About Oracle Analytics Server

Oracle Analytics Server brings the modern, industry-leading capabilities of Oracle Analytics Cloud to organizations that require on-premises deployments. With Oracle Analytics Server, your organization can take advantage of augmented analytics and world-class data discovery capabilities.

Oracle Analytics Server enables organizations in highly regulated industries or with multi-cloud architectures to experience the latest analytics capabilities on their own terms and preferred deployment architecture. With Oracle Analytics Server, your heritage systems can be maintained while a clear, easy, and seamless path to Oracle Cloud is ready when you are.

You can deploy Oracle Analytics Server on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure using Oracle Cloud Marketplace. See Deploy Oracle Analytics Server on Oracle Cloud.

Read Whats New for Oracle Analytics Server to review the new features available in the latest update of Oracle Analytics Server.

Read this guide to learn about the desupports, deprecations, and feature comparison of Oracle Analytics Server.

Feature Desupported in the Latest Update of Oracle Analytics Server

Review the features that are desupported in the latest update of Oracle Analytics Server.

  • Desupport of installing Oracle Analytics Server on Linux 6 (Oracle and Red Hat)

    See Certification - Systems to review the operating systems supported by the latest update of Oracle Analytics Server. The general support for Oracle Linux 6 ends during the support period for Oracle Analytics Server 2023. If you have installed Oracle Analytics Server on Linux 6.0, perform an out-of-place migration to upgrade.

  • Desupport of use of Oracle Database 11.x as a data source

    See Certification - Supported Data Sources to review the list of data sources supported by the latest update of Oracle Analytics Server. Oracle no longer supports Oracle Database 11.x.

Feature Availability and Comparison with Oracle Analytics Cloud

Oracle Analytics Server includes most of the features available in Oracle Analytics Cloud.

System Configuration

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Mail server configuration using Oracle Analytics Cloud Console Mail server configuration using Fusion Middleware Control. Use Fusion Middleware Control to Configure Email Settings that Affect Agents

Governed Analytics

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Corporate analytics dashboards Yes Build Analyses and Dashboards in Oracle Analytics Server
Pixel-perfect reports Yes Design and Publish Pixel-Perfect Reports in Oracle Analytics Server
Enterprise semantic models Yes

Manage Metadata Repositories with Oracle Analytics Server

In Oracle Analytics Cloud, you use either Data Modeler or the Developer Client Tool to build semantic models. In Oracle Analytics Server, you use Oracle BI Administration Tool for semantic modeling.

Role-based access control Yes Share Your Content with Others
Data replication No Data replication requires integration with Oracle Cloud Infrastructure storage, which is only available with Oracle Analytics Cloud.

Self-Service Analytics

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Data preparation Yes Prepare Datasets for Analysis
Data visualization Yes Explore, Visualize, and Analyze Data
Storytelling Yes Build Stories
Sharing and collaboration Yes Import and Share Workbooks
Mobile exploration Yes * Foot 1 View Content on Mobile Devices

Footnote 1 *Mobile Web only

Augmented Analytics

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Natural language and voice-activated search Yes Find and Explore Your Content
Natural language generation No -
Data enrichment Yes Data Profiles and Semantic Recommendations
One click “Explain” Yes Analyze Data with Explain
Machine learning for predictive analytics Yes Train and Apply Oracle Analytics Predictive Models

Data Connectors

Like Oracle Analytics Cloud, Oracle Analytics Server gives you access to your data, regardless of the source or location. Oracle ensures you have access to hybrid data—whether it’s on premise, in the cloud, or on your desktop:

  • Oracle Databases
  • Oracle Applications
  • Third Party Data Sources
  • Files (CSV and XLSX)
For a full list of the data sources you can connect to, see:

Feature Availability and Comparison with Oracle BI Enterprise Edition 12.2.1.4

Oracle Analytics Server offers the same features as Oracle BI Enterprise Edition 12.2.1.4 with a few exceptions. This section outlines any features in Oracle BI Enterprise Edition 12.2.1.4 that are deprecated, desupported, disabled by default, or behave differently in Oracle Analytics Server.

  • Deprecated: Deprecated features won't be enhanced in the future but are supported for the full life of the Oracle Analytics Server. Where indicated, a deprecated feature might be desupported in a future, major update.

  • Desupported: When a feature is desupported, Oracle no longer fixes bugs related to that feature and may remove the code altogether.

  • Disabled by Default: Some features are disabled in Oracle Analytics Server and this is to notify you that the feature is deprecated and might be desupported in a future update. If you need to enable one of these features, contact Oracle Support.

For more information about support considerations, go to My Oracle Support at http://support.oracle.com.

Features in Oracle BI Enterprise Edition 12.2.1.4 that are deprecated, desupported, disabled by default, or behave differently in Oracle Analytics Server:

General Features

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Dashboard Style Selection

Deprecated the Fuse, Skyros, SkyrosCloud, blafp, and FusionFX styles for dashboards.

Planned for desupport in Oracle Analytics Server 2024 update.

Oracle Analytics Server supports the Redwood and Alta styles for dashboards.

Scorecard and Strategy Management

Desupported and no longer available.

