Oracle Analytics and AI

Ability to set/declare presentation variable(s) from filters in Data Visualization

Organization Name

CESKA NARODNI BANKA

Description

In "traditional" OBIEE world (Asnwers/Dashbords) we have the ability to set/declare so called presentation variable from dashboard prompts and then use the presentation variable in calculations in Answers (analysis).

It would be very handy (advisable) to have the same possibility in Data Visualiuation - thus :

Ability to set/define presentation variable in canvas filters (similar to dashboard prompt functionality)
Ability to use presnetation variables in DV project calculations (this is already there)

I know, that there is a custom plugin called in Oracle Analytics Library (https://www.oracle.com/business-analytics/data-visualization/extensions.html) called "Presentation Variable Prompts", but this plugin is really not very much usable/flexible, so using this plugin is not an option.

Use Case and Business Need

To have same flexibility as in Answers/Dashboards for usage of presentation variables in DV gives more possibilities to create more sofisicated analysis/reporting in Data Visualization.

Original Idea Number: db4b7a2965

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Comments

Michal Zima

@Gabby Rubin-Oracle Hi Gabby, when watching replays from latest (November) Global Analytics Leaders and Oracle Analytics Live I could not miss - when you have been talking about 2023 Feature Highlights (on slide with Oracle Analytics Cloud & Server Roadmap), that implementation of (for us) highly awaited feature - Variables/Parameters for workbooks - has been postponed from end of 2022 to H1 2023. Since we (and we, as customer, are not alone, assuming from thumbs up received for this Idea) are waiting for having it included (to be able to build BI outputs in DV with comparable complexity as in classical tools - Answers/Dashboards - unfortunately this is not possible due to current status) since mid of 2020 (when this Idea has been created), this delay are making us very sad. We were expecting to have it in next yearly release of OAS (in first Q of 2023), but it seems, that we will have to wait till OAS release in 2024....... Is there any slight chance, that this will be implemented in first release of OAC and be included in yearly OAS release for 2023 ? Our business users would be very unpleasantly surprised, as soon as we will tell them, that they will have to wait for another year (and more)......

Thanks and kind regards

Michal

Gabby Rubin-Oracle

TBD. Yes, Parameters will not be in the January update which is the basis for OAS, however, we are still looking at ways to include it into OAS. It is not lost on us that the delay puts the OAS inclusion at risk and we do not want OAS customers to wait another year for the capability. Unless there will be an additional delay, there is a good chance that we will manage to squeeze it in.

Note that Parameters will get more enhancements later in the year, those will still need to wait for the next OAS release.

Michal Zima

@Gabby Rubin-Oracle Thanks for this positive answer , we will definitely appreciate this.

Amrita Gupta-Oracle

Hi @Gabby Rubin-Oracle,

You mentioned in your last update, that parameters will not be in the January release of OAC. Would really appreciate it, if you could share when it is being postponed to?

Avinash Krishnaram-Oracle

Parameters will be GA with OAC March 2023 update.

Parameters will also be available on the annual OAS 2023 update.

User_VCV2G

Hello,

Is parameter finally available in DV? It is July 2024 and in previous comments it is mentoned that it will be available in OAC by March 2023.

Nicolas Barasz-Oracle

As mentioned before, parameters have been available since OAC March 2023 update.

Dan Vlamis

Indeed, Parameters have been in OAC for over a year. But be very specific about what you want to DO with parameters, as the functionality has been rolled out for about a year now. You can get a good sense of what you can do from the Oracle videos at https://www.youtube.com/%40OracleAnalytics/search?query=parameter . I filtered using keyword Parameter.

Good luck!

AGilabert

Morning, is it in the roadmap of OAS the implementation of variables in the DV as it is already implemented in OAC?

Avinash Krishnaram-Oracle

Parameters (equivalent of Variables in DV) are available in OAS.