A language model answers questions about your data only as well as it understands your data. In this workshop we make an Oracle Database AI-ready step by step: from a well-described data model through vectors and semantic search to a working chat application that backs its answers with your own documents.
Audience
Developers, architects and DBAs who want to implement AI features on Oracle 23ai/26ai or Autonomous Database.
Modules
The modules are building blocks. You choose and weight them, and we agree on the agenda together beforehand.
- AI-ready data: annotations and domains as metadata for humans and models, preparing the data model for NL2SQL
- Select AI: natural language to SQL, profiles, limits and sensible use cases
- Embeddings: ONNX models inside the database, external providers (OCI GenAI, Azure OpenAI, local models), credentials and network ACLs
- Vector Search: the VECTOR data type, distance functions, HNSW and IVF indexes, hybrid search
- Chunking pipeline: extracting text from PDF and Office files, chunking strategies, handling tables and structure
- RAG: building context, designing prompts, citing sources, limiting hallucinations
- RAG in APEX: AI configuration, RAG sources and chat interface
- Privacy and architecture: which data goes to which model, local or cloud, cost and operations
Outcome
A working example of data model, embedding pipeline and RAG chat that your team can transfer to its own data.
Preview
For a first look: the talks on this topic give you an overview, and the talk pages include the slides.
- Oracle 23ai: Domains & Annotations Deep Dive EMEA Community Tour 2024
- Vector Search Workshop Sessions ora2know noon2noon 2026
- What the AI Needs to Know About Your Data (German) DOAG 2026
What every workshop includes
- Duration
- Base length 2 × 8 hours. Every workshop is also available as a one-day overview or as a 3 to 4 day deep dive.
- Tailored
- Built around your requirements. You pick the modules and decide how much time we spend on each.
- Materials
- All slides, sample scripts and other materials are handed over to you.
- Price
- Fixed workshop fee, independent of the number of participants.
- Location
- On site, remote or a mix of both.
- Schedule
- In one block or spread across several dates.
Interested in this workshop?
Tell me which topics matter to you. We will then agree on modules, scope and dates together.
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