| According to the latest CIO study published by | | | | can be developed directly in BI Publisher using the |
| IBM in September 2009, Business Intelligence and | | | | JD Edwards EnterpriseOne driver. This allows |
| Analytics are the two top priorities for CIOs for | | | | users access to the JD EnterpriseOne data and |
| 2009 and 2010. | | | | execute the reports using the BI Publisher |
| We all know how difficult it can be to get data | | | | interface without the need of an EnterpriseOne |
| out of any ERP system for meaningful reporting | | | | UBE. |
| and analytics. JD Edwards EnterpriseOne offers a | | | | So, does this sound easy enough for you to |
| choice of databases (SQL-Server, DB2 and | | | | create a business intelligence solution for your |
| Oracle), operating systems and hardware. It | | | | company, particularly if you do not have internal |
| offers 70 application modules to support a diverse | | | | access to this expertise or do not want to pay |
| set of business operations. | | | | huge amounts of consulting fees for external |
| There are several report options within | | | | consultants and other costs involved with such a |
| EnterpriseOne which may satisfy power users | | | | process? I don't think so. |
| and analysts. Oracle suggests its JD Edwards | | | | This is the reason why there are several third |
| Enterprise One users to use their BI Publisher for | | | | party reporting and analytics tools available for JD |
| enhanced reporting and BI functionality. | | | | Edwards. We always recommend a solution which |
| The following paragraph is directly taken from the | | | | includes proper ETL functionality to build a data |
| Oracle Datasheet for BI Publisher and explains the | | | | warehouse or data mart, programmatically |
| integration overview: | | | | creates OLAP cubes which can be used by any |
| To generate process driven reports, a customer | | | | front-end tool. |
| will create or use an existing JD Edwards | | | | BDA (Business Data Analysis) is such a reporting |
| EnterpriseOne report to generate XML. A BI | | | | and analysis tool which offers a data warehouse |
| Publisher template will be created, uploaded, and | | | | with pre-defined interfaces for many JD Edwards |
| associated with a JD Edwards EnterpriseOne | | | | applications and it comes with a fantastic |
| report. This new report definition allows users to | | | | front-end analysis tool. Analysis applications like |
| associate different templates and translations to | | | | sales analysis can be built in a matter of days and |
| the existing report. This report definition | | | | the pricing is very attractive and fits into the |
| automates the reporting process from the | | | | current economy where budgets are tight, but |
| initiation of the report to the delivery of the final | | | | better information is needed. |
| output. For analysts initiated inquiries, these queries | | | | |