Data Visualization for Oracle Business Intelligence 11g (DATABASE & ERP - OMG) - Softcover

Vlamis, Dan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0071837264 ISBN 13: 9780071837262

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education, 2015

Synopsis

Publisher's Note: Products purchased from Third Party sellers are not guaranteed by the publisher for quality, authenticity, or access to any online entitlements included with the product.Design and Deliver Effective Visual Solutions of BI Data

Cowritten by an Oracle ACE Director and an expert in data visualization design specializing in BI and analytics, Data Visualization for Oracle Business Intelligence 11g reveals best practices for presenting data-driven insights with graphs, tables, maps, dashboards, and other methods that will immediately enhance corporate decision-making. Throughout the book, the principles of effective design are emphasized. Leverage the power of this comprehensive business intelligence platform to deliver rich visualizations of business information across the enterprise.

• Create well-organized tables and pivot tables
• Convey data insights with line, bar, pie, waterfall, radar, and other graphs
• Configure MapViews so that you can provide interactive maps and spatial analysis capabilities
• Build advanced visualizations, including trellis charts, gauges, R images, jQuery sparklines, and more
• Use Oracle Business Intelligence Publisher to create pixel-perfect reports from various data sources
• Design effective, interactive BI dashboards
• Use the Oracle Scorecard and Strategy Management module to measure, evaluate, and manage key performance indicators
• Make smart color choices using data science tools

About this title

About the Authors

Dan Vlamis has been developing OLAP applications since 1986 when he graduated from Brown University with a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science. He worked with Express at Information Resources Inc. (IRI) where he led the back-end team that wrote Oracle Sales Analyzer in Express. In 1992 he left IRI and moved to the Kansas City area where he founded Vlamis Software Solutions Inc. which has led more than 200 OLAP implementations. Dan has been a frequent speaker at major Oracle conferences such as Oracle OpenWorld IOUG, Collaborate, and ODTUG for over a decade. As an Oracle Business Intelligence Warehousing and Analytics (BIWA) board member he chaired BIWA Summit 2008 and was the BI/EPM/DW Track Chair for Collaborate 10 and Collaborate 11. Dan was a co-author on the Oracle Press book Oracle Essbase and Oracle OLAP - The Guide to Oracle's Multidimensional Solution. Recognized by Oracle as an Oracle ACE he is often featured in Oracle Magazine. Dan is a customer advisory board member for Oracle BI and OLAP-related products and he consults with Oracle Product Management regularly. Dan covers BI and OLAP through his popular blog at www.vlamis.com/blog.

Tim Vlamis is an expert in the visualization of data and the design of business intelligence dashboards. Tim combines a strong background in the application of business intelligence (BI), analytics, and data mining with extensive experience in business modeling and valuation analysis, new product forecasting, and new business development processes and scenario analyses. Tim earned his Professional Certified Marketer (PCM) designation from the American Marketing Association and is an active speaker on BI and data visualization topics as well as marketing and business development. In addition to a life-long study of business processes, systems, and theories, Tim is a passionate student of complexity theory, the history of mathematics, and the principles of design. Tim earned an MBA from Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management and a BA in Economics from Yale University. As an Adjunct Professor of Business, Tim teaches in Benedictine College’s Traditional and Executive MBA programs.

Edition details

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
• Publication date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0071837264
• ISBN 13: 9780071837262
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 352