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Preface

• Audience
• Documentation Accessibility
• Customer Support
• Review Patch Documentation
• Improved Process for Oracle Retail Documentation Corrections
• Oracle Retail Documentation on the Oracle Technology Network
• Conventions

1 Introduction

• Business Intelligence and Retail Insights

2 Setup and Configuration

• Sizing Information
  • Factors to Consider
    • Data Seeding of Positional Facts
• Data Migration from a Legacy Data Warehouse System
• Reporting Scenarios
• Data Initial Load from RDE
  • Inventory Position Initial Loading
  • Pricing Initial Loading
  • Net Cost Initial Loading
  • Base Cost Initial Loading
  • Competitor Pricing Initial Loading
  • Unavailable Inventory Initial Loading
• Rendering Item Images, Item Attribute Images, Product Hierarchy Image

3 Internationalization

• Translation
• Multi-Language Setup
  • Scenario 1
    • Data Scenario 1a
    • Data Scenario 1b
  • Scenario 2
    • Data Scenario 2a
  • Scenario 3

4 Compression and Partitioning

• Overview of Compression
  • What Compression Does
  • Mechanics of Compression
  • Compressed Tables and 'CURRENT' Tables
  • Coping with Slowly Changing Dimension Type 2
    • Fact Close Program (factcloseplp.ksh)
    • Fact Open Program (factopenplp.ksh)
• Oracle Table Compression
• Overview of Partitioning Strategies
  • Implementing Retail Insights Partitioning
  • Setup and Maintenance for Partitioning Retail Insights Compressed Inventory Table
    • Implementing Partitioning for Compressed Inventory Table
  • Partitioning Automation Implementation
  • Partitioning Automation Operation
  • How Oracle Implements Partitions
  • Summary

5 Performance

• Key Factors in Performance
  • Purging and Archiving Strategy
  • Flexible Aggregates
  • ETL Programs Performance
    • Setting ETL Program Multi-threading
    • ODI Configuration
    • ETL Batch Scheduling
    • Additional Considerations
  • Report Design
  • Additional Factors
  • Partitioning Strategy
  • Data Base Configuration
  • Adequate Hardware Resources
• Leading Practices
  • Customizations
  • ODI Best Practices
  • Oracle BI EE Best Practices
  • Batch Schedule Best Practices
    • Automation
    • Recoverability
  • Retail Insights Loading Batch Execution Catch-Up
    • High Availability
    • Batch Efficiency
• Aggregates List

6 Retail Insights Aggregation Framework

• Overview of Retail Insights Aggregation Framework
  • Aggregation Framework Initial Setup and Daily Execution
    • Importing ODI Components for Aggregation Framework
    • Importing Aggregation Framework Shell script
    • Initial Aggregation Framework Setup
    • Aggregation Framework Verification
  • Aggregation Framework Configuration
    • Creating Customized Aggregation Table
    • Configuring Framework in W_RTL_AGGREGATION_DAILY_TMP
  • Populating the Customized Aggregation Table
    • Batch Process
    • Batch Status Control
    • Batch Logging
• Aggregation Framework Data Flow

7 Retail Insights Universal Adapter

• Overview of Retail Insights Universal Adapter Framework
  • Benefits
• Universal Adapter Installation and Configuration
• Universal Adapter Execution

8 Merchandise Financial Planning Configuration

• Modify the .rpd File

9 Dynamic Planning Configuration

• Configure Planning Levels
  • Create a Wallet
  • Run PlanningConfigurationScript.sh
  • Database Mode
  • File Mode (f)
  • PlanningConfigurationScript.sh Script
  • Custom Name and Custom Description for Planning Flex Columns
    • Custom Name and Custom Description Format

10 Enabling or Disabling LTS

• Enable or Disable LTS
  • Create a Wallet
  • Run the StatusConfiguration.script
  • StatusConfigurationScript.sh Script

11 Store Inventory Management Integration

12 Frequently Asked Questions