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1.1 January . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Oracle BI By Bakboord - 2011 in review (2012-01-02 13:12) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

1.2 March . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Registration for the 2012 RM BI Forum in Atlanta, GA and Brighton, UK May 2012 isnow open! (2012-03-08 17:58) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Hit the Packts Oracle Packtpot (2012-03-09 13:18) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition (OBIEE) 11.1.1.6.0 (2012-03-12 11:31) . 7

Upgrading from 10g to 11g (Update) (2012-03-14 13:30) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Oracle Endeca Information Discovery (EID) (2012-03-22 15:18) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

1.3 April . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Oracle TimesTen for Oracle Exalytics (2012-04-18 15:31) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition 11g: A Hands-On Tutorial(2012-04-19 13:03) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Patching in Oracle BI 11g 11.1.1.6 (2012-04-26 12:48) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

1.4 May . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Rittman Mead BI Forum Notes - Day I (2012-05-08 12:06) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

RM BI Forum Notes - Kevin McGinley (Masterclass) (2012-05-09 09:34) . . . . . . . . . 14

RM BI Forum Notes - Oracle Keynote (2012-05-09 11:10) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

RM BI Forum Notes - Day 2 (2012-05-10 20:14) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

RM BI Forum Notes - Keynote - Debra Lilley (2012-05-11 10:25) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

RM BI Forum Notes - Day 3 (2012-05-11 15:41) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

RM BI Forum Notes - Wrap-up (2012-05-14 13:53) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

1.5 August. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Integrating Oracle eBS R12 and Oracle BI 11g (2012-08-16 09:22) . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Simulate Oracle eBS to Oracle BI login via SQL (2012-08-16 10:26) . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Logout Link disappearing inOracle BI 11g / Oracle eBS R12 integration (2012-08-20 12:38) 24

1.6 October . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25Setup Oracle BIA 7963 - Data Security (2012-10-18 12:30) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Navigating from Oracle BI 11g to Oracle eBS R12 (2012-10-25 12:30) . . . . . . . . . . 29

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Solving ORA-01722 - Invalid Number while navigating from Oracle BI 11g to Oracle eBSR12 (2012-10-29 12:25) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

OBIEE 11g - Error selecting Coreapplication inOracle Enterprise Manager (ADF FACES-60097, ADF FACES-60096) (2012-10-30 12:11) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

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Chapter 1

2012

1.1 January

Oracle BI By Bakboord - 2011 in review (2012-01-02 13:12)

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2011 annual report for this blog.

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Heres an excerpt:

The Louvre Museum has 8.5 million visitors per year. This blog was viewed about 70,000times in 2011. If it were an exhibit at the Louvre Museum, it would take about 3 days forthat many people to see it.

[2]Click here to see the complete report.

I made another PDF-backup which you can download [3]here.

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1.2 March

Registration for the 2012 RM BI Forum in Atlanta, GA and Brighton, UK May 2012is now open! (2012-03-08 17:58)

The Registration for the 2012 RM BI Forum in Atlanta, GA and Brighton, UK May 2012 is now open!

Thankstothe guys overatRittman MeadI got the opportunity to speak at the Rittman Mead BIForum2012 in Brighton. I will do an [1]Ignite-style session; Oracle BI Applications: Can we make it worth thePurchase?

The agenda for Rittman Mead BI Forum 2012 will be as follows.

Day 1 (Tuesday): Optional OBIEE 11g Masterclass with Kevin McGinley

Day 2 (Wednesday): BI Forum Day 1

Day 3 (Thursday): BI Forum Day 2

Day 4 (Friday): Optional, Free BI Developer (NDA) Day in Conjunction with Oracle BI ProductDevelopment

Check for more details[2] here.

Hope to see you in May!!

1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ignite_(event)

2. http://ht.ly/9x5vR

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Hit the Packts Oracle Packtpot (2012-03-09 13:18)

I have been doing some reviewing in the past for [1]Packt Publishing. They have informed me about thefact that Packt is running a campaign for Oracle books in March.

Check out [2]PacktsOracle Packtpot: Exciting discounts onOracle books/e-books throughout March2012!

There is also a a [3]Press Release that highlights this campaign.

If you want to win a years free access to the [4]Oracle PacktLib library, simply answer the follow-ing question.

In which US city is the annual Oracle OpenWorld Conference held each year?

1. A) Las Vegas, Nevada

2. B) San Francisco, California

3. C) Atlanta, Georgia

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Tweet your answers to [5]@Packt OracleFMW using the hash tag #PacktPot, all correct answers will beentered into a prize draw and the winner will be announced on Twitter at the end of the month.

Follow Packt on [6]Twitter for Packt news and content on all things Oracle Fusion Middleware [7]@PacktOracle FMW

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Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition (OBIEE) 11.1.1.6.0 (2012-03-12 11:31)

Although Oracle BusinessIntelligence Enterprise Edition (OBIEE) 11.1.1.6.0 has already been released afew weeks ago, I thought I would be nice to write some sort of wrap-up post with some interesting linksto documents and various websites.

The latest version of Oracle BI 11g is available on [1]OTN as well as on [2]eDelivery.

Of course you should start by reading the [3]documentation. The [4]11.1.1.6.0 docs have been duplicated

compared to 11.1.1.5.0. Maybe because there is an additional part reserved for Oracle [5]Exalytics. Asalways there is a lot of buzz around the Oracle BI Blogosphere. [6]Christian has a nice up-to-date

Link Library with a list of interesting websites with regards to 11.1.1.6 documentation and functionalityposts/docs/etc.

Some interesting documents

[7]Maintenance Release Guide (List of Bugs Fixed)

[8]Oracle BI 11g - Certification Matrix

[9]Upgrade Advisor: Oracle BI 11g from 11.1.1.5.0 to 11.1.1.6.0 (Id - 1434253.1)

Oracle BI 11.1.1.6.0 opens the door for Oracle [10]Exalytics. When you want to get more informationabout Oracle Exalytics, check the following sites;

[11]Peak Indicators - All You want to ask about Oracle Exalytics [12]

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[13]Rittman Mead - A five part series about Oracle Exalytics

Happy Upgrading!

