Dashboards, Applications & Business Intelligence

When I started my career with Oracle Apps, I wished so hard if there were any books that would get me jump started. But times have changed now, for new comers to Oracle Apps there is ample of information available all around the web. This is an advantage and might also lead to some […]

Since this website receives lot of requests on ERP training institutes in India and in USA, I would like to create a section dedicated to this need. So if you or people you know have first hand experience with any institute please feel free to put the Name, address, website into the comments section of […]

How to know which Discoverer sessions runs specific workbook, what application user ID and responsibility, what they are running?
Step 1:
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/* Create funciton in Database base using APPS Schema */
Create or replace function disco_client_info
(workbook_name varchar2) return number is
BEGIN
–Set the client inforamtions
DBMS_APPLICATION_INFO.SET_CLIENT_INFO(fnd_global.user_id||’~'||fnd_global.resp_id||’~'||workbook_name);
return 1;
–
END disco_client_info;
/* Grant execute privilege to Public */
Grant execute on disco_client_info to Public;

/* […]

Quickbooks is a very popular “micro ERP” application and dominates the Small Business Market. One of the benefits of using Quickbooks for my own business is the simplicity and ease of use. You can run a report and from the report you can drill down straight to the transactions. I learnt a lot of things […]

Dashboards continue to get a lot of attention in most organizations, Not just because of their visual appeal but they help organizations communicate strategy, monitor and adjust the execution of strategy, and deliver insights to all.
Let us break this into simple terms.
Dashboards, in the most simplest terms is a collection of different reports, all in […]

In his blog, James Taylor, highlights some interesting points in response to this article.
“The idea that dashboards are the endgame for BI is frankly terrifying. Have you see the typical dashboard? To misquote Shakespeare, “Much color and expense, signifying nothing”. Seriously, dashboards may be a step up from greenbar reports but the endgame? I don’t […]

We just did an official PR on the new version of Discoverer Dashboard. Here is the link
What do users say about this tool?
“Coming into an environment where it’s your responsibility to perform data analysis on thousands of Discoverer reports can be a very daunting task. Trying to identify who owns the reports, how many reports […]

Do you currently follow any prototyping strategy?
In order to prototype dashboards, you need some sample data and the dashboard tool available that you can report against.
Now where do you get the sample data from? Remember, you just need to create a prototype so you can instantly (within couple of hours) go back to the user […]

From a real user
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It isn’t often you find a product that has the two cardinal virtues:  a price that’s an order-of-magnitude below the big players in the field, and a development team that really listens and responds to customer feedback and requests.  InfoCaptor is such a product.
Dashboard design and use has swept through the Fortune […]