{"id":4573,"date":"2024-01-24T19:24:35","date_gmt":"2024-01-24T19:24:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biconnector.com\/blog\/?p=4573"},"modified":"2024-04-25T13:56:54","modified_gmt":"2024-04-25T13:56:54","slug":"key-considerations-when-using-oracle-bicc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biconnector.com\/blog\/key-considerations-when-using-oracle-bicc\/","title":{"rendered":"Business Intelligence Cloud Connector: 5 Key Considerations to Unlock Insights"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Oracle Fusion Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Supply Chain Management (SCM), Human Capital Management (HCM), and Customer Experience (CX) applications are great for enterprises to streamline their entire business operations.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Collectively known as the Fusion applications<\/a>, they also incorporate a massive reporting module, Oracle Transactional Business Intelligence (OTBI<\/strong>).\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n While OTBI is great for reporting Fusion Cloud data, users have to be tech-savvy to fully utilize its data visualization capabilities. Owing to this, many prefer user-friendly data visualization tools such as Power BI for Business Intelligence (BI). <\/p>\n\n\n\n Here comes another pain point. Power BI has an inbuilt Oracle Database adapter; however, Oracle restricts companies from accessing the underlying Fusion Database for security reasons. Oracle, instead, provides an alternative tool for Fusion Cloud users: Business Intelligence Cloud Connector (BICC). <\/p>\n\n\n\n In this blog, we will explore more about BICC and key considerations for effectively using the tool. Keep reading.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Oracle Business Intelligence Cloud Connector (BICC)<\/strong> is an Oracle tool used to ingest Oracle Fusion Cloud data to an external storage for BI consumption. It\u2019s available as a part of Oracle Applications Cloud subscription.<\/p>\n\n\n\n BICC comes with numerous features, including ingesting data to storage, scheduling, and automating extracts. However, the tool has some limitations that might prove ineffective for some enterprises. Here are the five critical factors leaders must consider before choosing BICC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The 5 considerations for companies planning to use (or currently using) Oracle BICC for ingesting Fusion Cloud ERP<\/a>, SCM, HCM, and CX applications data into Power BI are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Now, let\u2019s look at each of them in detail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A data staging environment to ingest your Oracle Fusion data is a primary requirement for setup. This environment could be the Universal Content Management (UCM)<\/strong> server or an external storage such as SQL Server. So before implementing BICC, you need to set up the staging environment.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n This poses a critical question.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Does the staging area have a ready-to-use connector in Power BI? <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n It’s very important to choose a staging area that\u2019s accessible from Power BI. If that\u2019s not the case, you\u2019re left with a difficult process of moving the data from the staging area to another environment that\u2019s accessible from Power BI<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In essence, it takes a lot of time to even arrive at the starting point. <\/p>\n\n\n\nWhat is Oracle Business Intelligence Cloud Connector?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
5 Critical Considerations for Using BICC<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Complexities of Setup<\/h2>\n\n\n\n