Essabse + OBIEE = Enterprise Performance Management (EPM)

• Essbase is a key part of Oracle’s Business Intelligence Foundation Layer
• Essbase and Hyperion Performance Management Applications can play several roles in this architecture
  ‣ As a data source
  ‣ As a data consumer
  ‣ As a portal for all Oracle BI
  ‣ As a MS Office integration point
• Essbase can benefit from Oracle BI Enterprise Semantic Model
• OBIEE can benefit from Essbase calculations and analytics

Performance Management and BI Applications:

• Share two common ETL tools
  ‣ Informatica PowerCenter, a.k.a. Essbase Data Integration Management
  ‣ Oracle Data Integrator, uses custom Knowledge Modules for OBIEE / Essbase load
• ODI likely to be the strategic ETL tool going forward
• Potential to combine Performance Management Applications loading with the main DW ETL process of BI Applications