Oracle Essbase is an Online Analytical Processing (OLAP) Server that provides an environment for rapidly developing custom analytic and enterprise performance management applications. Essbase provides a highly scalable multidimensional database solution capable of adaptable data storage mechanisms capable of meeting specific analytic and performance management requirements such as driver-based scenario modelling, predictive analytics through their Block Storage Option (BSO). Essbase’s Aggregate Storage Option (ASO) is capable of supporting thousands of concurrent data users and massive sparse data sets.
- Oracle Essbase 11 offers strong integration with both Oracle Fusion Middleware as well as Oracle Database 11g
- Multiple end-user tools such as Oracle BI, Hyperion Financial Reporting, and SmartView, Oracle’s Microsoft add in, providing users access to their data in the comfort of Excel
- Business users can easily understand what drives the business using spreadsheets, formatted reports, a powerful ad hoc graphical interface, or a data visualization paradigm
