Preface

This Implementation Guide provides critical information about the processing and operating details of the Analytics and Planning, including the following:

System configuration settings
Technical architecture
Functional integration dataflow across the enterprise
Batch processing

Audience

This guide is for:

Systems administration and operations personnel
System analysts
Integrators and implementers
Business analysts who need information about Analytics and Planning processes and interfaces

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Oracle Retail Cloud Services and Business Agility

Oracle Retail Analytics and Planning Cloud Service is hosted in the Oracle Cloud with the security features inherent to Oracle technology and a robust data center classification, providing significant uptime. The Oracle Cloud team is responsible for installing, monitoring, patching, and upgrading retail software.

Included in the service is continuous technical support, access to software feature enhancements, hardware upgrades, and disaster recovery. The Cloud Service model helps to free customer IT resources from the need to perform these tasks, giving retailers greater business agility to respond to changing technologies and to perform more value-added tasks focused on business processes and innovation.

Oracle Retail Software Cloud Service is acquired exclusively through a subscription service (SaaS) model. This shifts funding from a capital investment in software to an operational expense. Subscription-based pricing for retail applications offers flexibility and cost effectiveness.