Instanceconfig.xml and Nqsconfig.ini

Hi Experts,
what is the main purpose of Instanceconfig.xml file and Nqsconfig.ini file what are the functions we are going to set in these both files.
Thanks,

In OBIEE 10g, Instanceconfig.xml is the main configuration file of the BI Presentation server. In OBIEE 11g though, Instanceconfig.xml is also the configuration file for BI Scheduler. Nqsconfig.ini is the main configuration file for the BI Server both in 10g and 11g.
There are a lot of parameters that can be set within both the config files, it will depend on what the need is.
Please mark if helpful/correct.

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LOCALE and SORT_ORDER_LOCALE in NQSConfig.ini

hi experts,
there are 2 parameters for Localization/Internationalization in NQSConfig.ini
I run this query to get the info. of the database.
select * from nls_database_parameters;
and the results are:
=============================================
NLS_LANGUAGE     AMERICAN
NLS_TERRITORY     AMERICA
NLS_CURRENCY     $
NLS_ISO_CURRENCY     AMERICA
NLS_NUMERIC_CHARACTERS     .,
NLS_CHARACTERSET     JA16SJIS
NLS_CALENDAR     GREGORIAN
NLS_DATE_FORMAT     DD-MON-RR
NLS_DATE_LANGUAGE     AMERICAN
NLS_SORT     BINARY
NLS_TIME_FORMAT     HH.MI.SSXFF AM
NLS_TIMESTAMP_FORMAT     DD-MON-RR HH.MI.SSXFF AM
NLS_TIME_TZ_FORMAT     HH.MI.SSXFF AM TZR
NLS_TIMESTAMP_TZ_FORMAT     DD-MON-RR HH.MI.SSXFF AM TZR
NLS_DUAL_CURRENCY     $
NLS_COMP     BINARY
NLS_LENGTH_SEMANTICS     BYTE
NLS_NCHAR_CONV_EXCP     FALSE
NLS_NCHAR_CHARACTERSET     AL16UTF16
NLS_RDBMS_VERSION     9.2.0.7.0
=============================================
what LOCALE and SORT_ORDER_LOCALE should be ?
LOCALE     =     "Japanese";
SORT_ORDER_LOCALE     =     "Japanese";
thanks

hi,
Pls have a look
http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E12103_01/books/AnyInConfig/AnyInConfigNQSConfigFileRef8.html
If it founds helpful award points
thanks,
saichand.v

Changes to NQSCONFIG.INI in obiee 11g is not working???

I modified NQSCONFIG.INI in obiee 11g and restarted BI services but what ever changes I did are gone. how can I modify NQSCONFIG.INI OR INSTANCECONFIG.XML files?

As per documentation: e10541
A.1.1 How to Update Parameters in NQSConfig.INI
The following procedure explains how to update parameters in NQSConfig.INI.
To update parameters in NQSConfig.INI:
Open the NQSConfig.INI file in a text editor. You can find this file at:
ORACLE_INSTANCE/config/OracleBIServerComponent/coreapplication_obisn
Make a backup copy of the file before editing.
Locate and update the parameter you want to change.
Save and close the file.
Restart the Oracle BI Server. For more information, see Section 4.1, "About Starting and Stopping Oracle Business Intelligence."
If you have multiple Oracle BI Server instances, then repeat these steps in each NQSConfig.INI file for all Oracle BI Server instances.
Antonio

