OBIEE 11g - How to place custom images

Hi All,

Find the bellow steps:

1. Just place custom image under below path
 C:\Oracle\Middleware\user_projects\domains\bifoundation_domain\servers\AdminServer\tmp\_WL_user\FMW Welcome Page Application_11.1.0.0.0\upd42q\war\images\green.gif

2. Restart the BI presentation services.

3.Create report with dummy column ans select narrative/static view and select HTML mark up check box.

<image src = "/images/green.gif">


Till Next time... 

OBIEE 11g - How to access the files from other drive or network in obiee

Hi All,

To call any file/videos in OBIEE11g we will follow below steps:

Step1: Copy all files /videos in the below paths. Here Videos is my folder name which stores all my files/videos.

C:\OBIEE11G\user_projects\domains\bifoundation_domain\servers\bi_server1\tmp\_WL_user\analytics_11.1.1\7dezjl\war\res\Videos

C:\OBIEE11G\Oracle_BI1\bifoundation\web\app\res\Videos

Step2: Once we are done with the above step, need to restart the services and access the files/videos using http://localhost:9704/analytics/res/Videos/filename.
Filename: Name of the files/videos which is stored in Videos folder which we created.

The above steps are well known to us, but there is one disadvantage on using the above method.

Disadvantage: All the files/video need to store in the OBIEE server, where if we have thousands of files then it will be the problem. Because on storing thousands of files will make server down, as these files may take more memory.

To achieve the above disadvantage we need to store all the files in other drive/network other than OBIEE server.

How to access the files from other drive or network in OBIEE?

Step1: Navigate to C:\OBIEE11G\Oracle_BI1\bifoundation\jee path and open analytics.ear file.

Stpe2: On opening ear file we can see analytics.war file, open this war file.

Step3: Now click on WEB-INF folder and open weblogic.xml file.

Place the below code before </weblogic-web-app> tag.

<virtual-directory-mapping>
<local-path>N:/</local-path>
<url-pattern>/Videos/*</url-pattern>
 <url-pattern>*.jpeg</url-pattern>
</virtual-directory-mapping>

Step4: Restart the services, now we can access the jpeg images which were stored N drive with folder name Videos using the below url

http://localhost:9704/analytics/images/test.jpeg.

Advantage: There is no burden to OBIEE server ,we can store all the files in different drive or network and can easy access this using OBIEE.

Hope this helps….

DWH - Scd Type 6(1+2+3=6)

Slowly Changing Dimension Type 6 a Combination of SCD Type 1, 2 & 3.We always can not fulfill all the business requirements just by these basic SCD Types 1,2 & 3. So here lets see what is SCD Type 6 and what it offers beyond the basic SCD Types.
                                 Where Scape RED natively supports type 1, 2 and 3 dimensions. But what on earth is a type 6 dimension? It is a combination of a type1, type 2 and type 3!
 Basically there are two columns used to track a type 6 attribute –
one holds the newest value, and one holds a point in time value that references a start and end date time. This is a great way of being able to:
choose whether to report or filter by an employee’s current department or their department when an event / fact was recorded.
choose whether to report or filter by a customer’s current suburb or their suburb when an transaction / fact was recorded.
do a “where are they now?” type of report eg where are employees working now, that worked in this location 2 years ago.

Where Scape RED can build these type 6 dimensions without resorting to customizing the code. The standard Where Scape RED procedures will generate change detection code for time variant data (type 2 and 3 attributes) and RED will add change tracking columns to manage date ranges in those dimensions.
Just to summaries:
A type 1 slowly changing dimension (a Normal dimension in RED’s dimension wizard) will overwrite historical changes with the newest data – one record for each unique business key.
A type 2 slowly changing dimension (a Slowly Changing dimension in RED’s dimension wizard) will create new records each time an attribute that is marked as slowly changing does not match the “current” value for that business key. Unique start and end date ranges will manage which record is relevant at any point in time.
A type 3 dimension (a Previous Values dimension in RED’s dimension wizard) will hold the current and the previous attribute values for a tracked attribute in two attributes in the dimension.
The mysterious date ranged dimension in Where Scape RED is essentially a type 2 dimension that relies on the source system to maintain and pass changed data with date ranges.
So how would you build a type 6 dimension in RED using standard RED code? By copying a source attribute into two dimension attributes, one to hold the current value and one for a point in time value (with suffixes of _cur and _pit). This dimension should be built as a type 2 dimension in RED, with the _cur attributes marked as type 1, whilst the _pit attributes selected as type 2 attributes.
for more information follow this link.
http://www.disoln.org/2013/04/Slowly-Changing-Dimension-Type-6-a-Combination-of-SCD-Type-1-2-3.html?goback=%2Egde_1783009_member_232933293

