Plan Your Service on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure

Take some time to plan your service on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure before you create it. Consider the size, shape, and location of your current deployment and decide what you want your Oracle Cloud Infrastructure to look like, before you start. If it helps, use a checklist similar to the one shown here.

• Planning checklist - an example

• Which type of subscription do you need?

• Which feature set do you need?

• What sizing options are available to you?

  • How many OCPUs do you think you’ll need?

  • How many people will use the service?

• Where do you want to deploy your service?

• What name do you want for your service?

Planning checklist - an example

Use a checklist similar to this one to help you decide.

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Which type of subscription do you need?

If you subscribe through Universal Credits, you create Oracle Analytics Cloud services on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (Gen 2) . If you have a non-metered subscription, you use Oracle Analytics Cloud Subscription to create services on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure.

• Oracle Analytics Cloud (Universal Credits): Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (Gen 2)

• Oracle Analytics Cloud Subscription: Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (Gen 1)

Which feature set do you need?

Check which edition and feature set you used to create the service on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Classic. In most cases, you use the same feature set to create your target deployment on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure.

Feature set options available on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Classic:

• Data Visualization: Self-service data visualization, preparation and smart discovery (Professional Edition)
• Business Intelligence: Enterprise data modeling, reporting features, and data visualization (Enterprise Edition)
• Essbase: Collaborative data collection, scenarios and what-if analysis (Professional Edition or Essbase Edition)

Feature set options available on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure:

• Self-Service Analytics: Suitable if you want to offer only data visualization and migrate only data visualization artifacts (Professional Edition).
• Enterprise Analytics: Suitable if you want to offer data visualization, plus enterprise modeling and reporting features. Required if you want to migrate analyses, dashboards, pixel-perfect reports, and data visualizations (Enterprise Edition).
• Essbase Edition: Required if you want to migrate an Essbase instance. *This guide doesn’t describe how to migrate Oracle Analytics Cloud - Classic services deployed with Essbase.

Use this table to determine which feature set you need to migrate Oracle Analytics Cloud - Classic services deployed with data visualization and business intelligence:

Oracle Analytics Cloud - Classic		Oracle Analytics Cloud	Oracle Analytics Cloud Subscription
Edition	Feature Set	Feature Set	Edition Required
Professional Edition	Data Visualization	Self-Service Analytics	Professional Edition
Enterprise Edition	Data Visualization	Self-Service Analytics	Professional Edition
	Business Intelligence	Enterprise Analytics	Enterprise Edition

What sizing options are available to you?

When you create an Oracle Analytics Cloud service, you either specify the number of Oracle Compute Units (OCPUs) you want to deploy or the number of people you expect to use the service.

Size Options	Oracle Analytics Cloud (Universal Credits)	Oracle Analytics Cloud Subscription
Number of OCPUs	Yes	Yes
Number of Users	Yes	Yes

How many OCPUs do you think you’ll need?

Verify the current compute shape of your service on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Classic. Consider whether or not the size of your current deployment meets your current requirements. For example, if your compute shape on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Classic is OC6 (8 OCPUs and 60 GB memory) you might want your deployment on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure to have a similar number of OCPUs, more OCPUs, or less OCPUs. The decision is yours.

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure offers a range of compute sizes (OCPUs) to suit different scenarios. The larger the compute size, the greater the processing power. For more guidance, read the topic: How many OCPUs do you think you’ll need?

How many users will use the service?

Alternatively, you can specify how many people you expect to use the service. Verify how many people are using your service on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Classic and consider whether or not this number of users is likely to increase.

For more guidance, read the Oracle Analytics Cloud on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure topic: How many people do you expect to use the service?

Where do you want to deploy your service?

Verify the region where you deployed your current service on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Classic.

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure is hosted in similar geographic areas, also called regions. If multiple regions are available to you, decide where you want to deploy your service. For example, Phoenix, Ashburn, Frankfurt, London. To find out which regions are available, see www.oracle.com/cloud/data-regions.html.

What name do you want for your service?

Think about a suitable name for your service. The name that you specify is displayed in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Console and in the URL for your service. If you want, you can use the same name as your current service on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Classic.

Name restrictions on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure:

• Must contain between 1 and 25 characters.

• Must start with an ASCII letter: a to z or A to Z.

• Must contain only ASCII letters or numbers.

• Mustn't contain any other special characters.

• Must be unique within the identity domain.