Related articles

[14]Oracle Exalytics: When Late Is Better Than Never (informationweek.com)

[15]Oracle releases Exalytics to take on SAPs HANA (infoworld.com)

1. http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/middleware/bi-enterprise-edition/downloads/bi-downloads-1525270.html

2. https://edelivery.oracle.com/

3. http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/middleware/bi-enterprise-edition/documentation/index.html

4. http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E23943_01/bi.htm

5. http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E23943_01/bi.1111/e24706/toc.htm

6. http://hekatonkheires.blogspot.com/2012/02/obiee-11.html

7. http://obibb.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/bugs_fixed_in_11_1_1_6_0_by_prod_comp.xls

8. http://obibb.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/bi-11gr1certmatrix-166168.xls

9. https://support.oracle.com/CSP/main/article?cmd=show&type=NOT&id=1434253.1

10. http://www.oracle.com/us/solutions/ent-performance-bi/business-intelligence/exalytics-bi-machine/

overview/index.html

11. http://www.peakindicators.com/index.php/knowledge-base/111-exalytics-frequently-asked-questions-faq

12. http://obibb.files.wordpress.com/2011/11/oracle-exalytics-in-memory-machine.png

13. http://www.rittmanmead.com/2012/02/oracle-exalytics-week-the-case-for-exalytics/

14. http://www.informationweek.com/news/software/info_management/232601513?cid=RSSfeed_IWK_All

15. http://r.zemanta.com/?u=http%3A//www.infoworld.com/d/business-intelligence/

oracle-releases-exalytics-take-saps-hana-187361&a=77639101&rid=000000d1-614f-000F-0000-00000000043d&e=

5e007557b79c2fad340ab7033d00a00c

Christian Berg (@Nephentur) (2012-03-12 11:42:49)

Hi Daan, Yes, the link library is up-to-date with regards to 11.1.1.6 documentation and functionality posts/docs/etc.

Ihavent included all the differentExalytics posts and docs sinceI wantedto keepthe base productseperated

from Exalytics...maybe Ill make an additional link library for that one. Cheers, Christian

Daan Bakboord (2012-03-12 12:01:49)

Hi Christian, I have updated the post. Thanks for commenting! Cheers, - Daan

Upgrading from 10g to 11g (Update) (2012-03-14 13:30)

In preparation of an Oracle BI Applications (OBIA) upgrade to OBIA 7.9.6.3, I have been runningthe Oracle BI 11.1.1.6 [1]Upgrade Assistant. Just to see whether we could expect (serious) issues. Onthe otherhandIwas curious howthe Oracle BI 10g SecurityGroups would upgradetothe Oracle BI11g Application Roles. Application Roles are managed via the the Enterprise Manager (Policy Store -[2]system-jazn-data.xml). Actually [3]Rittman Mead are running a 5-part series on Oracle BI 11g Securityat the moment.

The Oracle BI Application Security is configured as [4]follows in Oracle BI 10g. The responsibilities

in Oracle eBS are created as groupsin Oracle BI.Afterupgradingto11gthese groups are created asApplications Roles. If you check the in the Oracle BI 11g Weblogic Console, you would see that theresponsibilities are also created as groups. These groups are created for Authentication (confirming theidentityofa user)purposes. The Applicationroles are createdfor the Authorization(specifying access

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rights).

I have been blogging about the [5]upgrade from 10g to 11g earlier. There doesnt seem to be anymajor difference in the Upgrade Assistant in 11.1.1.6. You basically have to follow the same steps as inthe previous versions.

After the upgrade I ran the Consistency Checker. A few Warnings caught my eye. I havent seenthose before so I guess they are introduced in Oracle BI 11g.

> NQSError 39051 (Warnings) - Application Role ***** is not defined in the Enterprise Manager.

There are 2 options to solve these errors:

Remove the Application Role from ....

.... the Policy Store via the Enterprise Manager

.... the Reporsitory (RPD) via the Identy Manager in the Oracle BI Administration Tool.

>NQSError39062(Warnings) Initialization Block*****uses Connection Pool *****.*****whichis used for report queries. This may impact query performance.

Its common practice to create an additional Initialization Block for Session variables. Check [6]Nicolasblog for more details on the Oracle BI Connection Pools.

Cheers.

1. http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E23943_01/bi.1111/e16452/apndx_screens.htm#FUGBI274

2. http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E23943_01/bi.1111/b32121/pbr_conf012.htm#RSPUB753393. http://www.rittmanmead.com/2012/03/an-obiee-11g-security-primer-introduction/

4. http://obibb.wordpress.com/2010/12/20/oracle-bi-applications-security/

5. http://obibb.wordpress.com/2010/10/07/upgrading-from-10g-to-11g-repository-and-webcat/

6. http://gerardnico.com/wiki/dat/obiee/connection_pool

Oracle Endeca Information Discovery (EID) (2012-03-22 15:18)

I attended two Oracle conferences over the last few weeks. There was a [1]Oracle Technology Conference

2012 in Brussels and a [2]ExalyticsLaunch Power Premiere in Utrecht. At boththese events there wasspecial attention for [3]Endeca. Oracle Endeca Information Discovery (EID) to be precise. Oracle Endecais an addition to the already existing Oracle BI Foundation (Oracle BI EE, Scorecarding, Essbase, etc.).The traditional Oracle BI is mainly focused on Structured Data. With the acquisition of Endeca, Oracleadded functionality to index and analyse both structured as well as unstructured data. This adds thepossibility to come to new insights which you do not have to model upfront.

Triggered by the authors of [4]Endeca123.com I decided to download Endeca myself and play aroundwith it. Thefirststeps are easyas1-2-3 and withinthe hour you can haveyour firstEndeca SampleApplication up and running. Just download the [5]Endeca Quickstart from the Oracle Software DeliveryCloud and start playing around.

It will be interesting if and how Oracle will integrate Endeca into their standard offerings. WillOracle BI11g replace the dashboarding capabilities? How would you model the unstructured data poart into theOracle BIRepository? WillOracle DataIntegrator replacethe[6]CloverETL tool. Lets see wherethisis

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heading.

Cheers.

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228&evite=228

2. http://www.oracle.com/us/solutions/ent-performance-bi/business-intelligence/exalytics-bi-machine/

overview/index.html

3. http:

//www.oracle.com/us/solutions/ent-performance-bi/endeca-info-discovery-1494658.html?ssSourceSiteId=opn

4. http://www.endeca123.com/

5. https://edelivery.oracle.com/EPD/Download/get_form?egroup_aru_number=14534036

6. http://www.cloveretl.com/

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1.3 April

Oracle TimesTen for Oracle Exalytics (2012-04-18 15:31)

One of the most important subjects regarding Oracle Exalytics is Oracle TimesTen.

