{"id":3984,"date":"2020-10-13T12:31:08","date_gmt":"2020-10-13T12:31:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biconnector.com\/blog\/?p=2463"},"modified":"2023-05-19T04:22:38","modified_gmt":"2023-05-19T04:22:38","slug":"the-80-20-rule-for-connecting-power-bi-to-obiee-and-oac","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.biconnector.com\/blog\/the-80-20-rule-for-connecting-power-bi-to-obiee-and-oac\/","title":{"rendered":"The 80\/20 Rule for Connecting Power BI to OBIEE and OAC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When connecting Power BI to OBIEE or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biconnector.com\/blog\/oracle-analytics-cloud-oac-guide\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Oracle Analytics Cloud (OAC)<\/a>, the users deal with many issues like:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Users unfamiliar about how OBIEE data is organized<\/li>\n<li>Connectivity showstoppers<\/li>\n<li>Data Mismatch<\/li>\n<li>OBIEE Time-out errors<\/li>\n<li>Number of rows exported exceeding the limit set in OBIEE<\/li>\n<li>Missing data relationships<\/li>\n<li>Poor performance etc.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Some of these issues have the potential to become showstoppers too.<\/p>\n<p>But wait! The good news is&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>When you apply the Pareto&#8217;s principle, which is widely known as the 80\/20 rule, for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biconnector.com\/visualize-obiee-data-in-power-bi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">connecting Power BI to OBIEE<\/a>, you can easily eliminate these issues!<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<h3><b>&#8220;Roughly 80% of the consequences come from 20% of the causes.\u201d<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p>We, at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biconnector.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">BI Connector<\/a>, have been helping users to visualize OBIEE data with modern visualization tools for over a half-a-decade now.<\/p>\n<p>In these years, our team has gained solid understanding and expertise in connecting Power BI to OBIEE based on interaction with customers across multiple industries.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ve channelized all our learnings and put them together into 9 best practices for connecting Power BI to OBIEE or OAC. Some of these best practices are Power BI specific while the rest are either BI Connector or OBIEE specific.<\/p>\n<p>When these 9 best practices are collectively followed, you can easily fix the 20% of the causes and eliminate more than 80% of the issues in connecting Power BI to OBIEE.<\/p>\n<p>Below is the list of the 9 best practices:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Know your OBIEE data using a fail-safe approach<\/li>\n<li>Start with OBIEE Reports<\/li>\n<li>One-click Troubleshoot<\/li>\n<li>Clear the Power BI Cache<\/li>\n<li>Choose the right connectivity mode<\/li>\n<li>Apply filters<\/li>\n<li>Adjust 4 simple parameters and fine-tune for long-running and large queries<\/li>\n<li>Use GZID and retain OBIEE Subject Area tables joins<\/li>\n<li>Implement Data Security in Cloud<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<div style=\"font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 30px; background-color: #ecf7ed; padding: 20px; border-radius: 6px; font-weight: bold;\">\u22d9 Here\u2019s our simplified guide to the comparison of<a href=\"https:\/\/www.biconnector.com\/blog\/power-bi-vs-obiee-comparison\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> Power BI Vs OBIEE<\/a>.<\/div>\n<p>We\u2019ve shared these <strong>best practices in detail (along with demos)<\/strong>, in a webinar on the topic &#8211; 9 Best Practices for Connecting Power BI to OBIEE and OAC. Click below to watch the webinar recording, and put the best practices into practice!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/info.biconnector.com\/9-power-bi-hacks-to-visualize-obiee-data-watch-webinar-recording-request\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2376\" src=\"https:\/\/www.biconnector.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/9-Best-Practices-list-connecting-Power-BI-to-OBIEE-and-OAC.png\" alt=\"9 Best Practices list connecting Power BI to OBIEE and OAC\" width=\"600\" height=\"314\"><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When connecting Power BI to OBIEE or Oracle Analytics Cloud (OAC), the users deal with many issues like: Users unfamiliar about how OBIEE data is organized Connectivity showstoppers Data Mismatch OBIEE Time-out errors Number of rows exported exceeding the limit set in OBIEE Missing data relationships Poor performance etc. Some of these issues have the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":4436,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[119],"tags":[71,90],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The 80\/20 Rule for Connecting Power BI to OBIEE and OAC - BI connector Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"See how to apply the 80-20 rule when connecting Power BI to OBIEE or Oracle Analytics Cloud (OAC). 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