OBIEE Advanced Analysis and Reporting: A Complete Guide

Learn the ways of performing advanced analysis and reporting in Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition by creating dynamic dashboards, performing deep data analysis, and gathering actionable insights to support strategic decision-making. Great for those professionals wishing to maximise OBIEE’s full capabilities in business intelligence.

Working with Advanced Analysis and Reporting on OBIEE Tool

Analyzing worksheets by entering dynamic input values

The following steps will walk you through the process of creating a month parameter:

• In the Discoverer Plus menu, choose Tools | Parameters… to launch the Edit Worksheet dialog at the Parameters
• the Parameters tab of the Edit Worksheet dialog, click the New… button to open the New Parameter dialog shown in the following screenshot:

• On the Parameters tab of the Edit Worksheet dialog, in the Available parameters box, you should see the month entry.
• the New Parameter dialog, leave the other settings at their defaults and click OK to come back to the Parameters tab of the Edit Worksheet
• In the New Parameter dialog, enter Which month do you want to analyze? in the What prompt do you want to show for this parameter? edit box.
• In the New Parameter dialog, make sure that the Create condition with operator: checkbox is set and the operator in the list on the right is =.

• In the New Parameter dialog, select “Orddate: Month” in the Which item do you want to base this parameter on? list.
• In the New Parameter dialog, enter month in the What do you want to name this parameter? edit box.
• n the Edit Worksheet dialog, click OK to complete the creation of the parameter and come back to the worksheet.
• Before the worksheet is displayed, the Edit Parameter Values dialog shown next will be displayed, prompting you to enter the month id:

• You can enter, for example, Jan, and click OK. As a result, you will see the worksheet containing only January figures.
• To save the parameter, so that it persists the current session, select the File | Save menu option of Discoverer.

Conclusion

Unimagined power in data-driven decision making is unlocked by the tool of OBIEE through advanced analytic and reporting functionalities. A business is absolutely apt in its conversion of raw data into actionable information with features of interactive dashboards, ad-hoc queries, and advanced visualizations. All is provided to the users, from pinpointing any hidden pattern or trend toward optimizing operational efficiencies to finding strategic opportunities. The tools mastered will ensure analytics to be far more accurate than it is today, so organizations can seize all that can be extracted from the data-centric world. Take the exploration of OBIEE’s potential further and propel your business intelligence journey to new heights.