Oracle Business Intelligence Analyses:

Advanced Features

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 Objectives

After completing this lesson, you should be able to:

• Set analysis properties
• Combine analysis criteria by using set operations
• Execute direct database analyses
• Edit logical SQL that is generated by an analysis
• Create a link to a saved analysis
• Create an Excel Web Query file

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 Setting Analysis Properties

Set properties to manage:

• Custom messaging
• Text delivery formatting
• Handling of redundant hierarchy members
Set a custom message to return
when no results are produced.
Custom title
and message

Specify a text-based
Compound Layout for
delivery via agent.

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 Combining Analysis Criteria
by Using Set Operations
• Combine criteria from one or more subject areas:
– Subject areas may be organized with similar information
depending on business needs.
• Combine results from two or more analyses into a single
analysis:
– Example: Combine results from a subject area containing all
active customers with results from a subject area containing
customers who have ordered one or more products.

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 Set Operators

Set Operator Effect on Results

Union Returns nonduplicate rows from all analyses

Union All Returns all rows from all analyses

Intersect Returns rows that are common to all analyses

Minus Returns rows from first analysis that are not in other analyses

Union Union All

Analysis 1 Analysis 2 Analysis 1 Analysis 2

Row AAA Row BBB Row AAA Row BBB

Row BBB Row CCC Row BBB Row CCC

Intersect Minus
Analysis 1 Analysis 2 Analysis 1 Analysis 2
Row AAA Row BBB Row AAA Row BBB

Row BBB Row CCC Row BBB Row CCC

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 Combining Results of Multiple Analyses

1. Build an analysis.
2. Combine with a similar analysis.
3. Construct the combined analysis.
4. Apply a set operator.
5. Verify the results.

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 1. Build an Analysis

Build an analysis with desired columns and filters.

Analysis returns
customers with sales
between 5000 and 15000.

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 2. Combine with a Similar Analysis

Click the Combine Results button and select a subject area.

Select the same

subject area or a
different subject area.

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 3. Construct the Combined Analysis

Add columns and filters to the new analysis.

Click Edit to add

additional criteria.

The number of
columns and
data types must
be consistent New analysis returns
across all criteria. customers with dollars
between 10000 and 20000.

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 4. Apply a Set Operator

Click the Set button and select the set operator.

Combined analysis returns the

union of customers with dollars
between 5000 and 20000.

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 5. Verify the Results

Results of two or more analyses are combined into a single

analysis.

The table displays the

union of all customers
with dollars between
5000 and 20000.

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 Direct Database Analysis Privileges

• Users with appropriate privileges can create and issue

direct database analyses to physical back-end data
sources.
– Results can be displayed and manipulated in Oracle
Business Intelligence and incorporated into dashboards.
• Required privileges include:
– Edit Direct Database Analysis
– Execute Direct Database Analysis

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 Changing Direct Database Analysis Privileges

Changes are made in the Oracle BI Administration window.

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 Creating and Executing
a Direct Database Analysis
1. Create a direct analysis.
2. Construct a direct database analysis.

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 1. Create a Direct Analysis

Click Create Direct Database Request in the Select Subject

Area window.

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 2. Construct a Direct Database Analysis

Follow the on-screen instructions to create the analysis.

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 Editing Logical SQL Generated by an Analysis
For advanced users and developers with specific privileges:
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 Editing Logical SQL Generated by an Analysis

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 Creating a Link to a Saved Analysis

For users with permission to access the Advanced tab:

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 Creating an Excel Web Query File

For users with permission to access the Advanced tab:

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 Viewing an Excel Web Query File

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 Summary

In this lesson, you should have learned how to:

• Set analysis properties
• Combine analysis criteria by using set operations
• Execute direct database analyses
• Edit logical SQL that is generated by an analysis
• Create an Excel Web Query file

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 Practice 5: Overview

This practice covers the following topics:

• Combining analyses using set operations
• Executing direct database analyses

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 Quiz: Overview

This quiz examines your knowledge of advanced analysis

capabilities.

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 Quiz

Custom “No Results” messages are specified for all views in an

analysis.
a. True
b. False

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 Quiz

Which of the following will result if you combine results from an

analysis with those of other analyses using the Intersect set
operator?
a. Returns nonduplicate rows from all analyses
b. Returns all rows from all analyses
c. Returns rows that are common to all analyses
d. Returns rows from first analysis that are not in other
analyses

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