A nice feature that Oracle BI (OBIEE or BICS) can do for 1 you is create a top list on any measure or fact by any dimension. This document is valid for OBIEE versions 10g, 11g and 12c and Oracle BICS. Now: I want a top 10 of best performing products by their revenue, plus the rest. This is a challenge by itself to accomplish as you will run into all sorts of complications, such as that "the rest" will then most likely be number 1 in your top 10....

1. Oracle BI - How to: Top10 + The rest
Date: 10-10-2016
Author: Rick Brobbel
Last Edited: Rick Brobbel
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Project: Oracle BI EE
Subject: Oracle BI - How to: Top10 + The rest
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Oracle BI - How to: Top10 + The rest
A nice feature that Oracle BI (OBIEE or BICS) can do for you is create a top list on any1
measure or fact by any dimension.2
This document is valid for OBIEE versions 10g, 11g and 12c.3
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Now: I want a top 10 of best performing products by their revenue, plus the rest.5
This is a challenge by itself to accomplish as you will run into all sorts of complications, such6
as that "the rest" will then most likely be number 1 in your top 10....7
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Here is how you can achieve this.11
Step Content Results
Create a new
analytics and
choose the
following columns:
 Product
 Revenue

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Step Content Results
Add a column
ranking the
Revenue and set
the ordering
sequence on that
column
RANK("Base Facts"."1- Revenue")
Add the column
Product again and
put the following
formula in it
CASE WHEN RANK("Base Facts"."1-
Revenue") > 10 THEN 'Others' ELSE
"Products"."P1 Product" END
Now edit the
content of Revenue
and put the
following formula in
it
SUM("Base Facts"."1- Revenue" BY CASE
WHEN RANK("Base Facts"."1- Revenue") >
10 THEN 'Others' ELSE "Products"."P1
Product" END)

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Step Content Results
Now apply a filter
on the column Rank
< 12
Now suppress the
original Product
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And you are set.2
The hidden column Product is still needed to act as the dimension against the Revenue and3
the Rank of the Revenue.4
The added column Product is used to create the product group Others.5
The special Sum on the Revenue calculates the rest perfectly well.6
The filter on the column Rank ensures the top 10 + the rest.7
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Now add any sexy visualisation that clearly shows each products' and the rests' contribution to the9
total revenue.10

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Don't tell this to anybody, but you are actually not using functionality that Oracle BI has to
offer, but what SQL-statements can pull out of a database nowadays.
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The formulas in the columns look rather complex, but they were simply compiled by selecting
the column Rank, when editing the formula:
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