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Oracle Analytics Server 2024: The 10 Best Features, Ranked

Oracle recently announced the general availability of Oracle Analytics Server 2024. While it introduces 100+ new capabilities, this article is focused on the top 10 ones according to my personal opinion. If you are interested in a comprehensive list of all the new features and enhancements please refer to the

OAC

Oracle Analytics Cloud January 2024 Update: What's New?

The January 2024 Update for Oracle Analytics Cloud came out a few days ago and in this article, I'm going to have a look at the features it includes. If you are also interested in a comprehensive list of the defects fixed by the update, please refer to

Oracle Analytics

Restore Deliveries Options in Oracle Analytics Cloud

The November 2023 Update for Oracle Analytics Cloud came out a few weeks ago, and it includes enhanced Restore Deliveries options which give you greater flexibility when restoring agents on your Oracle Analytics Cloud instances. For instance, you can enable delivery schedules immediately after restoration, eliminating the need for manual

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Handling Fine-Grained Data Visualization Permissions in Oracle Analytics Cloud

The November 2023 Update for Oracle Analytics Cloud came out a few weeks ago, and it includes a new feature to handle permissions at a finer grain than previously possible in Data Visualization. Administrators are no longer forced to choose between granting their users excessive power, or totally disabling access

OAC

Oracle Analytics Cloud November 2023 Update: What's New?

The November 2023 Update for Oracle Analytics Cloud came out a few days ago and in this article, I'm going to have a look at the features it includes. If you are also interested in a comprehensive list of the defects fixed by the update, please refer to

OAC

Oracle Analytics Cloud September 2023 Update: What's New?

The September 2023 Update for Oracle Analytics Cloud came out a few weeks ago and in this article, I'm going to have a look at the features it includes. If you are also interested in a comprehensive list of the defects fixed by the update, please refer to

OAC

Oracle Analytics Cloud July 2023 Update: What's New?

The July 2023 Update for Oracle Analytics Cloud came out a few days ago and in this article, I'm going to have a look at the features it includes. If you are also interested in a comprehensive list of the defects fixed by the update, please refer to

OAC

Oracle Analytics Cloud May 2023 Update: What's New?

The May 2023 Update for Oracle Analytics Cloud came out a few days ago and in this article I'm going to have a look at the features it includes. If you are also interested in a comprehensive list of the defects fixed by the update, please refer to

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Web Scraping with Oracle Analytics

OCI Functions integration with data flows is one of my favourite Oracle Analytics features as it provides to business analysts and end-users full control and flexibility over specific data processing needs. In this context, Python and Beautiful Soup can join the party to extend Oracle Analytics capabilities by allowing us

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Installing Oracle Analytics Server 2023 Update

Oracle Analytics Server 2023 Update has been released recently and in this article I'm going to illustrate how to install it step by step.

Oracle Analytics

Oracle Model Administration Tool Available on Linux and macOS

The Model Administration Tool is a fundamental component of the Oracle Analytics suite that enables developers to create and manage the metadata used in analyses, reports and workbooks. So far the tool has been available only on Windows platforms, but today is a date to be remembered: Oracle finally released

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Leveraging OCI Functions (Custom Scripts) in Oracle Analytics Cloud - Part 2

In a previous article I illustrated how to create OCI functions from scratch. Now it's time to show you how to register your functions in Oracle Analytics Cloud and invoke them from data flows to transform your data.

OAC

Oracle Analytics Cloud March 2023 Update: What's New?

The March 2023 Update for Oracle Analytics Cloud came out few days ago and in this article I'm going to have a look at the features it includes. If you are also interested in a comprehensive list of the defects fixed by the update, please refer to Doc

OAC

Leveraging OCI Functions (Custom Scripts) in Oracle Analytics Cloud - Part 1

Leveraging custom Python/R scripts in Oracle Analytics Server; unfortunately, the custom script feature is not available in Oracle Analytics Cloud, but you should not worry too much about it as there is an alternative: OCI functions!

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A Hitchhiker's Guide to the FILTER Function in Oracle Analytics

The FILTER function is a must-know feature for any Oracle Analytics developer to create advanced calculations in their own reports. Despite already being available when I entered the working world in 2010, it's plagued by a bug and the one line documentation is not exhaustive at all: as

OAC

Oracle Analytics Cloud January 2023 Update: What's New?

The January 2023 Update for Oracle Analytics Cloud came out few days ago and in this blog post I'm going to have a look at the most important new features it includes.

OAC

Oracle Analytics Cloud November 2022 Update: the New Features, Ranked

The November 2022 Update for Oracle Analytics Cloud came out few days ago and in this blog post I'm going to have a look at all the new features it includes.

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Leveraging Custom Python Scripts in Oracle Analytics Server

This post illustrates how to leverage custom Python scripts in Oracle Analytics Server to give you greater control and flexibility over specific data processing needs.

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Analyzing Brand Reputation with Oracle Analytics

This post illustrates how to use Oracle Analytics to perform brand reputation analysis without machine learning or marketing experience.

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Oracle Analytics Server 2022 (6.4): The Best 15 New Features, Ranked

OAS 6.4 is finally live and provides a big set of enhancements that had been already available to OAC users. New features mostly affect the Data Visualization tool and involve the full process flow, from the data preparation to the data presentation, including visualizations, machine learning and administration improvements.

chitchat

ChitChat for OBIEE - Now Available as Open Source!

ChitChat [https://www.rittmanmead.com/chitchat] is the Rittman Mead commentary tool for OBIEE. ChitChat enhances the BI experience by bridging conversational capabilities into the BI dashboard, increasing ease-of-use and seamlessly joining current workflows. From tracking the history behind analytical results to commenting on specific reports, ChitChat provides a multi-tiered

performance analytics

A Performance Analytics Application Case Study: Challenges and Successes

The Performance Analytics application is a collection of open source technologies that aids users in: identifying performance bottlenecks, identifying causes for slow report execution, discovering areas for performance optimization, and gathering meaningful insights into the health of an OBIEE environment. This post focuses on lessons learned after a successful Performance

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Common OBIEE Implementation Mistakes That Impact Performance

I've recently performed several assessments to help our clients diagnose and fix their OBIEE performance problems. They often share similar design or implementation issues, and I thought it would be useful to present them here as a handy reference: * No software monitoring * Randomly changing configuration settings * Data transformation