Syntax error in NQSConfig.ini.file

# NQSConfig.INI
# Copyright (c) 1997-2006 Oracle Corporation, All rights reserved
# INI file parser rules are:
# If values are in literals, digits or _, they can be
# given as such. If values contain characters other than
# literals, digits or _, values must be given in quotes.
# Repository Section
# Repositories are defined as logical repository name - file name
# pairs. ODBC drivers use logical repository name defined in this
# section.
# All repositories must reside in OracleBI\server\Repository
# directory, where OracleBI is the directory in which the Oracle BI
# Server software is installed.
[ REPOSITORY ]
Star = OracleBIAnalyticsApps.rpd, DEFAULT
# Query Result Cache Section
[ CACHE ]
ENABLE = NO;
// A comma separated list of <directory maxSize> pair(s)
// e.g. DATA_STORAGE_PATHS = "d:\OracleBIData\nQSCache" 500 MB;
DATA_STORAGE_PATHS = "C:\OracleBIData\cache" 500 MB;
MAX_ROWS_PER_CACHE_ENTRY = 100000; // 0 is unlimited size
MAX_CACHE_ENTRY_SIZE = 1 MB;
MAX_CACHE_ENTRIES = 1000;
POPULATE_AGGREGATE_ROLLUP_HITS = NO;
USE_ADVANCED_HIT_DETECTION = NO;
MAX_SUBEXPR_SEARCH_DEPTH = 7;
// Cluster-aware cache
// GLOBAL_CACHE_STORAGE_PATH = "<directory name>" SIZE;
// MAX_GLOBAL_CACHE_ENTRIES = 1000;
// CACHE_POLL_SECONDS = 300;
// CLUSTER_AWARE_CACHE_LOGGING = NO;
# General Section
# Contains general server default parameters, including localization
# and internationalization, temporary space and memory allocation,
# and other default parameters used to determine how data is returned
# from the server to a client.
[ GENERAL ]
// Localization/Internationalization parameters.
LOCALE = "English-usa";
SORT_ORDER_LOCALE = "English-usa";
SORT_TYPE = "binary";
// Case sensitivity should be set to match the remote
// target database.
CASE_SENSITIVE_CHARACTER_COMPARISON = OFF ;
// SQLServer65 sorts nulls first, whereas Oracle sorts
// nulls last. This ini file property should conform to
// that of the remote target database, if there is a
// single remote database. Otherwise, choose the order
// that matches the predominant database (i.e. on the
// basis of data volume, frequency of access, sort
// performance, network bandwidth).
NULL_VALUES_SORT_FIRST = OFF;
DATE_TIME_DISPLAY_FORMAT = "yyyy/mm/dd hh:mi:ss" ;
DATE_DISPLAY_FORMAT = "yyyy/mm/dd" ;
TIME_DISPLAY_FORMAT = "hh:mi:ss" ;
// Temporary space, memory, and resource allocation
// parameters.
// You may use KB, MB for memory size.
WORK_DIRECTORY_PATHS = "C:\OracleBIData\tmp";
SORT_MEMORY_SIZE = 4 MB ;
SORT_BUFFER_INCREMENT_SIZE = 256 KB ;
VIRTUAL_TABLE_PAGE_SIZE = 128 KB ;
// Analytics Server will return all month and day names as three
// letter abbreviations (e.g., "Jan", "Feb", "Sat", "Sun").
// To use complete names, set the following values to YES.
USE_LONG_MONTH_NAMES = NO;
USE_LONG_DAY_NAMES = NO;
UPPERCASE_USERNAME_FOR_INITBLOCK = NO ; // default is no
// Aggregate Persistence defaults
// The prefix must be between 1 and 8 characters long
// and should not have any special characters ('_' is allowed).
AGGREGATE_PREFIX = "SA_" ;
# Security Section
# Legal value for DEFAULT_PRIVILEGES are:
# NONE READ
[ SECURITY ]