[1]

Oracle TimesTen In-Memory Database is a memory-optimized relational database that provides ap-plications with extremely fast response time and very high throughput as required by many applicationsin a wide range of industries (Oracle)

If you want to make good use of Oracle Exalytics, knowledge of the Oracle TimesTen In-MemoryDatabase is an absolute must.

Start your journey here;

[2]Overview

[3]Download on OTN

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[4]Online documentation

[5]Licensing

Good Luck!

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2. http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/products/timesten/overview/index.html

3. http://oracle.com/technetwork/database/timesten/downloads

4. http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/database/timesten/documentation

5. http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/database/timesten/documentation/licensing-info-1478940.pdf



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Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition 11g: A Hands-On Tutorial(2012-04-19 13:03)

The buzz started afew weeks ago on Twitter. A few guys belongingtothe Premier League of the OracleBI Community are in the course of writing a [1]book on Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition11g.

The authors of the forthcoming book are;

[2]Christian Screen

[3]Haroun Khan

[4]Adrian Ward

Iam proudforbeinginvitedto do somereviewing. NowI knowfora fact that these guys have mangedto put together a step-by-step guide which should give you enough in-depth knowledge of everything theOracle BI Suite 11g has to offer you.

The Book and eBook are expected in August 2012. Youd better pre-order now!!

1. http://www.packtpub.com/oracle-business-intelligence-enterprise-edition-11g/book

2. http://www.packtpub.com/authors/profiles/christian-screen

3. http://www.packtpub.com/authors/profiles/haroun-khan

4. http://www.packtpub.com/authors/profiles/adrian-ward

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Patching in Oracle BI 11g 11.1.1.6 (2012-04-26 12:48)

Last week the [1]announcement came that there has been a Patch (13742915) released for Oracle BI EE11.1.1.6.1. This Patch can be dowloaded via [2]Oracle Support (Login required).

If you want to apply the Patch, you have to perform a few steps. These steps can differ, de-

pending on which steps you may or may not already have executed.

Start by downloading the Patch first.

Download Patch 13742915

1. Navigate to Patches & Updates2. Search for Patch 137429153. Select the required OS (I installed on Windows 64-bit)4. Dowload the Patch

When the Patch has been dowloaded, go to your Oracle BI environment for the installation ofthe Patch. The following steps have to be performed.

Patch Installation for server1. Stop all BI Services, including BI Server, BI Administration Tool, BI Javahost, BI Scheduler(Start->Programs->Oracle BI->Stop BI Services)2. Backup ORACLE HOME\bifoundation\server3. Backup ORACLE INSTANCE\bifoundation\OracleBIServerCo mponent\coreapplicationobis1\repository

4. Apply Patch using Opatch (See below)5. Start all BI Services6. Test the Patch7. If needed, rollback the Patch (See below)

Apply Patch using Opatch

Note: Make sure all BI Services have stopped

Check Oracle Support; OBIEE 11g: How to Apply Patches Using Opatch (Id - 1220799.1)

1. Verify whether you have (the latest) version of [3]Opatch installed

a) If needed install a new version of the Opatch utility (See below)Make sure ....

... the ORACLE HOME variable exists > set ORACLE HOME=MIDDLEWARE HOME\OracleBI1

- Side-note from Oracle: You are setting ORACLE HOME for this command-prompt session only.

This is set to only facilitate patch application/rollback/inventory, etc. Do not make this a permanent environment variable as it will affect other Oracle Products running on your system which may need a permanent ORACLE HOME environment variable.-

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... the OPATCH-directory is in your PATH > set PATH= %PATH %;ORACLE HOME\OPatch

2. Read through the README.txt3. Download the Patch to the PATCH TOP directory (in my case; Z:\Oracle\FMW\OracleBIAdmin\PATCH TOP)

4. CD to Patch directory (in my case; Z:\Oracle\FMW\OracleBIAdm in\PATCH TOP\13742915)5. Apply Patcha) run opatch apply (without quotes) If you are running a 64-bit OS: Windows64bit / Linux 64bit / AIX 64bitb) run patch apply -jre %ORACLE HOME %/jdk/jre (without quotes)6. OPatch succeeded7. Verify the succesful installationa) run opatch lsinventory (without quotes) If you are running a 64-bit OS: Windows64bit / Linux 64bit / AIX 64bitb) run opatch lsinventory -jre %ORACLE HOME %/jdk/jre (without quotes)8. OPatch succeeded

Note: All BI Services can be started

Rollback the Patch using Opatch1. CD to Patch directory (in my case; Z:\Oracle\FMW\OracleBIAdm in\PATCH TOP\13742915)2 Rollback Patcha) run opatch rollback -id 13742915 (without quotes) If you are running a 64-bit OS: Windows64bit / Linux 64bit / AIX 64bitb) run opatch rollback -id 13742915 -jre %ORACLE HOME %/jdk/jre (without quotes)

How to install the Opatch utility

1. Navigate to Patches & Updates2. Search for Patch 68808803. Select the required OS (I installed on Windows 64-bit)4. Dowload the Patch5. Extract the zip file directly under the ORACLE HOME (MIDDLEWARE HOME\Oracle BI1).6. Backup ORACLE HOME\OPatch7. Make sure no directory ORACLE HOME\OPatch exist8. Unzip the OPatch downloaded zip into the ORACLE HOME directory

9. check the version of the OPatch utilitya) ORACLE HOME\OPatchb) run opatch version (without quotes)

Good Luck!

1. https://blogs.oracle.com/proactivesupportEPM/entry/obiee_11_1_1_62

2. https://supporthtml.oracle.com/

3. http://www.orafaq.com/wiki/Opatch

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Rittman Mead BI Forum Notes - Day I (2012-05-08 12:06)

Today thefourth Rittman Mead BIForum has started. Unfortunately I wasntable tojoinfromthebeginning because of an accident somewhere along the (rail)road to [1]Brighton.

The coming days will be full of all things related to the Oracle BI Stack. Today has started witha Orcle BI 11g Masterclass provided by Kevin McGinley. Tonight Oracle wil joins us for a keynote.The next two days will be packed with all kinds of presentations. Friday the forum will end with a BIDeveloper (NDA)session about the Oracle BIDevelopments. Checkthefull schedule onthe RittmanMead [2]website.

I will try to take notes througout the following days. So please check back to stay connected. Youcould also follow [3] #biforum on Tweetchat.com to get real-time updates.

To be continued

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RM BI Forum Notes - Kevin McGinley (Masterclass) (2012-05-09 09:34)

Day I of the Rittman Mead BI Forum 2012 started ofwith a Masterclass provided by [1]Kevin McGinley.

