BI Publisher in OBIEE ANSWERS:

HI ,
I am created simple report in OBIEE .
Write the query in 'ANSWERS' that query is simple query, It's dont have a dynamic parameters.
so the simple report is working or runned.
next am try to give the dynamic parameters in that query.
*(ex query) select empname,job from employee where empno=:p*
use this query in Answers 'SQL Statement' place.
then am 'click' Validate SQL and Retrieve columns
error occur in the query.
how to rectify the error. please tel

Hi,
Question 1: Is it possible to use BI answers report results in BI Publisher to create template. Template has to be in tabler form. BI Answers request can only be used as a data source at BIP (it also handles the prompts by default)
We need to develop the layout separately.
Question 2: Is it possible to use the designed template in OBI Dashboard and dasboard has prompt in it.You can use that BI report(after building it with custom developed template) in OBI Dashboard.
For this, in the Dashboard, goto Page Options -> Edit Dashboard ->
Here you can include a Dashboard Object(from left section pane) 'BI Publisher Report'.
Hope this helps you.
Regards,
Raghu

Similar Messages

BI Publisher in OBIEE 11G

Hi
I have few doubts in regard to BI Publisher in OBIEE 11G. Here they goes
1) Is it required to install BI Publisher separately or is it already provided integrated in fusion middleware in OBIEE 11G.
2) What is the process to integrate BI Publisher with OBIEE 11G.
Please help by providing answers to the above queries.
Thanks.

user8654742 wrote:
1) Is it required to install BI Publisher separately or is it already provided integrated in fusion middleware in OBIEE 11G.BI publisher installs on your machine by default with the installation of OBIEE 11g. You will not need to install or do any extra configurations.
2) What is the process to integrate BI Publisher with OBIEE 11G.As far as the OBIEE 11g Integration with BI Publisher 11g, it comes with basic integration like navigation to BI publisher form OBIEE analytics. Share the same security model etc. If you can elaborate your question here, it would help me answer it correctly.
Regards,
-Amith.

Integration of Oracle BI Publisher with OBIEE 11G

Hi, all.
I want to know How to Integration of Oracle BI Publisher with OBIEE 11G?
Because I can't create data set using Oracle BI Analysis now, and the analyses and dashboards in BIEE presentation catalog is unvisible. Why?
Thank you.

I may be missing something, but BI Publisher Enterprise is installed at the same time as when you install BIEE on the server. You wouldn't install BI Publisher Desktop on that server. You can use BI Publisher Desktop locally to create templates for use in BI Publisher Enterprise.
I'm much more familiar with XML (BI) Publisher as part of Oracle Apps moreso than BIEE, so I could be wrong in my assessment.
Hope that helps,
Brett

Publisher BI Publisher with OBIEE 11g start up

Hi ,
Can anyone guide me on logging in to BI Publisher from OBIEE 11g Home .
I tried login with my OBIEE administrator credentials (weblogic) , but its saying invalid login.
It seems , somthing needs to be done on the user (roles , policies) .Currently its in BIAdministrators group.
Thanks

Hi Sayak,
Did you perform this step?
http://bischool.wordpress.com/2012/02/23/obiee-11g-bi-publisher-not-working-showing-blank-screenpage-with-direct-url/
Regards,
Dpka

How to change the default up arrow in OBIEE Answers

Hi All,
I want to change the default blue up arrow with a green up arrow in OBIEE answers. How to do it?
Regards,
Soumitra

Do you mean the condition formatting options ? If so I had a similar requirement to create a Green up arrow and an orange 'sideways' arrow. I did the following, all based on a default Windows install using OC4J :
Navigate to :
C:\OracleBI\oc4j_bi\j2ee\home\applications\analytics\analytics\res\s_oracle10\meters\arrow\tri\
I copied up.gif to upgreen.gif and change the colour in a image editor.
I coped up.gif, rotated 90 degrees, changed colour to orange and saved this as sideways.gif
I copied the two new files into the Web services stye folders also :
C:\OracleBI\web\app\res\s_oracle10\meters\arrow\tri
restarted OC4J and presentation services and they are now available in the conditional formatting options, alongside the defaut Blue (up) and red(down) arrows.
** I believe the new pictures need to exist in any other style folders that you are using, e.g "s_hyperion", "s_oracle10", s_custom if you've done your own.

