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Oracle BI 11.1.1.5 Released – OBIEE 11g Changes and New Features (Webinar Questions) We had two BIWA Techcasts on May 18 and May 25, 2011 with focus on OBIEE 11.1.1.5 and BI Apps 7.9.6.3. There were many questions on OBIEE and we decided to capture the questions and answer them over time here: Q  What about android or Blackberry support? A   The Mobile BI support for iPhone and iPad were native in 11.1.1.5. The next release 11.1.1.6 is expected to have support for Andriod followed by support for Win OS. blackberry support will be in the future. Q Does this still require database access during installation? A The RCU part of installation requires a relational repository. This is the part common for Fusion Middleware (FMW) and not specifically the OBIEE part but is required. The OBIEE rpd will remain as a file --------------------------------------   Are connection methods same for all OLAPs from various technologies? What approach of connection to SSAS?   Have support for

I was at the BI Forum last week, which is a niche OBIEE centric event. After holding 3 of these events in UK, Rittman brought is over to Atlanta. In a nutshell was it was 1 day of OBIEE 11g masterclass followed by 10 speakers in next two days. With only 55 attendees, it was limited to be a small event allowing attendees to interactive with each other. My talk's focus was on BI Applications  (http://www.rittmanmead.com/files/biforum2011/Varan_OBIA.pdf) and it was on Friday. The biggest concern raised during the Q&A was a lack of systematic way to port OBIEE side customizations as you migrates from one version of BI Apps to next. One of my suggestions was to look at reimplementation approach, such as a customer on EBS R 11.5.10 with OBIA 7.9.5 planning to go to R12.1.x and 7.9.6.3 (with OBIEE 11g). When the migration is over such a large change, just like reimplementation approach to ERP, it may be worthwhile to look at OBIA for similar reimplementation approach, where you instal

"Oracle BI 11.1.1.5 Released – OBIEE 11g Changes and New Features" Oracle Business Intelligence 11g was a huge release.  When OBIEE 11g was introduced, the font size had to be so small to fit all of the important new features on one PowerPoint slide, that it was unreadable.  Now, in May 2011, Oracle has issued the first patch release for OBIEE 11g, version 11.1.1.5.0.  Arguably, the biggest news on this release is that it is the first patch release since 11g was launched with version 11.1.1.3 in August, 2010 (11.1.1.4 was skipped).  For those that were waiting for the first patch release, you no longer have that excuse for waiting to move to 11g of OBIEE. Other notable features in version 11.1.1.5.0 include: •          Full support for the Apple iPad •          Full support for OLAP sources including Essbase and Oracle OLAP •          Support for Oracle BI Applications release 7.9.6.3 •          New support for Oracle TimesTen, MS SQL Server Analytic Services, and SAP BW • 

Thanks to 100+ attendees  and Robert Davis of Oracle for the Techcast today. Slides are now posted here (http://bit.ly/iQN4fr). We will use this blog to respond to the questions from the Q&A session. Q 7.9.5.1 Application is supported by 11g or not?    Oracle certifies OBIEE 11.1.1.5 only with 7.9.6.3.  It supports 7.9.6 and higher with OBIEE 11g but you will have to do the platform upgrade yourself.   I personally would not recommend using 7.9.5.1 with OBIEE 11g. You are also on older Informatica with 7.9.5.1 and will soon get out of support. Q Would you please comment on how OBIEE 11g uses DRM to manage the Hierarchies?    DRM is a product to manage dimensional hierarchies.  I am not aware of a way to import hierarchies from DRM into OBIEE 11g. Q What is the difference in Role and Group based Security?  Refer slide 39 and 40 of the slides      Q What has changed in Marketing Segmentation?   (http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E12852_01/v11113/mktgseg/mktgsegTOC.html)

Come to my webcast on May 18, 2011, noon ET and find out what is new in the BI Apps 7.9.6.3 / OBIEE 11.1.15 - the dynamic duo!    https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/8 21849 265 Topics include new features like: Certification for OBIEE 11.1.1.5 iPad and iPhone support for out of box BI apps content Informatica 9.0.1 support for ETL Teradata 13.10 support Oracle EBS 12.1.3 support

