Oracle Hyperion: Pivots

Pivots are one of the most widely used tools for analyzing and presenting data. Interactive Reporting Pivots provide the business analyst with a very effective method to summarize and analyze a dataset, providing the ability to quickly modify, compute, and rearrange data while easily repopulating the dataset with new data. Pivots are very useful in presenting data, where the sections can be analyzed individually or included in Dashboards and Reports. The focus of this article is to demonstrate the features of the Pivot used to effectively analyze and present content.

This article by Edward J. Cody, author of The Business Analyst's Guide to Oracle Hyperion Interactive Reporting 11, covers:

• Creating pivots
• Methods for adding content
• Managing pivot headings
• Sorting
• Analyzing content

Developing an EJB 3.0 entity in WebLogic Server

Developing Entity EJBs require an application server and a relational database, and, optionally, a Java IDE to improve productivity and simplify the development. Eclipse IDE is the most commonly used open source Java IDE and MySQL database is the most commonly used open source relational database. Oracle Enterprise Pack for Eclipse (OEPE) All-In-One edition bundles a pre-configured Eclipse and Eclipse plugins. Oracle has acquired the open source MySQL database. MySQL database is available under the GPL license; a commercial license is also available without the precondition to purchase support services from Oracle.

In this article by Deepak Vohra, author of EJB 3.0 Database Persistence with Oracle Fusion Middleware 11g, we shall develop an EJB 3.0 entity using the Eclipse-WebLogic Server-MySQL combination; you will learn the following:

• Creating a MySQL database table
• Configuring WebLogic Server with MySQL database
• Creating a JPA project in Eclipse
• Creating an EJB 3.0 entity

Troux Enterprise Architecture: Managing the EA function

This article by Richard J. Reese, author of the book Troux Enterprise Architecture Solutions, explores an aspect of Enterprise Architecture that is not written about a great deal. There are as many models for running the EA function as there are opinions about the topic. This article provides a brief introduction to the following topics:

• Setting the EA charter
• Staffing the function
• Sample job descriptions
• Management metrics

These topics are provided as representative samples of how the EA function can be managed within a business or agency. There is no "best way" to organize the EA function. There are, however, some management principles that have worked well for many organizations, and these are presented next.

MQ Listener, Channel and Queue Management

The previous article, IBM WebSphere MQ commands, illustrated the working and setup of WebSphere MQ.

In this article by Pav Kumar-Chatterjee, author of IBM InfoSphere Replication Server and Data Event Publisher, we look at how we manage the MQ Listeners, WebSphere MQ channels and WebSphere MQ queues.