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Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition
Course Curriculum

OBIEE 10.1.3.4 Training Modules
Mode of Training::Online
Course duration::30 hours
Weekday Session Duration::1-1.5 Hours
Weekend Session Duration::2-2.5 Hours
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Lesson 1: Repository Basics
      Oracle BI architecture & components ()
      Repository structure, features, and functions
      Using the Oracle BI Administration Tool
      Creating a repository
      Loading a repository into Oracle BI Server memory

Lesson 2: Building the Physical Layer of a Repository
      Importing data sources
      Setting up connection pool properties
      Defining keys and joins
      Examining physical layer object properties
      Creating alias and select tables
      Lab Exercise

Lesson 3: Building the Business Model and Mapping Layer of a Repository
      Building a business model
      Building logical tables, columns, and sources
      Defining logical joins
      Building measures
      Examining business model object properties
      Lab Exercise

Lesson 4: Building the Presentation Layer of a Repository
      Exploring Presentation layer objects
      Creating Presentation layer objects
      Modifying Presentation layer objects
      Examining Presentation layer object properties
      Lab Exercise

Lesson 5: Testing and Validating a Repository
      Checking repository consistency
      Turning on logging
      Defining a repository in the initialization file
      Testing a repository using Oracle BI Answers
      Inspecting the query log
      Lab Exercise

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Lesson 6: Adding Multiple Logical Table Source
            Adding multiple logical table sources to a logical table
            Specifying logical content

Lesson 7: Adding Calculations to a Fact Table
            Creating new calculation measures based on existing logical
            columns
            Creating new calculation measures based on physical columns
            Creating new calculation measures using the Calculation Wizard

Lesson 8: Creating Dimension Hierarchies and Level-Based
Measures
            Creating   dimension hierarchies
            Creating   level-based measures
            Creating   share measures
            Creating   rank measures

Lesson 9: Modeling Aggregates
            Purpose of aggregate tables in dimensional modeling
            Modeling aggregate tables to improve query performance
            Testing aggregate navigation
            Using the aggregate persistence wizard

Lesson 10: Using Partitions and Fragments
            Purpose for segmenting data into partitions and fragments
            Partition types
            Modeling partitions in an Oracle BI repository
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Lesson 11: Repository Variables
            Session variables
            Repository variables
            Initialization blocks
            Using the Variable Manager
            Using dynamic repository variables as filters

Lesson 12: Modeling Time Series Data
            Using time comparisons in business analysis
            Using Oracle BI time series functions to model time series data

Lesson 13: Modeling Many-to-Many Relationships
            Using bridge tables to resolve many-to-many relationships between dimension tables
            and fact
            tables
            Using helper tables to model many-to-many relationships for team-based hierarchies in
            a dimension

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Lesson 14: Configuring Oracle Business Intelligence data and
metadata to support
multilingual environments

Lesson 15: Setting an Implicit Fact Column
         Adding fact columns automatically to dimension-only queries
         Ensuring the expected results for dimension-only queries
         Selecting a predetermined fact table source
         Specifying a default join path between dimension tables
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Lesson 16: Integrating Third-Party Reporting Tools with Oracle
BI Server

Lesson 17: Creating Repositories Using Multidimensional Data
Sources
         Adding a multidimensional data source an Oracle BI repository
         Displaying data from multidimensional sources in Oracle BI
         Answers requests and Oracle BI
         Interactive Dashboards

Lesson 18: Security
         Creating users and groups
         Setting permissions for users and groups
         Authenticating using a external database
         Authenticating using database authentication
         Setting query limits and timing restrictions
         Setting filters to personalize information

Lesson 19: Cache Management
         Restricting tables as non-cacheable
         Using Cache Manager
         Inspecting cache reports
         Purging cache entries
         Seeding the cache
         Modifying cache parameters and options

