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Vlamis, Dan and Vlamis, Tim. Data Visualization for Oracle Business Intelligence 11g. New York: McGraw-Hill Education, 2015.

Data Visualization for Oracle Business Intelligence 11g

Authors: Dan Vlamis and Tim Vlamis

Published:  February 2015 Pages: 352

eISBN: 9780071837279 | ISBN: 9780071837262
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  • Cover
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1 Introduction
  • About Oracle Business Intelligence 11g
  • Business Intelligence System Goals
  • Humans Evolved to Sense the World, Not to “Do Numbers”
  • Basic Principles of BI Dashboards
  • BI Systems Need Training
  • Dashboard Best Practices
  • Dashboard Design Examples
  • Where the World of Business Intelligence Data Visualization Is Headed
  • Summary
  • 2 Tables
  • Understanding Table Design
  • The Criteria Tab Sets the Basic Properties
  • Table Views-Results Tab
  • Pivot Table Views-Results Tab
  • Conditional Formatting
  • Table and Pivot Table Right-Click Interaction Menus
  • Performance Tiles
  • Summary
  • 3 Graphs
  • Types of Graphs and When to Use Them
  • Summary
  • 4 Maps
  • Justification for Maps and When to Use Them
  • Maps, Layers, and Spatial Basics
  • Using Maps with OBIEE
  • Summary
  • 5 Advanced Visualizations
  • Trellis Charts
  • Gauges and Dials
  • Extending Native OBIEE Data Visualization Views
  • Summary
  • 6 BI Publisher
  • The Power of Pixel Perfect Visualizations
  • BI Publisher Contrasted with OBIEE
  • BI Publisher Report Components
  • Layout Editor Is the Major Interface
  • Interacting with BI Publisher
  • Bursting Reports
  • Summary
  • 7 Dashboard Design and Mechanics
  • Roles of Dashboard Users
  • Dashboard Standards and Style Guides
  • Important OBIEE Dashboard Considerations
  • Dashboard Layout Mechanics
  • Summary
  • 8 Dashboard Interactions
  • Users Already Know about Interactions
  • Dashboard Interactions Are about Engagement
  • Master-Detail Linking
  • Dashboard Prompts
  • Creating and Applying Saved Customizations
  • Navigation
  • Summary
  • 9 Scorecard and Strategy Management
  • Oracle Score Card and Strategy Management Objects
  • Scorecards Defined
  • OSSM Visualizations
  • Summary
  • 10 Mobile
  • Three Main Methodologies for Viewing OBIEE Dashboards and Content on Mobile Devices
  • General Principles for Effective Data Visualization on all Mobile Devices
  • Dashboard Layouts and Gestures for Mobile
  • White vs. Black Dashboard Backgrounds
  • Maps on Mobile
  • BI Mobile App Designer
  • Summary
  • 11 Other Visualization Topics
  • Principles of Design
  • Color
  • Defining OBIEE's User Interface Through Skins, Styles, and Messages
  • Alerts
  • Best and Recommended Visualizations
  • Data in the Real World
  • Controlling What Data You Show
  • Interactions
  • Summary
  • 12 General Advice
  • Working with BI Catalog
  • Development Standards
  • Working the Project
  • Getting Started
  • The Long Road
  • Summary
  • Index