Oracle Analytics Cloud and Server Roadmap

H2 CY2021

• 1. Connectivity to Microsoft Azure Synapse
  Connect directly to Microsoft Azure Synapse to create live or snapshot-based datasets.
• 2. Support for analytics views from subject areas
  Oracle Database analytics views can be mapped into the semantic layer and consumed by every Oracle Analytics experience.
• 3. Direct connector to REST APIs (JSON-based)
  The ability to use REST API endpoints as a data source for data sets will be supported. This capability lets you query existing web service URLs that provide endpoints to authorized users.

H2 CY2021

• 1. Turn off auto-join for data sets with multiple tables
  Today, Oracle Analytics Cloud streamlines data prep by automatically creating joins, both when there is a join defined in the data source and, when there isn’t, by using matching column names in the data set tables to create a join. This option enables you to turn off auto-join for those cases when it’s useful to build joins manually.

H1 CY2022

• 1. Web-based semantic modeler
  A newly designed semantic modeler enables users to create semantic layers on top of federated sources. Fully compatible with existing enterprise data models in repository document format (RPD), the new semantic modeler introduces a modern experience and focus on team development, version control, and lineage analysis.
• 2. Semantic model markup language
  With the introduction of the new semantic modeler, Oracle Analytics will also announce the semantic model markup language (SMML). This open, JSON-based format will allow semantic developers and third-party tools to create and modify Oracle Analytics semantics models using standard editors, codes, or scripting languages. This open format will expand the possibilities for a higher level of integration with homegrown and third-party applications.

H2 CY2021

• 1. Flexible, layer-based combo chart
  Combo charts are a powerful tool in Oracle Analytics, offering the ability to mix different chart types into one. We will be adding more chart types that can be mixed together, as well as a layer-based approach for organizing and constructing your chart.
• 2. Support for Mapbox maps and interaction
  Mapbox provides a high performance and fluid mapping experience to support even the most complex spatial scenarios.
• 3. Sort data visualizations by outside columns
  This is a new ability to sort visualization elements by columns that are not part of the visualization grammar. For example, if you have a bar chart report showing revenue by sales rep that doesn’t include tenure, this capability allows you to sort by tenure to get greater insight into rep performance.

H2 CY2021

• 1. Automated insights
  Automatic discovery of key insights based on any dataset will allow analysts to identify key behaviors in their data and quickly create collaborative stories based on these experiences.
• 2. Improved natural language generation
  Creating narrative reports with NLG is now even more powerful with the support of multiple attributes and measures using more inputs to generate in-depth analysis of your data. We will introduce additional data awareness to the NLG engine to generate focused insights.

H2 CY2021

• 1. Redwood user experience
  Oracle Analytics will introduce a newly envisioned Oracle Redwood design across the entire platform. Once introduced, the new design will be offered as a preview that administrators can test for themselves or turn on for their instances. Once the preview period passes, all instances will transform to the new design.
• 2. Conditional formatting
  Expansion of Oracle Analytics' self-service color management capabilities to be able to define threshold and target-based conditional formatting for every measure, and then apply it to specific visualizations as needed.
• 3. Improved handling of Null values in list filters
  Null values are excluded from results by default. This update will allow you to indicate whether Null values should be included in results.
• 4. Customize actions and options available in consumer mode
  Fine-tune the consumer experience of your projects with detailed design and user interaction options.
• 5. Improved Back button experience
  Using the Back button within OAC will now provide simpler, more direct in-product navigation between editors and the homepage.
• 6. New print control options
  New options allow more precise control over printing, so you can size your output to be exactly what you see on the screen, or size it based on resolutions that make the most sense for the output type.
• 7. Improved handling for notes
  Today notes are available in Narrate. This option will enable you to add notes in Visualize as well.
• 8. Visualization multi-select
  This will allow you to multi-select visualizations on a canvas to easily change shared properties on groups of content.

H2 CY 2021

• 1. PDF encryption
  Oracle Analytics Publisher enables you to encrypt PDF documents. This enhancement adds a new level of security. Selecting “Highest” will deliver your PDF via the FIPS 140-2 compliant AES256 (Advanced Encryption Standard) algorithm.
• 2. Administrator management of self-service assets
  This will enable administrators to manage assets in personal catalog directories so they can transfer ownership among users and identify data security concerns.
• 3. Performance insights for canvases and visualizations
  Detailed performance analysis for every canvas visualization and interaction will help identify performance concerns and reveal insights about content-refresh time and behavior.
• 4. Oracle Analytics Cloud on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure-native health and performance-related metrics
  Delivers a growing set of key health and performance metrics about each OAC instance with the customer’s Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI)-native environment.