CD Group Accelerate for Oracle Business Intelligence - FAQ

Questions:

1. What is CD Group Accelerate for Oracle Business Intelligence (BI)?
2. What are the Software and Hardware requirements to implement CD Group’s Accelerate models successfully?
3. Who performs the installations?
4. What am I actually paying for when I buy Accelerate?
5. How will Accelerate understand my user-defined JDE settings, such as category codes and date patterns?
6. What databases are supported by Accelerate?
7. How long does it take for data to be available for reporting using Accelerate?
8. Is Accelerate customizable? Can I bring data from additional sources into the model?
9. Can Data Security be Implemented using Accelerate?
10. Is any training involved in this offer?
11. Will CD Group consultants perform the work on-site or remotely?
12. How do I learn more or get in contact with CD Group?

Answers:

1. What is CD Group Accelerate for Oracle Business Intelligence (BI)?
CD Group Accelerate for Oracle® BI is a solution that leverages pre-defined data relationships and templates in various subject areas such as Sales, Inventory and General Ledger analysis. These frameworks connect to your JD Edwards environment using the OBIEE platform, providing a quick implementation and deployment approach, while keeping the necessary flexibility to fit your business requirements.

2. What are the Software and Hardware requirements to implement CD Group’s Accelerate models successfully?
The Accelerate models run on Windows 2003 server. For Hardware, see the bullets below. These are just recommendations, as specifications can vary.

• Processor: Quad Core Xeon E5420 Processor2x6MB Cache, 2.5GHz, 1333MHz FSB
• Memory: 8GB 667 MHz (4x2GB), Dual Ranked Fully Buffered DIMMs
• Hard Drive: 250 GB 7.2K RPM Serial ATA 2Gbps 3.5-in HotPlug Hard Drive – Quantity 3

3. Who performs the installations?
All hardware and network environments need to be in place before the beginning of the project. CD Group will perform the installation of the OBIEE tools and Accelerate model. Customer is encouraged to be involved in this process, but that is not a requirement.

4. What am I actually paying for when I buy Accelerate?
The Accelerate repository contains the primary Sales, General Ledger and Inventory tables and their various relationships, and connects directly to JD Edwards environments. It also contains “Business User” views of the data with folders such as Business Unit, Customer, Material and Time, rather than technical tables/folders such as F4211, F4102, F0006…etc. Starting this process from scratch would require hundreds of hours to accomplish.

5. How will Accelerate understand my user-defined JDE settings, such as category codes and date patterns?
Prior to the project start date, customer will complete the Accelerate Repository Variables document / questionnaire. This document provides CD Group with all the needed information to properly configure the system to fit your JDE parameters.

6. What databases are supported by Accelerate?
This offer is a database independent solution. It is supported with any version of MS SQL Server, Oracle, DB2, and others.

7. How long does it take for data to be available for reporting using Accelerate?
Accelerate was developed with quick deployment in mind. Users should be able to create dashboards and reports in 2 to 3 weeks from project start date.

8. Is Accelerate customizable? Can I bring data from additional sources into the model? Absolutely. Accelerate can be customized to fit your needs beyond the original model. These customizations, however, fall outside of the “Phase 1” portion of the project, and need to be discussed and scoped on a per case basis.

9. Can Data Security be Implemented using Accelerate?
Accelerate can be configured to support group, job function and user level security

10. Is any training involved in this offer?
Yes. Our consultants will perform high level training on the functionality of OBIEE tools as well as security. The client should be able to perform daily operations and administration after completing the training. A turnover document describing the main steps in the implementation process is also provided. It is important to keep in mind, however, that our knowledge transfer training is not a replacement for the training course offered by Oracle, especially if the resources involved are completely new to business intelligence development processes.

11. Will CD Group consultants perform the work on-site or remotely?
That’s your call. We should be able to perform all the work remotely, but we are available to work on-site if necessary.

12. How do I learn more or get in contact with CD Group?
To request a personal demonstration or to learn more about any of CD Group’s offerings, call
(678) 225-2600 or email bi@cdgroup.com.

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