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As a finance leader, the significance of understanding your data and business is more critical than ever.   There are daily challenges you may encounter including report accuracy, formulas errors, changes required for viewing a processed report, and most importantly how to leverage all that data to make faster decisions.  In order for a financial professional to focus less on transactional tasks, and enable insights that guide decision-making, you need to acknowledge the demand for improved analytics.  Let’s consider the most useful resource for your finance team.  Everyday your team is busy extracting data, manually blending and analyzing the numbers, and seeking insights. Data can come from everywhere - not just one system such as your ERP or EPM systems.  It can be sourced from various departments, third-party information, Internet of Things (IoT) applications, and numerous other resources within your business. Therefore, the process of uncovering insights across these systems without the right tools can get complicated. It may involve various obstacles from siloed applications and inaccurate reporting. Ultimately, it’s no surprise finance departments are challenged by a series of issues of disconnected data systems and spend a great deal of time on transactional work with their present complex legacy systems. This can create internal friction and a backlog of requests. It also delays you from delivering deeper insights into the numbers and unraveling the stories beneath, predicting scenarios, and potentially changing the outcomes.   How can data and an analytics platform help?  With data and analytics solutions that are designed with the users’ needs in mind, you can easily make more insightful decisions. It takes tools that inspire confidence to answer complex questions. While many finance leaders intend to advance their analytics, most are still focused on getting the technology future-proof. Oracle Cloud enables finance leaders to accelerate their digital transformation. With the combination of  Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), a next-generation cloud, Oracle Autonomous Database and Oracle Analytics, it offers you and your team a complete suite of tools needed to conduct an analysis. This makes it possible to quickly improve your analysis while reducing cost and complexity. Oracle provides an enterprise data and analytics solution - direct access to operational data in Autonomous Data Warehouse, budget and forecast data in EPM cloud and management in formation in Essbase.  All steps in your data workflow are optimized, so you can connect to internal and external data sources without depending on IT.  The built-in capabilities like machine learning (ML) analytics tools, help to accelerate model building without having team members with a PhD in data science.   The proper technology is pivotal to make sense of your financial reporting. With Oracle Cloud, we provide an integrated solution for Analytics Cloud powered by Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse for cloud-native applications and enterprise analytics. It offers best-practice key performance indicators (KPIs) and actionable insights driven by advanced analytics.  This solution streamlines data processing so business analysts can gain insight into how to improve the business through best practice content and deep historical analysis across data from multiple sources.  Oracle Analytics can help you improve your data accuracy with a unified view of data, metrics, and insights.  Data is consolidated into a single source of truth, resulting in trustworthy analytics and results. Finance teams can automatically find trends in the data, perform root cause analysis, and model “what if” scenarios.  Oracle’s data and analytics solution facilities real-time insights on any device (including mobile), and allows new projects to start within hours to address impromptu needs.     It’s critical to find a cloud platform solution that not only helps your fi­nance department read between the numbers, but one that enables your peers to find insights within the data across IT, human resources, marketing, and sales. Discover how the right cloud solution can work for your entire business. Find out more on how you can take control of your data and analytics, read our e-book Read Between the Numbers – A finance leader’s guide to go from insights to action  

As a finance leader, the significance of understanding your data and business is more critical than ever.   There are daily challenges you may encounter including report accuracy, formulas errors,...

Whether you’re looking for new recruits, developing your workforce, or digging into trends that affect every employee, data is at the heart of any human resources department. So, how do you leverage next-gen tools to drive business performance?

Whether you’re looking for new recruits, developing your workforce, or digging into trends that affect every employee, data is at the heart of any human resources department. So, how do you...

This new release improves robust embedded capabilities, provides custom location analytics, improved user experience and enriches live data

This new release improves robust embedded capabilities, provides custom location analytics, improved user experience and enriches live data

Get insights from Oracle Analytics leadership, thought leaders and customers.

Get insights from Oracle Analytics leadership, thought leaders and customers.

How can tailor-made, packaged analytics empower CFOs with proven, data-driven decisions, and enable digital transformation.

How can tailor-made, packaged analytics empower CFOs with proven, data-driven decisions, and enable digital transformation.

An enterprise-strength analytical framework can integrate data from ERP, HCM, SCM and other sources to create a single window into business performance that can add tremendous value to the entire organization.