OBIEE 11g - Run the weblogic server on backend at LINUX

Hi,

when we you run the weblogic server through PuTTy after that close the PuTTy weblogic Server going down
that time Console and Em pages not working that way we are running the weblogic server backend.

Find The Bellow steps....

1. Create The "Boot.properties" file bellow location.

         OBIEE11/user_projects/domains/bifoundation_domain/servers/AdminServer/security

2.By Default it is not created you have create manually with Username and password of weblogic server.

  username=weblogic
  password =weblogic1

Then save it.

3.Go to weblogic server path
           OBIEE11g/user_projects/domains/bifoundation_domain/bin



4.After that use bellow command.
       (./startweblogic.sh &)

5.wait for status is coming to RUNNING..

Thx,

OBIEE11g - Obiee11.1.1.7.0 Certification Matrix

All,

Oracle provided  Certification Matrix for 11.1.1.7.x

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AhBUO3DvOkSPdEdJLTRvUEpoME03SzduZ01CV3pESnc#gid=8

OBIEE11g - Upgrading BI 11.1.1.6.x to 11.1.1.7.x

Hi All,

Step by step upgrading Obiee11.1.1.6.x to Obiee11.1.1.7.x Document

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0BxBUO3DvOkSPd1N6ajdNbkkzMGs/edit?pli=1

OBIEE11g - 11.1.1.7.0 New Features

New Features for Oracle BI EE 11g 11.1.1.7

This is directly from Oracle, here is list of new features:

New features in Oracle BI EE 11g  11.1.1.7 include:

• "Recommended Visualizations Feature for Creating Views"
  
• "Breadcrumbs"
  
• "Enhancement to Dashboards"
  
• "Enhancements to Graphs"
  
• "Enhancements to Views"
  
• "Enhancements to Prompts"
  
• "New Menu Options for Exporting Views and Results"
  
• "Total Member Placement for Hierarchical Columns"
  
• "Browse Catalog Search Results by Object Attributes"
  
• "Navigate from the Total or Grand Total in a Table or Pivot Table"
  
• "New BI Desktop Tools Available for Download"
  
• "Enhancement to Favorites"
  
• "Integration of Oracle BI EE with Oracle Enterprise Performance Management System"

Recommended Visualizations Feature for Creating Views

In this release, when you create a view, you can choose a recommended view type based on the data in your analysis and, optionally, what you want to use it for (for example, to analyze trends).
You can choose a suggested "Best Visualization" as well as a "Recommended Subtype". Or you can instead choose the "Recommended Visualization" option, for which you specify your intent for the new view. For example, will the view compare values, compare percentages, visualize trends, or something else? From a list of suggested view types that is ordered with the best option at the top, you can then choose your preferred view type. See "What Is the Recommended Visualizations Feature?" for more information.

Breadcrumbs

Breadcrumbs have been added to help users understand their current location within Oracle BI content and the path that they have used to navigate Oracle BI content. Breadcrumbs display at the bottom of the page, and users can click a breadcrumb or the breadcrumb overflow button to navigate to a specific location on their breadcrumb trail. See "Navigating With Breadcrumbs" for more information.

Enhancement to Dashboards

This release provides the following enhancements to dashboards:

• The ability to create custom print layouts for high-fidelity printing of dashboard pages. See "About Creating Custom Print Layouts for High-Fidelity Printing of Dashboard Pages".
  
• The new default style is FusionFX. See the "Dashboard Properties dialog".
  
• The addition of the Freeze Column option to the Column Properties menu. This option allows you to freeze a column at an edge (top or left) of a dashboard layout. See "Properties Buttons for Objects".
  
• The addition of the following options that allow you to control the position and size of columns and sections:
  
  • Size option in the Additional Formatting Options area of the "Section Properties dialog" and the "Column Properties dialog"
    
  • Page Size option in the "Dashboard Properties dialog"
• The ability to export an entire dashboard or a single dashboard page to Microsoft Excel 2007+. See "Exporting Dashboards and Dashboard Pages".
  
