Preface

Oracle Business Intelligence Applications (Oracle BI Applications) are comprehensive prebuilt solutions that deliver pervasive intelligence across an organization, empowering users at all levels with the key information they need to maximize effectiveness. 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 application families:

• Oracle Financial Analytics

• Oracle Human Resources Analytics

• Oracle Supply Chain and Order Management Analytics

• Oracle Procurement and Spend Analytics

• Oracle Sales Analytics

• Oracle Service Analytics

• Oracle Contact Center Telephony Analytics

• Oracle Marketing Analytics

• Oracle Partner Analytics

• Oracle Pricing Analytics

The Oracle Business Intelligence Applications Upgrade Guide for Informatica PowerCenter Users is part of the documentation set for Oracle BI Applications. This guide contains information about upgrading to Oracle BI Applications from different versions of Siebel Business Analytics Applications and Oracle Business Intelligence Applications.

Oracle recommends reading the Oracle Business Intelligence Applications Release Notes before installing, using, or upgrading Oracle Business Intelligence Applications. The Oracle Business Intelligence Applications Release Notes are available:

• On the Oracle Business Intelligence Applications CD-ROM.

• 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 Business Intelligence Applications.

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Related Documents

For more information, see the following documents in the Oracle Business Intelligence Applications release 7.9.5.1 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 Installation Guide for Informatica PowerCenter Users

• Oracle Business Intelligence Applications Configuration Guide for Informatica PowerCenter Users

• Oracle Business Intelligence Infrastructure Installation and Configuration Guide

• Oracle Business Intelligence Data Warehouse Administration Console Guide

• Oracle Business Analytics Warehouse Data Model Reference

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