2 Getting Started

This chapter covers the Oracle Cloud, followed by Profitability Management Cloud Service and the instructions to get started with the cloud service, and instructions to use the Admin Console.

Topics:

• Getting Started with Oracle Cloud: Oracle Cloud is the industry's broadest and most integrated cloud provider, with deployment options ranging from the public cloud to your data center. Oracle Cloud offers best-in-class services across Software as a Service (SaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS), and Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS).
• Profitability Analytics Cloud Service: The Financial Services Profitability Analytics Cloud Service enables Banks and other Financial Services institutions to identify profitable and potentially profitable portfolios, accounts, and customer relationships and understand its enablers. Top Down Reporting from Management Ledger and Bottom Up reporting from instrument tables for different user roles is supported. Key elements of BI content include Strategic Insights around Org Unit, Product, and Customer including account and segment level profitability.
• Introduction to Admin Console: Use the Admin Console to perform System Configuration and Identity Management. It is a single point of access to manage identity functions and view administrative features such as Metering, Audit Trail Report and other miscellaneous configuration details in the Profitability and Balance Sheet Management Cloud Service (PBSMCS).