The document outlines the integration and architecture of Oracle Business Intelligence, focusing on the role of various data sources and how they can be connected to create cohesive reports and dashboards. It emphasizes the importance of metadata management, user roles, and the ability to combine and present data from different origins effectively. Several examples illustrate the architecture, including sharing dimensions and functional integration across different systems.

1. Aorta business intelligence Architecture OBIEE BI Server The Netherlands, Waalwijk, june 2010 Leander van Dongen, Aorta business intelligence

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3. Explaining customers what integration of fact and dimensions means in the Oracle BI Suite. How can you compare data from different kind of sources? Business Layer Oracle OBIEE Architecture by Aorta

4. Business Intelligence Foundation Meta Data Management HRM Finance Budgetten Planning …… Management Informatie Scope1 Management Informatie Scope 2 Management Informatie Scope 3 Management Informatie Scope 4 …… Presentation DASHBOARD | APPLICATION | EXCEL | POWERPOINT | PRINTING | PUBLISEREN BI Applications Performance Management OBIEE Architecture Oracle OBIEE Architecture by Aorta DWH Orders …… ..

5. Role-based views of the information relevant to the user Consistent definition of business measures, metrics, calculations Model once, deploy everywhere Across any data sources User roles, preferences Simplified view Logical SQL interface Dimensions Hierarchies Measures Calculations Aggregation Rules Time Series Map Physical Data Connections Schema Presentation Layer Physical Layer Semantic Object Layer Common Enterprise Information Model Oracle OBIEE Architecture by Aorta

6. Basic example : Every different source is connected and structured on an individual way Basic Example Oracle OBIEE Architecture by Aorta

7. Oracle source DWH Microsoft source APEX Business Layer Connectivity Layer DB/2 source Presentation Layer DWH MS Oracle DB2 Fact(s) Oracle Fact(s) MS Fact(s) DB/2 Dashboard A Dashboard B Dashboard filter Sources OBI Admin Information architecture Dashboards & Reports Dashboard filter Subject Area Oracle Subject Area MS Subject Area DB/2 Dashboard A DashboardB Excel Business Layer Oracle OBIEE Architecture by Aorta

8. First example of integration : Share a dimension from different sources (Which dimension from which source is leading?) Basic Example Oracle OBIEE Architecture by Aorta

9. Oracle source DWH Microsoft source APEX Business Layer Connectivity Layer DB/2 source Presentation Layer DWH MS DB2 Fact(s) Oracle Fact(s) MS Fact(s) DB/2 Dashboard A Dashboard B Dashboard filter Sources OBI Admin Information architecture Dashboards & Reports Dashboard filter Subject Area Oracle Subject Area MS Subject Area DB/2 Dashboard A DashboardB Excel Share a dimension Oracle Basic Example Oracle OBIEE Architecture by Aorta

10. Second example of integration : Pure functional integration Combine data from different kind of sources on the same dashboard Second Example Oracle OBIEE Architecture by Aorta

11. Oracle source DWH Microsoft source APEX Business Layer Connectivity Layer DB/2 source Presentation Layer DWH MS DB2 Fact(s) Oracle Fact(s) MS Fact(s) DB/2 Dashboard A Dashboard B Dashboard filter Sources OBI Admin Information architecture Dashboards & Reports Dashboard filter Subject Area Oracle Subject Area MS Subject Area DB/2 Dashboard A DashboardB Excel Share a dashboard Oracle Basic Example Oracle OBIEE Architecture by Aorta