The Oracle Fusion Dashboard Widget
Dashboard Spy Update: Using desktop widget technology for information delivery and visualization is a cutting edge idea that is catching on. By bringing the information up to the desktop layer, the user gets the information even sooner than launching a browser or application. For a related post on how Business Objects is doing Dashboard Widgets, be sure to visit this post: Business Intelligence Dashboard Widgets.
Oracle Fusion is the company’s massive project to come up with a new suite of java-based ERP applications that combine the various products Oracle has acquired with the original eBusiness suite. PeopleSoft Enterprise, Siebel for CRM, Retek for retail, JD Edwards World and Enterprise One – all these need to roll into one integrated experience. It’s an interesting challenge. For background, see this excellent paper on the reaction of Oracle customers to Fusion.
Dashboards will figure heavily in the Fusion applications. These dashboards are being positioned as a bigh benefit for users. Early on in the project cycle, as part of some proof of concepts, Oracle released some sales dashboards and some CRM dashboard. These leveraged aspects of the PeopleSoft Enterprise CRM and JD Edwards EnterpriseOne applications.
What is really interesting is that the design of the Fusion dashboards are forward-thinking. Note for example, the incorporation of widget technology for delivering business intelligence.
Look at this screenshot of a user desktop. There is a dashboard widget on the desktop!
Here is a picture of a rep talking up the benefits of an Oracle Fusion application dashboard:
In this post, I’m going to collect the screenshots of various sneak peek and preview images that Dashboard Spy readers who have been tracking the Oracle Fusion project have sent me.
This is a listing of the principles behind the Fusion middleware layer and applications. Note item 5 – embedded business intelligence, activity monitoring and managed content. This means DASHBOARDS – yippeee!
Here is a closer look at the desktop with the Oracle fusion dashboard widget.
Here is a partial screen grab of a Siebel analytics dashboard – the new fusion dashboards will be ajax-driven.
The Oracle Fusion apps will have collaboration elements such as this chat area:
Oh, and before I forget, here is a secret link (only share with other Dashboard Spies!) to a key (but hard to find) document on how to prepare for the Fusion Upgrade. Go to this link: 10 Things You Can Do to Prepare for Oracle Fusion Applications and use the username of cboracle and the password of oraclec6 .
Tags: Oracle Fusion Dashboard Widget, Oracle Dashboards
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