DEFAULT_PRIVILEGES = READ;
PROJECT_INACCESSIBLE_COLUMN_AS_NULL = NO;
MINIMUM_PASSWORD_LENGTH = 0;
#IGNORE_LDAP_PWD_EXPIRY_WARNING = NO; // default is no.
#SSL=NO;
#SSL_CERTIFICATE_FILE="servercert.pem";
#SSL_PRIVATE_KEY_FILE="serverkey.pem";
#SSL_PK_PASSPHRASE_FILE="serverpwd.txt";
#SSL_PK_PASSPHRASE_PROGRAM="sitepwd.exe";
#SSL_VERIFY_PEER=NO;
#SSL_CA_CERTIFICATE_DIR="CACertDIR";
#SSL_CA_CERTIFICATE_FILE="CACertFile";
#SSL_TRUSTED_PEER_DNS="";
#SSL_CERT_VERIFICATION_DEPTH=9;
#SSL_CIPHER_LIST="";
# There are 3 types of authentication. The default is NQS
# You can select only one of them
#----- 1 -----
#AUTHENTICATION_TYPE = NQS; // optional and default
#----- 2 -----
#AUTHENTICATION_TYPE = DATABASE;
# [ DATABASE ]
# DATABASE = "some_data_base";
#----- 3 -----
#AUTHENTICATION_TYPE = BYPASS_NQS;
# Server Section
[ SERVER ]
SERVER_NAME = Oracle_BI_Server ;
READ_ONLY_MODE = NO; // default is "NO". That is, repositories can be edited online.
MAX_SESSION_LIMIT = 2000 ;
MAX_REQUEST_PER_SESSION_LIMIT = 500 ;
SERVER_THREAD_RANGE = 40-100;
SERVER_THREAD_STACK_SIZE = 0; // default is 256 KB, 0 for default
DB_GATEWAY_THREAD_RANGE = 40-200;
DB_GATEWAY_THREAD_STACK_SIZE = 0; // default is 256 KB, 0 for default
MAX_EXPANDED_SUBQUERY_PREDICATES = 8192; // default is 8192
MAX_QUERY_PLAN_CACHE_ENTRIES = 1024; // default is 1024
MAX_DRILLDOWN_INFO_CACHE_ENTRIES = 1024; // default is 1024
MAX_DRILLDOWN_QUERY_CACHE_ENTRIES = 1024; // default is 1024
INIT_BLOCK_CACHE_ENTRIES = 20; // default is 20
CLIENT_MGMT_THREADS_MAX = 5; // default is 5
# The port number specified with RPC_SERVICE_OR_PORT will NOT be considered if
# a port number is specified in SERVER_HOSTNAME_OR_IP_ADDRESSES.
RPC_SERVICE_OR_PORT = 9703; // default is 9703
# If port is not specified with a host name or IP in the following option, the port
# number specified at RPC_SERVICE_OR_PORT will be considered.
# When port number is specified, it will override the one specified with
# RPC_SERVICE_OR_PORT.
SERVER_HOSTNAME_OR_IP_ADDRESSES = "ALLNICS"; # Example: "hostname" or "hostname":port
# or "IP1","IP2":port or
# "hostname":port,"IP":port2.
# Note: When this option is active,
# CLUSTER_PARTICIPANT should be set to NO.
ENABLE_DB_HINTS = YES; // default is yes
PREVENT_DIVIDE_BY_ZERO = YES;
CLUSTER_PARTICIPANT = NO; # If this is set to "YES", comment out
# SERVER_HOSTNAME_OR_IP_ADDRESSES. No specific NIC support
# for the cluster participant yet.
// Following required if CLUSTER_PARTICIPANT = YES
#REPOSITORY_PUBLISHING_DIRECTORY = "<dirname>";
#REQUIRE_PUBLISHING_DIRECTORY = YES; // Don't join cluster if directory not accessible
DISCONNECTED = NO;
AUTOMATIC_RESTART = YES;
# Dynamic Library Section
# The dynamic libraries specified in this section
# are categorized by the CLI they support.
[ DB_DYNAMIC_LIBRARY ]
ODBC200 = nqsdbgatewayodbc;
ODBC350 = nqsdbgatewayodbc35;
OCI7 = nqsdbgatewayoci7;
OCI8 = nqsdbgatewayoci8;
OCI8i = nqsdbgatewayoci8i;
OCI10g = nqsdbgatewayoci10g;
DB2CLI = nqsdbgatewaydb2cli;
DB2CLI35 = nqsdbgatewaydb2cli35;
NQSXML = nqsdbgatewayxml;
XMLA = nqsdbgatewayxmla;