Please join us for a BIWA SIG Webcast on May 18, noon EST Here is the url to register  https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/821849265 You can dial in to listen or use web audio Recording posted here Abstract: Are you able to unlock all the information that your users are looking for, from the ERP and other operational systems? This session will look at the Oracle Business Intelligence solutions with focus on OBIEE and Oracle BI Applications. We will cover the different scenarios for BI solutions and discuss custom development using OBIEE v/s using pre-packaged BI Applications as the framework. We will cover new developments such as Oracle BI Apps 7.9.6.3 and its certification with OBIEE 11g. Learn what is new in OBIEE 11.1.1.5 and how that impacts BI Application implementations. Taking a few case studies, we will look at feasible options whether you are on OBIEE 10 g or on OBIEE 11g to plan to migrate. Learn the tips and tricks from the field. Learn how mobile BI (support for iP

In BI apps 7.9.6.3, Informatica gets a face list just the the BI platform does...here are a few Informatica 9.0.1 installation screen shots...

The formal announcements have started flowing in now...though the social media was active yesterday and I had downloaded parts of the software...I pasted some screenshots last evening... oracle_biee   Oracle EPM and BI   Win x86 32/64-bit, Linux x86 32/64-bit, Sun Solaris SPARC (64-bit) available for  #Oracle  BI 11.1.1.5.0  http://bit.ly/lE6UmS   #obiee   #11g 2 minutes ago   Favorite   Retweet   Reply oracle_biee   Oracle EPM and BI     by shyamvaran #Oracle  Business Intelligence Applications, v. 7.9.6.3 also available for download from OTN  http://bit.ly/lE6UmS   #obia 4 minutes ago   Favorite   Undo Retweet   Reply The documentation is available now here Informatica 9.0.1 Hot fix 2 (OEM PowerCenter is listed as the ancillary supported program...nothing about the DAC 11g yet... Oracle Business Intelligence Applications V7.9.6.3 requires Oracle BusinessIntelligence Enterprise Edition V11.1.1.5.0   (so if you have 11.1.1.3 or 10g you have to upgrade the BI plat

Finally OBIEE 11g (11.1.1.5) and BI apps 7.9.6.3 can be downloaded now! I created an easy to remember url  http://bit.ly/OBIEE11115       ...just remember bit.ly and 11 1 1 5 I noticed that this OBIEE 11g release is supported on Win 32/64, Linus 32/64 and Solaris 64... It will be supported on AIX soon. Have stopped speculating on HP's OS... The BI Apps 7.9.6.3 is certified with OBIEE 11g and looks for OBIEE 11g installation folders....as shown above... earlier in this step the BI apps installer would look for OBIE 10g folders. 7.9.6.3 now supports EBS R12.1.3   (7962 only supported R12.1.2 even though it came out just after the R12.1.3 release. However, I have not seen any issues of 7.9.6.2 work with EBS R12.1.3. In my scenario it worked for HR, Fin, SCM and Procurement Analytics. I noted now Oracle has updated release notes to say that 7.9.6.2 supports R12.1.3 now... in other words now they have completed their certification. It is good to see that 11.5.10 is still supp

Oracle announced the much awaited Oracle Business Intelligence Release 11.1.1.5 introduces support for the iPad and iPhone today along with the Certification of OBIEE 11g for Oracle BI apps 7.9.6.3.  The BI apps was a big pain point as since 7.9.6.2 OBIEE 11g was supported but not certified. Now we are past that barrier and companies now using or planning BI apps for go-live over next few quarters should look at OBIEE 11g.   OBIEE Release 11.1.1.5 content is now optimized for use with the iPad and iPhone, no third party drivers or software neded. Hence, no need for  any design changes to existing reports and dashboards. Now 11.1.1.5 supports for additional data sources including Oracle TimesTen In-Memory Database, Oracle OLAP, Microsoft SQL Server Analysis Services and SAP Business Information Warehouse (BW). This is interesting move after the 7.9.7 that was ODI based release for SAP Finance Analytics only. The new software is not yet available for download, the announcement doe