1. Migrating Discoverer to OBIEE, and getting OBIEE Live in 7 Days
Mike Hartmann, Regional Sales Manager

2. Agenda Introductions Sunsetting Discoverer, and your Options
Transactional versus Analytical Reporting
Where does OBIEE fit? (and REALLY fit?)
And what about those Discoverer Workbooks?
Choices for transactional reporting
Why EiS?
Summary

3. EiS Overview Founded in 2001 Privately owned
Oracle Platinum Partner and ISV
International presence – US, UK and India
Distribution partners globally
Resources
Atlanta with over 60
Hyderabad with over 80
Global customers – exceeding 120
Partnerships–Oracle, Deloitte etc.

4. Sunsetting Discoverer, and your Options
Discoverer 11g Premier Support – June 2014
Extended support through June 2017
What’s the direction of your organization
BI Publisher
Microsoft Excel
OBIEE
How would I move from to say R12?

5. BI Publisher and Excel BI Publisher Microsoft Excel
Development time & skills
Ad-hoc capability?
End user access?
Microsoft Excel
End users love it
No security
Manual reporting

6. Analytical & Transactional Reporting
Analytical Reporting
Analytical Reporting
Transactional Reporting
HCM
SCM
CRM
Financials
Projects
Manufacturing
FDM / FDQM
ODI / ERPi
Oracle Data Integrator (ODI)
Informatica
OBIA – BI Apps
Planning/Essbase – HFM/FCM
Common Enterprise Information Model
Synchronize Dimensions and Metrics
Oracle Business Intelligence Foundation
Hyperion Business Intelligence Foundation

7. Reporting - Utilization and Audiences
Standard Reports & Ad Hoc Reports
Query Drilldown
& Alerts
Dashboards, Scorecards, & KPIs
Forecasting
&
Statistical Analysis
Predictive Analytics
& Optimization
Strategic
Support
Operations
Analytical
Reporting
Analytical
Reporting
Transactional
Reporting
Transactional
Reporting
Business Intelligence – Getting the Right Information to the Right People at the Right Time
Transactional versus Analytical reporting is typically an 80/20
80% of reports keep your lights on
20% of reports help you plan and strategize

8. Where does OBIEE fit? (and REALLY fit?)
Strategic
In the next 5 years
High level – CEO, CFO etc.
Planned (in support of strategic)
This year and next year
Senior Mgmt – VPs etc.
Operational
Today and yesterday
Line level Mgmt – Directors etc

9. Where Does OBIEE REALLY Fit?
Oracle Discoverer
Operational
Planned
Strategic
Transactional System
Warehouse
Transactions, Transactions, Transactions
Summary

10. What does OBIEE need to go live?
Operational
Planned
Strategic
Metadata, Schema, Views – EUL, Universes, Models, Star Schema etc.
Warehouse
Transactional System
Transactions, Transactions, Transactions
Summary

11. EiS provides what OBIEE needs for EBS
Oracle
Apps
Data
EiS
Business
Views
RPD
OBIEE
Over 1,250 EiS Standard Reports

12. What does OBIEE need then?

13. What does OBIEE need then?

14. What about those Discoverer Workbooks?
Discoverer Workbook Utility
Discoverer
Workbook
View
EiS eXpress Reporting
EiS Views
Standard
Reports
New
EiS
Report
EiS Metadata
OBI
Analysis
RPD File
EiS
Converter
Export
Import
Create

15. What about those Discoverer Workbooks?
Discoverer Workbook Utility
Discoverer
Workbook
View
EiS Staging Area
Views
Joins
Components
LOVs
Comments
(if needed)
EiS Metadata
OBI
Answers
RPD File
EiS
Converter
Export
Import
Create
End user operational reporting

16. EiS - Choices for transactional reporting
Addresses ad-hoc reporting needs and provides configured metadata (views) and ready to use reports for Oracle EBS
OBI content, ready to use answers and dashboards for
ad-hoc and real time transactional reporting for Oracle EBS
Enables you to run reports from Oracle EBS in Excel
securely while still maintaining all your formatting when refreshing
Enables GL users to replace FSGs with Excel with almost unlimited drill down to any/all sub ledgers

17. EiS eXpress
End user operational reporting

18. XL Connect
End user operational reporting

19. EiS/Oracle Integrated Architecture
Configurations
DFF
KFF
EIT
SIT
ORG OU
Ledgers
Source
11i/R12x
E-BUSINESS SUITE
Views
Reports
Security
Datamarts GL
Payroll
Projects
EBS Database (XXEIS)
Business Layer
Metadata
(Configured)
Report Layer
eXpress
Report Server
Presentation Layer
Analysis
Dashboards
SERVER
OBIEE
RPD
Enterprise
Edition
EiS OBI Generator
End user operational reporting

20. Why EiS? Architecture - 100% Oracle based on your existing:- hardware
extension of Oracle EBS
based on your existing:-
hardware
technology stack
transactional system
configuration and setups
utilizes Oracle Applications security
IT can support EiS using existing skill-sets
complete and mature EBS reporting solution
OA Framework – Fusion Middleware
Complimentary to OBIEE

21. Why EiS? Coverage and Configuration Implementation Specific Content
Modules – R11.x, R12.x and beyond
Financials – GL, AP, AR, FA, iExp and CM
Projects – Costing, Billing, Management, OTL and Grants
HCM – HR, PAY, OTL, OAB, iRec, IC, CWB and OLM
Supply Chain – PO, INV, iProc and OM
CRM – Sales and Marketing
Service – Install Base, Depot Repair and Service Order
Manufacturing – Discrete, Process, Quality and ASCP
Implementation Specific Content
discovery of Sets of Books (Ledgers in R12), OU’s & Orgs
auto-detection of all DFF’s, KFF’s, EIT’s & SIT’s
complete online documentation with training exercises
over 1,250 production ready reports
fully supported and upgradeable to any version seamlessly

22. EiS Customers – 100% Retention

23. EiS Technologies Oracle EBS and technology experts since 2001
Oracle Certified Partner and ISV
Oracle EBS implementation experts
More than just a software company
eXpress Reporting Solutions
Fusion implementation services
OBIEE implementation services
Oracle EBS implementation services
R12 assessments and upgrades/re-implementations
Managed Services

24. Summary There is life outside Discoverer
Several options to select from for transactional reporting needs
OBIEE, BI Publisher and Excel all have a place
Maintain investment from Discoverer in OBIEE or EiS eXpress

25. Intrigued??? Special Offer!!!
Book a demo with us by March 21st Receive a 4 hour BI assessment at NO CHARGE!
End user operational reporting

26. Questions???

27. Mike Hartmann
@EiSTechnologies
Thank you