An enterprise-strength analytical framework can integrate data from ERP, HCM, SCM and other sources to create a single window into business performance that can add tremendous value to the...

How can data along with analytics and data science help communities?

How can data along with analytics and data science help communities?

Quality analysis relies on quality data, your expertise, and Oracle tools.

Quality analysis relies on quality data, your expertise, and Oracle tools.

How can we improve world population health? What factors influence life expectancy? What measures should world leaders focus on?

How can we improve world population health? What factors influence life expectancy? What measures should world leaders focus on?

SelectHub scores Oracle Analytics Cloud software as overall analysts pick for top ten in the industry, and best-in-class in several categories.

SelectHub scores Oracle Analytics Cloud software as overall analysts pick for top ten in the industry, and best-in-class in several categories.

Spatial visualizations can spark new insights and drive process improvements across businesses.

Spatial visualizations can spark new insights and drive process improvements across businesses.

One brand... three products... endless possibilities

One brand... three products... endless possibilities

People have always been the drivers of profit. Leading organizations are discovering better ways to understand the connection. The time to invest in people analytics is now.

People have always been the drivers of profit. Leading organizations are discovering better ways to understand the connection. The time to invest in people analytics is now.

Presenting the Oracle Analytics leaders of 2020. Forward-thinking executives, futurists, with deep expertise using Artificial Intelligence and analytics solutions, promoting innovation inside their companies while networking, and inspiring other leaders.

Presenting the Oracle Analytics leaders of 2020. Forward-thinking executives, futurists, with deep expertise using Artificial Intelligence and analytics solutions, promoting innovation inside their...

Is your supply chain a hurdle or an asset? If you use a cloud-based analytics tool, your supply chain can optimize for a global procurement and fulfillment environment. Learn how.

Is your supply chain a hurdle or an asset? If you use a cloud-based analytics tool, your supply chain can optimize for a global procurement and fulfillment environment. Learn how.

Session and repository variables are some of the most powerful tools in Oracle Analytics. Take an in-depth look at how to get the most out of them.

Session and repository variables are some of the most powerful tools in Oracle Analytics. Take an in-depth look at how to get the most out of them.

What makes an agile analytics project for HCM? Let's break it down into four parts.

What makes an agile analytics project for HCM? Let's break it down into four parts.

How can big data and analytics transform Human Resources and Finance? Oracle’s new on-demand webinar explores the power of connecting people with data.

How can big data and analytics transform Human Resources and Finance? Oracle’s new on-demand webinar explores the power of connecting people with data.

For the past decade, the analytics industry has focused on self-service and ease of use. But is domain analytics coming back – and if so, how can you take advantage of it?

For the past decade, the analytics industry has focused on self-service and ease of use. But is domain analytics coming back – and if so, how can you take advantage of it?

Oracle Analytics Cloud’s new 5.7 release democratizes data science with greater access to machine learning models. The result? Robust analytics for even the casual user.

Oracle Analytics Cloud’s new 5.7 release democratizes data science with greater access to machine learning models. The result? Robust analytics for even the casual user.

Cutting-edge technologies such as AI, machine learning, and blockchain have changed the way HCM handles analytics. Take a deep dive into HR-specific impacts, including use cases.

Cutting-edge technologies such as AI, machine learning, and blockchain have changed the way HCM handles analytics. Take a deep dive into HR-specific impacts, including use cases.

Oracle Analytics has powerful dad visualization tools that can use coordinates with map images—in this case, wildlife migration over a season captured in a simple visual representation.

Oracle Analytics has powerful dad visualization tools that can use coordinates with map images—in this case, wildlife migration over a season captured in a simple visual representation.

To maximize analytics and data science, truly data-driven organizations need to be swift and integrated. Oracle Fusion Analytics is the key to making that happen.

To maximize analytics and data science, truly data-driven organizations need to be swift and integrated. Oracle Fusion Analytics is the key to making that happen.

Oracle’s Day by Day has been named a winner in the Ventana Research 13th Annual Digital Innovation Awards in the category of analytics.

Oracle’s Day by Day has been named a winner in the Ventana Research 13th Annual Digital Innovation Awards in the category of analytics.

For analytics professionals, T-shaped skills development is an absolute must. Learn more about how the T-shaped model can transform your approach to data science and put you ahead of the curve.