Het took us on a journey along the Oracle BI Action Framework, Oracle Scorecards and StrategyManagement, Oracle Mobile, Oracle BI 11g Customizations.

Some notes about the subjects covered:

There is a whole world next or behind Oracle BI 11g; Oracle BI Action Framework. Not allevenly well documented!! Even more interesting to explore.

Consider OSSM - Oracle Scorecards and Strategy Management as a 3th (next to reports - BIPublisher and Analysis - Oracle BI Answers) way to deliver data to your end-user.OSSM provides features Oracle BI Publisher / Answers cannot deliver.

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Using OSSM for traditional Oracle BIIts the new kid on the blog so it needs some more fine tuning and there is a lot (more) to learn.Probably not so much a technical challenge as it is at the cultural / process side

Mobile ApplificationTrends to 33 % Mobile BI in 2012IsOracle BI Mobile a real mobile app or is it just a web GUI presented via a mobile device (iPad / iPod)?Compared to 3th party tools like [2]RoamBI / [3]SurfBI, they tend to have more mobile functionality.Whether the analytical capabilities are better remains to be seen. Both applications (including somedemo content) are to be downloaded from Apple Appstore.

Customization in Oracle BI 11g at the client-side or the server-side. There is more then oneway to skin a cat. Start [4]here.

Customization means backup and document each file and modifications to these file. These way youshould be safe in case of an upgrade.

Check [5]here for an impression of the various customizations you could apply to an Oracle BI11g application.

More to come

1. http://www.linkedin.com/in/kevinmcginley

2. http://www.roambi.com/

3. http://www.surfbi.com/

4. http://bit.ly/JduRi4

5. http://opencheckbook.itd.state.ma.us/analytics/saw.dll?Dashboard


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RM BI Forum Notes - Oracle Keynote (2012-05-09 11:10)

Day I of the Rittman Mead BI Forum 2012 ended (besides a delicious meal) with a Keynote provided by

Oracle (Alan Lee and Mike Durran). First Alan thanked us for being Oracle BI evangelistic. I guess athanks back is well in place for a great product (portfolio).

Nothing spectacular to announce. I guess luckily for us, because it has been a busy year ;-).

A few notes:

Oracle BI will be Oracle (Business) Analytics

Next to the Oracle BI Foundation products like Endeca, Big Data (is this a product or a process),Engineered Systems (Big DataAppliance, Exadata, Exalytics) have been covered. Especially the last two

products were subject to discussion. How do Exadata and Exalytics work together? We were presentedwith a Exalytics demo. Do you need to now where the data is coming from (TimesTen Oracle BI Cache)or is the fact that the data is retrieved very fast enough? This discussion will continue when Mike Durrandoes his presentations. Personally Iwouldliketo now wherethe datais comingfrom anI wasnt the only

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one.......

More to come

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RM BI Forum Notes - Day 2 (2012-05-10 20:14)

Day 2 of the Rittman Mead BI Forum is the first of the two core days filled with 1 hour and 10 minutepresentations.

A few notes related to the 1 hour presentations. These notes by far do not cover everything thathas been presented,butshould giveyou aindication and possiblya starting point for further investigation.

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[1]Anthony Heljula - Oracle BI 11g Security

F******cking complicated because of the10g security model support. Inheritance ofsecurity on differentlevels (groups and catalog groups) versus application roles within 11gPolicies versus priviliges (Front-End)Oracle eBS - BISQLGroupProvider - 1428008.1 on [2]Oracle SupportGUIDs help to secure (application roles and users) your Oracle BI environmentTroubleshooting Oracle BI Security

[3]Adam Ferrari - Oracle #Endeca Information Discovery - Simplicity of Search combined with Power ofAnalyticsOEID is all about finding correllation between all the data (structured as well as unstructured)Oracle BI can lead to question which only can be answered by tools like Endeca. The outcome of theseEndeca answers can lead to a new structured model (new KPI) in Oracle BI. Proven answers to knownquestions versus Fast answers to new questionsFront-end demo - quickly drag and drop your own applicationDatamodelling versus linking data based on key-value pairs

Ayse Oztop - Oracle Scorecarding & Strategy Management (OSSM)A Scorecard is a Companys Communication VehicleSmart KPI - Relevance is subjective and therefore hard to determineThe Oracle BI Foundation provides an integrated solution for Scorecarding & Strategy Management and

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therfor both Oracle BI EE and OSSM use the same metadata and can be linked to eachother

Adam Seed - James Cole - John HolifieldHowto re-use an existing Oracle BIenvironment using a Reporting Pack(Oracle Publisher, BriefingBooks, Oracle BI Office, Downloadable Dashboards)

Use Firebug to explore the Oracle BI Environment, which makes cusotmizations easier.

More to come.

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RM BI Forum Notes - Keynote - Debra Lilley (2012-05-11 10:25)

The second day of the Rittman Mead BI Forum ended with an Keynote provided by [1]Debra Lilley. Sheshowed us the role Oracle BI (Applications) will play in [2]Fusion Applications.

A few notes. These notes by far do not cover everything that has been presented, but should giveyou a indication and possibly a starting point for further investigation.

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Fusion Applications less new Functionality as opposed to a lot of new (aquired) Technology in theFusion Middleware(Role-Based) End User experience > getting the right information in the right timeIntegratingApps and BI makes pre-aggregation and (balance) predictions possible at the time transactionsare entered

Informatica & ODI side-by-side in the Fusion BI Architecture? There seems to be no single answer (yet)BI View Objects on top of the Fusion Applications including EssbaseThe importance of the Metadata Store

After this Keynote we had a little drink in the [3]Rittman Mead office and a very nice dinner in the[4]Havana restaurant.

More to come

1. https://twitter.com/#!/search/realtime/Debra%20Lilley

2. http://www.oracle.com/us/products/applications/fusion/overview/index.html?origref=http://www.oracle.

com/us/corporate/press/173456

3. http://twitpic.com/9j99nf

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RM BI Forum Notes - Day 3 (2012-05-11 15:41)

Day 3 of the Rittman Mead BI Forum is the second of the two core days filled with 1 hour and 10 minutepresentations.

A few notes related to the 1 hour presentations. These notes by far do not cover everything thathas been presented, but should give you a indication and possibly a starting point for further investigation.

