Webcast-OBIEE Analytics/Reporting Solutions for E-Business Ste, Sep 9 12EDT

TODAY: I invite you all to an Oracle BI Applications related Techcast, let's use this for interactive Q&A as well. We can follow up on the question here.
See more details at http://OracleBIWA.org
Wednesday, September 9, 12 noon Eastern
OBIEE Analytics/Reporting Solutions for E-Business Suite
Audio Dial-In: 888 967 2253 Audio Meeting ID: 572994 Audio Meeting Passcode: 334451
Web Conference: https://conference.oracle.com/imtapp/app/cmn_jm_hub.uix?mID=150764532
BIWA Wednesday TechCast Series - Sixth Event!
This presentation will showcase different options for OBIEE-based Analytical Reporting such as:
1) Oracle BI Applications for supported Oracle E-Business Suite Modules and other Oracle Applications.
It will include real world experiences for implementing BI Apps Version 7.9.6
2) Custom OBIEE Development against E-Business Suite (when no BI apps are available)
3) Migration of Discoverer EUL to OBIEE RPD using Migration Utility
While OBIEE and BI Apps are clearly the strategic analytics reporting direction from Oracle, only certain Analytics applications are available. Sometimes all customer needs for BI reporting may not be met by these pre-built analytics. For instance, JD Edwards has pre-built ETL connectors only for Financial Analytics. While more BI Apps and ETL connectors are in the pipeline, how can users meet their reporting needs today as they go live in near future? In this session, we will look at several short and medium term solutions without deviating from the long term strategic goal of using pre-built BI applications to reduce the overall risk.
Several real life situations will be evaluated with demonstration of the steps involved such as how to Migrate Discoverer reports to OBIEE with the highest degree of automation. Likewise, we will cover how DBI views be used for custom OBIEE reporting.
Presenter: Shyam Varan Nath is an OBIEE Architect for IBM Global Business Services with extensive experience in implementing OBIEE and BI Apps. He has worked on several Oracle Data Warehousing Projects for customers including Citigroup, Air Force, Land O'Lakes, and Blue Cross Blue Shield Association. Shyam has been a Certified Oracle DBA since 1998 and has 18 years of industry experience. He is a regular speaker at BIWA Summit, IOUG/Collaborate, Regional User Groups and Oracle Openworld since 2003. Shyam has also worked at Oracle (BI Consulting Practice) and Deloitte Consulting. Currently, he is the top expert in Oracle OBI apps Forum, in terms of user awarded points. Shyam is also the Founder and President of BIWA SIG.
Audio Dial-In: 888 967 2253 Audio Meeting ID: 572994 Audio Meeting Passcode: 334451
Web Conference: https://conference.oracle.com/imtapp/app/cmn_jm_hub.uix?mID=150764532
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Edited by: shyamvaran on Sep 9, 2009 5:21 AM

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