ESSBASE = nqsdbgatewayessbasecapi;
# User Log Section
# The user log NQQuery.log is kept in the server\log directory. It logs
# activity about queries when enabled for a user. Entries can be
# viewed using a text editor or the nQLogViewer executable.
[ USER_LOG ]
USER_LOG_FILE_SIZE = 10 MB; // default size
CODE_PAGE = "UTF8"; // ANSI, UTF8, 1252, etc.
# Usage Tracking Section
# Collect usage statistics on each logical query submitted to the
# server.
[ USAGE_TRACKING ]
ENABLE = YES;
//==============================================================================
// Parameters used for writing data to a flat file (i.e. DIRECT_INSERT = NO).
STORAGE_DIRECTORY = "<full directory path>";
CHECKPOINT_INTERVAL_MINUTES = 5;
FILE_ROLLOVER_INTERVAL_MINUTES = 30;
CODE_PAGE = "ANSI"; // ANSI, UTF8, 1252, etc.
//==============================================================================
DIRECT_INSERT = YES;
//==============================================================================
// Parameters used for inserting data into a table (i.e. DIRECT_INSERT = YES).
PHYSICAL_TABLE_NAME = "OBI Usage Tracking"."Catalog"."dbo"."S_NQ_ACCT" ; // Or "<Database>"."<Schema>"."<Table>" ;
CONNECTION_POOL = "OBI Usage Tracking"."Usage Tracking Writer Connection Pool>" ;
BUFFER_SIZE = 10 MB ;
BUFFER_TIME_LIMIT_SECONDS = 5 ;
NUM_INSERT_THREADS = 5 ;
MAX_INSERTS_PER_TRANSACTION = 1 ;
//==============================================================================
# Query Optimization Flags
[ OPTIMIZATION_FLAGS ]
STRONG_DATETIME_TYPE_CHECKING = ON ;
# CubeViews Section
[ CUBE_VIEWS ]
DISTINCT_COUNT_SUPPORTED = NO ;
STATISTICAL_FUNCTIONS_SUPPORTED = NO ;
USE_SCHEMA_NAME = YES ;
USE_SCHEMA_NAME_FROM_RPD = YES ;
DEFAULT_SCHEMA_NAME = "ORACLE";
CUBE_VIEWS_SCHEMA_NAME = "ORACLE";
LOG_FAILURES = YES ;
LOG_SUCCESS = NO ;
LOG_FILE_NAME = "C:\OracleBI\server\Log\CubeViews.Log";
# MDX Member Name Cache Section
# Cache subsystem for mapping between unique name and caption of
# members for all SAP/BW cubes in the repository.
[ MDX_MEMBER_CACHE ]
// The entry to indicate if the feature is enabled or not, by default it is NO since this only applies to SAP/BW cubes
ENABLE = NO ;
// The path to the location where cache will be persisted, only applied to a single location,
// the number at the end indicates the capacity of the storage. When the feature is enabled,
// administrator needs to replace the "<full directory path>" with a valid path,
// e.g. DATA_STORAGE_PATH = "C:\OracleBI\server\Data\Temp\Cache" 500 MB ;
DATA_STORAGE_PATH = "C:\OracleBIData\cache" 500 MB;
// Maximum disk space allowed for each user;
MAX_SIZE_PER_USER = 100 MB ;
// Maximum number of members in a level will be able to be persisted to disk
MAX_MEMBER_PER_LEVEL = 1000 ;
// Maximum size for each individual cache entry size
MAX_CACHE_SIZE = 100 MB ;
# Oracle Dimension Export Section
[ ORA_DIM_EXPORT ]
USE_SCHEMA_NAME_FROM_RPD = YES ; # NO
DEFAULT_SCHEMA_NAME = "ORACLE";
ORA_DIM_SCHEMA_NAME = "ORACLE";
LOGGING = ON ; # OFF, DEBUG
LOG_FILE_NAME = "C:\OracleBI\server\Log\OraDimExp.Log";
Help me out Gurus thanks in advance