******

Adam Bloom - Oracle BI 11g Diagnostics and Logging

Three places for logging; BI, Enterprise Manager and WeblogicThere is a whole lot of logging. Check the documentation to find your way.Check JRockitRotation and location can be managedExecutionIds should makeit easy tolinkthevariouslogfilestogetherand findthe cause of the problemA clean set of logs >DocId 1434514.1 on [1]Oracle Support

[2]Emiel van Bockel - Agile going all the BI wayPeople and Information engineerd to work togetherInformation cycle > from data to information to knowledge back to data again

Adding sense to dataAgile is the abilty to react to change with focus and total controlCommunication is the key - Post-ITBegin with the end in mind - learning

[3]Mike Durran - Exalytics (Analytics without Limits)Infiniband for Networking excellenceCheck the Times-Ten documentation on OTN

Oracle SQL Developer to check on source databases, the RCU schemas & Summary Statistics and Times-Ten

1 TB becomes 400GB effective mememory due to the perm and temp space for Times-Ten (800 GB total,equally devided)Essbase for faster planningCertified to run Oracle BI ApplicationsSummary Advisor to identify hotspots based on Usage Tracking information

[4]Michael Wilcke - From spreadsheets to dashboardsUnderstand the Business - Never believe a customer but try to understand him / herSet Expectations and live up to themThe Information Network - Connecting Oracle BI Dashboards

Information Integration by Conforming DimensionsInsist on Decisions - Commitment

More to come

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2. https://twitter.com/#!/bifacts

3. https://twitter.com/#!/mikedurran

4. http://ch.linkedin.com/in/michaelwilcke


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RM BI Forum Notes - Wrap-up (2012-05-14 13:53)

Last week I have tried to give you an impression about the Rittman Mead BI Forum 2012. They managedto provide us with a four day program packed with all things related to Oracle BI. Two core days withvarious presentations. Various in subject; Oracle BI, agile, Fusion Apps, Endeca, etc., etc. But alsovarious in style; Keynotes, one hour presentations and 10-minute (TED/Ignite) presentations. Next tothat the possibility of a Masterclass by Kevin McGinley and a NDA session by Oracle.

I was one of the lucky few, who was able to join all four days. Four days, packed with information and abasis for a lot of inspiration. Where to start!?

The Rittman Mead BI Forum is a good place to network and to exchange ideas. It was good tosee a lot of known faces again. On top of that I have met some new people also.

A big thank you to Mark Rittman, Jon Mead and their crew. Also a big thanks to Oracle for join-ing and for being so open about the Oracle BI developments and their visions and roadmaps. Thanksall for joining and sharing. Thats what makes the Rittman Mead BI Forum such a great event to be at.Hope to see everyone next year.

For a foto-impresssion, check [1]Flickr.

Tommorow the US version of the Rittman Mead BI Forum will start. If you would like to stay in-formed, you should check the [2]Tweetchat.

Stay on the lookout for the pdfs which will probably placed on the Rittman Mead website. Therewill definitely be some good stuff to have a look at!!

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6. http://obibb.wordpress.com/2012/05/11/rm-bi-forum-notes-day-3/

7. http://obibb.wordpress.com/2012/05/11/rm-bi-forum-notes-keynote-debra-lilley/

8. http://obibb.wordpress.com/2012/05/09/rm-bi-forum-notes-oracle-keynote/

Saichand Varanasi (2012-05-14 14:34:36)

Nice and thanks for the updates

Daan Bakboord (2012-05-14 15:07:12)

Hi Saichand, You are welcome. Hope it helps. Thanks for reading my blog and making comments. - Daan

1.5 August

Integrating Oracle eBS R12 and Oracle BI 11g (2012-08-16 09:22)

I have made a [1]blogpost in the past about integrating Oracle eBS R12 and Oracle BI 10g. In the courseof an upgrade of Oracle BI Applications (OBIA) to OBIA 7.9.6.3, I came to the subject of integratingOracle eBS R12 and Oracle BI 11g. Of course you should start with the [2]documentation. Next to that,Oracle provides a note on [3]Oracle Support (ID1343143.1). Alot of integration steps are equal to the10g version.

In short:

There are two sides (Oracle eBS & Oracle BI) where you need to make some preparations.

Oracle eBS:

You need to define the link from to Oracle eBS to Oracle BI. This functionality hasnt changed and Ihave described that process [4]here. Combined with the FND:Oracle Business Intelligence Suite EE baseURL-profile option in Oracle eBS, you now are ready to navigate from Oracle eBS to Oracle BI.

Oracle BI:

Now the Oracle eBS side is ready, youll have to prepare Oracle BI for accepting login requests fromOracle eBS. This parts differs a little from 10g. The changes in the Repository are still the same and

consist of validation of the ICX-cookie in the Oracle eBS Connection Pool and theAuthentication viaSession variables. You can choose to either authenticate via the GROUP- system variable or directly viathe new 11g ROLES-system variable.

After that you need to change the Oracle BI configuration;

authenticationschemas.xml (ORACLE HOME/bifoundation/web/display)

[5] [6]

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instanceconfig.xml (ORACLEINSTANCE/config/OracleBIPresentationServicesComponent/coreapplicat ion obips1)

[8] [9]

Note: Dont get mislead by the following sentence; . You mustadjust these settings directly intheinstanceconfig.xml itself.This should (all) be sufficient to log into Oracle BI via a selected responsibility in Oracle.

In a following post I will cover the subject of applying Data Security in Oracle BI, based on the OracleeBS Responsibility.

1. http://obibb.wordpress.com/2010/07/30/integrating-oracle-ebs-and-oracle-bi-ee-part-i/

2. http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E23943_01/bi.1111/e16364/ebs_actions.htm#CJADIFBA

3. https://support.oracle.com/epmos/faces/ui/km/DocumentDisplay.jspx?_afrLoop=554928375146425&id=1343143.

1&_afrWindowMode=0&_adf.ctrl-state=103mymztio_97

4. http://obibb.wordpress.com/2010/08/05/integrating-oracle-ebs-and-oracle-bi-ee-links/

5. http://obibb.files.wordpress.com/2012/08/authenticationschemas_xml_schemakeyvariable1.jpg

6. http://obibb.files.wordpress.com/2012/08/authenticationschemas_xml_schemakeyvariable1.jpg

7. http://obibb.files.wordpress.com/2012/07/authenticationschemas_xml.jpg

8. http://obibb.files.wordpress.com/2012/07/instanceconfig_xml.jpg

9. http://obibb.files.wordpress.com/2012/07/instanceconfig_xml.jpg

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Simulate Oracle eBS to Oracle BI login via SQL (2012-08-16 10:26)

There is an interesting (for me at least) topic on [1]OTN about integrating Oracle eBS security intoOracle BI. It is a topic about getting Oracle eBS HR-Security to work in Oracle BI. Robin Moffat has a[2]blogpostabout; Validating EBS-BIauthentication,withoutBI. He refersto an MyOracle Supportarticle ([3]758392.1), which provides some (additional) troubleshooting details.