Lesson 20: Setting Up and Administering Usage Tracking
         Tracking and storing Oracle BI Server usage at the detailed query level
         Using usage tracking statistics to optimize query performance and aggregation
         strategies
         Analyzing usage results using Oracle BI Answers and other reporting tools
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Lesson 21: Multi-user Development
         Setting up a multi-user development environment
         Developing a repository using multiple developers
         Tracking development project history
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Lesson 22: Setting Up and Administering Usage Tracking
         Employing techniques to optimize Oracle BI query performance
         Applying Oracle BI repository design principles

Lession 23: Working with Oracle Business Intelligence
Answers
         Introduction to Oracle BI Answers
         Working with requests in Oracle BI Answers
         Using advanced formatting

Lession 24: Filtering Requests in Oracle Business Intelligence
Answers
         Introduction to filters in Answers
         Adding filter prompts to requests
         Using saved requests as filters

Lession 25: Oracle Business Intelligence Answers: Advanced
Features
         Combining request criteria using set operations
         Executing direct database requests
         Editing logical SQL generated by a request
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Lession 26: Building Views and Charts in Requests
         Introduction to Answers views and charts
         Creating and editing charts
         Performing common view tasks

Lession 27: Showing Results with Gauge Views
         Introduction to Gauge views
         Working with Gauge views

Lession 28: Showing Results with Pivot Tables
         Introduction to pivot tables
         Formatting pivot tables
         Setting aggregation rules and building formulas

Lession 29: Creating Oracle Business Intelligence Interactive Dashboards
         Introduction to Interactive Dashboards and pages
         Dashboard Editor UI elements
         Composing dashboard elements

Lession 30: Configuring Oracle Business Intelligence Interactive Dashboards
         Types of dashboard content
         Embedding content in Interactive Dashboards
         Using bookmark links to distribute and save Interactive Dashboards
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Lession 31: Customizing the Oracle Business Intelligence User
Interface
      Modifying cascading style sheets
      Modifying XML message files
      Making configuration changes using the instanceconfig file

Lession 32: Configuring Guided Navigation Links
      Building guided navigation with static links
      Building guided navigation with conditional links and sections

Lession 33: Administering the Oracle Business Intelligence
Presentation Catalog
      Maintaining the Oracle BI Presentation Catalog
      Managing security
      Understanding security inheritance
      Describing the Presentation Catalog structure
      Permission types
      Setting permissions using the Manage Catalog screen

Lession 34: Using Oracle Business Intelligence Delivers
      Introduction to Oracle BI Delivers
      Configuring delivery devices
      Adding delivery profiles
      Building alerts
      Introduction to Oracle BI Scheduler
      Scripted jobs

Lession 35: Using Oracle Business Intelligence Briefing Books
      Introduction to Oracle BI Briefing Books
      Creating an Oracle BI Briefing Book
      Adding Content to Briefing Books
      Editing a Briefing Book
      Downloading and viewing a Briefing Book
      Adding a list of Briefing Books to a Dashboard
      Using Briefing Books with Oracle BI Delivers
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Lession 36: Using Oracle BI for Microsoft Office
      Introduction to Oracle BI for Microsoft Office
      Working with Oracle BI content in Microsoft Office applications

Lession 37: Using Oracle Business Intelligence Publisher
      Introduction to Oracle BI Publisher
      Creating a BI Publisher report from an Answers request
      Creating a BI Publisher report from the BI Server
      Integrating Discoverer worksheet content in a BI Publisher report

Lession 38: Reviewing Interactive Dashboard Design Principles and Best
Practices
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Understanding dashboard design principles
      Conceptualizing dashboards
      Dashboard fundamentals
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Lession 39: Security
      Exploring Oracle BI default security settings
      Creating users and groups
      Creating application roles
      Setting up object permissions
      Setting row-level security (data filters)
      Setting query limits and timing restrictions

Lession 40: Configuring Write Back
      Enabling write back in a repository
      Creating a write back template
      Granting write back privileges
      Enabling write back in an analysis

Lession 41: Performing a Patch Merge
      Comparing repositories
      Equalizing objects
      Creating a patch
      Applying a patch
      Making merge decisions

