Introduction to Oracle Analytics Server Licensing
This article provides a comprehensive understanding of Oracle Analytics Server Licensing, a key aspect of utilizing Oracle’s suite of business intelligence tools. The key takeaways include:
- Oracle Analytics Server Licensing: Oracle Analytics Server/Business Intelligence Technology Products can be licensed using a named user plus or processor license metric. The cost for one named user plus is $2,000 per user, while the price for a processor license is $221,250 per processor.
- Oracle Analytics Server: This comprehensive set of business intelligence tools enables interactive reporting, dashboards, and published reporting. It can visualize data from multiple sources using various visualization techniques while incorporating predictive and machine-learning models.
- Oracle Analytics Publisher: Previously known as Oracle Business Intelligence Publisher, this is a reporting solution that enables users to create, manage, and distribute published reports and documents.
- Oracle Analytics Server Enterprise Edition: This analytics server offers self-service, mobile, and augmented analytics capabilities for a wide range of analytic applications.
- Oracle Business Intelligence Suite Foundation Edition: This offers features for relational online analytical processing (OLAP), and multi-dimensional OLAP, with a complete set of business intelligence tools.
Understanding these aspects will help you manage and optimize your Oracle Analytics Server licenses effectively.
Oracle Analytics Server Licensing Guide
Today we will be discussing Oracle Analytics Server licensing.
Oracle Analytics Server/Business Intelligence Technology Products can be licensed using a named user plus or processor license metric.
The price for one named user plus is $2,000 per user, while the price for a processor license is $221,250 per processor.
The Oracle core factor table must be applied when Oracle Analytics Server licenses per processor.
Example 1: A customer wants to purchase 50 named user-plus licenses.
The calculation would be 50 x $2,000 = $100,000.
Example 2: Someone wants to license a server with 4 Oracle processors.
The calculation would be 4 x $221,250 = $885,000.
The cost may vary depending on the core factor table applicable to the processors.
About Oracle Analytics Server Licensing
The Oracle Analytics Server is a comprehensive business intelligence tool set that enables interactive reporting, dashboards, and published reporting.
It can visualize data from multiple sources using various visualization techniques while incorporating predictive and machine-learning models.
Included in Oracle Analytics Server are the following products:
- Oracle Analytics Server Enterprise Edition.
- Oracle Answers (also known as Analysis).
- Oracle Interactive Dashboards (also known as Interactive Reporting).
- Oracle Analytics Publisher (also known as Published Reporting).
- Oracle Delivers (also known as Actionable Intelligence).
- Oracle Analytics Server Administrator.
- Oracle WebLogic Server Standard Edition.
- Oracle Analytics Desktop.
Please note that the Oracle JDK license and Oracle WebLogic Server Standard Edition are restricted to the Oracle Analytics Suite Extended Edition, and the clustering of Oracle WebLogic Server Standard Edition is not allowed.
The Oracle Analytics Desktop can only be used for non-production purposes.
What is Oracle Analytics Publisher?
Oracle Analytics Publisher, previously known as Oracle Business Intelligence Publisher, is a reporting solution that enables users to create, manage, and distribute published reports and documents.
Included in Oracle Analytics Publisher are the following products:
- Published reports.
- Oracle WebLogic Server Standard Edition.
- Oracle Entitlements Server Basic.
Please note that while the installer for Oracle Analytics Publisher installs all components of Oracle Analytics Server, only the products listed above can be used as part of Oracle Analytics Publisher.
Oracle WebLogic Server Standard Edition is limited to use with Oracle Analytics Publisher, and clustering of Oracle WebLogic Server Standard Edition is not allowed.
The Oracle Analytics Server Enterprise Edition
The Oracle Analytics Server Enterprise Edition, previously known as Oracle Business Intelligence Server Enterprise Edition, is an analytics server that offers self-service, mobile, and augmented analytics capabilities for a wide range of analytic applications.
It provides a centralized data access and calculation engine used by Oracle Interactive Dashboards, Oracle Answers, and Oracle Delivers.
Included in Oracle Analytics Server Enterprise Edition are the following products:
- Oracle Smart View for Office.
- Oracle WebLogic Server Standard Edition.
- Oracle Entitlements Server.
The following Oracle Analytics Server Enterprise Edition Options are omitted and require separate licensing:
- Oracle Interactive Dashboards.
- Oracle Delivers.
- Oracle Answers.
- Oracle Analytics Publisher.
Note: The number of licenses for each option must match the number for Oracle Analytics Server Enterprise Edition.
Oracle Analytics Server Enterprise Edition is limited to testing and debugging applications developed with Oracle Analytics Server Administrator.
Oracle WebLogic Server Standard Edition is limited to use with Oracle Analytics Server Enterprise Edition, and clustering of Oracle WebLogic Server Standard Edition is not allowed.
Oracle Entitlements Server is restricted to use with Oracle Analytics Server Enterprise Edition.
The Oracle Business Intelligence Suite Foundation Edition
The Oracle Business Intelligence Suite Foundation Edition offers features for relational online analytical processing (OLAP), and multi-dimensional OLAP, with a complete set of business intelligence tools.
Included in Oracle Business Intelligence Suite Foundation Edition are the following products:
- Oracle Analytics Server
- Oracle Essbase Plus
- Oracle Analytics Desktop
Note: The use of Oracle Analytics Desktop is restricted to non-production purposes.
Oracle Analytics Server Licensing – FAQs
Can existing Oracle Business Intelligence (OBI) customers upgrade to OAS?
Yes, existing OBI customers who are current on their maintenance and support and using any current OBI Suites are entitled to upgrades to OAS with no additional costs. Customers can check Destination Guides for the best upgrade paths based on their existing analytics topology.
What about customers who purchased OBI components on an older price list?
All OBI Suites not on the current Technology Price List, including OBI Enterprise Edition, OBI Enterprise Edition Plus, OBI Foundation Suite, and OBI Standard Edition, may use OAS subject to any licensing restrictions.
What about customers who purchased individual OBI components?
Customers who purchased OBI Server Enterprise Edition with Oracle Answers and Oracle Interactive Dashboards are entitled to OAS’s self-service analytics and mobile functionality.
Can existing customers continue to purchase OBI?
OBI products will be removed from the Tech Price List. OBI Suites will go on Controlled Availability (CA) until a future point to be determined when they will be removed.
What if existing OBI customers want to buy more users or processors?
Existing customers of OBI Enterprise Edition Plus, OBI Extended Edition, or OBI Enterprise Edition can buy OAS. Existing customers of OBI Standard Edition One can buy OAS Standard Edition One. Existing OBI Foundation Suite or Foundation Edition customers can buy OAS and/or Essbase based on their needs.
What if customers bought OBI components (not the full product)?
Customers who bought OBI components can upgrade to the same functionality in OAS. For example, customers with Data Visualization can upgrade to OAS and will have the same access to self-service analytics functionality. Customers who have BIP can upgrade to OAS and will have access to BIP capabilities only.
Can customers upgrade to OAS if they are not current with OBI support?
No, customers who don’t have active support need to reach out to Oracle. Of course, they can buy new OAS licenses or an OAC subscription.
Can customers buy OAS if they are not current with OBI support?
Yes, customers who own OBI but are not current on support are effectively new customers when they buy OAS.
What do new customers buy?
New customers can buy OAS and/or Oracle Analytics Cloud (OAC).
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