Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; About the Authors; Chapter 1: Introduction; In This Chapter; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 A Basic Business Need; 1.3 What Is Business Intelligence?; 1.4 Why BI?; 1.5 Enabling a Competitive Advantage; 1.6 BI and Reporting Categories; 1.6.1 Operational Reporting; 1.6.2 Analytical BI; 1.6.3 Operational BI; 1.7 Summary; Chapter 2: Why Oracle Essbase Now; In This Chapter; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 OBIEE and Essbase: History and Importance 2.3 Why Essbase Now: From History to Historical, Analytical, and Beyond2.4 Summary; Chapter 3: Oracle Essbase and Oracle BI: Successful Players and Products; In This Chapter; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 The Primary Vendors: Inventors and Presenters; 3.3 The Primary Products and Tools Set: Inclusions and Exclusions; 3.3.1 Oracle Exalytics; 3.3.2 Oracle Essbase; 3.3.3 Oracle BI Publisher; 3.3.4 Oracle BI Foundation Suite; 3.3.5 Oracle BI Enterprise Edition (OBIEE); 3.3.6 Oracle BI Mobile; 3.3.7 Oracle BI Applications; 3.3.8 Oracle BI for Big Data 3.4 The Primary Users: Evaluators, Investors, Implementers and Eventual Benefiters3.5 Summary; 3.6 References; Chapter 4: Analysis, Evaluation, and Selection; In This Chapter; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Essential Criteria for Requirements Analysis of Oracle Essbase and OBIEE as a Comprehensive BI Solution; 4.2.1 Business Processes-Discovery and Definition; 4.2.2 Information Integration; 4.2.3 Information Dissemination, Transformation, and Visualization; 4.2.4 User Interaction; 4.2.5 Information Customization 4.2.6 Information in Action: BI, Advanced Analytics, and Beyond BI (Competitive, Social, and Cloud-Based Intelligence)4.2.7 Information and Big Data; 4.3 Key and Critical Deciding Factors in Selecting Such a Solution; 4.4 The Final Pick is a Customer-Centric Solution: Key Indicator Checklist; 4.5 Summary; 4.6 References; Chapter 5: Data Integration, Implementation, and Customization Using Essbase; In This Chapter; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Building an Integrated Approach for Data; 5.2.1 Recommendations; 5.3 Implementation Specifics of Data, from Data Source to Data Analytics 5.4 Semantic Integration between OBIEE and Essbase, Using OBIEE as a Data Source for Oracle Essbase5.4.1 Recommendations; 5.4.2 Implementation Specifics; 5.4.3 Using OBIEE 12c for Essbase 12c; 5.5 Extending and Customizing Essbase; 5.5.1 Extending Essbase Cubes; 5.5.2 Analytics That Can Be Applied to Custom Implementations; 5.5.3 Best Practices and Additional Customization Scenarios; 5.6 Summary; 5.7 References; Chapter 6: Using Essbase for Analytical BI; In This Chapter; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 What Kind of Analytics Are Good for Essbase Cubes?; 6.2.1 Recommendations