1 Copyright © 2009, Oracle. All rights reserved. I Course Introduction

Copyright © 2009, Oracle. All rights reserved. I - 2 Lesson Agenda This lesson provides an introduction to the: Instructor and class participants Training site information Course: –Audience –Prerequisites –Goal –Objectives –Methodology –Materials –Agenda

Copyright © 2009, Oracle. All rights reserved. I - 3 Instructor and Class Participants Who are you? –Name –Company –Role What is your prior experience? –Business intelligence –Data warehouse design –Database design –Oracle BI applications How do you expect to benefit from this course?

Copyright © 2009, Oracle. All rights reserved. I - 4 Training Site Information Bathrooms Telephones Fire exits Class duration and breaks Meals and refreshments Questions?

Copyright © 2009, Oracle. All rights reserved. I - 5 Course Audience This course is intended for: Application developers Applications administrators Business intelligence developers Business analysts Data modelers Database designers Data warehouse analysts Technical consultants Technical business analysts

Copyright © 2009, Oracle. All rights reserved. I - 6 Course Prerequisites Recommended experience: Business intelligence Data warehouse design Data modeling Database design Basic SQL

Copyright © 2009, Oracle. All rights reserved. I - 7 Course Goal To enable students to build and deploy an Oracle Business Intelligence repository and to create, modify, and administer Oracle Business Intelligence Interactive Dashboards

Copyright © 2009, Oracle. All rights reserved. I - 8 Course Methodology The subject matter is delivered through: Lectures and slide presentations Software demonstrations Class discussions Hands-on practices

Copyright © 2009, Oracle. All rights reserved. I - 9 Course Materials Student Guide –All slides presented during lectures Practice Guide –Hands-on practices and solutions

Copyright © 2009, Oracle. All rights reserved. I - 10 Course Agenda Day One: Lesson I:Course Introduction Lesson 1:Oracle BI Enterprise Edition: Overview Lesson 2:Oracle BI Enterprise Edition Architecture Lesson 3:Repository Basics Lesson 4:Building the Physical Layer of a Repository Lesson 5:Building the Business Model and Mapping Layer Lesson 6:Building the Presentation Layer Lesson 7:Testing and Validating a Repository

Copyright © 2009, Oracle. All rights reserved. I - 11 Course Agenda Day Two: Lesson 8:Adding Multiple Logical Table Sources Lesson 9:Adding Calculations to a Fact Lesson 10: Creating Dimension Hierarchies Lesson 11: Using Aggregates Lesson 12: Using Partitions and Fragments

Copyright © 2009, Oracle. All rights reserved. I - 12 Course Agenda Day Three: Lesson 13:Using Repository Variables Lesson 14:Modeling Time Series Data Lesson 15:Localizing Oracle BI Metadata Lesson 16:Setting an Implicit Fact Column Lesson 17:Security Lesson 18:Cache Management

Copyright © 2009, Oracle. All rights reserved. I - 13 Course Agenda Day Four: Lesson 19:Enabling Usage Tracking Lesson 20:Multi-User Development Lesson 21:Working with Oracle BI Answers Lesson 22:Filtering Requests in Oracle BI Answers Lesson 23:Oracle BI Answers: Advanced Features Lesson 24:Building Views and Charts in Requests

Copyright © 2009, Oracle. All rights reserved. I - 14 Course Agenda Day Five: Lesson 25:Showing Results with Pivot Tables Lesson 26:Creating Oracle BI Interactive Dashboards Lesson 27:Configuring Oracle BI Interactive Dashboards Lesson 28:Customizing the Oracle BI User Interface Lesson 29:Administering the Presentation Catalog Lesson 30:Using Oracle Business Intelligence Delivers

Copyright © 2009, Oracle. All rights reserved. I - 15 Summary This lesson provided an introduction to the: Instructor and class participants Training site information Course: –Audience –Prerequisites –Goal –Objectives –Methodology –Materials –Agenda

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