Course Introduction

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 Lesson Agenda

This lesson provides an introduction to:

• Instructor, observers, and class participants
• Course:
– Audience
– Prerequisites
– Goal
– Objectives
– Methodology
– Materials
– Agenda

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 Instructor and Class Participants

• Instructor introduction
• Observer introduction
• Participant introduction
– Who are you?
— Name
— Role
– What is your prior experience?

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 Training Site Information

Restrooms Class duration

and breaks

Meals and
Telephones refreshments

Fire exits Questions?

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 Course Audience

This course is designed for implementation teams:

• Configurators and analysis/dashboard developers
• Applications administrators
• Technical business analysts

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 Course Goal

Enable students to create, modify, and administer Oracle

Business Intelligence dashboards and analyses.

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 Course Objectives

After completing this course, you should be able to:

• Create and modify Oracle Business Intelligence analyses
• Use hierarchical columns in analyses and views
• Administer analyses and other Oracle BI objects
• Perform pre- and post-aggregate filtering using filters,
groups, and selections
• Build and use views and charts in analyses
• Describe the benefits and use of Oracle BI Mobile
• Add geographical mapping to analyses

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 Course Objectives

After completing this course, you should be able to:

• Combine analysis criteria across multiple subject areas
and execute direct database queries
• Use Key Performance Indicators to meet business
objectives
• Create and configure dashboards
• Use Delivers to configure Agents to get the results of
analyses and deliver them to subscribers
• Use Oracle BI for Microsoft Office to integrate Oracle BI
analysis and dashboard content

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 Course Methodology

Subject matter is delivered through:

• Lecture and slide presentations
• Class discussions
• Hands-on practices

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 Course Agenda

• Day One
– Introduction: Course Introduction
– Lesson 1: Introduction to Oracle Business Intelligence Suite
Enterprise Edition
– Lesson 2: Working with Oracle Business Intelligence
Analyses
– Lesson 3: Administering the Presentation Catalog
– Lesson 4: Limiting and Grouping Data in Analyses

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 Course Agenda

• Day Two
– Lesson 5: Oracle Business Intelligence Analyses: Advanced
Features
– Lesson 6: Working with Views and Graphs in Analyses
– Lesson 7: Visualizing Data: Gauges, Maps, and Mobile
– Lesson 8: Measuring Results with Key Performance
Indicators

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 Course Agenda

• Day Three
– Lesson 9: Showing Results with Pivot Tables
– Lesson 10: Creating Oracle Business Intelligence
Dashboards
– Lesson 11: Configuring Oracle Business Intelligence
Dashboards
– Lesson 12: Creating Dashboard Prompts and Variables

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 Course Agenda

• Day Four
– Lesson 13: Using Oracle Business Intelligence Delivers
– Lesson 14: Integrating Analyses with MS Office
– Lesson 15: Working with Oracle Business Intelligence
Briefing Books
– Case Study (Optional)

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