1. Settings A report can be added to a section in the new
Adminstration - allows administrators to column, by first creating a new page column,
manage the Web application then drag and drop the report to the section.
My Account - displays information about the Click Save. Dashboard displays the saved
present user session Dashboard.
Security Properties button of a Report presents several
Click on Settings Administration, allows Report Display Options, such as a link to the
Object-level permissions to be set on Web report instead of results, a link option with the
Catalog objects such as Folders, Filters, report to appear in a new window etc.
Dashboards etc. Report Links provide user options to appear
below a given report. Modify Request option
Creating BI Interactive Dashboards
Dashboards are simply containers for reports
opens Answers page to edit the report.
Oracle Business Intelligence
and other content. It allows multiple reports to be Guided Navigation allows a link between two or Enterprise Edition Plus (OBIEE)
displayed in a tabbed interface. It is ideally used more reports, with the navigation to reports
to provide highly summarized and graphical down the link, dependent on pre-defined Answers and Interactive Dashboards
content. conditions and results of the top report.
Dashboards are first created via the OBIEE Pre-Packaged Content
Administrator Console, and are empty upon Fusion Intelligence Applications OBIEE
creation without any content. One can click on Repository for Fusion Intelligence Applications
the edit link or choose Page Options Edit such as Financials Intelligence, Supply Chain
Dashboard. Intelligence, HR Intelligence etc. includes pre-
delivered Answers and Dashboards.
A report is added to a dashboard by dragging
Business Intelligence Applications Pre-
and dropping into the appropriate section.
packaged Business Analytics Warehouse (Star-
Multiple reports can be dragged per section.
Schema) Data Warehouse content and OBIEE
Page Editing Controls repository for Oracle E-Business Suite Release
11i (11.5.8 and above)/Release12, Siebel,
PeopleSoft, SAP etc. Comes with Informatica
1 2 3 4 5 PowerCenter ETL Server and Client ETL tool.
1. Dashboard Properties – Allows renaming or Documentation and Related Sites
deleting of pages Documentation site for OBIEE
http://www.oracle.com/technology/documentation/b
2. Select a page to edit i_ee.html
3. Add a page Tutorial covering the functionality of OBIEE
4. PDF / Print Controls http://www.oracle.com/technology/obe/obe_bi/bi_e
5. Add a vertical column to the page e_1013/index.html
Oracle BI Applications
http://www.oracle.com/technology/documentation/b
i_apps.html
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2. Oracle BI Enterprise Edition Plus (OBIEE) Column Properties Conditional Formatting Tab
3 Add Condition
OBIEE Plus is a comprehensive BI platform that 1
provides the best foundation for building
2
enterprise BI solutions. It includes a full range of
easy-to-use and intuitive end-user tools such as
Interactive Dashboards, advanced reporting and
publishing, full ad-hoc analysis over the Web,
proactive detection and alerts, mobile analytics,
Microsoft Office integration, Web Services and Results tab - shows the output. Several types of
The pre-populated Subject Area appears on the
business process integration, and more. Oracle upper right-hand portion of the window. Subject Views are available.
BIEE Plus also bundles key Hyperion reporting area is a simplified representation of data Prompts tab - allows User to enter parameters
products for integrated reporting with Hyperion elements for end-users, and is part of Metadata before a report is run (similar to Filters).
financial applications. Repository, which can be found in Advanced tab - offers the following key features:
$BI_HOME/server/repository/*.rpd on the • Create static HTML links to saved reports
Reporting UI major Components Server. It is designed and managed via OBIEE • Download Microsoft Excel Query file (IQY),
• Oracle BI Server - Data access and Administrator tool. Select a Subject Area to
and when executed, it will pull the results
handling environment for the end user analyze. This takes us to the Criteria tab.
directly into Excel
products and other SQL-based tools • Modify report definition
Expand the column picker in the left pane to
• Oracle BI Answers - Adhoc query and view columns available for use in the report. • Retrieve/analyze/modify Logical SQL sent to
reporting Click on a column, it appears in the workspace the BI Analytics Server
• Oracle BI Interactive Dashboards - Highly section of the page.
interactive dashboards for accessing Alternative way to view SQL
business intelligence and applications Click on Settings Administration Manage
content Sessions to monitor system usage, view Logical
and Physical SQL. Long running queries can
Using BI Answers also be canceled. The same can be viewed in
Oracle BI Answers was derived from Seibel NQQuery.log file on the Server under
Answers and is the only report-building interface $BI_HOME/server/log directory.
for OBIEE. It is used for the construction of both
Queries (the data) and Reports (the
presentation).
Dashboards
BI Answers Takes us to the Dashboarding environment.
Navigate to the OBIEE Home page. Click the More Products
Columns can be dragged to either side. Column
Answers link in the upper right-hand corner. The
properties, format, formula, filters, deletes and • Delivers - allows delivery of critical
Answers start page will display.
order can be edited from the icons below the information via email, mobile devices,
column name. dashboards and workflow functionality
It contains 3 main sections, 1) Answers Web
Catalog for storage of reports, dashboards, • BI Publisher - is integrated into the suite to
filters 2) BIS Presentation Layer for queries to provide for Pixel perfect report formatting
the BIS Server 3) Applications and • Marketing - for the Marketing segment
Administration Links. • Disconnected - for Offline, Mobile Analytics
Conditional Formatting such as color-coding
based on a certain condition can be set via
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