Rittman Mead Blog - Data Integration (DI)

Oracle Data Integrator 12c: Getting Started - Developer's Quickstart

I’ve decided that it’s time for a refresher on Oracle Data Integrator 12c. This week in the “[Oracle Data Integrator 12c: Getting Started]( http://ritt.md/odi12c-getting-started" target="_blank)” series: getting a quick start on mapping development. Several objects must be created before a single bit

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Oracle Data Integrator 12c: Getting Started - Installation and Configuration

I’ve decided that it’s time for a refresher on Oracle Data Integrator 12c. This week, I’m continuing the “[Oracle Data Integrator 12c: Getting Started]( http://ritt.md/odi12c-getting-started" target="_blank)” series with the next topic: Installation and Configuration. I don’t plan to dig into

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Oracle OpenWorld 2016 - Data Integration Recap

I know it's been about a month since Oracle OpenWorld 2016 concluded, but I wanted to give a brief recap on a few things that I thought were interesting in the data integration space. During the week prior to OpenWorld, I had the privilege to attend the Oracle

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Oracle Data Integrator 12c: Getting Started - Components and Architecture

I’ve decided that it’s time for a refresher on Oracle Data Integrator 12c. I’m writing a Getting Started series to help folks get interested in the product and maybe even teach a few old dogs (including myself) some new tricks. In my [last post](GHOST_URL/2016/

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OTN Appreciation Day: Oracle Data Integrator 12c - Flexibility

As you may already know by now, it’s [OTN Appreciation Day]( https://oracle-base.com/blog/2016/09/28/otn-appreciation-day/" target="_blank)! The idea was thought up by Oracle ACE Director Tim Hall to give thanks to the Oracle Technical Network that we all love and use on

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Oracle Data Integrator 12c: Getting Started - What is ODI?

There is something about sharing stories with others about the technology you love that gets the blood flowing. I have written blog posts and articles, presented sessions at conferences, and recorded podcasts and tech tips about [Oracle Data Integrator]( http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/middleware/data-integrator/overview/index.html "

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Rittman Mead at Oracle OpenWorld 2016

The big show is upon us and once again Rittman Mead will be actively participating at [Oracle OpenWorld 2016]( https://www.oracle.com/openworld/index.html" target="_blank). Oracle's premier conference runs September 18–22 at the Moscone Center in beautiful San Francisco, California. I'

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Oracle Data Integrator: Upgrade to ODI 12c - A Case Study

We don’t often get a chance to share our customer success stories due to various reasons, such as required anonymity of the client or certain other legalities. But when we do, it sure feels great! Recently, Eurocontrol [www.eurocontrol.int] , a longtime Rittman Mead client in Brussels, Belgium, performed

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Becky's BI Apps Corner: OBIA Back-to-Beginnings - Naming Conventions and Jargon

It's easy to talk about a technology using only jargon. It's much harder to talk about a technology without using jargon. I have seen many meetings between business and IT break down because of this communication barrier. I find it more discouraging when I see this

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Analysing Social Media Data for the Lightyear Foundation - Part 1

Outside of my job at Rittman Mead, I'm fortunate enough to be involved with a project called the Lightyear Foundation [http://www.lightyearfoundation.org/]. We are a charitable organisation which aims [http://www.lightyearfoundation.org/what-we-do/] to promote the techniques and philosophies of science, working with children and

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Becky's BI Apps Corner: Incrementals and Future Dated Employee Records

During the last few posts, we have delved into a few of the many interesting aspects of a BI Apps installation. Today I wanted to change gears a bit and talk about what starts to happen when you are past installation and configuration and begin running load plans. On a

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Taking a Look at Oracle Big Data Preparation Cloud Service - Spark-Based Data Transformation in the Cloud

One of the sessions I’m delivering at the upcoming Oracle Openworld 2015 in San Francisco is entitled "Oracle Business Intelligence Cloud Service—Moving Your Complete BI Platform to the Cloud [UGF4906]”, and looks at how you can now migrate your entire OBIEE11g platform into Oracle Public Cloud including

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Data Integration Tips: ODI - Use Scenarios in packages

Here is another question I often hear during ODI Bootcamp [http://www.rittmanmead.com/training/training-trn405-oracle-data-integrator-12c-bootcamp/] or I often read in the ODI Space on OTN [https://community.oracle.com/community/business_intelligence/system_management_and_integration/data_integrator/] : In a package, should I directly use mappings (or interfaces prior

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Data Integration Tips: ODI - One Data Server with several Physical Schemas

Yes, I'm hijacking the "Data Integration Tips" series [http://www.rittmanmead.com/tag/data-integration-tips/] of my colleague Michael Rainey [http://www.rittmanmead.com/author/michael-rainey/] (@mRainey [https://twitter.com/mRainey]) and I have no shame! DISCLAIMER This tip is intended for newcomers in the ODI world

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Data Integration Tips: GoldenGate on RAC - Action Script for Windows

I want to briefly interrupt my blog series on GoldenGate and ODI - A Perfect Match in 12c... [https://www.rittmanmead.com/blog/2014/05/goldengate-odi-perfect-match-12c-1/] to provide another Data Integration Tip that was found during a recent client engagement. I was tasked with installing GoldenGate 11g into a 2-node

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Data Integration Tips: ODI 12c - Varchar2 (CHAR or BYTE)

Continuing with our Data Integration Tips series, here's one that applies to both Oracle Data Integrator 11g and 12c. This "tip" was actually discovered as a part of a larger issue involving GoldenGate, Oracle Datapump, and ODI. Maybe a future post will dive deeper into those

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Data Integration Tips: ODI 12c - Substitution API GUIDs

With the release of Oracle Data Integrator 12c [https://www.rittmanmead.com/blog/2013/10/oracle-data-integrator-12c-release-part-1/] and Oracle GoldenGate 12c [https://www.rittmanmead.com/blog/2013/10/oracle-goldengate-12c-new-release-new-features/] still fresh in our minds, I thought I would start an ongoing series focused on Data Integration Tips - specifically around the