OBIEE 11g is now available to the general public!

The much anticipated new release of OBIEE 11g was made available last weekend. Oracle has been discussing this product and the conversion of OBIEE and Hyperion on their product roadmap for a while and it has finally come to fruition. While there is certainly more to come in terms of this integration, Oracle has taken giant steps forward with this release of OBIEE.

Guident attended an exclusive Partner Briefing in Redwood Shores, the launch event in NYC and has been digesting the new features and functionality to understand its application for our customers. In short, we are impressed with this release and excited about the possibilities with OBIEE 11g.

Key features of this release include:

• User Interface – the new 11g user interface is more intuitive and easier to use as it is now task oriented as opposed to product module oriented.
  
  
• Improved Visualization - Graphing and Mapping – 11g takes advantage of a new graphing engine, shared by the entire Fusion suite, providing a broader range of visually appealing, interactive charts and graphics. 11g also includes integration of GIS maps into the analytics through the use of Oracle MapViewer and Navteq map data.
  
  
• Integration with Hyperion – 11g makes it easier than ever to report from an Essbase cube and to push data into an Essbase cube. It also provides calculation capabilities and hierarchical analytical capabilities that were previously only available with an OLAP tool.
  
  
• Action Framework – 11g provides a revolutionary ability to move from insight to action through the use of richer guided analytics capabilities. 11g enables the seamless integration of external processes (e.g. SOA and BPEL workflow) within a BI analytic object. (e.g. call a process to place a Credit Hold directly from a report of Days Sales Outstanding).
  
  
• Scorecarding – 11g provides new capabilities to provide strategy maps, cause and effect diagrams, and track targets, actual and variances for KPIs.
  
  
• Smooth Upgrade – 11g requires a relatively easy upgrade as opposed to a full migration process.

Guident is beginning right away to work with our customers in planning out 11g upgrades, demonstrating the capabilities, and determining the best means for taking advantage of the new features provided. Stay tuned for upcoming webinars on these new features from Guident in the near future. Call us for any information or demonstrations of OBIEE 11g.