Oracle Enterprise Performance Management Smart Space includes the first gadget-based user interface designed specifically for Enterprise Performance Management and Business Intelligence. Offered as part of Oracle's EPM Shared Services, Smart Space consists of a set of configurable gadgets that run on the desktop providing continuous access to financial, operational and performance related information. In addition, Smart Space includes a development toolkit for creating additional gadgets that employs common development languages and methodologies and a secure instant messaging system for shared decision making.

Screenshot: Smart Space Palette and Gadgets

Smart Space Benefits

Unique "Always-On" Environment for BI and EPM that makes content alive on the desktop. Once a user logs on to Windows, information transparently flows from Oracle's Hyperion Performance Management and BI to gadgets that make BI a natural part of the workday. Users have all their KPIs and key documents at their fingertips. Because the content within Smart Space gadgets is updated automatically throughout the day, business users no longer have to hunt for current data or struggle to find the latest version of reports.

User Assembled Mini-applications Using Gadgets. Smart Space includes subsets of Oracle's Hyperion Performance Management and BI functionality presented to the user in the form of gadgets. Using a visually compelling, intuitively designed interface, users can effortlessly adapt Smart Space to the way they work. The ability to customize these gadgets in terms of content, organization and appearance enables users to personalize Smart Space based on their individual preferences and business needs. Smart Space gadgets increase the potential for wider adoption of BI and EPM without the need for costly and disruptive training.

Instant Collaboration enables users to work dynamically with peers and easily share information about the state of the business. This shared decision making environment is powered by an auditable instant messaging service that securely operates behind the firewall. Conversations can be saved and associated with different decisions, enabling faster and more effective decision management. The collaboration capabilities also include the ability for users to be notified when particular business process has changed for example when a consolidation process is complete or when the status of an element in a planning process has been modified.