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FAQsaboutEBSExtensionsforEndeca(DocID1621853.1)

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Purpose
QuestionsandAnswers

APPLIESTO:

OracleTradeManagementVersion12.1.3.1andlater
OracleOrderManagementVersion12.1.3.1andlater
OracleMESforDiscreteManufacturingVersion12.1.3.3andlater
OracleItemMasterVersion12.1.3.1andlater
OracleFieldServiceVersion12.1.3.1andlater
Informationinthisdocumentappliestoanyplatform.

PURPOSE

ThisdocumentanswerscommonquestionsregardingtheEBusinessSuiteextensionsforOracleEndeca.

QUESTIONSANDANSWERS

1.WhatexactlyisEndeca?

Answer:

Endecaisaninformationdiscoveryplatformwithveryadvancedinmemorytechnologythatallowsuserstogetinsight
informationfromstructuredandunstructureddata.
WithaverymodernUIandhybridsearchandanalyticalengine,Endecaprovidesuniqueandproductiveexperienceto
allusersofEBSapplications.

2.ExplainthebusinessvalueoftheEBSEndecaApplicationshowcantheyhelpcustomersimprovetheir
businessprocesses?

Answer:

EBSEndecaApplicationswillenablemodernandproductiveinformationdrivenapplicationnavigation
Userswillbeabletomeasure,identify,prioritize,drill,thenworkonthemostcriticalchallenges.
ForinformationpleasevisitEBSYouTubechanneltoviewIntroductiontoEBSEndecaVideo.

3.WhateBSproductsareintegratedwithEndeca?

Answer:

LatestreleaseofEBSEndecaavailableisV4whichisavailableontopof12.1.3and12.2.ItwasreleasedinAug2013.
FollowingEBSProductsareintegratedwithEndeca:

OraclePayablesExtensionsforOracleEndeca
OracleReceivablesExtensionsforOracleEndeca
OracleOrderManagementExtensionsforOracleEndeca
OracleDiscreteManufacturingExtensionsforOracleEndeca
OracleInventoryManagementExtensionsforOracleEndeca
OracleChannelRevenueManagementExtensionsforOracleEndeca
OracleEnterpriseAssetManagementExtensionsforOracleEndeca
OracleFieldServiceExtensionsforOracleEndeca
OracleProjectManagementExtensionsforOracleEndeca
OracleiProcurementExtensionsforOracleEndeca
OracleiRecruitmentExtensionsforOracleEndeca

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OracleWarehouseManagementExtensionsforOracleEndeca
OracleInstalledBaseExtensionsforOracleEndeca
OracleProcessManufacturingExtensionsforOracleEndeca
OracleCostManagementExtensionsforOracleEndeca
OracleDepotRepairExtensionsforOracleEndeca
OracleLearningManagementExtensionsforOracleEndeca

4.WhyshouldIhavetopayforitsinceit'sjustabetterUIforEBS?

Answer:Ineachareaitoffersnewcapabilitiestogetinformationyoucan'tgettoday.Inmanycases,itwillprobably
eliminatetheneedforsomecustomoperationalreportingorUIcustomizationthatthecustomerhasdone.QueriesinEndeca
pagescanonlybedoneontopoftheinmemorytechnology(EndecaServer).

5.HowisEBSExtensionsforEndecadifferentfromOBIA?EspeciallysinceEndecaispositionedasaBI
technology.

Answer:

EndecaforEBSisformakingthetransactionsystembetterbyhelpingyoufindtheinformationyouneedtotransacton
moreeasily,comparedataatthetransactionlevel,andgettransactionsdonemoreproductively,andtheabilitytoeasily
navigatetorelevantapplicationpagestotakeaction.
OBIAisforanalyzingtrends.OBIAsdeliverprebuiltdashboardsontopofaprebuiltdatawarehouse,withafocuson
analysisonhistoricalviewsusingcommondimensions.
EndecaEBSintegrationisallaboutfindinganswerstoNEWquestionsfast.OBIAismoreaboutgettingprovenanswers
toknownquestions.
UnlikeOBIA,EBSEndecaapplicationsloadcurrentdatatoEndecadatastoreforallowinguserstomanagedaytoday
operations(forexampleIndiscreetManufacturingonlyopenworkordersareloadedinthedatastore).OBIAismore
abouttrendinganalysisusingallthehistoricaldatawhereasEBSEndecaapplicationsaremoreabouthowcanIsolve
problemsthatIhaveasofnow.