See Oracle Statement Of Direction for Oracle Scorecard & Strategy Management Product (OSSM) - Oracle Support Doc ID 2530313.1.

Flash Templates

Desupported and no longer available.

Adobe's support for Flash Player ended on December 31, 2020.

WebDAV Server Delivery Channel

Deprecated.

Might be desupported in a future update.

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Oracle Marketing Segmentation

Deprecated and disabled by default.

Planned for desupport in Oracle Analytics Server 2024 update.

Contact Oracle Support for instructions on how to enable this feature.

BI Scheduler Job Manager

Deprecated.

Planned for desupport in Oracle Analytics Server 2024 update.

Oracle intends to make equivalent functionality available through a browser-based user interface.

Oracle Business Intelligence Mobile App Designer

 Desupported and no longer available.

See Oracle Mobile Application Designer (MAD) Statement of Direction - Oracle Support Doc ID 2341128.2.

Favorites Manager

Deprecated.

Planned for desupport in Oracle Analytics Server 2024 update.

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"Most Popular" reports and dashboards

Deprecated.

Planned for desupport in Oracle Analytics Server 2024 update.

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Business Intelligence Composer Wizard

Deprecated.

Planned for desupport in Oracle Analytics Server 2024 update.

Oracle Analytics Server Workbooks offer an easy to use and full-featured authoring experience, with a lot more capabilities than the Business Intelligence Composer Wizard. Workbook authoring will replace the existing 'Accessibility Mode' in the Analysis editor.

Catalog Manager Desktop Interface

Deprecated.

Planned for desupport in Oracle Analytics Server 2024 update.

Catalog Manager command line interface remains available. However, select functionality in the current desktop interface will be available through a browser-based user interface.

Inclusion of Oracle Analytics Clients as a part of Oracle Analytics Server installation

Deprecated.

Planned for desupport in Oracle Analytics Server 2024 update.

Oracle Analytics Client Tools available for download. See Download page for Oracle Analytics Client Tools.

Oracle R support

Deprecated.

Planned for desupport in Oracle Analytics Server 2024 update.

Newly added support for Python, OCI Machine Learning, Oracle Machine Learning, and Auto Machine Learning engines replace Oracle R.
Oracle R Enterprise Support

Deprecated.

Planned for desupport in Oracle Analytics Server 2024 update.

Newly added support for Python, OCI Machine Learning, Oracle Machine Learning, and Auto Machine Learning engines replace Oracle R Enterprise.

Data Sources and Connectivity

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Flat Files and XML-based Data Sources

Deprecated, and disabled by default.

Planned for desupport in Oracle Analytics Server 2024 update.

Oracle intends to desupport this type of gateway data source in a future update.

Contact Oracle Support for instructions on how to enable this feature.

Oracle Database 11.x Desupported and no longer available. Oracle Database 11.x is no longer supported by Oracle.

System Configuration

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Installation on Linux 6 (Oracle and Red Hat)

Desupported.

The general support for Oracle Linux 6 ends during the support period for Oracle Analytics Server 2023. If you have installed Oracle Analytics Server on Linux 6.0, perform an out-of-place migration to upgrade.

System Configuration using Configuration Files

instanceconfig.xml, and so on.

Yes

Except for properties available on the System Settings page.

About Advanced Configuration Options

You must use the System Settings page (in Console) to set some of the most common system settings.

Oracle BI Presentation Catalog Management

Yes.

Except catalog objects are stored in database tables rather than the file system.

In Oracle Analytics Server, catalog objects are stored in database tables that are created by the Repository Creation Utility (RCU).

Custom Theme Deployment Yes

Customizing the Oracle Analytics Web User Interface

If you deploy custom themes in Oracle Analytics Server, you can’t manage them using the Manage Themes page. You can use the Manage Themes UI to manage the default styles.

Session Personalization using System Session Variables

For example, GROUP, ROLES, DISPLAYNAME, USERLOCALE, TIMEZONE, PORTALPATH, SKIN.

Deprecated, and disabled by default.

Planned for desupport in Oracle Analytics Server 2024 update.

Most personalization settings such as user language and locale are automatically detected based on the user's operating system and browser. Settings such as default Dashboard redirection can be controlled using the System Settings page.

Contact Oracle Support for instructions on how to enable this feature.

Blocking Analyses in Answers

Deprecated.

Planned for desupport in Oracle Analytics Server 2024 update.

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Security

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Act As Another User

Deprecated, and disabled by default.

Might be desupported in a future update.

Contact Oracle Support for instructions on how to enable this feature.

Database Storage for User Group Memberships

(Authentication provider BISQLGroupProvider)

Deprecated.

Might be desupported in a future update.

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Oracle E-Business Suite

(ICX cookie integration)

Deprecated, and disabled by default.

Planned for desupport in Oracle Analytics Server 2024 update.

Contact Oracle Support for instructions on how to enable this feature.

Initialization Blocks for Authentication and Authorization (Set values for USER, ROLES, GROUP, GROUPS)

Deprecated.

Planned for desupport in Oracle Analytics Server 2024 update.

Contact Oracle Support for instructions on how to enable this feature.