Obiee 12c and the leap forward in lifecycle management

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OBIEE 12c and the Leap Forward
in Lifecycle Management
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Stewart Bryson
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Red Pill Analytics: Ownership
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Stewart Bryson
Oracle ACE Director
Previously From:
Rittman Mead
Informix Software
Data Warehousing &
Business Intelligence
since 1996
Kevin McGinley
Oracle ACE Director
Previously From:
Accenture
BI Consulting Group
Data Warehousing &
Business Intelligence
since 1997

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Shadow IT Wants Your Soul!

Competing Values in Analytics and BI

One Version of the Truth

Self Service

Users are Trapped in the Middle

Analytics development should embrace change

The OBIEE Metadata Layer
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Simplification of the Data Model
Integration of Disparate Data Sources
Addition of Business Logic and Calculations

Love, Hate and Metadata

Inflexible Architecture

Oracle BI Cloud Service (BICS)

Eating Their Own Dog Food

Singleton Data Directory With High Availability
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Oracle BI Domain - Server 1 Oracle BI Domain - Server 2
Shared Storage (e.g. NFS)
Config Config
Singleton Data Directory
NodeManager
Admin Server Managed Server
BI System Components
NodeManager
Admin Server Managed Server
BI System Components
bi-environment.xml bi-environment.xml
Service Instance
Singleton Data Directory contains
the Service Instance BI Content for
the cluster

File System Changes
•No more ‘instances’ folder
•No more Oracle_BI1 folder
•user_projects contains
most of what you’re looking
for
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Other Architecture Changes
•Separation of Environment Metadata and Configuration
• Single source of truth for both – no environment info in RCU DB
schemas
• Reduced dependency on hardwired server names in
configuration
• One place to edit environment and/or configuration
• Most files can be edited directly by customer using any tool
including Chef / Puppet
•Removal of OPMN process control
• Nodemanager used throughout to control components
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Goodbye, Old Friend

Goodbye, Old Friend
Security GUIDS

BICS Gave Us the BAR File (“Snapshot”)
Contains OBIEE
content in a single file
(RPD, Catalog, Roles)
“Point-in-time State”
Similar to a VM
snapshot
Does not contain
database objects nor
data
Downloadable and
transferable between
environments
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Other Stuff
JAZN Data /
Roles
CatalogRPD
BI Application
Archive (BAR)

We Also Need Change On-Premises

Safe Harbor
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The following is intended to outline our general product
direction. It is intended for information purposes only, and
may not be incorporated into any contract. It is not a
commitment to deliver any material, code, or functionality,
and should not be relied upon in making purchasing
decisions.
The development, release, and timing of any features or
functionality described for Oracle’s products remains at
the sole discretion of Oracle.

Lifecycle Enhancements

Pluggable Architecture
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Oracle BI
Enterprise Edition 12c
Start with a single
instance of OBIEE

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Oracle BI
Metadata Modules (Optional)
Metadata Modules
designed to be static
(OBIA for instance)
Start with a single
instance of OBIEE

Individual Service
Instances provide
customization
“stripes” to Modules
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Oracle BI
Service Instance 1
Metadata Layer
Catalog Content
Authorization
Service Instance 3
Metadata Layer
Catalog Content
Authorization
Service Instance 2
Metadata Layer
Catalog Content
Authorization
Metadata Modules
(OBIA for instance)
Start with a single
instance of OBIEE

Individual Service
Instances provide
customization
“stripes” to Modules
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Oracle BI
Service Instance 1
Metadata Layer
Catalog Content
Authorization
Service Instance 3
Metadata Layer
Catalog Content
Authorization
Service Instance 2
Metadata Layer
Catalog Content
Authorization
Metadata Modules
(OBIA for instance)
Start with a single
instance of OBIEE

Non-Pluggable Architecture (so far in 12.2.1)
Singleton Service
Instance (SSI) with
Metadata, Content
and Authorization
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Oracle BI
Singleton Service
Instance (SSI)
Metadata Layer
Catalog Content
Authorization
Service Instance 3
Metadata Layer
Catalog Content
Authorization
Service Instance 2
Metadata Layer
Catalog Content
Authorization
Metadata Modules
(OBIA for instance)
Start with a single
instance of OBIEE

Service Instances
Service Instances
can provide
complete Metadata,
or present as a
“Customization
Layer” from a
Metadata Module
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Oracle BI
Singleton Service
Instance (SSI)
Metadata Layer
Catalog Content
Authorization

Service Instances
Service Instances
can provide
complete Metadata,
or present as a
“Customization
Layer” from a
Metadata Module
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Oracle BI
Singleton Service
Instance (SSI)
Metadata Layer
Catalog Content
Authorization
But a binary RPD file
doesn’t work well as
a “diff” between the
Module and Service
Instance

Service Instances
An XML
representation of the
Metadata layer is a
better choice for the
Service Instance.
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Oracle BI
Singleton Service
Instance (SSI)
Metadata Layer
Catalog Content
Authorization

Service Instances
An XML
representation of the
Metadata layer is a
better choice for the
Service Instance.
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Oracle BI
Singleton Service
Instance (SSI)
Metadata Layer
Catalog Content
Authorization
Did this require a
massive rewrite of
the BI Server so it
could use XML
instead of a binary
file?

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Oracle BI
Singleton Service
Instance (SSI)
Metadata Layer
Catalog Content
Authorization

Oracle BI
Singleton Service
Instance (SSI)
Metadata Layer
Catalog Content
Authorization

Starting BI Server
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WLST is used to
start Node
Manager, which
starts the BI
Server
BI Server initially
starts using
liverpd.rpd,
which is small
and startup is
fast
default_diff.xml
is applied using
biserverxmlcli,
the online XML
“patching” utility

Service Instance and BAR File: Identical

Creating Service Instance from BAR File
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BAR file is a
zipped version
of the content in
a Service
Instance
Refresh the
Singleton
Service Instance
with a BAR file
(in 12.2.1)
Create new
Service
Instances with a
BAR file (in the
future)

Service Instances are Lightweight
and Portable (in the future)

Demo

Resources

Documentation (A little rough)
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Information Center (Doc ID 2068950.2)
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