Lession 42: Limiting and Grouping Data in Analyses
      Introduction to filters and selections
      Creating, editing, and grouping filters
      Adding prompts to analyses
      Dynamic filtering
      Using saved analyses as filters
      Creating groups
      Creating calculated items
      Creating selection steps

Lession 43: Working with Views and Graphs in Analyses
      Introduction to views, graphs, and editors
      Working with views in Compound Layouts
      Creating and editing graphs
      Linking master-detail views
      Performing common view tasks

Lession 44: Visualizing Data: Gauges, Maps, and Mobile
      Introduction to Gauge views
      Working with Gauge views
      Introduction to Map views and their components
      Creating and editing Map views
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Introduction to Oracle Business Intelligence Mobile
      Working with and searching content in BI Mobile

Lession 45: Measuring Results with Key Performance
Indicators
      Introduction to KPIs
      Creating KPIs, setting trending, dimensionality, and thresholds
      Introduction to KPI Watchlists
      Creating a KPI Watchlist
      Changing Dimensionality for a KPI Watchlist event

Lession 46: Creating Dashboard Prompts and Variables
      Overview of variables
      Introduction to dashboard prompts and prompt types
      Adding a named dashboard prompt to a dashboard
      Adding a hidden named dashboard prompt to a dashboard
      Creating additional prompt page and setting page preferences
      Variables and prompts
      Adding variable prompts to a dashboard
      Wiring dashboard prompts

Lession 47: Using Oracle Business Intelligence Delivers
      Using Analysis and KPI conditions to deliver content with Agents
      Subscribing to an Agent
      Lab Exercises:: It will be distributed and taken after each
      module.
      N.B::The Course scheduled content may change and depends on case to case but
      best practice to align with this generic format and complete the overall course with
      100% high quality delivery excellence.




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                 Tel: +1 516 515 3411 (USA) : +91 40 6464 3009 ( INDIA )
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Oracle business intelligence 10g course curriculum