When I want to simulate Oracle eBS to Oracle BI login via SQL, I use some SQL-statements /

scripts, to see what happens or at least should happen. If I need to know which HR-Orgs I could expectbased on the Oracle eBS HR-Security I use the following scripts;

Query User - Responsibility Rol

Check which responsibilities a user has within Oracle eBS.[sourcecode language=sql]select fu.user id, frv.responsibility id

, fa.application id, frv.responsibility key, frv.responsibility namefrom apps.fnd responsibility vl frv, applsys.fnd application fa, applsys.fnd request groups frg, apps.fnd user resp groups all furga, applsys.fnd user fuwhere fa.application id = frv.application idand TRUNC ( SYSDATE ) between fu.start dateand NVL ( fu.end date

, to date ( 31-DEC-4712, DD-MON-YYYY ) )and fu.user id = furga.user idand TRUNC ( SYSDATE ) between furga.start dateand NVL ( furga.end date, to date ( 31-DEC-4712, DD-MON-YYYY ) )and furga.responsibility id = frv.responsibility idand frv.request group id = frg.request group id(+)and fu.user name like :p user nameand frv.responsibility name like :p responsibility name

order by frv.responsibility name[/sourcecode]

Excecute Apps Initialize

Run the Apps Initialize script to get the session in context of the user / responsibility combina-tion of your choice, based on the previous query.[sourcecode language=sql]BEGINapps.fnd global.apps initialize(user id, resposnsibility id, resposnsibility application id, security

group id);END;[/sourcecode]

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Validate the Context

Check the output of the previous step[sourcecode language=sql]select fnd global.resp id

, fnd global.resp appl id, fnd global.security group id, fnd global.resp name, fnd global.user id, fnd global.employee id, fnd global.user name, ( select distinct responsibility keyfrom fnd responsibilitywhere responsibility id = fnd global.resp id )responsibility keyfrom DUAL

[/sourcecode]

Validate HR-Security

If all the above steps have completed like expected, you are able to check the query within theOracle BI Initialization Block (IB) related to HR-Security. In my case its IB; HR Organization. ThisIB has the following query;[sourcecode language=sql]SELECTDISTINCT HR ORG

,TO CHAR(SEC DET.ORGANIZATION ID)FROM(SELECTHR ORG,ASG.ORGANIZATION IDFROMFND USER RESP GROUPS URP,FND USER USR,PER SECURITY PROFILES PSEC,PER PERSON LIST PER

,PER ALL ASSIGNMENTS F ASGWHEREURP.START DATE < TRUNC(SYSDATE)AND (CASE WHEN URP.END DATE IS NULL THEN TRUNC(SYSDATE) ELSE TODATE(URP.END DATE) END)>= TRUNC(SYSDATE)

AND USR.USER NAME = VALUEOF(NQ SESSION.USER)AND USR.USER ID = URP.USER IDAND TRUNC(SYSDATE)BETWEEN URP.START DATE AND NVL(URP.END DATE, HR GENERAL.END OF TIME)AND PSEC.SECURITY PROFILE ID = FND PROFILE.VALUE SPECIFIC(PER SECURITYPROFILE ID, URP.USER ID, URP.RESPONSIBILITY ID, URP.RESPONSIBILITY APPLICA-

TION ID)AND PER.SECURITY PROFILE ID = PSEC.SECURITY PROFILE IDAND PER.PERSON ID = ASG.PERSON ID

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AND ASG.PERSON ID = USR.EMPLOYEE IDANDTRUNC(SYSDATE)BETWEEN ASG.EFFECTIVE START DATE AND ASG.EFFECTIVEEND DATE

AND URP.RESPONSIBILITY ID = DECODE(FND GLOBAL.RESP ID,-1, URP.RESPONSIBILITY ID,NULL, URP.RESPONSIBILITY ID,

FND GLOBAL.RESP ID)UNIONSELECT DISTINCT HR ORG,ORGANIZATION IDFROM PER ALL ASSIGNMENTS F ASG,FND USER USRWHERE ASG.PERSON ID = USR.EMPLOYEE IDAND USR.USER NAME = VALUEOF(NQ SESSION.USER)AND TRUNC(SYSDATE) BETWEEN ASG.EFFECTIVE START DATE AND ASG.EFFECTIVEEND DATE

AND ASG.PRIMARY FLAG = Y

) SEC DET[/sourcecode]

You should replace the VALUEOF(NQ SESSION.USER) part with either the user or fnd global.username.

Now you are able to see whether the Initialization Block is working like expected and retrievesthe same values as it does in Oracle eBS. If you can conform these steps and the the Security isntworking, its probably because one of the related IBs doesnt retrieve (all) the necessary values.

This whole post assumes that the [4]integration is setup correctly.

Good Luck.

1. https://forums.oracle.com/forums/thread.jspa?threadID=2416106&start=0&tstart=0

2. https://rnm1978.wordpress.com/2010/05/17/validating-ebs-bi-authentication-without-bi/

3. https://supporthtml.oracle.com/ep/faces/secure/km/DocumentDisplay.jspx?id=758392.1&h=Y

4. http://obibb.wordpress.com/2012/08/16/integrating-oracle-ebs-r12-and-oracle-bi-11g/

genebernice (@genebernice) (2012-08-21 07:48:08)To maintain more security and authentication in our organization data base, i would like integrate oracle ebs and

oracle bi via sq l. [1]Hierarchy

1. http://www.hierarchystructure.com/

Logout Link disappearing in Oracle BI 11g / Oracle eBS R12 integration(2012-08-20 12:38)

We have successfully [1]integrated Oracle BI 11g with Oracle eBS R12. Weloginto Oracle BI 11gviaOracle eBS R12. One of the additional requirements is to have a Log out Link in Oracle BI 11g whichtakes us back to Oracle eBS R12. Therefor we have added the following to our instanceconfig.xml

[sourcecode language=xml]

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[/sourcecode]

This works like expected, but every time we do a restart of the BI service, the instanceconfig.xmlgets backed up and replaced a new instanceconfig.xml, without the Log out Link.

This problem is related to the following BUG; [2]14249563 on MyOracle Support. The good news isthat it will be fixed in 11.1.1.7. The bad news is that at present the only workaround is to manually re-setthe link.


