James Walsh - Rittman Mead

Two Tales of Data Storytelling

We’ve recently been focusing on how data is presented to various audiences using different methods. The audiences can vary greatly by subject knowledge and can be thought of in terms of: * Subject matter experts: These individuals have a deep understanding of the topic and want to explore the data

The Art of the Deployment Pipeline

For many months now I have been working with one of our clients designing and implementing deployment pipelines. Given that this topic is currently close to my heart and has been the source of many sleepless nights, it seems very apt to share some thoughts as a blog! In this

OCI Functions

OCI Functions | Part 3 - Securing OCI Functions

Welcome back to Part 3 of OCI Functions. If you missed them, you can find the previous posts here: * Part 1 Invoking Functions * Part 2 Creating a Function In this post, we will explore in more detail how we secured the function. Securing an OCI Function OCI is basically a

OCI Functions

OCI Functions | Part 2 - Creating a Function

Welcome back to Part 2 of OCI Functions. If you didn’t catch Part 1 you can read it here. In this part, we are going to take a look at creating our own OCI Function in Python. We know from working with the Pre-Built Function we have some things

OCI Functions

OCI Functions | Part 1 - Invoking Functions

Introduction to OCI Functions In this first blog post of the series, we will take our first step into OCI (Oracle Cloud Infrastructure) Functions. This is a service available on the Oracle Cloud, OCI Functions allow you to package your code so it can run autonomously within its own container.

oas

Python, XML and the OAS RPD

The Oracle Analytics Server (OAS) repository data file (RPD) is a powerful tool for creating and presenting highly functional and structured data models. However, sometimes we are asked to do something that isn't straightforward using the out-of-the-box functionality. In this blog post, we will walk you through a

Being Groovy without an ODI IDE

In this blog post, we will show you how to execute Groovy scripts outside of the ODI IDE, opening up the opportunity to include the scripts in workflows and pipelines.