  • 1.
    Faculties Online Oracle BusinessIntelligence Enterprise Edition Course Curriculum OBIEE 10.1.3.4 Training Modules Mode of Training::Online Course duration::30 hours Weekday Session Duration::1-1.5 Hours Weekend Session Duration::2-2.5 Hours ----------- Lesson 1: Repository Basics Oracle BI architecture & components () Repository structure, features, and functions Using the Oracle BI Administration Tool Creating a repository Loading a repository into Oracle BI Server memory Lesson 2: Building the Physical Layer of a Repository Importing data sources Setting up connection pool properties Defining keys and joins Examining physical layer object properties Creating alias and select tables Lab Exercise Lesson 3: Building the Business Model and Mapping Layer of a Repository Building a business model Building logical tables, columns, and sources Defining logical joins Building measures Examining business model object properties Lab Exercise Lesson 4: Building the Presentation Layer of a Repository Exploring Presentation layer objects Creating Presentation layer objects Modifying Presentation layer objects Examining Presentation layer object properties Lab Exercise Lesson 5: Testing and Validating a Repository Checking repository consistency Turning on logging Defining a repository in the initialization file Testing a repository using Oracle BI Answers Inspecting the query log Lab Exercise Faculties Online Educational Services Pvt Limited Tel: +1 516 515 3411 (USA) : +91 40 6464 3009 ( INDIA ) www.facultiesonline.com
  • 2.
    --------- Lesson 6: AddingMultiple Logical Table Source Adding multiple logical table sources to a logical table Specifying logical content Lesson 7: Adding Calculations to a Fact Table Creating new calculation measures based on existing logical columns Creating new calculation measures based on physical columns Creating new calculation measures using the Calculation Wizard Lesson 8: Creating Dimension Hierarchies and Level-Based Measures Creating dimension hierarchies Creating level-based measures Creating share measures Creating rank measures Lesson 9: Modeling Aggregates Purpose of aggregate tables in dimensional modeling Modeling aggregate tables to improve query performance Testing aggregate navigation Using the aggregate persistence wizard Lesson 10: Using Partitions and Fragments Purpose for segmenting data into partitions and fragments Partition types Modeling partitions in an Oracle BI repository ---------- Lesson 11: Repository Variables Session variables Repository variables Initialization blocks Using the Variable Manager Using dynamic repository variables as filters Lesson 12: Modeling Time Series Data Using time comparisons in business analysis Using Oracle BI time series functions to model time series data Lesson 13: Modeling Many-to-Many Relationships Using bridge tables to resolve many-to-many relationships between dimension tables and fact tables Using helper tables to model many-to-many relationships for team-based hierarchies in a dimension Faculties Online Educational Services Pvt Limited Tel: +1 516 515 3411 (USA) : +91 40 6464 3009 ( INDIA ) www.facultiesonline.com
  • 3.
    Lesson 14: ConfiguringOracle Business Intelligence data and metadata to support multilingual environments Lesson 15: Setting an Implicit Fact Column Adding fact columns automatically to dimension-only queries Ensuring the expected results for dimension-only queries Selecting a predetermined fact table source Specifying a default join path between dimension tables ----------- Lesson 16: Integrating Third-Party Reporting Tools with Oracle BI Server Lesson 17: Creating Repositories Using Multidimensional Data Sources Adding a multidimensional data source an Oracle BI repository Displaying data from multidimensional sources in Oracle BI Answers requests and Oracle BI Interactive Dashboards Lesson 18: Security Creating users and groups Setting permissions for users and groups Authenticating using a external database Authenticating using database authentication Setting query limits and timing restrictions Setting filters to personalize information Lesson 19: Cache Management Restricting tables as non-cacheable Using Cache Manager Inspecting cache reports Purging cache entries Seeding the cache Modifying cache parameters and options Lesson 20: Setting Up and Administering Usage Tracking Tracking and storing Oracle BI Server usage at the detailed query level Using usage tracking statistics to optimize query performance and aggregation strategies Analyzing usage results using Oracle BI Answers and other reporting tools ------------- Lesson 21: Multi-user Development Setting up a multi-user development environment Developing a repository using multiple developers Tracking development project history Faculties Online Educational Services Pvt Limited Tel: +1 516 515 3411 (USA) : +91 40 6464 3009 ( INDIA ) www.facultiesonline.com
  • 4.
