Ever want to create an Oracle Cloud service with the power to analyze data from several
data sources and that leverages features on an enterprise level scale? Now you can with Oracle
Analytics Cloud. Oracle Analytics Cloud is a scalable and secure public cloud service that
provides a full set of capabilities to explore and perform collaborative analytics for you,
your workgroup, and your enterprise, all managed by Oracle. There are two editions to choose from:
Professional Edition offers self-service analytics also known as data visualization.
Enterprise Edition offers enterprise analytics which includes enterprise data modeling, reporting,
and data visualization. This is the service you'll create in this video. You already created your
Oracle Cloud account and you're now ready to deploy your first Analytics instance. Sign in to
your Oracle Cloud account at oracle.com. Click View Accounts and then Sign in to Cloud. Enter
the Cloud Account Name mycompany and click next to open the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Console.
In Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Console, navigate to Analytics & AI, and then select Analytics Cloud.
You can bookmark the Oracle Analytics Cloud page so you can find it easily again later.
Oracle recommends that you set up one or more compartments to organize your
Analytics resources. This way, you can deploy and secure all your Analytics resources in one place.
From the Compartment drop-down select the compartment you created earlier for your service
called "myanalytics". Click Create Instance. Next, provide some details about your service.
In Instance name enter a suitable name for your service. For example, if you're setting up a service
for your sales team you could call it "Sales". The name that you specify here is displayed in the
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Console and in your service's URL. Enter a description for the service.
From the feature set drop-down, select Enterprise Analytics because you want to deploy a service
that offers enterprise modeling, reporting, and data visualization. Your Oracle Analytics
cloud subscription can either be based on OCPU usage or the number of users using the service.
In Capacity, accept the default value, OCPU because your subscription is OCPU based
and then select 4 as the number of Oracle Compute Units (OCPUs) for your environment.
The larger the compute size, the greater the processing power.
If you're not sure which size to use, talk to your sales team for guidance.
When you select OCPU as the capacity, you can specify to use your pre-existing Oracle Middleware
on-premise license with Oracle Analytics Cloud. This is called Bring Your Own License (BYOL).
This flexible licensing enables you to easily move between on-premise and cloud services.
You also have the option to subscribe to a new Oracle Cloud license. In this case, select the BYOL
option. Continue by specifying how you want everyone to access your service:
Through a public internet accessible endpoint or a private endpoint. The Public option enables
access over the public internet. The Private option enables private access from an on-premise network
or from hosts on a virtual cloud network or (VCN). After you've created Oracle Analytics
cloud, you can't switch from a public endpoint to a private endpoint (or the other way around).
So, it's important to decide which type of access your organization needs and complete the required
prerequisites before you continue with the setup process. Accept the default value, Public.
If you want to restrict access to the public endpoint, you can set up Access Control Rules.
If you have that information on hand you can add the rules now or you can wait and set them up
later. Save the task for later. Oracle Analytics Cloud uses encryption to protect your data. You
can control how your data is encrypted or you can let Oracle manage data encryption for you. You can
configure data encryption whenever you want but you'll need to set up the secure vault and custom
encryption keys before you start. For now, keep the default value, Encrypt using Oracle managed keys,
and save this task for later. Verify that the service details are correct and click Create.
Click Analytics Instances. Your new service is now listed on the Instances page. It'll take about 20
minutes to create your service. When it's ready for you to use, the status changes from Creating
to Active. Now you can sign in. Navigate to the Sales Instance. The Instance Details page displays
information about your service and if you want to restrict access to your service, you can add
access rules from here. From the Additional Details page, you can find the IP address of your service.
Later on, you might need to add this IP address to database allow lists so Oracle Analytics Cloud
can access the data. If you haven't set up users and groups in Oracle Identity Cloud service yet,
you can click the App link on this page to go straight to the page you need.
For now, you want to see your new service so click Analytics Home page.
The Oracle Analytics Home page displays. Success! Your service is ready to use! In this video,
I showed you how to set up a service with Oracle Analytics Cloud. Check us out at docs.oracle.com