Integrating with Oracle Business Intelligence
Enterprise Edition (OBI EE)
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Objectives
After completing this lesson, you should be able to do the
following:
• Explain the concepts of OBI EE and OBI SE integration
with Warehouse Builder
• Explain the typical steps to transfer the BI metadata into
the OBI EE Server
• Describe the process of deploying metadata to the OBI EE
Server
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Lesson Agenda
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Integrating with Business Intelligence Tools
– OBI SE
– OBI EE
•
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Steps to derive, deploy, and transfer BI Metadata into OBI
EE Server
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Business Justification: Tools Integration
By implementing business intelligence objects, Warehouse
Builder can be integrated with reporting environments
seamlessly.
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Integrating with OBI EE
Data
sources
Oracle
Warehouse
Builder
Data
Siebel
CRM
Data
Data
Warehouse
Oracle
EBS
ETL
Data objects
Data quality
Other
sources
SAP/R3
Oracle BI
Metadata Database
Repository
OBI EE
Enterprise
Semantic
Layer
(RPD)
OBI EE
Server
Dashboards
Distribute
metadata
Data
OBI SE
End user layer
Ad hoc reports
PeopleSoft
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Integration with OBI SE (Discoverer)
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•
Deploy objects directly into Oracle Business Intelligence
Standard Edition (OBI SE) End User Layer (EUL).
Benefits:
– Completeness: BI design in Warehouse Builder
– Productivity: Direct building of reports based on Warehouse
Builder design by end users
Oracle Discoverer module contains:
– Item Folders (module level)
– Business Areas
–Item Folders (business area level)
–Drill Paths
–Lists of Values
–Alternative Sort Orders
–Drills to Detail
–Registered Functions
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Lesson Agenda
•
Integrating with Business Intelligence Tools
– OBI SE
– OBI EE
•
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Steps to derive, deploy, and transfer BI Metadata into OBI
EE Server
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Transfer BI Metadata to OBI EE Server
Typical Steps to Transfer BI Metadata to the OBI EE Server
Deploy BI metadata
Derive BI
metadata in
Warehouse Builder
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Generate the
UDML file
Transport the UDML
file to the
OBI EE Server
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Convert the UDML
file to the
OBI EE repository
file
Setting Up the UDML File Location
1
2
Transport Type determines how
you want to transfer the UDML
file to the file system where OBI
EE is installed.
If the Warehouse Builder
repository and the OBI EE are
on a single machine, select
FILE. This prompts for a
directory (rootpath) and file
name. The UDML file will be
saved to that directory upon
deployment.
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Creating a New Catalog Folder
Select the source objects for the
Catalog folder
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Deriving the BI Metadata
(OBI EE)
Design Type
Derived OBISE Object
Deployed OBI SE Object
Collection
Catalog Folder
Catalog Folder
Dimension (star) +
Dimension Role to such
dimensions
Logical Table; Items; Joins;
Dimension Drill Path
Logical Table; Items; Joins;
Cube
Logical Table; Items; Joins
Logical Table; Items; Joins;
Presentation Table
Table, View, External
Table
Logical Table; Items; Joins
Logical Table; Items; Joins;
Presentation Table
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Dimension; Presentation Table
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Deriving the BI Metadata
1
Right-click the module that
contains the objects and select
Derive.
2
Select the source objects for
derivation.
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Deriving the BI Metadata
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4
Select the target catalog folder
to derive the metadata into.
Set the Rules for derivation.
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Deriving the BI Metadata
Dimensions derive into Logical
Tables and Dimension Drill
Paths nodes. Cubes derive into
Logical tables.
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Deploying the BI Module
View Script
A UDML file for each object
is generated. A master
SALES_EE.udml file is
generated in the root path
you specified while
creating the BI location.
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Converting the UDML File for OBI EE
The UDML file is converted into an RPD file and then opened in
the OBI EE Admin tool.
1.
2.
3.
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Convert the UDML file to an .rpd file by using the following command:
• <OBIEE_INSTALL>\OracleBI\server\Bin\nQUDMLExec -I
source.udml -O tgt.rpd
Move this .rpd file into the OBI EE repository directory by using the
following command:
• copy tgt.rpd
<OBIEE_INSTALL>\OracleBI\server\Repository
Configure the OBI EE initialization files. Edit
<OBIEE_INSTALL>\OracleBI\server\Config\NQSConfig.INI
to change the entry under [REPOSITORY]. This is required so that the
repository can be used in reporting tools such as Answers or
Dashboards.
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Oracle BI Admin and Answers Tool
Open the .rpd file in the BI Admin tool. It shows the
Presentation, Business, and Physical layers.
Log in to Oracle BI
Answers tool and
create reports.
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Quiz
When you deploy the BI module, it generates a .udml file in
the root location specified.
a. True
b. False
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Summary
In this lesson, you should have learned how to:
• Explain the concepts of OBI EE and OBI SE integration
with Warehouse Builder
• Explain the typical steps to transfer the BI metadata into
the OBI EE Server
• Describe the process of deploying metadata to the OBI EE
Server
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Practice 13-1 Overview: Derive, Deploy, and
Transfer Business Intelligence Metadata into OBI
EE Server
This practice covers the following topics:
• Defining a Business Intelligence location to set the UDML
file location
• Creating a new Oracle Business Intelligence module
• Deriving and deploying the Business Intelligence objects
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Practice 13-2 Overview: Invoking the Demo titled
“Reporting Using the OBI EE Answers”
In this practice, you run a demo that illustrates the tasks that
you perform in the OBI EE environment after you have
generated the .udml file using Warehouse Builder.
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