How To Give a Validation In Prompt(OBIEE Answers)

Hi,
I ahve the promt like
Name----------------<text box> Go
if i enter the name then the prompt will effect on the data.
if i didn't enter tha data in name textbox it should dispaly a meassge like:please enter a valid name:
here name comling from backend database to obiee answers
can u please tell me how to sort out this-----------------

Check this MOS note:
OA Framework Personalization and Extensibility Guide: Version 5.7+ (Doc ID 236618.1)
thanks

Field is in DB table/alias but I get ORA904 error using it in OBIEE Answers

Hello, I'm very new at developing with RPD and OBIEE tools, so I'm struggling with something that I thought I did correctly. I added a new field to a database table, and can query it in the database. I added it to the table in RPD Physical layer and I verified that it also now exists in an alias of that table. The physical alias table field is used as a source for a logical column in the presentation layer. Everything looks good in the RPD. But when I try to pull it up in a query in OBIEE Answers I get a 904 error telling me that the column does not exist. I've bounced the servers, dropped cookies and cache, but nothing helps - I still get the error.
What step could I have missed?
Thanks in advance!
Rich

THank you all for the advice, but it still appears to be a problem. Here's what I tried and the results:
1. Right-clicked on the new column to do a row count update. As predicted by Gaurav, this also failed with a 904 error.
2. Verified exact spelling is correct.
3. Checked the connection pool. THis looks correct, but I will double-check today with one of my co-workers who has more experience with RPD.
4. Tried querying the column in RPD - this also failed with 904 error.
5. Checked the LTS within BMM layer and my new field does map back to the alias column
6. Ran a consistency check and the only errors (warnnings actually) are for a different, unrelated table.
7. Checked security and it also looks okay, but this is another one I'll double-check later with one of our experts here.
8. Joins in physical layer and BMM look good
9. Checked physical column and table in the presentation layer. These also point to the right columns/tables
10. Selecting the column by itself in analysis fails with 904.
If anyone can think of something else to consider based on this please advise. One thing I did notice is that in performing the steps above I noticed somewhere (the BMM I think) that the new column I added is at the bottom of the table (last field) and not in the middle as it is in the database. In past experience with other tools this hasn't mattered, but I'm going to see if I can change that and if that has an effect. I'm guessing it won't but I'm running out of ideas!
Thanks again,
Rich

OBIEE Answers functionality questions

Hi,
I pretty new to OBIEE Answers orginally working with Business Objects XI Webi, I have read through the user guides for Answers but some functionality I would like thats in BO XI but doesnt seem to be avaliable in Answers, Im not sure if its not documented because its more advanced functionality or whether Answers just can't do it ? Is the following functionality avaliable in Answers,
1. I want to build a report based on 2 queries and then link the data in these queries by a common dimension and display this data in 1 report, for example I have query 1 with fields A,B,C and query 2 with fields A, D, E, I want to link on field A as its common and in the 1 report display the fields A,B,C,D,E
is this possible ? This is not the same as union / intersect, and is not the same as dashboard showing two query results, I want 1 table showing the results of two queries.
2. Once you have you data set returned is there anyway to filter on the data displayed in the report without the SQL actually having the filter in ? For example I have 1 query returning 100 rows of data and in that 50 rows are of type = A and 50 are of type = B. I dont want to have two seperate queries one to get all type A and one to get all type B, but I would prefer to return all rows in the query then filter the results in the report itself so I can have 1 report table showing type = A and 1 report table showing type = B, pretty much like how you can add a filter in Excel or again how you would add a report level filter in BO XI ?
Edited by: RichRich on 01-Feb-2010 02:41
Edited by: RichRich on 01-Feb-2010 02:41
Edited by: RichRich on 01-Feb-2010 02:42

HI,
May I know obiee version?
Can you refer below thread, it sees similar error.
https://forums.oracle.com/message/9866218
https://forums.oracle.com/message/10091143
Thanks,
Satya

How to Identify duplicates in OBIEE Answers.

Hi Friends,
Please help me here.
I am having a secnario in OBIEE Answers.
How to identify duplicates using combination either first names with Last Name or with DOB in OBIEE.I dont have access to RPD currently.
Also please let me know using RPD also how i achive this .
Example :
Cusomers table:
First_Name Last_Name DOB
ABC XYZ 29-Mar-2011
ABC XYZ 28-Mar-2011
ABC PQR 29-Mar-2011
ABC XYZ 29-Mar-2011
Case 1: Check row 1 & row 2 having First_Name & Last_Name duplicate but DOB is differ.
Case 2: check row 1 & row 3 having First_Name & DOB duplicate but last name is differ.
case 3: check row 1 & row 4 having First_Name,Last_name & DOB duplicate.
Advance Many Thanks.,
Dak

Hi Dak,
option 1:
go to advanced tab of that particular report...
You find check box Check this box to issue an explicit Select Distinct
option 2:
Uncheck the following item in Physical layer database features.
DISTINCT_SUPPORTED
For displaying duplicate rows refer : http://carpediemconsulting.wordpress.com/2008/08/13/displaying-duplicate-values-in-obiee-reports/
Thanks
Aravind

Request chaning/flow in OBIEE Answers?

