Questions on OBIEE features.

Hi,
I am new to Oracle BI.
I have few questions regarding OBIEE features, Kindly answer to best of your knowledge, thanks in advance.
1.     What database types/ sources can the BI pull from?
2.     Is the license portable from one server to another?
3.     Are pages, graphs, reports, etc. 508 compliant?
4.     Is the license portable from one server to another?
5.     Are pages, graphs, reports, etc. 508 compliant?
6.     How large a dataset can the BI handle?
7.     How easily does the BI tool integrate new data to it's database?
8.     What precautions do the BI use to back up data?
9.     Level of Effort/ Steps involved to install, upgrade, or maintain BI
10.     Can the BI be used to create/moderate forums (wordpress or other)
11.     Can user comments be routed to different mailboxes based on predefined conditions (for example, url or user actions on the page)?
12.     Does dashboard support embedding flash?
13.     Are cross-tab capabilities supported in business view, dashboard, and ad hoc queries?
14.     What type of charts can be created with the BI?
15.     What is the level of effort/ steps involved to create new tools and widgets?
16.     Is the BI compatible with Linux/Unix?
17.     Are end user analytics recorded? (Web trends records, query tracking, page usage, etc.)
18.     How does the BI handle version control?

877064 wrote:
Hi,
I am new to Oracle BI.
I have few questions regarding OBIEE features, Kindly answer to best of your knowledge, thanks in advance.
1.     What database types/ sources can the BI pull from?OBIEE supports many popular databases out there including flat file, xml's as sources.
2.     Is the license portable from one server to another?No. As far as I know you have to buy the license based on number of servers you are doing the installation on.
3.     Are pages, graphs, reports, etc. 508 compliant?OBIEE is 508 compliant application.
4.     Is the license portable from one server to another?Refer to answer for Question # 2.
5.     Are pages, graphs, reports, etc. 508 compliant?Refer to answer to Question # 3.
6.     How large a dataset can the BI handle?Depends. You can do performance tuning both on BI server side as well as database to boost up the performance. Caching plays a major role here.
7.     How easily does the BI tool integrate new data to it's database?Not sure what you are asking here.
8.     What precautions do the BI use to back up data?OBIEE does not store any data. It only stores the metadata of the tables you are using.
9.     Level of Effort/ Steps involved to install, upgrade, or maintain BIPretty good documentation out there and many blog posts that should help you ease you through the installation process.
10.     Can the BI be used to create/moderate forums (wordpress or other)No. OBIEE is not a CMS.
11.     Can user comments be routed to different mailboxes based on predefined conditions (for example, url or user actions on the page)?Yes.
12.     Does dashboard support embedding flash?Yes.
13.     Are cross-tab capabilities supported in business view, dashboard, and ad hoc queries?Yes.
14.     What type of charts can be created with the BI?Many different kinds. Some of them are:
Bar
Line
Area
Pie
Line-Bar
Time Series Line
Pareto
Scatter
Bubble
Radar
15.     What is the level of effort/ steps involved to create new tools and widgets?Not sure what you are asking here.
16.     Is the BI compatible with Linux/Unix?Yep.
17.     Are end user analytics recorded? (Web trends records, query tracking, page usage, etc.)Yes. Usage tracking.
18.     How does the BI handle version control?There are good number of useful tools for version controlling in OBIEE.
Refer: http://www.rittmanmead.com/2009/01/simple-version-control-for-obiee-using-subversion-visualsvn-server-and-tortoisesvn/
-Amith

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