6.WhatdoesittaketodeployEBSExtensionsforEndeca?

Answer:

PurchasenewEBSExtensionsforEndecaproducts
BeonEBSR12.1.3or12.2(anotherdriverforupgradetolatestrelease)
GetadditionalhardwaretosupportinmemoryprocessingwhereyoucandeployEBSEndecatosetupthisinstance
ApplyEBSEndecapatchesontheEBSinstance
PairEBSinstancewithEBSEndecainstanceandperformallthesetupsmentionedinthisinstalldoc

7.HowdoIlicenseEBSEndeca?

Answer:Customerwillneedtopayfor:

EBusinessSuiteExtensionsforEndeca&
EndecaTechnology

8.DoIneedtodoanyuserprovisioningintheEBSEndecaInstance?

Answer:

ThereisnoneedtodoanyuserprovisioningintheEBSEndecainstance.Security(userauthentication,Orgsecurity)is
takencareofoutofthebox.

9.Cancustomersextendthestandardofferings,i.e.,createtheirowncustomapplications?

Answer:

CustomerscanmodifytheEndecaUIpagecontents.TheycanaddadditionaldatacontentfromEBusinessSuite
schemafromthelicensedproducttoalicensedEBusinessSuiteExtensionsforEndecaapplication.
CustomerscanonlymodifytheEndecaServerdatastoresthatareshippedbyEBS(theycannotcreatenetnewones).
FulluselicenseisrequiredifcustomerswanttoaddadditionaldatacontentfromanyothersystemstoalicensedE
BusinessSuiteExtensionsforEndecaapplicationorbuildnewcontent(i.enewapplication)

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10.HowdoIimplementEBSEndecaApplications?

Answer:

ImplementationSteps:Inthisexamplebelow,instructionsareforeAMEndeca,butstepsaresimilarforothermodules
also.:

Step1:ApplyeAMEndecapatchesintheEBSinstance(detailsaboutpatchesfordifferentmodulesarethereinthe
installdoc)
Step2:UseEBSEndecaquickinstalltosetupEndecainstance.EBSEndecaquickinstallisazipfilewhichhasall
theEndecasoftwareandEBSartifacts
Step3:EnableEndecapagesforeAMResponsibilityusingRBAC
Step4:RunETLintheEndecainstancetoloaddatafromEBS(eAMViews)toEndecaDataStoreintheEndeca
Server.

11.WherecanIfindinformationaboutwheretodownloadthebinariesforEndecaServerandrequired
patchesonEBSside(forphase1)?

Answer:

YoucanfindalltheinformationintheInstallDoc.

12.WhatisthegoodstartinghardwarespecsforEBSEndeca.

Answer:

QuickinstallershouldbeusedtoinstallEBSEndecaSWindifferentinstance.

Techrequirementdependsuponcustomersize(small/medium/large),numberofusers,numberofrecordstheyplantoloadin
EndecaServer.

AgoodstartwillbetotestEBSEndecawillbe:

2CPU4core

OS:Linux

Memory:16GBRAM

Disk:100GB+(Thisdependsonyourusagevolumeofdata).

Note:YoucaninstallEBSEndecausingquickinstallerusingsamplehardwareconfigurationshownabove.Forproduction
instanceyourhardwareconfigurationwilldependupon#ofusers,#ofrecordstoloadetc.

ThisiswhatwehaveinourSystemTestinstance,butinthisinstancewehaveDataStorefor17differentEBSproducts:

OS:Linux2.6.39100.5.1.el6uek.x86_64

Memory:64gb

CPUs:8xIntel(R)Xeon(R)CPUX5675@3.07GHz

Diskspace:50gb

13.OurclientsusedescriptiveflexfieldsandsometimesaddtonewtablestoEBSaspartofextensions.
HowhardisittomodifiedtheEndecaExtensionstoaddnewdataelements?

Answer:

YouwillneedtomodifyEBSETLtoaddnewtables/attributestodothatandmodifyUIstoshowthatdata.Developerdoingthis
willneedtohavegoodunderstandingofEIDaswellasEBSEndeca.

GoodsupportforDFF(outofthebox)iscomingsooninV5release.

14.HowoftenisthedatainEndecainstanceupdated?
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Answer:
Variesfromproducttoproduct(EBSEndecahas17differentproductsinV4).ForalmostrealtimedatainEBSEndecapage
customercanrunincrementalupdateevery5to10mins.Fullloadcanberuneverydayorcoupleofdaysoronceinaweek
dependingontheEBSEndecaproductandcustomerrequirement.