In OBIEE Answers, is it possible to save the value of a request and reuse this value for further
calculations?
In other words, I want to use the results of request(s) as the data source for another request.
The use case is like this:
1. Use OBIEE Answers to get the value of a metric. There are multiple such metrics. Create one request per metric and save all such requests.
2. Use the requests saved in step 1 to derive a higher layer of metrics. Save these requests.
3. Use the requests saved in step 2 to derive a higher layer of metrics. Save these requests.
And so on.
Then I want to show these metrics on the dashboard with drill down navigation.
Appreciate your help.
Thank you.

Hi all,
Thanks for the reply.
But this doesn't seem to solve the problem.
Let me put it in other words:
Result-1:
Metric_A X <-- single row resulting from a request in OBIEE Answers
Result-2:
Metric_B Y <-- again single row resulting from a request in OBIEE Answers
Result-3 (to be derived from above two results)
Metric_C a*X + b*Y
where a, b are constants.
and so on...
Edited by: user2363628 on Jun 10, 2010 2:18 AM

Sort in OBIEE Answers - Desc Nulls Last

I want to sort Desc on a Answers column, but want NULLS last. Where do I set it?
For instance I can write SQL
select * from T1 order by c2 Nulls first;
NULLS last is default behavior in Oracle SQL
However, via OBIEE Answers, I see when I use DESC Nulls are on top, I want them on bottom.
Where should I set it?

Hi shyamvaran,
What is the value of your "NULL_VALUES_SORT_FIRST" parameter in your NQSConfig.INI file? By default, this is set to OFF. Which is probably what your seeing i.e. if NULLs are last, and you are sorting in descending order, then you would expect to see NULLs first.
If you want NULLs to show up last when sorting in descending order, then set the above parameter to ON and bounce your services. That should take care of you.
Otherwise, you can do a work around. Create a hidden column in your report. Set it's formula to IFNULL(C2,'aaaaaaaaaaa') . This way it'll be alphabetically first i.e. last in descending order. Set this column to sort descending and then set it to hidden. It should sort your report in the desired order and it should be hidden from view.
Good luck and if you found this post useful, please award points!
Best regards,
-Joe

Dense Rank in OBIEE answers

Hi All,
Can any on let me know how to create a column in OBIEE answers which gives the row number starting with 1 for each row in the group. similarly for next group the row number should start with 1 and so on.
Thanks in advance for your quick response!
Regards

This feature had appear in the 9i version, so there is no way to have it running with a 6i version. If you have a 9i database, you could write a database stored function/procedure that would use this analytic function, and return the lines to Forms.
Francois

Parse String in OBIEE Answers.

Please can someone help me to know how to parse a string in obiee answers:
Eg: 'Administrators;XMLP_ADMIN;319'.
I can do this very easy in Java but not sure how to do it in OBIEE. Appreciate your help
Regards.

Hi,
what are you expecting to do with that string? can you be more specific?
you want to have all values before the semi colon?
you can use regexp in obiee to parse these kind of strings..
i think this must be helpful to you..
http://oraclebizint.wordpress.com/2009/06/04/oracle-bi-ee-10-1-3-4-1-handling-complex-string-manipulations-using-regular-expressions-regex-and-evaluate/
if its helpful award points
thanks,
karthick
Edited by: kart on May 28, 2010 3:56 PM

Converting OBIEE Answers / Interactive Dashboards into .pdf or .xls files

Hi all;
I’m a freshie here as well as in Business Intelligence industry. Right now, without prior knowledge about this tool, I’m working in OBIEE answer.
Is it possible for us to convert OBIEE answer report/dashboard into .pdf or .xls files? Other tools like Cognos and Business Object have their own utilities to convert the tool’s reports into those formats. I believe OBIEE also have that essential, but untill now, i couldn’t find it.

You can download Reports on Dashboard to PDF and HTML from:
Click Printer Friendly icon placed at bottom left corner and PDF or HTML.
You can download individual reports on Dashboard:
Page Options ==> Edit ==> Report Properties ==> Report Links. Check the options you want to see below the report.

How to display a horizontal table in OBIEE Answers?

Hi All,
In one of my Client's report the table was aligned in Horizontal manner. I tried all the options in OBIEE Answers and found no option to convert the vertical table to horizontal table in OBIEE Answers. Is there any way to convert the vertical table to horizontal table. If so, please tell me in a step wise manner as i am new to OBIEE Answers it will be easy for me to create my report.
Thanks in Advance,
Thenmozhi

Hi Deva,
As you said, I tried creating my table in Pivot view. But the only the measure columns are only retrieving values if the column is a CHARACTER column then no value is retrieved. In that column's aggregation rule only the first and last options are working. What to do to retrieve the values of a character column if it is placed in measure section of pivot table.
Thanks in Advance
Thenmozhi

BI Publisher in OBIEE ANSWERS:

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for