Creation of Virtual Directory in weblogic.xml (OBIEE11 Weblogic)

Question

We are using OBIEE 11.1.1.6.4, we want to create a Virtual directory mapping in weblogic server so that we can place our static image files to access from the application URL.
To do this activity, we have performed following steps -
1) Navigated to C:\OBIEE11G\Oracle_BI1\bifoundation\jee
2) Open analytics.ear file
3) Existing code in weblogic.xml is: (if weblogic.xml is not present we need to create the file with below code)
<?xml version = '1.0' encoding = 'US-ASCII'?>
<weblogic-web-app xmlns="http://xmlns.oracle.com/weblogic/weblogic-web-app">
<session-descriptor>
<cookie-path>/analytics</cookie-path>
</session-descriptor>
</weblogic-web-app>
4) We have added virtual-directory-mapping tag; After adding virtual directory mapping tag, the code in weblogic.xml is
<?xml version = '1.0' encoding = 'US-ASCII'?>
<weblogic-web-app xmlns="http://xmlns.oracle.com/weblogic/weblogic-web-app">
<session-descriptor>
<cookie-path>/analytics</cookie-path>
</session-descriptor>
<virtual-directory-mapping>
<local-path>D:/virtualdirectory</local-path>
<url-pattern>/images/*</url-pattern>
<url-pattern>*.jpeg</url-pattern>
</virtual-directory-mapping>
</weblogic-web-app>
5) We have created a folder virtualdirectory under D: drive. And then created a folder images within folder virtualdirectory.
6) Then we have placed an image (lets say) test.jpeg within image folder.
7) Restarted all BI services,
8) Now when we try to access URL http://localhost:9704/analytics/images/test.gif. Now we are able to see the image, it’s working perfectly fine.
If we paste the above URL in browser it will automatically displays the image without any authentication. So our requirement is, on pasting the URL in browser first it should redirect to OBIEE homepage and when authentication is done then it should display the image.
Request you to please advise with your inputs.

Answer 1

Why did you modify analytics.ear ?
Should'nt you make changes here : Middleware_Home>\instances\instance1\bifoundation\OracleBIPresentationServicesComponent\coreapplication_obips1
\analyticsRes\WEB_INF\web.xml
Follow this note : OBIEE 11g: How To Access Custom Files Through URL By Creating Virtual Directory In Weblogic Server? [ID 1408240.1]
And you should be able to deploy that virtual directory and access it after authentication.
HTH,
SVS