For analytics professionals, T-shaped skills development is an absolute must. Learn more about how the T-shaped model can transform your approach to data science and put you ahead of the curve.

How do you complete the data and analytics transformation journey? The final step is transform to a data-driven culture.

How do you complete the data and analytics transformation journey? The final step is transform to a data-driven culture.

Oracle Fusion ERP #Analytics helps finance departments save time, streamline processes, and minimize errors. A recent webinar dove deeper into these details.

Oracle Fusion ERP #Analytics helps finance departments save time, streamline processes, and minimize errors. A recent webinar dove deeper into these details.

Did you say reporting? Financial reporting includes multiple kinds, and identifying the right one is key.

Did you say reporting? Financial reporting includes multiple kinds, and identifying the right one is key.

Are you looking to migrate Oracle Essbase from Oracle Analytics Cloud or even Oracle Essbase 11g on premise? To keep up with the speed of the future, the time to act is now.

Are you looking to migrate Oracle Essbase from Oracle Analytics Cloud or even Oracle Essbase 11g on premise? To keep up with the speed of the future, the time to act is now.

Like a chef prepares ingredients before cooking, data scientists must prepare data before analysis. What does this involve?

Like a chef prepares ingredients before cooking, data scientists must prepare data before analysis. What does this involve?

To fully realize their data’s benefits, it’s no longer enough to simply gather and analyze data to solve problems. Here’s how you can go deeper.

To fully realize their data’s benefits, it’s no longer enough to simply gather and analyze data to solve problems. Here’s how you can go deeper.

What can you do with the massive amounts of data coming every day? Find the story beneath the numbers to derive hidden insights.

What can you do with the massive amounts of data coming every day? Find the story beneath the numbers to derive hidden insights.

Step Three and Four are all about proving your concept works and building to scale.

Step Three and Four are all about proving your concept works and building to scale.

Step two includes defining a data and analytics strategy while keeping the company's business outcomes in mind.

Step two includes defining a data and analytics strategy while keeping the company's business outcomes in mind.

Crafting machine learning algorithms is essential, retrieving information from those models is critical.

Crafting machine learning algorithms is essential, retrieving information from those models is critical.

Access to blended data provides leaders with pertinent insights during these times of uncertainty.

Access to blended data provides leaders with pertinent insights during these times of uncertainty.

Learn to utilize the full potential of Regular Expressions (also known as Regex).

Learn to utilize the full potential of Regular Expressions (also known as Regex).

Here are three tips and four suggestions to articulate your strategy and gain agreement within your organization.

Here are three tips and four suggestions to articulate your strategy and gain agreement within your organization.

Connect to any data source, perform data analysis, and easily apply augmented data preparation.

Connect to any data source, perform data analysis, and easily apply augmented data preparation.

When it comes to tapping data's potential, many organizations need to begin if they want to win.

When it comes to tapping data's potential, many organizations need to begin if they want to win.

Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse combined with Oracle Analytics can improve your supply chain performance even during times of global adversity.

Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse combined with Oracle Analytics can improve your supply chain performance even during times of global adversity.

Make changes to live Oracle Analytics instance deployments with zero downtime.

Make changes to live Oracle Analytics instance deployments with zero downtime.

Business agility comes from data-driven insights.

Business agility comes from data-driven insights.

By looking up the logs, physical SQLs, and numbers of rows returned, you can rapidly fine-tune your data flow designs to optimize them.

By looking up the logs, physical SQLs, and numbers of rows returned, you can rapidly fine-tune your data flow designs to optimize them.

This latest version builds on self-service analytics capabilities for data preparation, discovery, and visualization.

This latest version builds on self-service analytics capabilities for data preparation, discovery, and visualization.

HR managers can delve into complex analyses, deep historical trends, predictions, and cross-departmental support without depending on IT.

HR managers can delve into complex analyses, deep historical trends, predictions, and cross-departmental support without depending on IT.

Oracle Analytics allows you to easily assign a behavior for a given column to visualize it directly on a map by default.

Oracle Analytics allows you to easily assign a behavior for a given column to visualize it directly on a map by default.

By participating in Gartner Peer Insights, Oracle Analytics customers can shape the future of augmented analytics.

By participating in Gartner Peer Insights, Oracle Analytics customers can shape the future of augmented analytics.

Oracle gives you a balance between self-service and governance.

Oracle gives you a balance between self-service and governance.

