FYI: Kimball Fact Table Primer (Star Schemas)
One fact table does not fit all, depending on your requirements you may have a need to identify all invoices transactions for a given point in time. Maybe the end user wants to identify sales revenue...
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How to: Complete OBIEE 10g installation Part 2 and 3 - Oracle Analytics...
In our last how-to post we covered the first step of installing OBIEE 10g on linux , Configuration of JDK for Oracle Business Intelligence This post will focus on steps 2 and 3 below:1) Configuration...
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How-to: Drill through & Guided Navigation 101 w/ OBIEE 10g Answers
OBIEE offers 2 types of drilling for slicing & dicing:1) Drill down- Using a hierarchy to navigate to a lower level of granularity for a specific report or data set2) Drill through/drill across -...
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How-to: Oracle Internet Directory Authentication with OBIEE 11g - Part 1
Consider the scenario where you're configuring a proof of concept 11g implementation using Oracle Internet Directory as the authentication provider. Oracle's Fusion Middleware Security Guide for 11g...
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How-to: Oracle Internet Directory Authentication with OBIEE 11g - Part 2
In our part 1 of 'Internet Directory Authentication with OBIEE 11g' we used weblogic to:Add OID to the Authentication Provider ListConfigure the OID Authenticator with required credentialsConfigure the...
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FYI: Enabling Virtualization (virtualize=true) and OBI-SEC-00015
Many OBIEE blogs that discuss external authentication with obiee 11g (including my recent post on OID integration ) specify that a virtualize=true parameter is required for the configuration of Fusion...
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FYI: Identity found in Weblogic but could not be authenticated...
During most 11g implementations, a practitioner will be required to implement a security policy that allows OBIEE 11g Answers to authenticate against an external data source (such as OID , ADUC, or...
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FYI: ORACLE_HOME Environment Variable and OBIEE 11g RPD error ORA-12154
Consider the scenario where you've been asked to install a fresh 11g stack on a server. A normal OBIEE 11g stack includes:11g databaseRepository via RCU11g weblogic domainAdmin ServerManaged Server...
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FYI: OBIEE 10g to 11g Upgrade Process Validation Plan and bug 1467168.1...
So you've just completed your 10g repository and web catalog upgrade to Oracle's new 11g platform, congratulations! Per Oracle's Fusion Middleware Upgrade Guide for OBIEE 11g you're now ready to to...
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How-to: OID Authentication with Groups Stored in an External Database Table -...
As more firms seek to consolidate their technology stack while expanding their analytics capabilities, it makes more and more sense to transition your OBIEE 10g analytics solution to Oracle's new 11g...
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How-to: Mapviewer Integration with OBIEE 11g (11.1.1.6 and higher)
I've seen quite a few articles on OTN and Google which outline how to configure Mapviewer for your 11g solution. The problem is that many of these articles are:1) overly complex2) out of dateWith the...
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How-to: Apply OBIEE 11g Bundle Patch Set (11.1.1.6.4)
If you've been following the patch set history for Oracle Business Intelligence 11g, you'll notice that Oracle releases various OBIEE patches on a fairly regular basis - anywhere from every quarter to...
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FYI: OPMNCTL Failed to Start Managed Process After Maximum Retry Limit on...
If you've happened to glance at Oracle Technical Network, it appears that alot of practitioners are encountering an issue when upgrading their 11g platform to the newest 11.1.1.6.4 version if they're...
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FYI: Error while running Upgrade Assistant OBIEE 11g - UPGAST-00055
When migrating our legacy OBIEE 10g webcat and RPD to Oracle's new 11g platform, we often don't have the privilege of using a GUI based operating system for assembly & system test as most...
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How-to: OBIEE 11g Start up/Shut Down & Script in Solaris/Linux
'Start BI Services'This simple, easy to use process for starting & stopping Weblogic & OBIEE 11g in Windows is something many developers take for granted. In personal development and proof of...
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FYI: Log could not be retrieved - nQSError: 43113, nQSError: 10058
I've noticed something a little surprising with the OBIEE 11g upgrade assistant & opatch tool. After you apply a patch set (e.g. 11.1.1.6.4), core BIServer components become 'locked' or a default...
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How-to: Apply OBIEE 11g Bundle Patch Set (11.1.1.6.6)
Late last year (December 2012) Oracle gave us the pleasure of releasing their newest OBIEE 11g patchset - OBIEE 11.1.1.6.6 and just when you finished got comfortable with version 11.1.1.6.4!The guide...
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How-to: OBIEE 11g Javascript Integration using Action Framework (Browser Script)
One of the powerful features of Oracle's Business Intelligence 11g platform is a concept called 'Action Framework' or 'Actionable Intelligence'. It's useful because for the first time in OBIEE you can...
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FYI: Maximizing Your Oracle Support and Oracle Documentation for OBIEE 11g
When most OBIEE Architects and Developers encounter a problem or road block, their first solution (assuming they don't know how to resolve the issue) is to use google to search for error codes,...
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How-to: Impersonate or Act As Other Users (e.g. End Users) in OBIEE 11g
In a typical Oracle Business Intelligence (OBIEE) 11g environment, potential defects or data discrepancies arise that will require the production support team to investigate or research the potential...
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