    Lesson 22: SettingUp and Administering Usage Tracking Employing techniques to optimize Oracle BI query performance Applying Oracle BI repository design principles Lession 23: Working with Oracle Business Intelligence Answers Introduction to Oracle BI Answers Working with requests in Oracle BI Answers Using advanced formatting Lession 24: Filtering Requests in Oracle Business Intelligence Answers Introduction to filters in Answers Adding filter prompts to requests Using saved requests as filters Lession 25: Oracle Business Intelligence Answers: Advanced Features Combining request criteria using set operations Executing direct database requests Editing logical SQL generated by a request ------------- Lession 26: Building Views and Charts in Requests Introduction to Answers views and charts Creating and editing charts Performing common view tasks Lession 27: Showing Results with Gauge Views Introduction to Gauge views Working with Gauge views Lession 28: Showing Results with Pivot Tables Introduction to pivot tables Formatting pivot tables Setting aggregation rules and building formulas Lession 29: Creating Oracle Business Intelligence Interactive Dashboards Introduction to Interactive Dashboards and pages Dashboard Editor UI elements Composing dashboard elements Lession 30: Configuring Oracle Business Intelligence Interactive Dashboards Types of dashboard content Embedding content in Interactive Dashboards Using bookmark links to distribute and save Interactive Dashboards ------------ Faculties Online Educational Services Pvt Limited Tel: +1 516 515 3411 (USA) : +91 40 6464 3009 ( INDIA ) www.facultiesonline.com
  • 5.
    Lession 31: Customizingthe Oracle Business Intelligence User Interface Modifying cascading style sheets Modifying XML message files Making configuration changes using the instanceconfig file Lession 32: Configuring Guided Navigation Links Building guided navigation with static links Building guided navigation with conditional links and sections Lession 33: Administering the Oracle Business Intelligence Presentation Catalog Maintaining the Oracle BI Presentation Catalog Managing security Understanding security inheritance Describing the Presentation Catalog structure Permission types Setting permissions using the Manage Catalog screen Lession 34: Using Oracle Business Intelligence Delivers Introduction to Oracle BI Delivers Configuring delivery devices Adding delivery profiles Building alerts Introduction to Oracle BI Scheduler Scripted jobs Lession 35: Using Oracle Business Intelligence Briefing Books Introduction to Oracle BI Briefing Books Creating an Oracle BI Briefing Book Adding Content to Briefing Books Editing a Briefing Book Downloading and viewing a Briefing Book Adding a list of Briefing Books to a Dashboard Using Briefing Books with Oracle BI Delivers ------------------ Lession 36: Using Oracle BI for Microsoft Office Introduction to Oracle BI for Microsoft Office Working with Oracle BI content in Microsoft Office applications Lession 37: Using Oracle Business Intelligence Publisher Introduction to Oracle BI Publisher Creating a BI Publisher report from an Answers request Creating a BI Publisher report from the BI Server Integrating Discoverer worksheet content in a BI Publisher report Lession 38: Reviewing Interactive Dashboard Design Principles and Best Practices Faculties Online Educational Services Pvt Limited Tel: +1 516 515 3411 (USA) : +91 40 6464 3009 ( INDIA ) www.facultiesonline.com
  • 6.
    Understanding dashboard designprinciples Conceptualizing dashboards Dashboard fundamentals ------------------ Lession 39: Security Exploring Oracle BI default security settings Creating users and groups Creating application roles Setting up object permissions Setting row-level security (data filters) Setting query limits and timing restrictions Lession 40: Configuring Write Back Enabling write back in a repository Creating a write back template Granting write back privileges Enabling write back in an analysis Lession 41: Performing a Patch Merge Comparing repositories Equalizing objects Creating a patch Applying a patch Making merge decisions Lession 42: Limiting and Grouping Data in Analyses Introduction to filters and selections Creating, editing, and grouping filters Adding prompts to analyses Dynamic filtering Using saved analyses as filters Creating groups Creating calculated items Creating selection steps Lession 43: Working with Views and Graphs in Analyses Introduction to views, graphs, and editors Working with views in Compound Layouts Creating and editing graphs Linking master-detail views Performing common view tasks Lession 44: Visualizing Data: Gauges, Maps, and Mobile Introduction to Gauge views Working with Gauge views Introduction to Map views and their components Creating and editing Map views Faculties Online Educational Services Pvt Limited Tel: +1 516 515 3411 (USA) : +91 40 6464 3009 ( INDIA ) www.facultiesonline.com
  • 7.
    Introduction to OracleBusiness Intelligence Mobile Working with and searching content in BI Mobile Lession 45: Measuring Results with Key Performance Indicators Introduction to KPIs Creating KPIs, setting trending, dimensionality, and thresholds Introduction to KPI Watchlists Creating a KPI Watchlist Changing Dimensionality for a KPI Watchlist event Lession 46: Creating Dashboard Prompts and Variables Overview of variables Introduction to dashboard prompts and prompt types Adding a named dashboard prompt to a dashboard Adding a hidden named dashboard prompt to a dashboard Creating additional prompt page and setting page preferences Variables and prompts Adding variable prompts to a dashboard Wiring dashboard prompts Lession 47: Using Oracle Business Intelligence Delivers Using Analysis and KPI conditions to deliver content with Agents Subscribing to an Agent Lab Exercises:: It will be distributed and taken after each module. N.B::The Course scheduled content may change and depends on case to case but best practice to align with this generic format and complete the overall course with 100% high quality delivery excellence. Faculties Online Educational Services Pvt Limited Tel: +1 516 515 3411 (USA) : +91 40 6464 3009 ( INDIA ) www.facultiesonline.com