Using Oracle Analytics data visualization feature and machine learning we can gain some valuable insight into our marketing strategy

Using Oracle Analytics data visualization feature and machine learning we can gain some valuable insight into our marketing strategy

Sharing and Access granted (or denied). As the designer, you're in control.

Sharing and Access granted (or denied). As the designer, you're in control.

Take advantage of Pareto's principle with this free plugin.

Take advantage of Pareto's principle with this free plugin.

There are important differences between Project Level and Dataset Level Calculations.

There are important differences between Project Level and Dataset Level Calculations.

Oracle Analytics along with Oracle Autonomous Database can help data-driven companies achieve these goals.

Oracle Analytics along with Oracle Autonomous Database can help data-driven companies achieve these goals.

Is it Barcelona in Spain or Barcelona in Venezuela? Oracle Analytics map data visualization feature can help.

Is it Barcelona in Spain or Barcelona in Venezuela? Oracle Analytics map data visualization feature can help.

Lessons from Harvard Business School professor Clayton Christensen.

Lessons from Harvard Business School professor Clayton Christensen.

Data scientists will be in progressively higher demand in 2020 (and even 2025) but will become more efficient due to AI-driven data gathering and analytics techniques.

Data scientists will be in progressively higher demand in 2020 (and even 2025) but will become more efficient due to AI-driven data gathering and analytics techniques.

Oracle Analytics features a friendly way to prep data before building visualizations and deriving insights.

Oracle Analytics features a friendly way to prep data before building visualizations and deriving insights.

With Oracle Analytics for Applications for Fusion ERP, executives can leverage AI and augmented analytics to do what they need to do.

With Oracle Analytics for Applications for Fusion ERP, executives can leverage AI and augmented analytics to do what they need to do.

A more data-driven approach includes using Oracle Analytics to consider all of your options.

A more data-driven approach includes using Oracle Analytics to consider all of your options.

The possibilities between humans and machines are endless, but success requires new skills.

The possibilities between humans and machines are endless, but success requires new skills.

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning are key to better understanding our worldwide data trends.

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning are key to better understanding our worldwide data trends.

It's never been more straightforward to modernize your analytic environment.

It's never been more straightforward to modernize your analytic environment.

85% of big data projects fail by imploding under their own complexity. Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Data Flow represents a more efficient, more secure, and simply easier way to take projects to completion.

85% of big data projects fail by imploding under their own complexity. Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Data Flow represents a more efficient, more secure, and simply easier way to take projects...

Oracle announces Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Data Catalog, a brand new tool to manage and govern your big data. Organize, enrich, search, and consolidate data in a way that expedites and optimizes your data lake.

Oracle announces Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Data Catalog, a brand new tool to manage and govern your big data. Organize, enrich, search, and consolidate data in a way that expedites and...

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Data Science is an enterprise grade data science service where teams of data scientists can collaborate to build, train, and deploy machine learning models.

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Data Science is an enterprise grade data science service where teams of data scientists can collaborate to build, train, and deploy machine learning models.

Instead, set your business free and allow users to do what they do in a flexible but controlled multiuser environment.

Instead, set your business free and allow users to do what they do in a flexible but controlled multiuser environment.

Along with our customers and partners, we've diligently worked to make Oracle Analytics Cloud the best analytics solution it can be.

Along with our customers and partners, we've diligently worked to make Oracle Analytics Cloud the best analytics solution it can be.

The best source of tomorrow's citizen data scientists will come from the Business Analyst community.

The best source of tomorrow's citizen data scientists will come from the Business Analyst community.

The surest way to foster this alignment is with an Analytics Center of Excellence (ACE).

The surest way to foster this alignment is with an Analytics Center of Excellence (ACE).

Our example uses a custom picture of a stadium with stats about NFL fan attendance.

Our example uses a custom picture of a stadium with stats about NFL fan attendance.

Discover how automation and autonomy can make it faster and easier for you to deliver sound business decisions.

Discover how automation and autonomy can make it faster and easier for you to deliver sound business decisions.

Oracle Analytics and Integration Cloud enable Skanska to quickly meet compliance requirements and mitigate overall business risk.

Oracle Analytics and Integration Cloud enable Skanska to quickly meet compliance requirements and mitigate overall business risk.

Are you getting the most out of every customer segment? Oracle Analytics has the solution.

