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Re-Platforming DiscovererWhat’s Your Approach?Mike Hartmann, Regional Sales Managermike.hartmann@eistech.com
Agenda Introductions Re-Platforming Discoverer? Analytical versus Transactional Reporting The 4 D’s Approach – High Level - Review BI Road Map? - Review Discovery and Design Phases Why EiS? Summary
EiS Overview Founded in 2001 Privately owned Oracle Platinum Partner and ISV International presence – US, UKand India Distribution partners globally Resources Atlanta with over 60 Hyderabad with over 80 Global customers – exceeding 120 Partnerships–Oracle, Deloitte etc.
Re-Platforming Discoverer Discoverer 11g Premier Support – June 2014 Extended support through June 2017 What’s your approach? Just a technical replacement of Discoverer It’s more a part of a much bigger BI project Somewhere in between
Transactional BIA – BI AppsCommon Enterprise Information ModelOracle Business Intelligence FoundationAnalytical ReportingFDM / FDQMInformaticaAnalytical ReportingODI / ERPiOracle Data Integrator (ODI)Analytical & Transactional ReportingPlanning/Essbase – HFM/FCMSynchronize Dimensions and MetricsHyperion Business Intelligence Foundation
Reporting - Utilization and cards, rting& AlertsStandardReports& Ad HocReportsOperations Business Intelligence – Getting the Right Information to the Right People at the Right Time Transactional versus Analytical reporting is typically an 80/20 80% of reports keep your lights on 20% of reports help you plan and strategize
Reporting - OptionsBITransactional ReportingOperationalTacticalStrategicTransactions, Transactions, TransactionsSummaryTransactional SystemWarehouseMetadata, Schema, Views – EUL, Universes, Models, Star Schema etc.
The 4 D’s Project Approach Discovery Define Design High Level Design Detail Design Development Deployment Debrief
Project Approach – Where to Start? How about a list of questions or bullet points? What's my project charter? What are my re-platforming options? What's my budget? Do I build or buy? What’s my timeline? What resources are needed?
Project Approach – Next Steps Don’t have a Report List Good News Now’s your opportunity to create one! Discoverer Sunsets in 6 months Does that give me enough time That depends .Buy or Build? Do I have the internal resources required Should I bring in a team
BI RoadmapA BI Roadmap is a deep-dive assessmentthat provides a detailed plan for deployingan Enterprise Business Intelligence solution
BI Road Map – High Level Current & Target Environment Assessment Gap Analysis BI Governance Requirements BI Tools Assessment Technical & Enterprise Architectures Training Needs Assessment Security Needs Assessment Timeline - A Roadmap for BI Delivery Communication and Change Management Plans (optional) Pilot or Proof of Concept Application (optional)
Oracle BI ApplicationsSpeeds Time To Value and Lowers TCO
Implementation Methodology (AIM)DefinitionProject ManagementOCM & TrainingDiscoveryBusiness Process ArchitectureBusiness Requirements DefinitionBusiness Requirements MappingBusiness Process Re-engineeringApplication & Technical ArchitectureModule Design & BuildData ConversionDocumentationBusiness System TestingPerformance TestingProduction Migration15DesignDevelopmentDeploymentSupport
Implementation Methodology (OUM)www.eistech.comEnd user operational reporting
EiS provides what OBIEE needs for EBSOracleAppsDataEiSBusinessViewsRPDOver 1,250 EiS Standard ReportsOBIEE
What about those Discoverer Workbooks?Discoverer Workbook UtilityDiscovererOBIEiS Staging Area WorkbookEiSConverterExport ViewsJoinsComponentsLOVsComments(if needed)ImportAnswersCreateRPD FileViewwww.eistech.comEiS MetadataEnd user operational reporting
EiS - Choices for transactional reportingAddresses ad-hocreporting needs andprovides configuredmetadata (views) andready to use reportsfor Oracle EBSOBI content, ready touse answers anddashboards forad-hoc and real timetransactional reportingfor Oracle EBSEnables you to runreports from OracleEBS in Excelsecurely while stillmaintaining all yourformatting whenrefreshingEnables GL usersto replace FSGswith Excel withalmost unlimiteddrill down to any/allsub ledgers
Why EiS?Architecture - 100% Oracle extension of Oracle EBSbased on your existing: hardware technology stack transactional system configuration and setupsutilizes Oracle Applications securityIT can support EiS using existing skill-setscomplete and mature EBS reporting solutionOA Framework – Fusion MiddlewareComplimentary to OBIEE
Why EiS?Coverage and Configuration Modules – R11.x, R12.x and beyond. Financials – GL, AP, AR, FA, iExp and CM Projects – Costing, Billing, Management, OTL and Grants HCM – HR, PAY, OTL, OAB, iRec, IC, CWB and OLM Supply Chain – PO, INV, iProc and OM CRM – Sales and Marketing Service – Install Base, Depot Repair and Service Order Manufacturing – Discrete, Process, Quality and ASCPImplementation Specific Content discovery of Sets of Books (Ledgers in R12), OU’s & Orgsauto-detection of all DFF’s, KFF’s, EIT’s & SIT’scomplete online documentation with training exercisesover 1,250 production ready reportsfully supported and upgradeable to any version seamlessly
EiS Customers – 100% Retention
EiS Technologies Oracle EBS and technology experts since 2001 Oracle Certified Partner and ISV Oracle EBS implementation experts More than just a software company eXpress Reporting Solutions Fusion implementation services OBIEE implementation services Oracle EBS implementation services R12 assessments and upgrades/re-implementations Managed Services
Summary There is life outside Discoverer Several options to select from fortransactional reporting needs OBIEE, BI Publisher and Excel all have aplace Maintain investment from Discoverer inOBIEE or EiS eXpress
Intrigued? Special Offer!!!Book a demo with us by January 30thReceive a 4 hour BI assessment at NOCHARGE!www.eistech.comEnd user operational reporting
Questions?
Mike HartmannMike.Hartmann@eistech.comThank you@EiSTechnologies973-479-6022
Re-Platforming Discoverer Discoverer 11g Premier Support – June 2014 Extended support through June 2017 What’s your approach? Just a technical replacement of Discoverer It’s mor
