KPI Partners Blog

Cloud Services Are Reaching Maturity - Thoughts from OOW 2014

Posted by KPI Partners News Team on Fri, Oct 24, 2014 @ 10:29 AM

by Myles Gilsenan

I attended Oracle OpenWorld (OOW) 2014 recently with a focus on BI, Big Data and ERP. As usual there was no shortage of information. The Partner briefings were particularly helpful in getting some insight into how Oracle sees the future.  

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Tags: OBIEE, Oracle E-Business Suite, Real-Time BI, Oracle OpenWorld, Cloud Services, EPM, Essbase, Real-Time Supply Chain and Inventory Analytics, Big Data, Data Discovery, Myles Gilsenan, Oracle BI, ERP, Real-Time Financial Analytics, Oracle BICS, Oracle GoldenGate

Star Schema or No Star Schema? That is the (Tableau) Question.

Posted by KPI Partners News Team on Tue, Sep 23, 2014 @ 01:23 PM

by Avinash Mohan

Exploring the different ways Tableau connects to data and whether dimensional modeling is necessary when using Tableau’s architecture.

 

Architecture

Tableau has two primary ways to connect to data sources and work with them as shown in this simplified architecture diagram shown below .

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Tags: Data Warehousing, Real-Time BI, Cache, Avinash Mohan, Data Discovery, Business Intelligence, Tableau, Data Integration, Book, Blog

Implementing Complex Real-Time Analysis by Leveraging Oracle BI Applications

Posted by KPI Partners News Team on Fri, Dec 13, 2013 @ 01:45 PM

by Puneet Aggarwal

Many customers have real-time reporting requirements that are analytic in nature. Essentially, they have a real-time report as a starting point for a more detailed real-time analysis which can go a few levels deep. Shown below is a generic example of one such requirement for Account Analysis.

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Tags: Data Warehousing, Oracle E-Business Suite, Real-Time BI, Training, Real-Time Supply Chain and Inventory Analytics, Oracle, Business Intelligence, Tutorial, Puneet Aggarwal, Oracle BI, Oracle BI Applications, Real-Time Financial Analytics, Blog

NYPD Analytics: Fighting Crime With A Business Intelligence Dashboard

Posted by KPI Partners News Team on Wed, Aug 14, 2013 @ 08:39 AM

by Jaime Seagraves

The New York Police Department has developed what they are calling a hi-tech analytical dashboard tool that collects crime and event data around the city. This Domain Awareness System, known as “The Dashboard,” is helping the NYPD combat crime and terror on the streets.

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Tags: Real-Time BI, Case Study, Unstructured Data, Business Intelligence, Video, Jaime Seagraves, Blog

[Recording] Extending Oracle BI for Real-Time Analytics

Posted by KPI Partners News Team on Fri, Apr 12, 2013 @ 11:54 AM

Organizations do not have the ability to wait for a data refresh during critical business times like the financial close process & the management of an enterprise's supply chain.  The innovators at KPI Partners have extended the Oracle BI Applications to support real-time analytics.

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Tags: Data Warehousing, Webinar, Sid Goel, OBIEE, Financial Analytics, Pre-Built Solutions, Oracle E-Business Suite, Real-Time BI, Bruce Wroughton, Oracle Discoverer, Real-Time Supply Chain and Inventory Analytics, Oracle, Business Intelligence, Oracle BI, Oracle BI Applications, Kumar Krishnaswamy, Real-Time Financial Analytics, Exalytics, Fixed Asset Analytics, Blog