What is the exam guide for 1Z0-591?

user12240205

I am thinking of doing this certification: Oracle Business Intelligence (OBI) Foundation Suite 11g Essentials | 1Z0-591

I could not find an Oracle official or even unofficial exam guide for this book in Google.

How should we prepare for this exam?? Read the user guide??

I went to this page: https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E28280_01/nav/bi.htm

i.e. Oracle Fusion Middleware Online Documentation Library 11g Release 1 (11.1.1.7)

The information on this exam says that This exam has been validated 11.1.1.5.

So, 11.1.1.7 documentation should be OK, right?

Now, this documentation has dozens of PDFs.

Which one should I read to pass the exam?

Surely, nobody go through all the PDFs, right?

[Deleted User]

Well it depends. Do you want to actually know what you're talking about or cheat your way around a set of multiple-choice questions in order to be able to scream "LOOK AT ME I AM CERTIFIED" but not actually know an LTS from an opaque view?

user12240205

I definitely want to know OBI.  But I don't want to spend 6 months reading each and every manual either. I have at most 2 months only  for this task.

cesar.advincula.o

I understand,

As my advice to get prepared for the exam, maybe you should first, deal with structure of the exam:

Oracle Business Intelligence Foundation Suite 11 Essentials

-Oracle BI and EPM System Overview

-OBIEE Architrecture

-Oracle BI Installation

-..

--..Essbase Integration

Oracle give you this studyguide to prepared for the exam:

http://www.oracle.com/partners/en/knowledge-zone/bi11g-essentials-exam-studyguide-1643168.pdf

As my advice, try to attended to the Bootcamp or get the documentation if you are in OPN.

Furthermore, read the https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E28280_01/bi.1111/e10541/toc.htm

and read of the official training of Oracle

http://education.oracle.com/pls/web_prod-plq-dad/db_pages.getpage?page_id=609&get_params=dc:D75364,clang:EN

Oracle BI 11g R1: Create Analyses and Dashboards | BI Enterprise Edition (BI EE) | Business Intelligence | Java and Midd…

I also pass the 1z0-591, however, this is my advice, is not a official advice of Oracle .

Kind Regards,

Joel

I think Christian's point is that reading manuals isn't the right way to go about your certification. Training Courses are helpful but it's getting your hands dirty daily whilst using the tool which is definitely the better approach.

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rmoff

I definitely want to know OBI.  But I don't want to spend 6 months reading each and every manual either. I have at most 2 months only  for this task. 

The way I'd see it is that either (a) you won't be able to learn what you need within two months, because you need to practice implementation and learn from mistakes or (b) you can learn it all in two months, and most likely the certification is worthless because it's not validating and proper knowledge of the tool.

user12240205

rmoff wrote:


I definitely want to know OBI.  But I don't want to spend 6 months reading each and every manual either. I have at most 2 months only  for this task. 

The way I'd see it is that either (a) you won't be able to learn what you need within two months, because you need to practice implementation and learn from mistakes or (b) you can learn it all in two months, and most likely the certification is worthless because it's not validating and proper knowledge of the tool.

If you have hands on experience then according to you, certification is not necessary since you can answer any question asked in an interview, right?

Then what is the point in these certifications, other than somebody like me letting prospective employees know that I have enough knowledge to take over and continue?

Like, if they have an OBI implementation, I will need to only learn their business scenarios. Since I have the certification, I will not need to know any OBI technical stuff. Doesn't getting certified show this?

Gianni Ceresa

Personally I saw many people with the certification but just not understand at all what the tool is about and how it works and even worse not being able to work at all (I'm not talking about created a table report by drag & drop but modelling things in the RPD etc.).

Your point make sense : how to proof your future employer you are good for the job if you don't have a certification? I hope your future employer value hands-on experience as much as certifications ....

Ideally having both is the best, start by knowing the tool for real, use it, understand it. After this step you will easily get a certification if you want to get one and so you have both elements for your future employer (but the most important is that you really know OBIEE and you didn't just learnt the doc without opening the tool once).

Thomas Dodds

Many people get Oracle Certified simply because they currently work for (or have in the past) a partner of Oracle's which carries a certification level requirement.  I would imagine many don't hire solely based on a certification -- and don't think for a minute an interview just deals in verbal questions ... you may be handed a real problem to solve.  

[Deleted User]

user12240205 wrote:


If you have hands on experience then according to you, certification is not necessary since you can answer any question asked in an interview, right?

Are you worried about an interview? Being worried about being able to actually do the job one's getting paid for and not letting down a client who depends on you seems to be more important but that may be a personal attitude.

user12240205 wrote:

Then what is the point in these certifications, other than somebody like me letting prospective employees know that I have enough knowledge to take over and continue?

Certification without knowledge, comprehension and understanding is nothing. The last three without certification are just fine though. Think about it - would you prefer brain surgery from a doctor with 500 successful operations and 1 diploma or one from a doctor with 50 diplomas and zero successful operations?

user12240205 wrote:


Like, if they have an OBI implementation, I will need to only learn their business scenarios. Since I have the certification, I will not need to know any OBI technical stuff. Doesn't getting certified show this?

"I will not need to know any OBI tchnical stuff"...errr how did you get to that conclusion? If one doesn't "know any OBI technical stuff" then why should that person be on an OBI project?

[Deleted User]

+1 to Thomas. I know I have pretty mean questions in my interview catalog which weed out "certified experts" (huge sarcastic quotes) pretty easily in under 5 minutes.