obiee Merging OBIEE 12c .RPD binary files directly in Git Let's talk about OBIEE concurrent development! Enabling concurrent development for OBIEE RPD is a recurring theme in OBIEE blogs. Full support for RPD development with Gitflow [https://www.atlassian.com/git/tutorials/comparing-workflows/gitflow-workflow] has long since been part of the Rittman Mead's BI Developer Toolkit and is described in
obiee How Are My Users Connecting? Analyzing OAC and OBIEE entry points Are you managing an OAC or OBIEE instance and your life is nice and easy since you feel like having everything in control: your users browse existing dashboards, create content via Analysis, Data Visualization or SmartView and deliver data via Agents or download dashboard content to use in Excel. You
obiee Fixing* Baseline Validation Tool** Using Network Sniffer Learn how to use Wireshark network sniffer to debug Oracle BI and BVT
obiee Looker for OBIEE Experts: Introduction and Concepts Looker for OBIEE Expert, and Introduction describing Looker concepts with the eyes of an OBIEE Expert.
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
obiee Rittman Mead at OUG Norway 2018 This week I am very pleased to represent Rittman Mead by presenting at the Oracle User Group Norway [http://ougn.no] Spring Seminar 2018 delivering two sessions about Oracle Analytics, Kafka, Apache Drill and Data Visualization both on-premises and cloud. The OUGN conference it's unique due to both the really
Unify Unify Update - v1.0.1 We have updated Unify following feedback from our customers and have released version 1.0.1. The following bugs have been fixed and features added: * Change the default port to 3724 as 8080 is the default port of Oracle XE. * Allow port configuration in the desktop app. * Fixed problem with
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
Tableau Using Tableau to Show Variance and Uncertainty Recently, I watched an amazing keynote presentation from Amanda Cox [https://openvisconf.com/#acox-video-item] at OpenVis. Toward the beginning of the presentation, Amanda explained that people tend to feel and interpret things differently. She went on to say that, “There’s this gap between what you say or what you
Unify Unify: Could it be any easier? Rittman Mead’s Unify is the easiest and most efficient method to pull your OBIEE reporting data directly into your local Tableau environment. No longer will you have to worry about database connection credentials, Excel exports, or any other roundabout way to get your data where you need it to
Unify Unify - An Insight Into the Product Monday, 12 Jun [https://www.rittmanmead.com/blog/2017/06/unify-see-your-data-from-every-perspective/] saw the official release of Unify [https://unify.ritt.md], Rittman Mead's very own connector between Tableau and OBIEE. It provides a simple but powerful integration between the two applications that allows you to execute queries through OBIEE and
Tableau Unify: See Your Data From Every Perspective Ad hoc access to accurate and secured data has always been the goal of business intelligence platforms. Yet, most fall short of balancing the needs of business users with the concerns of IT. Rittman Mead has worked with hundreds of organizations representing all points on the spectrum between agility and
Technical OBIEE Component Status Notifications At Rittman Mead, we often hear requests for features or solutions generally not provided by Oracle. These requests range from commentary functionality to custom javascript visualizations. There are many ways to implement these functionalities, but organizations often lack the in-house resources to engineer an acceptable solution. Rittman Mead has the
obiee Oracle Analytics Cloud: Product Overview We at Rittman Mead are always helping our customer solving their problems, many times we heard them * being unsure about the sizing of their server * being worried about the upfront cost of the licensing * having recurring nightmares about patching * willing to try the cloud but couldn't find the right option
Oracle Metadata Modeling in the Database with Analytic Views 12.2 [http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/database/enterprise-edition/downloads/index.html] , the latest Oracle database release provides a whole set of new features [https://docs.oracle.com/en/cloud/paas/exadata-express-cloud/csdbf/oracle-database-12-2-new-features.html#GUID-D0673E3E-DF05-47C3-B1E2-BEF91FA36CEF] enhancing various aspects of the product including JSON support, Auto-List Partitioning and APEX news
obiee Real World OBIEE: Demystification of Variables Pt. 3 In part two [https://www.rittmanmead.com/blog/2017/03/real-world-obiee-demystification-of-variables-pt-2/] of this blog series, I went over using Repository, System and Presentation Variables to make reports dynamic for any series of time. In part three, I am going to talk about making reports dynamic for periods of time using
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
Technical Real World OBIEE: Demystification of Variables Pt. 1 OBIEE has some very powerful features and capabilities when it comes to how we visualize and present our data. There are some features which almost everyone uses (filters, prompts, rename columns ect.) and then some that are less common. In part, I think there is a lot of "noise" that
obiee OBIEE 11.1.1.7: Is It Still Supported? Last week, during a quiet working morning, my colleague Robin Moffatt [https://www.rittmanmead.com/blog/author/robin-moffatt/] sent me a link that changed my working focus for few hours. The link was to "OBIEE 11g: Required and Recommended Bundle Patches and Patch Sets (Doc ID 1488475.1)" [https://support.
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
OBIEE12c Financial Reports - which tool to use? Part 1 One of the treats of working in the Business Intelligence world is that we are asked to analyze different aspects of a business. In fact, we are asked to analyze many different types of businesses, too. Most of us using BI tools have come from some previous background. Be it
obiee Enabling Concurrent OBIEE RPD Development - for free One of the most common and long standing problems with developing in OBIEE is the problem of multiple developers working on the RPD at the same time. This blog explains the problem and explores the solution that we’ve developed and have been successfully using at clients over the last
obiee Working with OBIEE Data in Excel using ODBC Look at this picture. I'm sure you've recognised the most favourite data analysis tool of all times - Excel. But what you can't see in this picture is the data source for the table and charts. And this source is OBIEE's BI Server. Direct. Without exports or plugins! Querying OBIEE
Conferences Join Rittman Mead at the 2017 BIWA Summit! We invite you to come join us at the annual 2017 BIWA Summit [http://www.biwasummit.org/]. This year we are proud to announce that Robin Moffatt, Head of Research and Development, will be presenting on: Analysing the Panama Papers with Oracle Big Data Spatial and Graph January 31, 2017
training What's new in Training in 2017? 2016 - Thank you for a great year! Rittman Mead would like to thank everyone that attended or showed an interest in our Training courses in 2016. Since we started back in 2007, Training has been a mainstay of our service offerings. My personal opinion is that Q3 & Q4 saw
