Preface

Oracle Business Intelligence Applications are comprehensive prebuilt solutions that deliver pervasive intelligence across an organization, empowering users at all levels — from front line operational users to senior management — with the key information they need to maximize effectiveness. Intuitive and role-based, these solutions transform and integrate data from a range of enterprise sources, including Siebel, Oracle, PeopleSoft, JD Edwards, and corporate data warehouses — into actionable insight that enables more effective actions, decisions, and processes.

Oracle BI Applications are built on Oracle Business Intelligence Suite Enterprise Edition, a comprehensive next-generation BI and analytics platform.

Oracle BI Applications includes the following:

• Oracle Financial Analytics

• Oracle Human Resources Analytics

• Oracle Supply Chain and Order Management Analytics

• Oracle Procurement and Spend Analytics

• Oracle Project Analytics

• Oracle Sales Analytics

• Oracle Service Analytics

• Oracle Contact Center Telephony Analytics

• Oracle Marketing Analytics

• Oracle Loyalty Analytics

• Oracle Price Analytics

• Oracle Pharma Marketing Analytics

• Oracle Pharma Sales Analytics

For more details on the applications included in this release of Oracle BI Applications, see the Oracle Business Intelligence Applications Licensing and Packaging Guide. This guide is included in the Oracle Business Intelligence Media Pack. Also, see the System Requirements and Supported Platforms for Oracle Business Intelligence Applications, available at available at http://www.oracle.com/technology/documentation/bi_apps.html.

Oracle Business Intelligence Applications Installation Guide for Informatica PowerCenter Users contains instructions for installing and setting up Oracle BI Applications release 7.9.6. For a high-level road map of the steps required to install and set up Oracle BI Applications, see Section 2.4, "Roadmap to Installing and Setting Up Oracle BI Applications."

Oracle recommends reading the Oracle Business Intelligence Applications Release Notes before installing, using, or upgrading Oracle BI Applications. The most current version of the Oracle Business Intelligence Applications Release Notes is available:

• On the Oracle Technology Network at http://www.oracle.com/technology/documentation/bi_apps.html (to register for a free account on the Oracle Technology Network, go to http://www.oracle.com/technology/about/index.html).

Audience

This document is intended for BI managers and implementers of Oracle BI Applications.

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Related Documents

For more information, see the following documents in the Oracle BI Applications release 7.9.6 documentation set (available at http://www.oracle.com/technology/documentation/bi_apps.html):

• Oracle Business Intelligence Applications Release Notes

• System Requirements and Supported Platforms for Oracle Business Intelligence Applications

• Oracle Business Intelligence Applications Configuration Guide for Informatica PowerCenter Users

• Oracle Business Intelligence Applications Upgrade Guide for Informatica PowerCenter Users

• Oracle Business Intelligence Applications Security Guide

• Oracle Business Analytics Warehouse Data Model Reference

Also see the Oracle Business Intelligence Data Warehouse Administration Console documentation set (available at http://www.oracle.com/technology/documentation/bi_dac.html):

• Oracle Business Intelligence Data Warehouse Administration Console Release Notes

• System Requirements and Supported Platforms for Oracle Business Intelligence Data Warehouse Administration Console

• Oracle Business Intelligence Data Warehouse Administration Console User's Guide

• Oracle Business Intelligence Data Warehouse Administration Console Installation, Configuration and Upgrade Guide

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