Blog posts of the week

OBIEE News is out!

OBIEE News is out! Edition of 7th October

Blogs of the week

1. Physical Layer Tips from OBIEE Express

In this blog post, Kishore looks at the physical layer problems of:

Circular Joins
Nullable Flag
Primary Keys
Complex Joins
Filtering

2. Oracle Open World 2013 – Wrap up

In this blog post, the highlights of Oracle Open World for Danny Byrant are shared. Read his detailed blog to find out more.

3. Configuring Oracle Business Intelligence 11g MDS XML Source Control Management with Git Version Control

In this post, Christian Screen explains how this tutorial was developed so that anyone with a basic understanding of the Oracle Business Intelligence (OBI) development lifecycle can learn how to configure the Oracle Business Intelligence 11g (11.1.1.6) metadata repository for development using the new MDS XML source control management functionality. Read the full tutorial here.

4. Top 10 Costly Mistakes for Business Intelligence / OBIEE Implementation Projects

Arun Kumar discusses the Top 10 Costly Mistakes for Business Intelligence / OBIEE Implementation Projects of which two are ‘Not setting the expectations right with users and senior management’ and ‘Going for BI Apps and assuming all out of the box reports will be ready and used by business’. Read all ten mistakes in the post.

Other News

Best Practices for OBIEE 11g Security

Learn about OBIEE 11g security in a step-by-step series as part of the TechTip forum. Simply register your details to access the video.

Oracle Application Express—What’s it All About?

Here, Peter Lorenzen talks about what APEX is, discusses application development, reports, charts, MS Excel Integration, User Interface and so on. Well worth a read – to both those new to APEX and those more familiar.

The 2013 Winners of the Partner of the Year Awards have been announced.

UKOUG Business Intelligence Partner of the Year

Gold – Rittman Mead Consulting

Silver – IBM

Bronze – Percipient Consulting

Many Congratulations!

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