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Introduction to Oracle Business Activity Monitoring 1-1
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Introduction to Oracle Business Activity Monitoring
This chapter provides an introduction to Oracle Business Activity Monitoring Oracle BAM and its components. It contains the following topics:
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Section 1.1, About Oracle BAM
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Section 1.2, Real Time Data Streaming
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Section 1.3, External Data Sources
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Section 1.4, Oracle BAM Server
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Section 1.5, Oracle BAM Web Applications
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Oracle BAM Data Control
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Section 1.7, Oracle BAM Administration
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Section 1.8, ICommand
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Section 1.9, Related Documentation
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Section 1.10, Samples and Tutorials
1.1 About Oracle BAM
Oracle BAM provides a framework for
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Creating dashboards that display real-time data inflow.
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Creating rules to send alerts under specified conditions.
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Designing Web applications with graphs displaying active data.
Active Data Architecture . Oracle Business Activity Monitoring provides an active
data architecture that dynamically moves real-time data to end users through every step of the process. This solution actively collects data, applies rules designed to
monitor changes, and delivers the information in reports to users.
Real-time Reports. Real-time reports containing current data are delivered as soon as
data changes occur. This is possible because of data in the Oracle BAM Active Data Cache and the connections to real-time transactional feeds.
Active Presentations in Reports. Reports display active data presentations where data
continuously updates, formats, and is displayed. When data changes, the display changes in real-time.
Instant Alerts. Alerts, based on rules and events occurring in real-time, are delivered
through e-mail.
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Rules-Based Active Delivery. In an event-driven solution, the information finds the
target users instead of requiring users to query for the information on their own initiative. The reports are initially designed for delivery to end users based on data
changing or events triggering. For the end user, the result is zero-click reporting that is always relevant.
High Performance, Scalable Architecture. Oracle Business Activity Monitoring is
scalable to handle large amounts of complex, real-time enterprise data. Oracle BAM uses Oracle Data Integrator to select the correct raw data and then transform and
perform calculations required by the data designer. The transformed data is delivered to the Oracle BAM Active Data Cache in a ready-to-use state for fast access.
Oracle BAM consists of several components:
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Real Time Data Streaming- feeds data into Oracle BAM. See Section 1.2, Real