Hi,
Star = OracleBIAnalyticsApps.rpd, DEFAULTthis should be end with semicolon
Star = OracleBIAnalyticsApps.rpd, DEFAULT;
Assign Points and close thread, if your question is answered...
Cheers,
Aravind

Possible elements in the instanceconfig.xml file for presentation services

g'day
Has anyone here come across a list of all the possible elements that can be put in the configuration file for a presentation service, instanceconfig.xml ?
I have found next to nothing in the documentations, about what can be configured there.
What I am specifically after is: How can I change the default listening port for the Presentation Service? The default port is 9710 and I want to move to another port.
Also, how can I move the JavaHost from the default port 9810? I can change the file OracleBI/web/javahost/config/config.xml to reflect the change. Once the JavaHost has been restarted it starts up on the expected port, but the Presentation Service still tries to communicate over RPC to port 9810. How do I configure the presentation service to search for the JavaHost on a non-default port?
I have boiled it down to my original question: What are the possible values I can configure in the instanceconfig.xml file?
Any comments here would be great.
Cheers, 
Borkur

So, I had a little breakthrough here.
I found in the OBIEE deployment guide, page 142:
To change the Presentation Services listener port
1 Open the instanceconfig.xml file for editing.
2 Locate the <WebConfig> element.
3 Within the <WebConfig> tags, create the element <RPC> and assign it the RPC Listener Port
value for the BI Presentation Services instance, as shown in the following example.
<WebConfig>
<ServerInstance>
<RPC>
<Listener port="9715" />
</RPC>
</ServerInstance>
</WebConfig>
NOTE: In the preceding example, the RPC Listener port for the BI Presentation Services instance
has been changed to port 9715 from the default of 9710.
4 Save changes to the file.
This almost works. The RPC element has been deprecated, as was reported in the sawserver.out.log:
The configuration entry 'RPC/Listener' is deprecated. Please refer to the admin guide for more information.
What I then did was to just remove the RPC elements and leaving the Listener element straight under there ServerInstance element. This seems to have solved the problem.
I still have to figure out how to let the Presentation Service know that I have moved the JavaHost to antoher port ...
Cheers,
Borkur

Presentation Services not coming up after modifying instanceconfig.xml

Hi,
I am trying to export more than 500 rows to excel from OBIEE dashboard. (500 is default). So I modified instanceconfig.xml file to add below tags in both Pivot and Table sections.
<MaxVisibleColumns>5000</MaxVisibleColumns>
<MaxVisiblePages>2500</MaxVisiblePages>
<MaxVisibleRows>500000</MaxVisibleRows>
<MaxVisibleSections>5000</MaxVisibleSections>
Now my OBIEE presentation services are not coming up and found the error message in log saying: "Unknown element - MaxVisibleColumns".
Appreciate any ideas how to fix this. Thanks.

Hi,
I solved my problem, i set up only the parameter MaxVisibleRows and it works fine!
Export to Excel from Analysis - 500 row limit? ----------------------this thread given final solution as mention above.
Re: OBIEE 11g - Download All/Display All of rows in Answers this thread also given some solution.
Please refer this link.
http://obieeelegant.blogspot.in/2011/09/unable-to-export-all-rows-from-request.html
http://123obi.com/2011/03/increase-number-of-rows-to-displayexport-to-excel-from-analysis/
Award points it is useful.
Thanks,
satya
Edited by: satya R on Apr 27, 2012 11:14 PM
Edited by: satya R on Apr 27, 2012 11:15 PM

Instanceconfig.xml in obiee 11g error

hi i was following the sampleapp_10722 deployment guide i got struck *2.6.2 Instanceconfig.xml Edits* i cannot proceed further as it was mentioned in the earlier post about the issue one more doubt raised from my end
https://forums.oracle.com/forums/thread.jspa?threadID=2369751&start=0&tstart=0_
Make sure you have all the following tags (in green below) in the file, within the existing <ServerInstance> tag. Some of these entries may already be present in your file. Ensure that entries are made only once and are in appropriate locations.
Some of these entries may already be present in your file since no entries are found in my instanceconfig.xml file
according to the deployment guide
<ServerInstance>
*<SpatialMaps><LayerDataLayout><MaxRecords>1000</MaxRecords></LayerDataLayout></SpatialMaps>*
*<LightWriteback>true</LightWriteback>*
*<ps:Catalog xmlns:ps="oracle.bi.presentation.services/config/v1.1">*
*<ps:UpgradeAndExit>false</ps:UpgradeAndExit>*
*<ps:UpdateAccountGUIDs>UpdateAndStartNormally</ps:UpdateAccountGUIDs>*
*</ps:Catalog>*
*<LogonParam>*
*<TemplateMessageName>LogonParamSQLTemplate</TemplateMessageName>*
*<MaxValues>100</MaxValues>*
*</LogonParam>*
*<SubjectAreaMetadata>*
*<DictionaryURLPrefix>/metadatadict/</DictionaryURLPrefix>*
*</SubjectAreaMetadata>*
</ServerInstance>
from the earlier post i was suggested to remove ps: from following tags <ps:Catalog xmlns:ps="oracle.bi.presentation.services/config/v1.1">,<ps:UpgradeAndExit>false</ps:UpgradeAndExit>,</ps:Catalog>
so i have done the above but here comes the main doubt the the highlighted bold tags with in the serverinstance entry where actually i have to place in my instanceconfig.xml file is there any particular place i have to place it or any where with in the
<serverinstance>
</serverinstance>

