Any BI project is not only about implementation but is rather a complete lifecycle with activities required in the stages pre, during and post implementation. Coding the business requirements to achieve the desired results is just one part of the engagement. For a BI project to be successful it is not enough to deliver accurate information but it also has to be delivered in an optimal time frame.
The tuning, optimizing and performance monitoring is a very critical part to the implementation of an OBIEE solution yet is very commonly overlooked. In the following sections, we discuss Oracle BI performance and focus on the areas generally hit and the common optimization strategies.