OBIEE 12C now available for download

Oracle recently announced availability of OBIEE 12c version which comes with some nice features like Data mashups which allows OBIEE users to use their own excel data in OBIEE along with rest of data available in analytic.

Get started with download from the Oracle Software Delivery Cloud.

https://blogs.oracle.com/proactivesupportEPM/entry/obiee_122100

OBIA 11.1.8.1 Release Features

The latest Oracle Business Intelligence Application(OBIA) 11g release comes with prebuilt connectors to JDE for Procurement & Spend analytics along with significant addition to content of existing OBIA modules. This release also has enhanced tools to improve productivity with new data lineage tool, expansion to Configuration Management system & performance improvement innovations.

Reference: Oracle

Read on for more details @ https://blogs.oracle.com/proactivesupportEPM/entry/biapps_111181_whatsnew

Demantra Engine Log - Understanding Node

Demantra's Engine2K log has lot of details and one can configure to generate log at various level to debug/analyze engine's forecast generation process. Here is a quick visual of what various numbers mean when log line says Forecasting[x,y,z].