Chapter 11. Essbase System 9 Components
Here we are at the last chapter of this outstanding book. It has taken ten, occasionally long, chapters to get you to a point where you are proficient and capable in the exciting world of Oracle Essbase.
A lot has changed with Essbase since the early days back in the 1990's. Essbase itself has grown and flourished into the world's leading OLAP analytic software and now includes all of the bells and whistles you'd expect and more.
The purpose of this chapter is to go over some exciting new additions to the Essbase family. No longer is it just Essbase, the multidimensional OLAP database. The future of Essbase, beginning with Essbase version 9.x, is now Essbase System 9.
Essbase System 9 is now a suite of analytical applications or components of which Essbase is the cornerstone. Some of the components enhance the overall abilities of the suite and some are targeted more to specific computing purposes.
Overview of System 9 components
When Oracle purchased Hyperion...
Overview of System 9 components
When Oracle purchased Hyperion and several other companies, they set out to organize their product catalog and bring together a standardized naming convention as well as standardized software versioning. The Essbase suite of tools and applications is no exception as Essbase version 9.x has become Essbase System 9, and there never really was a commercially released Essbase version 8.x. Oracle now has plans to further integrate the Essbase suite of tools and components into their product catalog and we'll just need to wait and see how this plays out with version 11 and beyond.
What we are giving you in this chapter is a high level look at each new Essbase tool or component and also a slightly lower level look at the hot new additions to the Essbase family. Not to detract from any of the other Essbase family members, but the new Oracle Smart View, for one, is an awesome tool to have in your toolbox.
Essbase Analytic Services (Essbase agent)
The term Essbase analytic...
As you can see, the Oracle Essbase family is about as complete as one could possibly want or need it to be. It seems that if there is ever a need that is unfulfilled in the Business Intelligence arena, Oracle will fill it and fill it better than anyone else.
One stop shopping has never been true than it is with Oracle. Whatever your Business Intelligence, OLAP, or Analytic computing needs, there is an Oracle Essbase product that will satisfy your requirements better than any other product. When multiple products are used together as part of the Essbase System, they are truly unbeatable.
Just remember, it all started with Essbase and Essbase is still the OLAP, Business Intelligence, and Analytic foundation today.
