I have a question in OBIEE basic concepts

Hi,
I am prasanna Undapalli.I have question,can u please anyone solve this.
Can i use an OLTP backend database for creating a dashboard?
thanks inadvance,
prasanna

Hi,
Technically you can use OBIEE with OLTP as well. However real world scenarios pertaining to OLTP makes it difficult for OBIEE to create Star schema from OLTP. Also OBIEE is an engine to perform analytics queries, while in most cases queries generated against OLTP schemas are operational in nature. Better option is to use BI publisher and do away with OBIEE when querying against OLTP.
OBIEE works with any database if you force to do. If you want to follow best practices, its recommended to use with OLAP systems. After all OBIEE is analytics reporting tool and OLAP databases were designed for reporting requirements. So its always advised use the OLAP to get better performance and better analytics from OBIEE.
Bottom line, you can use OLTP with OBIEE but performance will be an issue (not advisable).
Also refer below:
Best OLTP Reporting Tool
Regards,
MuRam
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