• The addition of options to replace an analysis on a dashboard and to return to a dashboard from the Analysis editor:
  
  • The Replace analysis in option was added to the Save As dialog. This option displays when the user is viewing a dashboard, clicks an embedded analysis' Analyze or Edit link, edits the analysis, and selects Save As to rename and save the analysis. The Replace analysis in option allows the designer to choose to include the modified analysis on the dashboard. See "Save As dialog" for additional information.
    
  • The Return to option was added to the Analysis editor. This option displays in the Analysis editor when the user is viewing a dashboard and clicks an embedded analysis' Analyze or Edit link. The designer can click this option to easily move from the Analysis editor to the dashboard. See "Analysis editor" for additional information.

Enhancements to Graphs

In this release graphs have been enhanced in various ways.

• New graph types include:
  
  • Waterfall graph. A waterfall graph lets you visualize how a value increases or decreases sequentially and cumulatively. An initial value is summed with subsequent values (both negative and positive changes or deltas) to arrive at an end value, focusing your attention on h ow each measure contributes to the whole.
    
  • Stacked graph as a new subtype to the area graph. A stacked graph is useful for comparing the proportional contributions within a category. A stacked graph displays the relative value that each part contributes to the whole.
    
  • 100% stacked graph as subtypes to the bar graph and the area graph. A 100% stacked graph, like the stacked graph subtype, lets you compare the parts to the whole. But while the stacked graph shows cumulative total in the units of the measure, the 100% stacked graph always shows units as percentages of the total, and the axis scale is always zero to 100 percent.
  See "What Types of Graphs Are Available?" for additional information about the new graphs in this release.
  
• Zoom to data range. This option lets the system evaluate the range of values on an axis, and choose appropriate minimum and maximum values for the scale. This is useful when graphing a set of large values that are all within a small percentage of each other. See "Graph Properties dialog: Scale tab" for additional information.
  
• Hide sliders in graph views that listen to master-detail events. For graphs in master-detail relationships, if you want to simplify the appearance of an analysis or dashboard, you can hide the slider that is created to accommodate detail columns. See "Defining the Detail View" for more information.

Enhancements to Views

This release includes enhancements to various view types, including those in the following list:

• A new view type named performance tile. This view type displays a single aggregate measure value in a manner that is both visually simple and prominent. See "Editing Performance Tile Views" for additional information.
  
• Action links in trellis views. In simple trellis views, action links can now be used on inner graphs per unit, including the context of the outer edges. Action links can also be used in legends and in axis labels. In advanced trellis views, action links can be used in microcharts, where the microchart functions as a single unit (such as an aggregate number), including the context of the outer edges. For more information, see "What Are Action Links and Action Link Menus?"
  
• For map views:
  
  • Vary the width of a line by measure to accentuate a feature. See "Line (Layer) dialog" for additional information.
    
  • Link a map view as a detail in a master-detail relationship. See "Defining the Detail View" for additional information.
    
  • Auto Correct option. A map view error can occur for various reasons. If the issue appears to be related to missing layers, maps, or styles, then it might be possible to correct the map by replacing the missing map view components with similar items that exist in the spatial metadata. See "Editing Map Views" for additional information.
    
  • Legend and formatting highlighting. See "What Are the Components of Map Views?" for additional information.
• Null suppression at view and analysis levels. You can set null suppression options at the view level (which overrides the analysis level) for data views including: table, pivot table, trellis (both simple and advanced), graph, gauge, and funnel views when the entire row or column contains nulls. See "Understanding Null Suppression" for additional information.
  
• Ability to include or exclude calculated items and groups at the view level for columns and column headers. Specifically, two new options have been added: Include Custom Member and Exclude Custom Member. These interactions are available for tables, pivot tables, and trellises. See "Creating Groups and Calculated Items" for additional information.
  
• For tables, pivot tables, and advanced trellises, the ability to:
  
  • Specify the method to be used to browse data — either scrolling or paging controls. For more information, see "Table Properties dialog: Style tab", "Pivot Table Properties dialog" and "Trellis Properties dialog: General tab".
    
