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Using Node.js to Make OBIEE the Application You Always
Wanted It To Be
Collaborate 2018
Arthur Dayton & Dan Vlamis
Wednesday, 11am - April 25, 2018
Banyan E - Session Number: 10469
@VlamisSoftware
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Copyright © 2018, Vlamis Software Solutions, Inc.
Vlamis Software Solutions
▪ Vlamis Software founded in 1992 in Kansas City, Missouri
▪ Developed 200+ Oracle BI and analytics systems
▪ Specializes in Oracle-based:▪ Enterprise Business Intelligence
& Analytics▪ Analytic Warehousing▪ Data Mining and Predictive
Analytics▪ Data Visualization
▪ Multiple Oracle ACEs, consultants average 15+ years
▪ www.vlamis.com (blog, papers, newsletters, services)
▪ Creators of the Force Directed Graph Plugin on the Oracle
Analytics Library
▪ Co-authors of book “Data Visualization for OBI 11g”
▪ Co-author of book “Oracle Essbase & Oracle OLAP”
▪ Oracle University Partner
▪ Oracle Gold Partner
http://www.vlamis.com/http://www.vlamis.com/force-directed-graph-pluginhttps://www.oracle.com/solutions/business-analytics/data-visualization/library.html
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Presenter Background
Dan Vlamis – President▪ Founded Vlamis Software Solutions in
1992▪ 30+ years in business intelligence, dimensional modeling▪
Oracle ACE Director▪ Developer for IRI (expert in Oracle OLAP and
related)▪ BIWA Board Member since 2008▪ BA Computer Science Brown
University▪ @dvlamis
Arthur Dayton – Senior Consultant▪ Instructor University of
Nebraska at Omaha Information Systems and Quantitative
Analysis Program▪ Oracle Ace Associate▪ ODTUG BI Community
Volunteer▪ Oracle Spatial and Graph SIG Education Chair▪
@arthurdayton116
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www.biwasummit.orgFormerly called the BIWA Summit with the
Spatial and Graph Summit.
Same great technical content – great new name!
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Monday
4:15pmGetting from Answers/Dashboards to Data Visualization
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Wednesday
11:00am
Using Node.js to Make OBIEE the Application You Always
Wanted It to Be
Vlamis Presentations
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Resources
https://nodejs.org/en/https://www.npmjs.com/https://developers.google.com/v8/https://expressjs.com/https://docs.oracle.com/en/cloud/paas/app-container-cloud/create-sample-node.js-applications.htmlhttps://github.com/oracle/node-oracledbhttps://www.w3schools.com/nodejs/nodejs_mysql.asphttps://www.w3schools.com/nodejs/nodejs_mongodb.asphttps://www.npmjs.com/package/node-teradatahttp://tediousjs.github.io/tedious/
https://nodejs.org/en/https://www.npmjs.com/https://developers.google.com/v8/https://expressjs.com/https://docs.oracle.com/en/cloud/paas/app-container-cloud/create-sample-node.js-applications.htmlhttps://github.com/oracle/node-oracledbhttps://www.w3schools.com/nodejs/nodejs_mysql.asphttps://www.w3schools.com/nodejs/nodejs_mongodb.asphttps://www.npmjs.com/package/node-teradatahttp://tediousjs.github.io/tedious/
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Resources
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Abstract
Using Node.js to Make OBIEE the Application You Always Wanted It
to Be
There is no other way to say it, write back in Oracle Business
Intelligence is awful.
Oracle Application Express integration is one way to address the
need for data capture
but it has its own limitations.
Node.js has the largest ecosystem of open source libraries in
the world and makes
adding interactive forms for data capture and retrieval really
easy inside of OBI.
How we have used Node.js to extend customer OBI environments to
enable interactive
data capture and custom visualizations alongside delivered
content.
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Presentation Agenda
▪ What does OBI / OAC do well
▪ Infrastructure
▪ Metadata
▪ Visualization
▪ What does OBI / OAC not do well
▪ Input
▪ But …
▪ Why to use Node.js
▪ How to use Node.js
▪ Demo
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How I use Oracle Cloud
In My Secret Double Life…
as a Bounty Hunter!!!
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What does OBI / OAC do well
▪ Infrastructure
▪ Webserver
▪ Security
▪ Scalability
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What does OBI / OAC do well
▪ Metadata Layer
▪ Logical abstraction
▪ Aggregate navigation
▪ Data federation
▪ Row level security
▪ Integration
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What does OBI / OAC do well
▪ Visualization
▪ Answers
▪ Data Visualization
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What does OBI / OAC not do well
▪ Interactive data entry
From the System Administrators Guide
Write-Back Limitations
“The template mechanism is not suitable for entering arbitrary
new records. In other words,
do not use it as a data input tool.”
Caution:
“The template mechanism takes user input and writes it directly
to the database. The
security of the physical database is your own responsibility.
For optimum security, store
write-back database tables in a unique database instance.”
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What about APEX?
▪ APEX is awesome, for an Oracle Database
▪ Some organizations do actually use other database
platforms
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Why to use Node.js
▪ Open source and available on Windows, Mac and Linux
▪ Loosely coupled architecture
▪ Super easy – Same language (JavaScript) on server as
browser
▪ Database parity
▪ Independent of OBI architecture
▪ Licensing safety
▪ HUGE community of open source projects
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How to use Node.js
▪ How to get Node
▪ Where to host
▪ Pick a cloud – Oracle, AWS, Azure and Google all have
server-less, container and
compute instance options
▪ On your existing servers – Lightweight and easily lives along
side other apps
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Architecture
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Architecture
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Demo
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Drawing for Free Book
Add business card to basket
or fill out card
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Questions?
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Thank You!
Presenter Information
Arthur Dayton, Senior Consultant
Vlamis Software Solutions, Inc.
816-781-2880
[email protected]
@arthurdayton116
For more information go to www.vlamis.com
mailto:[email protected]://www.vlamis.com/
