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Visualizations: Helping Average Business Analysts Look Like Geniuses

Posted by KPI Partners News Team on Thu, Nov 06, 2014 @ 09:17 AM

by Sid Goel

I often get this question from various IT people:  "Why do business analysts like fancy dashboards?"

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Tags: Sid Goel, Financial Analytics, Geospatial, Finance, Business Intelligence, Blog

17 Key Metrics for Financial Managers

Posted by KPI Partners News Team on Mon, Nov 03, 2014 @ 10:38 AM

by Myles Gilsenan

Financial managers in all industries need to be aware of the health of their organization as well as the health of the processes that enable sound financial management.  In this article, I will outline some basic metrics that can be used to identify and evaluate the health and efficiency of the accounting and finance function as well as the financial health of the organization.

While it is true that specific metrics can vary across industries, in this article we will address metrics and concepts that can be applied across most industries.

The metrics to be discussed will be broken up into the following categories:

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Tags: Financial Analytics, Oracle, Finance, Business Intelligence, Myles Gilsenan, Oracle BI, Performance Management, Blog

Enterprise Management Reporting Best Practices

Posted by KPI Partners News Team on Tue, Apr 15, 2014 @ 10:43 AM

by Myles Gilsenan

With many technology options available and the degree of complexity involved in the related business processes, it can be difficult to define an efficient architecture for enterprise management reporting across the organization.  This article outlines some best practices for enterprise management reporting.

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Tags: Financial Analytics, EPM, Data Quality, Business Intelligence, Myles Gilsenan, Performance Management, Blog

The Top 5 Business Intelligence Metrics For Finance

Posted by KPI Partners News Team on Sun, Apr 13, 2014 @ 06:55 AM

by Jeremiah Johnson

The health of a business' finances is the strongest determinant of whether the company is thriving or in dire straits. It is for this reason that paying close attention to key finance metrics is an absolute necessity. If business leaders are consistently implementing these metrics and they discover that their business' finances are off track, then they can make adjustments before it is too late do do anything.

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Tags: Financial Analytics, Finance, Business Intelligence, Jeremiah Johnson, Blog

[Recording] Hutchinson & Miller Share How To Deliver Value With Oracle BI Apps

Posted by KPI Partners News Team on Mon, Oct 28, 2013 @ 02:11 PM

Providing actionable business intelligence across the enterprise to enable informed decision-making and streamlined business processes is an obtainable goal. Often the challenge is determining where to start, how to select trusted advisors, how to form your team, and how to set user expectations.

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Tags: Data Warehousing, Webinar, Sid Goel, Financial Analytics, Oracle, Business Intelligence, Oracle BI, Oracle BI Applications, Examining OBIA 11g, Book, Simon Miller, William Hutchinson, Human Resource Analytics, Blog

Preserve Historical Data in Oracle BI Snapshot Tables

Posted by KPI Partners News Team on Tue, Aug 27, 2013 @ 12:16 PM

by Prabu Varatharaju

What is Snapshot data?

Snapshot data is a copy of business data preserved at some point-in-time. In some cases we may not be able to recover older snapshot data from the current data sets because we need to preserve snapshots at regular (scheduled) intervals for historical analysis.

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Tags: Data Warehousing, Financial Analytics, Oracle E-Business Suite, Prabu Varatharaju, Informatica, Business Intelligence, Tutorial, Oracle BI, Oracle BI Applications, Examining OBIA 11g, Oracle Data Integrator (ODI), Blog

What's New In Financial Analytics-Budgetary Control? [Examining OBIA 11g: The Series]

Posted by KPI Partners News Team on Thu, Jul 25, 2013 @ 04:39 PM

by Myles Gilsenan

As part of KPI's web series on Examining Oracle BI Applications 11g, Myles Gilsenen examines what is new in the Budgetary Control area Oracle's Financial Analytics 11.1.1.7.1.

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Tags: Financial Analytics, Business Intelligence, Video, Myles Gilsenan, Oracle BI, Oracle BI Applications, Examining OBIA 11g, Fixed Asset Analytics, Blog

What's New In Financial Analytics-Employee Expenses? [Examining OBIA 11g: The Series]

Posted by KPI Partners News Team on Wed, Jul 24, 2013 @ 06:22 PM

by Myles Gilsenan

As part of KPI's web series on Examining Oracle BI Applications 11g, Myles Gilsenen examines what is new in the Employee Expenses area Oracle's Financial Analytics 11.1.1.7.1.

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Tags: Financial Analytics, Business Intelligence, Video, Myles Gilsenan, Oracle BI, Oracle BI Applications, Examining OBIA 11g, Fixed Asset Analytics, Blog

What's New In Financial Analytics-Holds & Discounts? [Examining OBIA 11g: The Series]

Posted by KPI Partners News Team on Mon, Jul 22, 2013 @ 12:25 PM

by Pavan Nanjundaiah

As part of KPI's web series on Examining Oracle BI Applications 11g, Pavan Nanjundaiah examines what is new in Oracle's Financial Analytics as it relates to Holds & Discounts. Areas of discussion include:

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Tags: Financial Analytics, Oracle, Business Intelligence, Video, Oracle BI, Oracle BI Applications, Examining OBIA 11g, Pavan Nanjundaiah, Blog

Overview of Oracle BI Apps 11.1.1.7.1 [Examining OBIA 11g: The Series]

Posted by KPI Partners News Team on Tue, Jun 11, 2013 @ 12:39 PM

by Jeremiah Johnson

As part of KPI's web series on Examining Oracle BI Applications 11g, this short video provides a brief overview of the new release of the Oracle BI Applications.  Areas of examination for this session include:

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