My mate has written a book about birds Apparently, it has flown off the shelves. Life goes on in the OBIEE community. Just as those Chicago Kscope16 memories start to fade, the excitement begins for OpenWorld 16, then on to Tech16 (+Apps16). The good news is that I finally got…
Author: Adrian Ward
30 Years working on Oracle systems, specialising in Oracle analytics. Previously known as OBIEE, and before that Seibel Analytics
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Armagedden Avoided
What kind of Rock is never delivered on time? Slate FTSE is up, Exports Up, Government borrowing down. Mortgage rate down. Crisis over. Can we now get back to geeking now? While you were all enjoying yourself in Chicago I decided that I couldnt watch enviously from a wet,…
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What Does Brexit Mean for the UK OBIEE Market
May you always live in Interesting Times Not sure who said that but I am sure he didnt meant this interesting! Markets plunging, Jobs at risk, political turmoil. First, if you are analysing the market reactions, then please use OBIEE If you want to improve the analyse of Polls, then…
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Two Minute Tech Tips
The OTN will be at Kscope16 looking for willing Volunteers to video their tech tips. I can’t get there this year, so may have to do a selfie video 🙂 But what subjects would I cover? Use of Advanced SQL? Jquery in OBIEE? Apex and OBIEE? Hidden Cascading Prompts? Result…
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Deadlines Met and News @ OBIEE
Deadlines. Some are ‘pretend’, you know you can get away with being a little bit late, because the you KNOW the project manager has factored in you being late! Others are very fixed. Like the deadline to submit proposals for speaking at conferences. Luckily I met the two that just…
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Go Self Service or Go Home
Who understands your company Data best? Is it the OBIEE RPD Developer? Is it the DBA? Is it the Warehouse Designer? How about the source System Architect? Or the department analyst? Lets ask the question another way, Who knows what to do with the company Data in your system? The…
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OBIEE Went to Las Vegas
We have been busy, and so have all the OBIEE Bloggers. This year I thought it was about time we went to Collaborate, and boy was it worthwhile. Our room at the Delano was massive. The hotel was massive. The conference was huge. Grand Canyon unbelievable. And what can I…
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OBIEE In Decline?
Last month we heard that OBIEE was not on the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Business Intelligence and Analytics Platforms, so I looked at the up coming conferences Collaborate16 and Kscope16, and found they are lighter on OBIEE sessions. Suggesting that OBIEE is on the decline, and is no longer the…
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APEX and the Cloud
APEX is finally getting the credit it deserves as a corporate tool, and the Cloud is the latest and greatest useful trend in the IT world. So it makes sense that they come together. (No i don’t count the Big Data Hype as useful yet) Its great to see more…
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My Oracle Week ft. Jeremy
This week was all about COLLABORATE 16 for me. I bought my flights to Vegas on Virgin Atlantic thanks to Lucy, a Virgin Pilot friend of mine. Booked the hotel room at the Delaney, asked my mates on Facebook where to party in Vegas, joined IOUG (finally). Now I really…