Thank for your reply Devarasu,
I know where the instanceconfig.xml path location but what i am going to do is to register instanceconfig.xml like what i did in OBIEE10G using below command
sawserver.exe -c D:\Middleware\instances\instance1\config\OracleBIPresentationServicesComponent\coreapplication_obips1\instanceconfig.xml.
I run this command but still didn't work. How can i register this instanceconfig.xml. Any thought?
Thanks
Joni
Edited by: Joni on Nov 30, 2011 5:57 PM

OBIEE10g: Even after changing NQSConfig.INI it still loads the old rpd.

New rpd name has been updated in NQSConfig.INI file and the services have been restarted manually. Still in the presentation services, i get the old RPD.
The log file of both the NQServer.log and <NewRPD>.rpd.Log says that new rpd has been loaded.
Is there anything that I am missing? Is there any way to save the new RPD directly as Online mode?
I am using OBIEE 10g as a standalone on Windows xp.
Thanks,
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The rpd doesnt come up in the list of available Online rpd's.
I did check the log file again (changing the rpd name), it shows as loaded and also the subject area under it.
Still stuck with this issue.
Regards,
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/u01/app/obiee/obiData/scheduler/config/instanceconfig.xml empty

I have OBIEE 10.1.3.4 installed on Redhat 5.2. I configured Scheduler but find the file /u01/app/obiee/obiData/scheduler/config/instanceconfig.xmlis empty. Start the scheduler getting error [nQSError: 67042] The Scheduler Configuration is incorrect.
[nQSError: 46084] Error at file '/u01/app/obiee/obiData/scheduler/config/instanceconfig.xml', line 1, column 1, Message: Invalid document structureHow can I get the instanceconfig.xml for scheduler? It is not mentioned in B31768-01 Scheduler Guide, nor B31765-02 BI INfrastructure Installation and COnfiguration Guide.
Thanks

Thank you for reply. The references you cited are very interesting. My problem is that I have an empty Scheduler configure file
/u01/app/obiee/obiData/scheduler/config/instanceconfig.xml - this file is empty
/u01/app/obiee/obiData/web/config/instanceconfig.xml - I do have this and configured along the line in you first referenceThe scheduler log file says:
[68008] Scheduler Error: [nQSError: 67042] The Scheduler Configuration is incorrect.
[nQSError: 46084] Error at file '/u01/app/obiee/obiData/scheduler/config/instanceconfig.xml', line 1, column 1, Message: Invalid document structureTo me this means BI Scheduler does not happy the empty scheduler configure file.
You mentioned 'the scheduler script' The config file your looking for is right,you need to check for <Alert> tag where the scheduler server entry would be defined after you
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Instanceconfig.xml - Catalog

hi all,
I have an installation with two BI presentation services pointing to the same BI server. Then I want to centralize the catalog so both presentation services will access the same catalog. Then I am going to the instanceconfig.xml file and in the CatalogPath label I type:
<CatalogPath>\\server\catalog\bise1</CatalogPath>
Then I get an error when I restart the service. I also have tried with mapping a network drive:
<CatalogPath>E:/catalog/bise1</CatalogPath>
but I am getting the same error.
It seems that the presentation service only can access to the catalog to a local path.
Someone knows how can I do it?
Many thanks in advance,
Victor.

From the OBIEE Deployment Guide:
"On Windows, the BI services must run under a domain account in order to access network shares. Do not use the LocalSystem account."
Obviously the Domain Account you use must also have access to the share you want to access.

NQSConfig.ini

Hi all,
I was doing this repository and catalog migration from Dev to Prod. My version is 11g. So, I did this from Weblogic Enterprise Manager usning Deployment option. Now, I notice that the user cannot see My Folders in Analysis. And moreover I noticed, the NQSConfig.ini file did not replace the repository name with the latest one, because I changed the repository name in Prod before uploading. Please assist. What is going wrong?
Any help is appreciated.
Thanks.

