AIDP · 11 Oct 2026
Putting Oracle AIDP Compute on a Schedule
A live sandbox test shows how Oracle AIDP compute can start and stop on a schedule using an API signing key, without browser sign-in for each run.
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What changed? Exploring variance with a custom Oracle Analytics visualisation
Combine a custom variance visualisation with Oracle Analytics parameters and dashboard filters to explore the same change by region, country, product and sales channel.
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AIDP · 15 Sept 2026
One IDE, Two Engines: Developing for Oracle AIDP in VS Code
Developing across Spark and Autonomous AI Lakehouse in VS Code, with the AIDP and SQL Developer extensions, gated notebook features and a practical SQL rendering workaround.
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OAC · 22 Aug 2026
Three Semantic Models, Not Three Environments: Understanding OAC Resource Groups
OAC Resource Groups allow multiple semantic models with dedicated capacity, but they do not replace separate development, pre-production and production environments.
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AI · 13 Jul 2026
The Most Important Part of an AI Strategy Isn't AI
Enterprise AI cannot deliver trusted outcomes without strong data quality, governance, semantics and integrated platforms. The most important part of an AI strategy may not be AI at all.
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AI · 20 Jun 2026
Why Oracle Beat Databricks, Microsoft and Snowflake in ISG’s AI and Data Platform Rankings
When Oracle announced that it had been named the overall leader in ISG Research’s 2026 AI and Data Platforms Buyers Guide, my initial reaction was probably the same as many people working in the data and AI…
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AI · 2 Jun 2026
How to Implement and Use the Oracle Analytics Cloud MCP Server
IntroductionOracle Analytics Cloud now includes a preview capability that allows MCP-compatible AI clients to interact with Oracle Analytics content through the Oracle Analytics Cloud MCP Server.This is interesting…
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Making sense of the architecture beneath enterprise analytics and AI.
Independent analysis of Oracle Analytics Cloud, semantic modelling, AI Data Platform, governed enterprise data and agentic AI.
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