3 components of traditional BI solutions

A data warehouse or a data mart - a repository where related data, such as financial, customer and product data, from various operational systems is organised allowing queries of data to be performed efficiently.

An industry- or department-specific application - an application which holds business rules, metrics and KPIs for processing data into meaningful information for effective analysis and reporting.

A front-end user interface - usually in the form of graphical dashboards or various ad-hoc reports allowing drill down analysis and KPI tracking via balanced scorecards.

Challenges of traditional BI solutions

Apart from being highly complicated, inaccurate and costly to maintain, traditional BI solutions are plagued with challenges including;

• Limiting BI capability to a handful of analysts within the business and therefore restricting the use of BI by all levels of staff for true enterprise-wide benefit.
• Poor integration of disparate transactional and operational systems result in poor performance and high support and maintenance costs.

Enter Oracle's Business Intelligence System

Oracle's Enterprise Performance Management System integrates transaction, intelligence and financial systems in a single, integrated, end-to-end solution.

Oracle's Business Intelligence System is changing the face of Business Intelligence solutions by addressing these challenges in a single end-to-end solution;

It is PERVASIVE. Intuitive, role-based intelligence delivered directly to every desktop in the organisation. Now everyone in the organisation can truely be BI-enabled and not only a handful of analysts.

It is COMPREHENSIVE. Accurate and insightful information delivered by combining data from various transactional systems such as financial performance management and operational intelligence systems.

It is HOT-PLUGGABLE. No change to your existing data sources and systems. PHEW! Oracle BI products integrate seamlessly with Oracle and third party environments.

Your Business Intelligence Journey Plan

Do you need FASTER delivery of insightful, accurate information delivered to your desktop?

Does your business need to make BETTER business decisions to stay ahead of competition?

Does your ideal solution need to integrate with existing IT investments and offer quicker and CHEAPER implementation than alternatives?

If you answered "yes" to all 3 questions, ask ReportSource how to plan your BI journey.

Oracle's BI System - What you need to know

Oracle BI Enterprise Edition Plus (OBI EE+) Suite is the leading BI Platform which provides dashboarding and ad-hoc reporting capabilities from a range of data sources and applications including Oracle E-Business Suite, PeopleSoft, Siebel, as well as third party systems such as SAP.

What makes OBI EE+ the leading BI Platform is its pre-built Oracle Business Intelligence Applications enabling intuitive, role-based analytics and reporting capabilities for various roles in an organisation. Some of the Applications include Oracle Financial Analytics, Oracle HR Analytics, Oracle Supply Chain Analytics and more.

The benefit of these Oracle Business Intelligence Applications is that they enable FASTER, BETTER and CHEAPER analytics and reporting for all major business areas than ever before;

• FASTER because business users can manage, maintain and run their reports without the help of IT and therefore improving overall working performance.
• BETTER because best practices ensure accuracy, data integrity and the application of context to individual roles.
• CHEAPER because the BI Applications are pre-built and designed to leverage your existing IT investments. Therefore implementation is faster, total cost of ownership (TCO) is lowered, integration is seamless and upgrades are effortless.