Tuesday, 11 February 2020

OTBI Reporting in Fusion Applications


Oracle Transactional Business Intelligence (OTBI) is fully integrated with Fusion Applications and does not require any additional system configurations. OTBI can be used as soon as the offerings are configured in Fusion Applications and data is available for reporting. It helps in real-time adhoc reporting of the enterprise. Data access and interpretations are easier than before.
OTBI real-time analytics embedded into the Fusion Applications allows users to easily understand the data, filter, sort or drill down, extract data in different formats such as tabular formats or graphical views.

Key Features & Benefits



·         Build rich, visual and interactive reports and publish to multiple users.
·         Create reports using real time transactional data
·         Easy for business users to analyze, access, use and understand the transactional data.
·         Integrates well with the OBIEE features
·         Self-service & Ad-hoc analysis
·         Enables business in making better and real-time operational analysis.
·         Built-in extensibility to enable business users to adapt the application based on the personal or orgaanizational needs.
    
       Security & Roles

       OTBI inherits the user roles and security profiles from Fusion Applications. So access to the OTBI subject areas is determined by the Fusion user role. Data that is seen in the OTBI reports are filtered automatically based on the security profile. OTBI supports multi-language translation. The reporting user interface and metadata can switch to your chosen local language. The same report can be deployed in multiple languages across different countries.
OTBI is built using OBIEE which is made of 3 layers – the transactional database layer, then the Physical layer and the Presentation layer. In Fusion Applications, no customizations are possible in the Physical layer unlike in the on-premise implementation of OBIEE where the BI Administrator tool caters to the customizations in the layers.
All the OTBI Subject Areas are suffixed with “Real Time” in the name. Each subject area has one fact folder and a number of dimension folders. All the OTBI subject areas are secured by Fusion Applications security as it is integrated with the Fusion Applications. Each dimension folder within the subject area is linked with the Fact folder.
Analyses are secured based on the folders in which they are stored. If the Business Intelligence  reports are not secured using the report privileges, then they are secured at the folder level by default. Permissions can be set against folders and reports for Application Roles, Catalog Groups or Users.


Oracle Transactional Business Intelligence (OTBI) reports can be created using the following data sources.
·         Data Model
·         Spreadsheet
·         Subject Area

Create and Edit Analyses Using Wizard

The function of a wizard is to guide in creating or editing analyses. Oracle Business Intelligence Answers can be used to create dashboards and to delete analyses.
    
     Create Analyses
 1.       Open Reports and Analytics pane in the work area
 2.       Click on Create and select Analysis
 3.       Select the subject area that has the columns required for the report.
 4.       Additional subject areas can also be added if required.
 5.       Select the columns to be included in the report and click on Next
 6.       Enter the title for the analysis if required
 7.       Select the type of layout for the analysis – table of graphical and click on Next
 8.       Additional options for sorting, filtering and formatting are also available if required.
 9.       Click on Finish to save the Analysis and enter a Name.
10.   Click on Submit.

           Edit Analyses

 1.       Open Reports and Analytics pane in the work area
 2.       Select the Analysis in the pane and click Edit
 3.       Perform the editing based on the options discussed in the previous section.
 4.       To update an existing Analysis, select the same name in the same folder.
 5.       Click on Submit

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