Les05 AnalysesAdvancedFeatures

Oracle Business Intelligence Analyses:
Advanced Features
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Objectives
After completing this lesson, you should be able to:

• Set analysis properties
• Combine analysis criteria by using set operations
• Execute direct database analyses
• Edit logical SQL that is generated by an analysis
• Create a link to a saved analysis
• Create an Excel Web Query file
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Setting Analysis Properties
Set properties to manage:

• Custom messaging
• Text delivery formatting
• Handling of redundant hierarchy members
Set a custom message to return
when no results are produced.
Custom title
and message
Specify a text-based
Compound Layout for
delivery via agent.
Combining Analysis Criteria
by Using Set Operations
• Combine criteria from one or more subject areas:
– Subject areas may be organized with similar information
depending on business needs.
• Combine results from two or more analyses into a single
analysis:
– Example: Combine results from a subject area containing all
active customers with results from a subject area containing
customers who have ordered one or more products.
Set Operators
Set Operator Effect on Results
Union Returns nonduplicate rows from all analyses
Union All Returns all rows from all analyses
Intersect Returns rows that are common to all analyses
Minus Returns rows from first analysis that are not in other analyses
Union Union All

Analysis 1 Analysis 2 Analysis 1 Analysis 2
Row AAA Row BBB Row AAA Row BBB
Row BBB Row CCC Row BBB Row CCC

Intersect Minus
Analysis 1 Analysis 2 Analysis 1 Analysis 2
Row AAA Row BBB Row AAA Row BBB
Row BBB Row CCC Row BBB Row CCC
Combining Results of Multiple Analyses
1. Build an analysis.
2. Combine with a similar analysis.
3. Construct the combined analysis.
4. Apply a set operator.
5. Verify the results.
1. Build an Analysis
Build an analysis with desired columns and filters.
Analysis returns
customers with sales
between 5000 and 15000.
2. Combine with a Similar Analysis
Click the Combine Results button and select a subject area.
Select the same

subject area or a
different subject area.
3. Construct the Combined Analysis
Add columns and filters to the new analysis.
Click Edit to add

additional criteria.
The number of
columns and
data types must
be consistent New analysis returns
across all criteria. customers with dollars
4. Apply a Set Operator
Click the Set button and select the set operator.
Combined analysis returns the

union of customers with dollars
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5. Verify the Results
Results of two or more analyses are combined into a single

analysis.
The table displays the

union of all customers
with dollars between
5000 and 20000.

Direct Database Analysis Privileges
• Users with appropriate privileges can create and issue

direct database analyses to physical back-end data
sources.
– Results can be displayed and manipulated in Oracle
Business Intelligence and incorporated into dashboards.
• Required privileges include:
– Edit Direct Database Analysis
– Execute Direct Database Analysis

Changing Direct Database Analysis Privileges
Changes are made in the Oracle BI Administration window.

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Creating and Executing
a Direct Database Analysis
1. Create a direct analysis.
2. Construct a direct database analysis.

1. Create a Direct Analysis
Click Create Direct Database Request in the Select Subject

Area window.

2. Construct a Direct Database Analysis
Follow the on-screen instructions to create the analysis.
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Editing Logical SQL Generated by an Analysis
For advanced users and developers with specific privileges:
1

Editing Logical SQL Generated by an Analysis

Creating a Link to a Saved Analysis
For users with permission to access the Advanced tab:

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Creating an Excel Web Query File
For users with permission to access the Advanced tab:

1

Viewing an Excel Web Query File

Summary
In this lesson, you should have learned how to:

• Set analysis properties
• Combine analysis criteria by using set operations
• Execute direct database analyses
• Edit logical SQL that is generated by an analysis
• Create an Excel Web Query file

Practice 5: Overview
This practice covers the following topics:

• Combining analyses using set operations
• Executing direct database analyses

Quiz: Overview
This quiz examines your knowledge of advanced analysis

capabilities.

Quiz
Custom “No Results” messages are specified for all views in an

analysis.
a. True
b. False

Quiz
Which of the following will result if you combine results from an

analysis with those of other analyses using the Intersect set
operator?
a. Returns nonduplicate rows from all analyses
b. Returns all rows from all analyses
c. Returns rows that are common to all analyses
d. Returns rows from first analysis that are not in other
analyses

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After completing this lesson, you should be able to:

Set properties to manage:

Set Operator Effect on Results

Union Returns nonduplicate rows from all analyses

Union All Returns all rows from all analyses

Intersect Returns rows that are common to all analyses

Union Union All

Row AAA Row BBB Row AAA Row BBB

Row BBB Row CCC Row BBB Row CCC

Row BBB Row CCC Row BBB Row CCC

Build an analysis with desired columns and filters.

Click the Combine Results button and select a subject area.

Select the same

Add columns and filters to the new analysis.

Click Edit to add

Click the Set button and select the set operator.

Combined analysis returns the

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Results of two or more analyses are combined into a single

The table displays the

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• Users with appropriate privileges can create and issue

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Changes are made in the Oracle BI Administration window.

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Click Create Direct Database Request in the Select Subject

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Follow the on-screen instructions to create the analysis.

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For users with permission to access the Advanced tab:

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For users with permission to access the Advanced tab:

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In this lesson, you should have learned how to:

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This practice covers the following topics:

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This quiz examines your knowledge of advanced analysis

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Custom “No Results” messages are specified for all views in an

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Which of the following will result if you combine results from an

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