2. https://support.oracle.com/epmos/faces/Dashboard?_adf.ctrl-state=kpsrf8w3_157

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Setup Oracle BIA 7963 - Data Security (2012-10-18 12:30)

Customer wants to secure their data based on things like Ledger, Company, Operating Unit, etc. Allusers who login via Oracle eBS should inherit (based on the current responsibility) the same securitysettings in Oracle BI. The following is a possible solution.

Environment

Oracle eBS R12.1.1

Oracle BI EE 11.1.1.6.0

Oracle BIA 7.9.6.3

Setup

The setup consists of a few different parts

[1]Integration Oracle eBS and Oracle BI

Data Security

Data Security

The Data Security is based on different Roles and a Profile Option assigned to the responsibilitiesin Oracle eBS

Oracle eBS

Create BI Type User-profile option

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Assign BI Type User-profile option to Responsibility

Assign Responsibility to User

Each Responsibility has either a specific BI Type User-profile option or a BI Type User-profile optionon Site level. A view (xx obia user groups v) in Oracle eBS holds the profile option information.

[sourcecode language=sql]select fpov.level value responsibility id, fpov.level value application id application id

, OBIA || fpov.profile option value autorisatierol code, fl.meaning autorisatierolfrom applsys.fnd profile option values fpov, apps.fnd profile options vl fpo, apps.fnd lookups flwhere fpo.profile option id = fpov.profile option idand fpo.application id = fpov.application idand fpov.profile option value = fl.lookup codeand fl.lookup type = BI TYPE GEBRUIKERand fpo.profile option name = XXBI TYPE GEBRUIKER

and fpov.level id = 10003[/sourcecode]

Oracle BI

In Oracle BI, there is a Initialization Block which populates the; ROLES Session Variable

[sourcecode language=sql]select ( select sectorfrom apps.xx obia user groups vwhere responsibility key = VALUEOF(NQ SESSION.OLTP EBS RESP KEY)

and responsibility id = valueof ( nq session.oltp ebs resp id ) )|| ;|| ( select autorisatierol code "ROLES "from apps.xx obia user groups vwhere responsibility key = VALUEOF(NQ SESSION.OLTP EBS RESP KEY)and responsibility id = valueof ( nq session.oltp ebs resp id ) )|| ;|| ( select responsibility key "ROLES "from apps.xx obia user groups vwhere responsibility key = VALUEOF(NQ SESSION.OLTP EBS RESP KEY)and responsibility id = valueof ( nq session.oltp ebs resp id ) )

"ROLES "from DUAL[/sourcecode]

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Oracle Enterprise Manager (EM)

In the EM all the different Application Roles, related to the Data Security are created.

There are a few different Application Roles;

Out-of the box

Data Security

eBS Profile

Out-of-the-Box

BIAdministrators

Administration privileges.

BIAuthors

Create, use or consume content.

BIConsumers

Use / consume content,

Every authenticated user.

BISystem

Component connections between products.

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Data Security & eBS Profile

Oracle BI Administrator (Identity Manager)

In the Identity Manager, the Business Model Filters are applied to the Data Security Applica-tion Roles

The Business Model Filters are based on the Initialization Blocks. Some out-of-the-box, otherscustom.

This setup should b e s ufficient to apply Data Security to all queries, which query the LogicalTables with the Business Model Filters applied to it.

Note: Application roles data filters wont apply for users with BI Administrator role.

By definition the BIAdministrator application role is granted the oracle.bi.server.manageRepositoriespermission, which is equivalent to the 10g Administrator user who also had unrestricted access. Hence,data filters wont affect users with BIAdministrator Role. (source: Oracle Support)

Related articles

[2]Integrating Oracle eBS R12 and Oracle BI 11g (obibb.wordpress.com)


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Navigating from Oracle BI 11g to Oracle eBS R12 (2012-10-25 12:30)

One of the interesting features ofOracle BI 11g is the [1]Action Framework. This feature makes it possibleto e.g. navigate from Oracle BI 11g to Oracle eBS R12. When you have a look at the different OracleBI(A) presentations from Oracle you will see a slide regarding Action Links Insight to Action.

[2]

It looks like this is standard Out-of-the-Box functionality. This is partly true. You should have at

least the Oracle BI 11g & Oracle eBS R12 [3]integration in place. Next to that there is some additional

configuration / implementation required.

Oracle BI configuration

Enable Action Link to Oracle eBS (ActionFrameworkConfig.xml)

Navigate to the following location

ORACLE MIDDLEWARE HOME/user projects/domains/bifoundationdomain/config/fmwconfig/biinstances/coreapplication

Edit the ActionFrameworkConfig.xml

[4]

After you have modified the ActionframeworkConfig.xml file, you have to restart the Managed Server inWeblogic that is hosting your Oracle BI EE environment.

Oracle BI Connection Pool

Edit / Add a Connection Pool entry in the Oracle BI Administration Pool. This Connection Pool will beused to connect to Oracle BI Applications

Note

I - the Application Role must have privileges to execute direct database requests against the Ora-cle eBS Connection Pool.

II - for the Application Role (responsibility) to successfully invoke a Navigate to E-Business Suiteaction, the target Oracle eBS function must be accessible from the users current Oracle eBS Context.

Identify Oracle eBS Form Parameter

If you want to navigate to a query the form you are navigating to, you should identify the Oracle

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eBS Form Parameter. This can be achieved by the following steps.

1. Log into Oracle eBS and select the Form you want to navigate to

2. Identify the name of the Form and the Function which calls this Form

Navigate to the Forms Personalization Screen via Help, Diagnostics, Custom Code, Personalize

[5][6][7]

Forms

Function

[8]

We will use the name of the Form to identify the possible parameters of this Form. In this case;[9] APXINWKB. The Function Code will be used later on when creating the actual Action Link.

You can download the related .fmb-file from the Oracle eBS Application Server in the following lo-cation; $AU TOP/forms/NL. The NL-part refers to the language.

When you open the .fmb-file in Oracle Forms, you should be able to locate the parameters

[10]

Action Link

Now everything is in place to create the actual Action Link.

Create Action Link

Create the Action Link via New, Action, Navigate to E-Business Suite

[11]

Edit Action Link

Now we must edit the specific Action Link details

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[12]

This consists of;

The Function Code (AP APXINWKB SUMMARY VIEW)

The Oracle BI Connection Pool (Oracle EBS OLTP Connection Pool - Action Framework)

Parameter(s) >INVOICE ID

With this Action Link it is possible to call this link directly end fill in the Invoice Id yourself.

