The full topic of this article is a two part post, which will be divided into a theoretical post and a practical video post; today I will give you the theoretical overview on applying security in an OBIEE 11g domain. One of the main concerns partners, developers and administrators have with the new Oracle Business Intelligence (OBI) platform is how to keep confidential data safe and grant users specific permissions.
The process of integrating a BI platform within a company infrastructure can be quite challenging.
The average medium-sized company usually uses several technologies to run their business, sometimes specific to departments and other times implemented across different functions. It is also a difficult task to manage all groups and users from different departments so you have to find a trade-off solution in order to facilitate any future maintenance tasks. Leveraging existing LDAP technologies within the company is a classical example.
This article, as a matter of fact, explains the integration of Active Directory with OBIEE 10.x (and previous versions) for Authentication and Authorization.
Sometimes because of the nature of the data in our system we need to have different types of aggregations (sum, max, last…) for one single measure. Therefore the aggregation type needs to be different depending on the dimensions (Date, Product…).
One clear example of this is in dealing with stocks. Stocks have different kinds of aggregations depending on how you look at it.
The aim of this article is to know how to deal with these different aggregation level measures and implementing a solution in the OBI repository to solve the issues that those measures bring.
Together with constant new releases and updates, Oracle maintains their appeal of consolidating BI investments with the Oracle database, Oracle applications, the release of 11g, etc. Although 11g offers many new features and updates, visit our articles and how-to's on 11g also view our 11g Webinar videos here, to keep the momentum of innovation flowing, Oracle has now released new add-on & updates including the new mobile-BI client for iPhone and iPad, OBI EE Apps on top of 11g & Real-Time Decision reporting.
The combination of all business data with location-related data offers a new view on expectations and opportunities for organisations. The continuous growth and sophistication of geographical services allow users to incorporate spatial information into a Business Intelligence solution and use it as a basis for better decision making and providing higher value services. Location intelligence offers organisations opportunities to streamline their business processes and customer relationships to improve performance and results.