15.DowehavedocumentationonEBSEndecaavailableonline?

Answer:

Yes,youcanfindonlinedocumentationhere:

http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E18727_01/doc.121/e37993/toc.htm

16.IfwedecidetogowithExalyticsforEndecaforEBS,butthecustomeronlywantstolicense10procsofthe
40.CanwedosubcapacitylicensingthewaywiththefullblownEIDwherebyweuseOVMandpartitionthe
serversothattheycanlicensefewercoresthanthephysicalmachinepossesses?

Answer:

Yes.WithOVMtheycandothat.

CustomerscanutilizeOracleVMsoftwareontheEndecamachine,andtheycancontrolthenumberofprocessorstheyallocate
fortheEndecaservertemplate...andthat'swhattheyneedtopayfor.

Iftheyallocate10cores,thentheywillpaythepriceof5CPUs.Oracleallowsthatonly(payingforallocatednumbersofCPU)
forOracleVMtechnology,nototherVMtechnology.

17.HowtosetuptheloadbalancingandhighavailabilityforEBSEndeca?

Answer:

Checkouttheloadbalancingandhighavailabilitydocforguidanceonhowtosetupmultipleinstances:

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18.Howdoesuserauthenticationworks?EBSandEBSEndecaare2differentinstance.Tobeabletoswitch
fromEndecabacktoEBSwhatwillbetherequirementintermsofsecurity?Doweneedtobeinasame
securityentity,doweneedSSO?DoweneedtoreplicatethesecurityinEndeca?Orwilltheuserneedto
relogateachswitch?

Answer:

WhenuserlogsintoEBSandviewsEndecaPage,userisnotawarethatitiscomingfromEndecainstance.Endecapage
isshownwrappedinsideanEBSPage(OAPage).Securityistakencareofoutofthebox.Oncetheuserisauthenticated
byEBS,andgoestoEBSpageshowingEndecapage,userisalsoauthenticatedbyEndecainstanceusingEBSsecurity.
Customerdoesn'thavetodoanythingspecifictoenablethissecurity.Itisallpartofinstallationprocessandtakencare
ofoutofthebox.ItworksinthesamewayevenifIfSSOisenabledforEBS.

19.Youcansetuptheincrementalgraphtorunwithahighfrequencybutwhatdoesthismeanreally?Can
wesetuptheintegratortorunthegrapheach2minutesforexamplesonahighvolumeofdata?

Answer:

incrementalgraphfrequencywillvarybycustomer.Werecommendcustomertosetitupbasedonhowmuchtimeincremental
graphistakingtocomplete.Iftherearelottransactionsgettingupdatedthenitwilltakemoretimetocomplete.Ifittakessay
2to3mintocompletethenmaybeitmakessensetoscheduleitevery5to10mins.

20.CloverisextractingtheEBSdatafromViewsintheEBSdatabasenotdirectlyfromtheoriginalsource
tables.Howaretheseviewsbuilt?Whatistherefreshmentmechanism?Dowekeepallthedatainthem
ordoweflushthemregularlybetweeneachload?

Answer:

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ThesearestandardDBviews.TheviewswebuiltinEBStoreaddatafromarenotmaterializedviews.TheyareregularDB
viewsthatareprojectingdatadirectlyfromtheunderlyingbasetables.Sotheyalwaysreflectuptodatedatafromthetables.
Eachproducthastofollowcertainguidelinestobuildtheseviewssothattheysupportincrementalrefresh.Wedolotof
performancetestingontheseviewsbeforereleasingEEE.

21.CanIupdatedatafromtheEndecaPage?

Answer:

FromendecayoucandrilldowntodifferenttypesofpagesinEBSthatcanberead/writeorreadonly.Youcanalsodrilldown
toforms.TherearemultiplecasesinEBSextensionsthattakeyoubacktoatransactionalpageinEBSthatallowsanaction
(update)tobetaken.ExampleisinprojectsyoucanselectmultipletasksintheEndecaPageandthenmassupdatethose
tasksinthetargetpage(OAPage)byclickingonUpdateTasksactionintheEndecaPage.

22.DowehaveanycustomizationbestpracticeforEEEsothatitisupgradesafe?

Answer:

YouwillneedtomakeacopyofETLprojectorEndecapage

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