business intelligence - Rittman Mead

Timestamp Functions and Presentation Variables in Oracle Cloud Analytics

One of the most popular Rittman Mead blog posts over the last 10 years is Timestamps and Presentation Variables [https://www.rittmanmead.com/blog/2014/12/timestamps-and-presentation-variables/]. As we are seeing more and more migrations to OAC, we decided to review and revise this post for the latest version of

obiee

Unify - bringing together the best of both worlds

Since I started teaching OBIEE in 2011, I had the pleasure of meeting many fascinating people who work with Business Intelligence. In talking to my students, I would generally notice three different situations: 1. Folks were heavy users of OBIEE and just ready to take their skills to the next

OBIEE12c

Financial Reports - which tool to use? Part 2

Financials in BI Publisher## I find it interesting that BI Publisher is mostly known for the creation of pixel perfect repeating forms (invoices, labels, checks, etc) and its ability to bursting them. To me, BI Publisher is the best kept secret for the most challenging reports known to mankind. In

Technical

ChitChat - Commentary Made Simple

Rittman Mead is excited to announce ChitChat, an innovative new communication tool for OBIEE. [http://www.rittmanmead.com/chitchat] Rittman Mead’s clients already receive the best Oracle Business Analytics and Data Integration consulting and training. Now, in a major expansion of our business capabilities, our clients can enjoy the

Big Data

Using Python to ‘Wrangle’ Your Messy Data

or How to Organize Your Comic Book Collection Based on Issue Popularity In addition to being a product manager at Rittman Mead, I consider myself to be a nerd of the highest order. My love of comic books, fantasy, sci-fi and general geekery began long before the word ‘Stark’ had

Big Data

The Best OBIEE 12c Feature that You're Probably Not Using

With the release of OBIEE 12c we got a number of interesting new features on the front-end. We’re all talking about the cleaner look-and-feel, Visual Analyzer, and the ability to create data-mashups [https://www.rittmanmead.com/blog/2015/06/new-in-oracle-bi-cloud-service-oracle-visual-analyzer-and-data-mashups-in-va/] , etc. While all this is incredibly useful, it’s

Big Data

OBIEE 12c - Three Months In, What's the Verdict?

I’m over in Redwood Shores, California this week for the BIWA Summit 2016 conference [http://www.ioug.org/p/cm/ld/&fid=992] where I’ll be speaking about BI development on Oracle’s database and big data platforms. As it’s around three months since OBIEE12c came

Big Data

Upgrade to ODI 12c: Repository and Standalone Agent

This is my first post, and I hope to have many more to come. My name is Brian Sauer, and I am fairly new here at Rittman Mead and proud to be here. I have close to 5 years of experience with Oracle Data Integrator, both 10g and 11c. I