Another option is to make the Action Link part of an Oracle BI Answers Request.

Edit Oracle BI Answers Request

Select and edit a column in an Oracle BIAnswers Request. Navigate to the Interaction Tab. Here wecan add / edit an (existing) Action Link.

[13]

I have chosen to use a Invoice Number with an Action Link which uses a hidden (Invoice Id) col-

umn to navigate to Oracle eBS. This way I do not have to show the Invoice Id in the Oracle BI AnswersRequest. Still I can use the Invoice Id as a parameter in the Oracle eBS Form.

Its a little bit of work, but still its a nice feature.

- Daan

1. http://bit.ly/XNRbay

2. http://obibb.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/oracle-bia-action-links-insight-to-action.png


4. http://obibb.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/oracle-bi-action-framework-ebusinessuiteconfig1.png

5. http://obibb.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/oracle-ebs-forms-personalization.png

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8. http://obibb.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/oracle-ebs-forms-personalization1.png

9. http://obibb.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/oracle-ebs-forms-personalization1.png

10. http://obibb.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/forms-parameter-apxinwkb-invoice-id.png

11. http://obibb.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/oracle-bi-answers-new-action-navigate-to-oracle-ebs.png

12. http://obibb.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/oracle-bi-answers-edit-action-navigate-to-oracle-ebs.png

13. http:

//obibb.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/oracle-bi-answers-action-link-example-navigation-to-oracle-ebs1.png

Daan Bakboord (2012-11-08 13:49:36)

Hi Sandeep, Thanks for the feedback. I have updated the post. - Daan

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Daan Bakboord (2012-11-08 12:33:18)

Hi Sandeep, After you have modified the ActionframeworkConfig.xml file in ORACLE MIDDLEWARE

HOME/user projects/domains/bifoundation domain/config/fmwconfig/biinstances/coreapplication, you have to

restart the Managed Server in Weblogic that is hosting your Oracle BI EE environment. Good Luck, - Daan

Sandeep Saini (2012-11-08 13:30:12)

Thanks Dan. Restarting the managed server solved the problem. Thanks a bunch. Regards, Sandeep

Sandeep Saini (2012-11-08 08:35:26)

I followed all the steps but still Navigate to E business Suite link does not appear in OBIEE 11G. SSO is

configured andi am abletologinthrough EBSto OBIEE and users have accessto execute directdatabaserequest.

Is there any other configuration that needs to be done.

Daan Bakboord (2012-11-08 10:07:31)

Hi Sandeep, Have you checked Oracle Support; Doc Id 1457278.1? - Daan

Sandeep Saini (2012-11-08 11:07:19)

Hi Dan, I checked the doc 1457278.1 . I entered the ebusinesssuite tag after accounts tag. However there

are two ActionframeworkConfig,xml . Should i make changes in both the files ? Do we need to restart

any OBI services after making the changes ? ActionframeworkConfig.xml path : a) ORACLE MIDDLE-

WARE HOME/Oracle BI1/bifoundation/admin/domainconfig b)ORACLE MIDDLEWARE HOME/user

projects/domains/bifoundation domain/config/fmwconfig/biinstances/coreapplication I am on OBIEE 11.1.15

version. Regards, Sandeep

Solving ORA-01722 - Invalid Number while navigating from Oracle BI 11g to OracleeBS R12 (2012-10-29 12:25)

[1]In a previous [2]blog post, I covered how to navigate from Oracle BI 11g to Oracle eBS R12. Whilesetting this up, I had some challenges to overcome. One of them was the following. When I clicked thecolumn with the Action Link, the following error showed up;

[3]

The Oracle eBS Server was available, so that couldnt be the problem. Checking the logfile(s)

showed that there was a ORA-01722 error involved.

The question at this point is; Which query is throwing a Invalid Number-error. Thanks to[4]Robin I got the idea to Sql Trace the Connection Pool which is being used for the Action Link.

[5]

Via the generated Trace Files I was able to identify the problem - query. It turned out to bethe query which constructs the Url to navigate to Oracle eBS.

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[sourcecode language=sql]select fnd run function.get run function url( cast( fnd function.get function id ( AP APXINWKB SUMMARY VIEW ) as number ), cast ( 200.00 as number ), cast ( ***** as number )

, cast ( 0.00 as number ), INVOICE ID=*****, null ) as action linkfrom DUAL[/sourcecode]

A quick check in SQL*Plus gave the same error. The problem is in the Cast functions and theNLS NUMERIC CHARACTERS-settings.

An easy;

[sourcecode language=sql]ALTER SESSION SET NLS NUMERIC CHARACTERS = ., ;[/sourcecode]

..... solved the problem in SQL*Plus.

In Oracle BI, I added the Alter Session-Statement in the Connection Pool which is being usedfor the Action Link.

[6]

Problem Solved.

- Daan

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OBIEE 11g - Error selecting Coreapplication in Oracle Enterprise Manager(ADF FACES-60097, ADF FACES-60096) (2012-10-30 12:11)

When we logged into Oracle Enterprise Manager (EM) and select Coreapplication in the left pane , weencouter the error; ADF FACES-60097 : For more information, please see the servers error log for anentry beginning with: ADF FACES-60096: Server Exception during PPR, #1

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This seems like a known bug so we followed the steps in Doc Id [1]1363602.1. Unfortunately thatdidnt solve the problem.

Oracle Support advised us to increase the logging for the EM as shown in Doc ID [2]1464333.1. This re-sultedin Error Loggingin one of theAdminServer-diagnosticLog Files. AFatalErroroccurredreadingthisfile: FMWhome/user projects/domains/lnbisfoundation domain/sysman/mds/partition1/ai/bi/fragm-

ents/mdssys/cust/user/webl ogic/deployment.jspx.xml

Investigating the structure of this file turned out that for some reason this file was empty (zero bytes).Removing the file and restarting the environment did the trick for us. The file got recreated and Coreap-plication could be selected again.

- Daan

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https://support.oracle.com/epmos/faces/ui/km/SearchDocDisplay.jspx?_afrLoop=383309722234089&recommended=

true&type=DOCUMENT&id=1363602.1&_afrWindowMode=0&_adf.ctrl-state=1bqm1xse8i_109

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https://support.oracle.com/epmos/faces/ui/km/SearchDocDisplay.jspx?_afrLoop=383440459530683&recommended=

true&type=DOCUMENT&id=1464333.1&_afrWindowMode=0&_adf.ctrl-state=1bqm1xse8i_130

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