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Oracle BI Apps Integration with Oracle Applications

 Agenda

• Deployment Options

• EBS Flexfields

• Security Integration

• More Information
Deployment Options
Standalone Dashboards
Deployment Options
Portal integration via JSR-168/WSRP
Deployment Options
Link from Oracle EBS
 Tight Integration with Oracle Applications
Action Links navigate from analytical to operational

• Action Links
• Seamless navigation from analytical information to transactional
detail while maintaining context
• Works with Oracle EBS, Siebel CRM, PeopleSoft Enterprise
 Flexfield and Value Set Integration

• Key Flexfields
• Accounting Flexfield (GL#)
• Territory Flexfield (CT#)
• Item Categories (MCAT)

• Descriptive Flexfields
• Stored in data warehouse extension columns

• Value Set Hierarchy

• Extract hierarchical relationships of Value Sets
 Oracle BI Apps Security Integration
Tight security integration with Oracle Applications

Service & Order

Supply Human
Sales Contact Marketing Management Financials
Chain Resources
Center & Fulfillment

Oracle BI Applications
User Object Data
Tightly integrated security model Security Security Security

Oracle BI Supports iPlanet, Novell, MSFT AD,

Foundation Oracle Identity Directory (OID), and others

Right content shown to the right user

 User
User Security Security

How do I get in?

• Oracle BI EE Security Based Authentication

• Defines and stores user information in the RPD

• LDAP Authentication
• Stores information from the LDAP server in session variables

• External Table Authentication

• Maintains list of users in an external database

• Database Authentication
• Authenticates users through database logins

• Single Sign-On (SSO)

• Provides an open interface to enable web integration with SSO
products
 User
Example: Single Sign-On with Oracle Security

E-Business Suite Applications

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navigate to
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store ICX
session cookie
in browser
5
establish connection with
Oracle EBS

Web
Browser Oracle EBS Oracle BI
user 1
log in once 6
drill back to Oracle EBS
via Action Links 4
validate session via
the ICX cookie
 Object
Object Security Security

What parts of the application can you see?

• Business Logic Object Security
Presentation Layer Controls access to
Semantic Object Layer Subject Areas, Tables
Physical Layer
and Columns

• Web Object Security

Limits access to
Dashboards, Reports
and Web Folders

• Query Blocking
• Specified combinations of columns in queries can be blocked
from running and the user is notified of the illegal query
 Data
Data Security for EBS Security

What data can you see?

• Multi-Org data access support with

Oracle E-Business Suite applications:
• Operating Unit
• Inventory Organization
• Business Group
• Set of Books
 Data
Data Security for EBS Security

Example: Responsibility and Inventory Org

relationship in Oracle E-Business Suite

assigned to
Responsibility
user

associated with

Inventory
Organization
 Data
Data Security for EBS Security

Example: Inventory Org Based Security in Oracle BI

Oracle
E-Business
Suite

retrieve Inventory Orgs

based on FND_USER tables

log in
Oracle BI
user show data based on
security group filters
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