Are you getting the most out of every customer segment? Oracle Analytics has the solution.

Leveraging predictive analytics and machine learning, can address the needs of the business with speed and agility

Leveraging predictive analytics and machine learning, can address the needs of the business with speed and agility

The business rule of thumb has always been... Show me data in a way that's easy to understand.

The business rule of thumb has always been... Show me data in a way that's easy to understand.

Oracle Analytics is best positioned to predict outcomes with adaptive intelligence and machine learning.

Oracle Analytics is best positioned to predict outcomes with adaptive intelligence and machine learning.

Embedding isn't a special use case for analytics—it's a first-class component in every analytics strategy.

Embedding isn't a special use case for analytics—it's a first-class component in every analytics strategy.

AI is not just one or two things. It's augmented capabilities that streamline collaboration across multiple personas.

AI is not just one or two things. It's augmented capabilities that streamline collaboration across multiple personas.

Maximize the value of your data with out-of-the box dashboards, reports, KPIs, and data models.

Maximize the value of your data with out-of-the box dashboards, reports, KPIs, and data models.

Four key observations that have stood the test of time, regardless of analytics products or technologies you use

Four key observations that have stood the test of time, regardless of analytics products or technologies you use

A company must take a holistic view of both the data it captures, but also how that data is consumed and turned from raw material to finished product.

A company must take a holistic view of both the data it captures, but also how that data is consumed and turned from raw material to finished product.

Boris Evelson, Vice President and Principal Analyst at Forrester Research discusses AI and BI in the cloud.

Boris Evelson, Vice President and Principal Analyst at Forrester Research discusses AI and BI in the cloud.

Finance can move into the future with predictive modeling, detailed analysis, and insights from AI and Machine Learning.

Finance can move into the future with predictive modeling, detailed analysis, and insights from AI and Machine Learning.

There are five essential steps, but it all starts with the data.

There are five essential steps, but it all starts with the data.

Wherever you are on your cloud journey, Oracle Cloud Day can help you take the next step toward building a more competitive business.

Wherever you are on your cloud journey, Oracle Cloud Day can help you take the next step toward building a more competitive business.

Western Digital discusses how its operational reporting is now in real time with advanced analytical reporting thanks to Oracle.

Western Digital discusses how its operational reporting is now in real time with advanced analytical reporting thanks to Oracle.

Any data architecture you choose must be open to data from any source, whether refined or raw.

Any data architecture you choose must be open to data from any source, whether refined or raw.

While the overall organization (team) can analyze data, individual divisions and even managers (players) should use the same data to make impactful choices in real time.

While the overall organization (team) can analyze data, individual divisions and even managers (players) should use the same data to make impactful choices in real time.

A discussion about the Oracle Analytics Extension library, Oracle ACE program, and Essbase.

A discussion about the Oracle Analytics Extension library, Oracle ACE program, and Essbase.

Augmented analytics may be the key to expanding adoption beyond 35 percent.

Augmented analytics may be the key to expanding adoption beyond 35 percent.

Calculate any period-to-period measurement with an Oracle Data Visualization data source without the need for a data repository.

Calculate any period-to-period measurement with an Oracle Data Visualization data source without the need for a data repository.

Your path to augmented analytics is likely to to follow a typical six-stage progression.

Your path to augmented analytics is likely to to follow a typical six-stage progression.

Many popular requests have been implemented in this release.

Many popular requests have been implemented in this release.

The Mercedes-Benz maker was interested in what factors helped a customer choose an entry-level A-Class vehicle

The Mercedes-Benz maker was interested in what factors helped a customer choose an entry-level A-Class vehicle

How does analytics and data affect sales? An in-depth look at how Riverbed Technologies used Oracle's platform to analyze, update, and improve their sales numbers.

How does analytics and data affect sales? An in-depth look at how Riverbed Technologies used Oracle's platform to analyze, update, and improve their sales numbers.

The four winners and two finalist companies excelled in their use of Oracle Analytics solutions to accelerate innovation

The four winners and two finalist companies excelled in their use of Oracle Analytics solutions to accelerate innovation

A look at how AI and ML can work with Business Intelligence to create Augmented Analytics.

A look at how AI and ML can work with Business Intelligence to create Augmented Analytics.

Some simple advice for institutions working to increase their analytics maturity

Some simple advice for institutions working to increase their analytics maturity