Can UPK Usage Tracking Database be on Linux

Gurus,
Can we have UPK tracking database created on linux or only windows is supported.
Thanks

Hello,
Currently the Usage Tracking server application requires IIS. However, the database associated with the Usage Tracking application server can be installed on a Linux machine assuming the database software itself supports Linux. Please refer to the [UPK Technical Specifications|http://www.oracle.com/applications/tutor/upk-technical-specification-data-sheet.pdf] for a list of support database software.
Best regards,
Marc

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HI Kaphenda,
That's probably just a side-effect of having two repositories. Keep in mind that having multiple repositories and multiple presentation servers is not support by Oracle, so they were not on the hook to modify the Usage Tracking algorithm to write to two different databases. It seems to me like they either didn't anticipate this scenario, or they didn't want to program for this scenario.
I don't think you have too many options in terms of making OBIEE insert the traffic logs into the appropriate database. However, once the data has been inserted, you can do just about anything you want to it in terms of ETL, triggers, materialized views, etc.
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3) Write a materialized view in database 2: CREATE MATERIALIZED VIEW S_NQ_ACCT AS SELECT * from S_NQ_ACCT@NEUTRAL_SERVER WHERE REPOSITORY_NAME = 'DemoApp2'
You can specify the refresh frequency of these materialized views to be as frequent as you want. The great thing about this strategy is that you get the best of all worlds. Each database has the traffic information broken down by their personal RPD. But the neutral schema can provide Global reporting across both repositories which can be very valuable itself.
Good luck and if you found this post useful, please award points!
Best regards,
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Edited by: Joe Bertram on Jan 18, 2010 9:59 AM

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