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Agenda
Introduction Company Background Alternate and cost effective approach to implement reporting with EBS Todays Market Expensive Solutions Architecture SSO integration with EBS Roles and Responsibilities Reporting Project Monies Cost and Time Best Practices Questions
Introduction
About us
Pramod Ramprasad, Associate, has over 12 years of consulting experience in providing simple solutions to complex business challenges on software development projects. Strong background in Oracle technologies - Data warehouse, OBIEE, E-business suite (ERP) and Portal
Anunaya Shrivastava, Associate, has fifteen years of experience delivering high technology products and services across several sectors including federal government and major corporations in implementing and sustaining Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system
Company Background
Key Facts Founded 1914 Headquartered in McLean, Virginia, USA NYSE: BAH Employees: 25,000 Revenue: More than $5 billion Chairman and Chief Executive Officer: Ralph W. Shrader, Ph.D. Web site: www.boozallen.com Overview Booz Allen Hamilton has been at the forefront of strategy and technology consulting for nearly a century. Today, Booz Allen is a leading provider of management and technology consulting services to the US government in the defense, intelligence, and civil markets, and also serves corporations, institutions, and not-for-profit organizations. The firm is a well-known, trusted, and long-term partner to our clients, who seek our expertise and objective advice to address their most important and complex problems.
Todays Market
Market conditions are erratic and leaders are cost conscious Unemployment is hovering over 9% and businesses are reluctant to spend monies on software projects although sitting on capital reserves IT is a cost center and management is cutting back on expensive software that maybe useful to make better decisions Employees are working harder with less and need smarter and intelligent solutions
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ETL (Informatica , Business object)
Alternate Architecture
Extract seeded Discoverer metadata and business areas into OBIEE FTP the .dbc file from $FND_TOP/secure directory on the R12 instance Open Discoverer Administrator, with Oracle Applications User checked Choose the System Administrator Responsibility
Extract Rice object views from discoverer business areas Migrate the discoverer metadata file to OBIEE .rpd file
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Alternate Architecture
Extend and customize Discoverer seeded views and objects into separate OBIEE schema Use of materialized views to enhance reporting performance Configure Nightly Refresh of OBIEE Materialized View via EBS
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Best Practices
Data Model: Organized data model by Rice objects and provide content by lifecycle Grant access to business users based on roles and responsibilities Document and provide glossary of contents within the model Answers: Follow consistent naming conventions across the data model, use of prefix and suffixes Simplify and distinguish between fact and dimension making it easier for reports writes Dashboard: Organize and provide standard menus to navigate to the reports within 3 clicks Provide summary and drill down details of content
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Contact Information
Pramod Ramprasad ramprasad_pramod@bah.com Anunaya Shrivastava shrivastava_anunaya@bah.com
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