  • Resize rows and columns. For more information, see "Resizing Rows and Columns in Table Views, Pivot Table Views, and Advanced Trellis Views".
• Row count. If your table or pivot table view contains a grand total or subtotal on the row edge, the display totals, that is the grand total and subtotals, are now included in the Rows per Page count for content paging. In prior releases, if you had the Rows per Page count set to 10 for example, the table or pivot table would display more than 10 records if display totals were shown in the view results. See "Editing Views" for additional information.
  
• For right-click interactions, the ability to specify whether the Hide Columns interaction is available at runtime. See "Right-Click Interactions in Views" for additional information.

Enhancements to Prompts

This release includes enhancements to prompts, including those in the following list:

• This release includes an enhancement to the SQL Results prompt option. If you are working with double columns, you can now write the SQL statement so that filtering is done on code values rather than display values. For more information, see "New Prompt dialog".
  
• This release includes an enhancement to the prompt constraint option. The prompts designer can now limit a column prompt value list by more than one column. For more information, see the Limit values by component in the "New Prompt dialog".
  
• This release includes enhancements to the parameters for prompted links. For more information, see "What Are Prompted Links?".

New Menu Options for Exporting Views and Results

This release adds the Excel 2007+ and Powerpoint 2007+ options for exporting views and results.
See "Export Menu Options for Views and Results".

Total Member Placement for Hierarchical Columns

This release includes an enhancement that allows placement of total members on a hierarchy. See "Analysis Properties dialog: Data tab" for additional information.

Browse Catalog Search Results by Object Attributes

This release provides the capability to use full-text search to find catalog objects and then filter the search results by attributes. This search is available when the administrator integrates Oracle BI Enterprise Edition with Oracle Endeca Server. After the full-text search results are returned, the Catalog area displays a list of matching items, and the Search pane displays the search results grouped by attribute (that is, Type, Name, Path, and Created By). See "What Results are Returned from a Full-Text Catalog Search?" for additional information.

Navigate from the Total or Grand Total in a Table or Pivot Table

If an analysis contains a total or grand total and the associated attribute or hierarchical column contains an action link or a conditional action link, the action link (or conditional action link) is applied to both the column and the total or grand total. See "What Are Actions?" for additional information.

New BI Desktop Tools Available for Download

This release adds the following tools to the list of BI desktop tools that are available for download:

• Oracle Hyperion Smart View for Office
  
• Oracle Hyperion Financial Reporting Studio (if Essbase is installed)
  
• Oracle Essbase Studio Console (if Essbase is installed)
  
• Oracle Essbase Administrative Services Console (if Essbase is installed)

See "Downloading BI Desktop Tools" for additional information.

Enhancement to Favorites

This release provides the capability to organize your favorites from the Category Tree area and the Selected Category area in the Manage Favorites dialog. In previous releases, you could organize favorites from the Category Tree area, only. See "Organizing Favorites" for additional information.

Integration of Oracle BI EE with Oracle Enterprise Performance Management System

With this release, Oracle BI EE is integrated with Enterprise Performance Management Workspace. See "Integration of Oracle BI EE with Oracle Enterprise Performance Management System".

OBIEE11g 11.1.1.7.0 Available

Hi All,

Oracle released OBIEE 11.1.1.7.0 version it is Available here download it.

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/middleware/bi-enterprise-edition/downloads/bus-intelligence-11g-165436.html

OBIEE11g - Floder Structure

Please look at the OBIEE11g folder name and description of the folders:

Middleware Home :OBIEE11g(Home Folder Names)

Top level location for installation

OBIEE Oracle Home :OBIEE11g\Oracle_BI1
Contains core Oracle OBIEE components and template files used by the configuration phase of the install process
Common Oracle Home: OBIEE11g\Oracle_Common
Contains general Oracle files
WebLogic Server: OBIEE11g\wlserver_10.3
Contains the Oracle WebLogic Server OBIEE binaries
OBIEE WebLogic Domain: OBIEE11g\user_projects\domains\OBIEEfoundation_domain
Contains the WebLogic Admin and Managed Servers that host the Oracle J2EE components
Instance Home: OBIEE11g\instances\instance1
Contains sub directories that hold the Oracle OBIEE system components, OPMN control, configuration files (e.g. NQSConfig.INI and instanceconfig.xml), RPD, Webcat and diagnostic logfiles. In this case, the name of the instance is ‘instance1’