Overview of Creation and Administration of SCM Analytics and Reports

Business intelligence enables you to analyze data to gain insight that you can act on, gathering information to meet specific requirements. You can use different types of predefined analytics and reports, or create and edit them, to support your business needs.

Types of Business Intelligence

This table describes the purpose of analyses and reports.

Type	Description	Purpose
Analysis	An interactive display of data, for example in a table or graph.	To summarize or break down simple, real-time data, and help you make short-term decisions.
Dashboard	A collection of analyses and other content, presented on one or more pages, or tabs.	To get various pieces of information about a particular subject.
Report	Output of data in a readable, predefined format.	To get high-volume data in an output optimized for printing, including documents to support internal operations, statutory requirements, and other business needs.

For a list of predefined analyses and reports, see SCM Reports and Analyses

Modification of Analyses and Reports

You can create and edit analyses and reports for your own use. Or, if you have the appropriate roles, you can make modifications for others. For example, you can:

• Add or remove columns from an analysis.

• Change the branding logo on report output.

• Create a dashboard to include your most commonly viewed analyses.

Setup and Administration

Administrators perform setup and administration tasks to manage how you or how other users use and modify analyses and reports. For example, you can:

• Configure Oracle Analytics Publisher, the tool used for generating and modifying reports.

• Define flexfields to provide attributes that can be used in analyses.

• Archive analyses and reports and move them from one environment to another.