etc became obsolete when Oracle introduced AW/XML and BI Beans 10g. Oracle keep moving the product spec and you usually need to completely rewrite your tool.
November 30th, 2005 at 10:59 am
Hello Pete,
This is Rene from Ikan.
We will publish soon a getting started for CWD4ALL as a JDeveloper extension. I’ll keep you informed.
Also to Mark: support for Oracle products is key for us and is a number one priority.
I agree with you that we need our products up to date with Oracle and I assure you we will!
Regards,
Rene
November 30th, 2005 at 11:02 am
Mark, Pete,
I can send you a sample model.
Let me know where I can send it to
regards,
René