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Migrating from OBIEE to OAC: Easier Than Ever!

When **Oracle Analytics Cloud (OAC)** was released in March of 2017, Oracle made a de facto proclamation that this suite of tools would be the heir apparent to the more than a decade old **Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition (OBIEE)** . As has been the case with practically all of Oracle’s new cloud-based applications, the […]
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Connecting Oracle Analytics Cloud to On-Premise Sources

Connecting Oracle Analytics Cloud to On-Premise Sources When planning a migration to Oracle’s Cloud suite for Business Intelligence, it can feel daunting if you have spent years building and refining an on-premise BI ecosystem. The key point is this: migrating to Oracle Analytics Cloud does not require a fully cloud-based architecture. In many cases, OAC […]
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Monthly Planning and Budgeting Cloud Update – May 2018

Oracle updates all **Planning & Budgeting Cloud** environments (PBCS/EPBCS) monthly to address defects and introduce new features. These updates are **delivered automatically** on specific dates scheduled by Oracle, during the mandatory daily maintenance window. Keep in mind that while you can configure your daily maintenance window time, you can’t change the dates these updates are […]
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Easily deliver reporting packages to your Users part 1

Easily deliver reporting packages to your Users part 1 OneStream books are an excellent way to deliver reporting packages to your users. You can create a book to deliver reports directly into Excel or via PDF. You can create a book containing one entity with several different reports or a book containing one report which […]
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Essbase Technical Reference Series: essbase.cfg

Essbase Technical Reference Series: essbase.cfg This website stores cookies on your computer. These cookies are used to improve your website experience and provide more personalized services to you, both on this website and through…
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Essbase Technical Reference Series: Calculation Operators

I’m sure most readers of this blog are quite aware of just how powerful Oracle’s Essbase really is, but with so many capabilities, many functions and commands are often lost on even the most…
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Journey to the Center of OAC

Journey to the Center of OAC | MindStream Analytics I hope you caught the Journey to the Center of the Earth play on words! OAC, Oracle Analytics Cloud , also commonly referred to as Essbase in the cloud (but it’s not just Essbase!), is having its first anniversary. To celebrate, I’m starting a series of […]
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Monthly Planning & Budgeting Cloud Update – April 2018

Oracle updates all **Planning & Budgeting Cloud** environments (PBCS / EPBCS) on a monthly basis to address defects and introduce new features. These **updates** are **delivered automatically** on specific dates scheduled by Oracle, during the mandatory daily maintenance window. Keep in mind that while you can configure your daily maintenance window time, you can’t change […]
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