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Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition 12c - Second Edition

By : Adrian Ward, Christian Screen, Haroun Khan
Book Image

Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition 12c - Second Edition

By: Adrian Ward, Christian Screen, Haroun Khan

Overview of this book

Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition (OBIEE) 12c is packed full of features and has a fresh approach to information presentation, system management, and security. OBIEE can help any organization to understand its data, to make useful information from data, and to ensure decision-making is supported by facts. OBIEE can focus on information that needs action, alerting users when conditions are met. OBIEE can be used for data analysis, form production, dashoarding, and workflow processes. We will introduce you to OBIEE features and provide a step-by-step guide to build a complete system from scratch. With this guide, you will be equipped with a good basic understanding of what the product contains, how to install and configure it, and how to create effective Business Intelligence. This book contains the necessary information for a beginner to create a high-performance OBIEE 12c system. This book is also a guide that explains how to use an existing OBIEE 12c system, and shows end users how to create.
Table of Contents (24 chapters)
Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition 12c - second Edition
Credits
About the Authors
About the Reviewer
www.PacktPub.com
Customer Feedback
Preface

Physical layer


Firstly, we will be creating the physical layer of our RPD.

Creating an RPD and importing metadata

The procedure is as follows:

  1. Start the Oracle BI Administration Tool by navigating to Programs | Oracle 
BI | BI Administration. As shown in the following screenshot, in Oracle BI Administration Tool by clicking on File | New Repository...:

  2. This leads us to the start of the Create New Repository wizard. The first screen is an input screen for Repository Information where you need to input the following information:

    • Name: Choose something sensible in this field according to the project or subject matter. For our purposes we will name the RPD as AdventureWorks.

    • Location: Leave this field as it is, but this can be changed to anything that you require, such as a shared area or mapped drive.

    • Repository Password: You must have at least eight characters and one numeral.

    • Retype Password: Enter the same password that you entered in the Repository Password field.

    • Import Metadata: If you...