George, Please send me contact info of the engineer that claims HCC is not supported by EBS, or the MOS note he is referring to. In the past I have heard similar claims like partitioning or custom indexes are not supported by EBS (both false). So I want to investigate this claim accordingly. Thanks — Carlos On May 7, 2014, at 9:01 AM, Frits Hoogland <frits.hoogland@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi George. > > I am by no means an EBS specialist. I am aware a lot of database stuff needs > to be done in an 'EBS way'. > However. Essentially EBS is a client of the database (only oracle itself made > it, instead of a 3rd party) > > HCC is a compression technique which requires no client SQL change to be used. > So if you've got partitions with data that will not change anymore (HCC > compression doens't like changes), there is no reason not to compress it. > Said that, you should be aware of anything that will break when doing the > mandatory recreation via direct path. (alter table move for example) > > Frits Hoogland > > http://fritshoogland.wordpress.com > frits.hoogland@xxxxxxxxx > Phone: +31 20 8946342 > Mobile: +31 6 14180860 > > On 07 May 2014, at 07:41, George Leonard - Business Connexion > <George.Leonard@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> >> <RSImage.jpeg> >> >> Hi all >> >> Ok, was a bit taken aback yesterday when an engineered informed me that HCC >> is not supported on EBS (12.1.3). >> >> I can't imagine that a Exa feature is not supported by now, nearly 6 years >> after V1. >> >> Is this really so, the client have data spanning 15+ years in their line >> items tables, we want to partition the table and HCC compress OLLDDDD data. >> It was a big part of the business case. >> >> Luckily the SSC will be a consolidation platform sot he value of HCC is >> still valid for the DW and other systems. >> >> But really, Oracle not supporting HCC on EBS on Engineered systems... Thats >> like something I would expect from SAP. >> >> Please help - URGENT. (If you have a note number that tells otherwise, and >> specifies how to partition EBS would appreciate it) >> >> (ME <> EBS expert). >> >> Yours Sincerely >> >> ________________________________________ >> George Leonard >> Oracle Engineered System Specialist >> >> Mobile: +27.82 655 2466 >> eMail: george.leonard@xxxxxxxxx >> Web: http://www.bcx.com >> >> <image003.gif> >> >> >> >