Look Smarter Than You Are with Oracle Analytics Cloud Standard Edition

Book excerpt: Oracle Analytics Cloud is a full Business Intelligence platform that allows companies to store and calculate data and display it in beautiful visualizations. OAC provides intuitive visual interactions, self-service data discovery, and powerful analytic capabilities. This Cloud solution will reduce your analytics and administration time, increase the timeliness of information, draw out key information elements important to your organization, and improve business decisions. You will learn: Steps to setup your Oracle Analytics Cloud instance How to build Essbase Cloud cubes from start to finish: Creating cubes with unstructured formats and Application Workbook Excel templates in both the Cube Designer and web interface Maintaining dimensions and loading data Creating calculation scripts and calculating data Assigning security Performing ad hoc analysis in Excel How to create insightful data visualizations Administration and automation Migration steps to and from on-premises