Hi Lakshmipathi, thanks for your prompt response. On Prod, I checked the NQSConfig.ini file to check which repository it is point to. I copied the same repository across environments. Renamed it on Dev. And then uploaded it along with the catalog. I restarted the server as well. But the NQSConfig.ini seems the same with the old repository name. Please let me know if you need to know any other info...

CatalogPath in Instanceconfig.xml

I have created a repository and in the presentation layer I have three subject areas.
Now I want to change the instanceconfig.xml so that i have separate catalog folder for each subject area. So can i have define catalogpath like below, I mean can I have more then 1 entry for catalogPath in Instanceconfih.xml.
<CatalogPath>D:/OracleBIData/web/catalog/paint</CatalogPath>
<CatalogPath>D:/OracleBIData/web/catalog/SubjectArea1</CatalogPath>
<CatalogPath>D:/OracleBIData/web/catalog/SubjectArea2</CatalogPath>
<CatalogPath>D:/OracleBIData/web/catalog/SubjectArea3</CatalogPath>
Please guide

If only it were that simple! Unfortunately the presentation server needs to know which catalog to use, and can only use one at a time, if you wish to be able swap between them without constantly renaming the catalog you need to configure multiple instances of the presentation services.
Read this blog
http://bvellinger.blogspot.com/2008/01/obiee-10132-and-multiple-presentation.html
I suspect thsi isn't really what you want, there are probably easier ways to achieve the result you want, why do you want one catalog per subject area?
Rgds
Ed

Back up of Nqsconfig.ini ?????

HI All,
I deleted the Nqsconfig.ini file by mistake from the Linux server where OBIEE was installed. I tried to replace it by copying a Nqsconfig.ini file which i had in the windows environment , but the OBIEE server is not starting.
Is there anyway I can get a back up of Nqsconfig.ini file. or is there any solution for this problem?
Thanks

If you copied the file from a Windows server then you need to run the Linux command dos2unix to convert the file format to Unix. Then of course you should modify any relevant parameters in tour NQSConfig.ini for your Linux installation. The easiest thing will probably be to shutdown your current Linux installation, create a temp folder and move your existing installation there. Then do a new dummy installation in the same directory. When it is finished then make a copy of the NQSConfig.ini, trash the dummy installation and restore your previous installation. Windows boys, no chance of you guying doing this trick, Windows is too dirty to install all the files of a program in a single directory like the majority of Unix/Linux programs do! ;)

Issue with nqsconfig.ini

HI,
It couldn't reflect in nqsconfig.ini file, while i was disabling cache in EM. Can anyone please clarify my doubt.
Thanks,

Now can you pls correct me if i am wrong that after purging the server cache and * not pruging presentation server cache * IBOT will take the latest data from the database.Yes it will take latest data from DB and your right .If you purge server cache everything is cleaned up and when presentation server is run it should talk to BI server to fetch the details so as to accomodate the presentation server cache as requested.
There is another method to purge cache after every ETL run,you need to create an ibot to fire it and write a custom script so it purges the old data and we need to schedule it after the ETL run...so it cleans up data and when end user comes next day and want to see fresh data it is there to see.It might help you
http://vivekkulthe.blogspot.com/2008/08/purging-cache-using-ibots.html
To improve performance of reports you can do this http://blog.guident.com/2009/12/many-dashboards-on-most-systems-can-be.html
Cheers,
KK

Full form of NQS in NQSConfig.ini file.

Hello Experts,
Out of curiosity I would like to know the full form of NQS in NQSConfig.ini file.
Regards,
Mohammed
Edited by: Mohammed_owb on Mar 30, 2010 5:54 AM
Edited by: Mohammed_owb on Mar 30, 2010 5:57 AM

Okay so time for some History..
1) Nquire makes a software called "nquire suites". nQuire launched its nQuire suite of products in late 1999 to monitor and deliver real-time intelligence based on any fact-based problem or opportunity by initiating an e-mail or page to any device, such as a laptop, pager, PDA, RIM, U.S. and European mobile phones.
2) Siebel buys Nquire for $65 million in late 2001 ( http://www.internetnews.com/ent-news/article.php/894791 ) and renames it as "Siebel Analytics"
3) Oracle buys Siebel in 2005 and renames it as "Oracle Business Intelligence" in 2007.
So basically, NQSconfig stands for Nquire Server Config..
-Vinay

Instanceconfig.xml and Nqsconfig.ini

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