List of Dimensions by Subject Area

Hi
How do i find the list of available Dimensions by subject area, for example - Project analytics.
Thanks

Hi,
What do you mean by Subject Area?
1. OBI Presentation Layer Subject Area:
Then you can use "Display Related" functionality of OBI repository - it will list all the physical/logical objects for each subject are
2. DAC Subject Area
Then you can use either DB scripts in the DAC metadata schema or easier refer to metalink Data Lineage document for the version of OBIA that you are using.
Hope it helps,
Michal

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I do have a little problem, maybe you can help me:
I have a large subject area for all my countries and product i sell there.
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Again answering part of my own question...It was staring me right in the eye and I couldn't see it:-)...When you have a column in the Selected Columns pane, it's source is right there above the field name. If there is no source folder listed, then it might mean it's a formula. For example in my case, the Products Hierarchy column has the word Product above it...that's the folder it belongs to.
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You are exactly right.
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How to create Analysis from two different subject areas with diff models

Hello,
I have problem with create analysis from two different areas with two different models (Model Star and Snowflakes) build in BI Admin tools.
First Model A = Subject Area A have one fact tables (with measures) and three dimensions tables (Model Star)
Second Model B = Subject Area B have one fact table (no measures) and five dimensions tables (Model Snowflakes).
I'm looking solutions how I can give good results. In this case I can't use UNION, INTERSECT etc., because this models haven't the same number column and data type?
whether it is possible to do in OBIEE?
Please help me
Kind regard
robix

Hi
One thing to understand is that if your are imagining having two Subject Areas (SAs) displayed and then dragging columns from each into your Request without any preparation, then no, that can't be done. You would need to do a join in the BMM layer and expose the column from the second Subject Area in the presentation layer.
But if you indeed interested in UNION (or intersect) queries, then do this:
Build your first query in the first SA in the usual manner. Note the number of columns and the data types of each column.
Now at the bottom of the Criteria workspace, there is a button called "Combine with similar request." Click it.
Select your second SA. You will note that the outlines of the columns in your first query appear. This is to remind you that the number of columns in this second query must be the same as in the first. It also shows the data type of each column for the same reason.
Once you select your columns and your filters, click on result. (Oh, you will also need to decide what kind of combination you want -- click on the dropdown.) The result will be a new Request that has data from both SAs in the query and combined in the manner you select (union, intersect, etc.)
That should give you a start.
http://obiee101.blogspot.in/2010/08/obiee-combine-with-similar-request.html -- Read this link this is good one to understand with screen shots. -- OBIEE 10g
http://oraclebiee11g.blogspot.in/2011/01/querying-across-multiple-subject-areas.html -- OBIEE 11g
Award Points it is useful.
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Hi,
1. In my Physical Layer I have ORCL Database and SH physical schema, how do I move it to the Business model and then to Presentation Layer.
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It is not just moving to business layer and then to presentation layer. In moving the tables to business layer, lot of functionality is addressed. Basically you will be creating star schema here. You need create fact tables and dimensions here. You need to pick columns from the tables that will be used. Take a look at demo to get understanding of how this is works.
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Type2 SCD attributes not shown correctly across subject areas

User259188
March 21, 2012 2:04 AM
Type2 SCD attributes not shown correctly across subject areas
Hi,
The issue is that Type2 SCD attributes are showing the old value when used outside the domain of Type2 SCD dimension.
For example, if we try to display the value of Type2 SCD attribute from Contact dimension in Opportunities subject area we get the old value instead of current one.
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to understand how PR_CONTACT_WID is populated on the W_REVN_F, you must use Informatica (PowerCenter Designer) and view the backward link path.
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LOOKUP_TABLE.ROW_WID as ROW_WID,
LOOKUP_TABLE.GEO_WID as GEO_WID,
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LOOKUP_TABLE.EFFECTIVE_TO_DT as EFFECTIVE_TO_DT
FROM
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WHERE W_REVN_FS.PR_CONTACT_ID = LOOKUP_TABLE.INTEGRATION_ID
AND W_REVN_FS.DATASOURCE_NUM_ID = LOOKUP_TABLE.DATASOURCE_NUM_ID
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LOOKUP_TABLE.DATASOURCE_NUM_ID,
LOOKUP_TABLE.INTEGRATION_ID,
LOOKUP_TABLE.EFFECTIVE_FROM_DT,
+LOOKUP_TABLE.EFFECTIVE_TO_DT --+
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So your value for PR_CONTACT_WID is dependent of the value of IN_DATE ( --> IIF(ISNULL(CLOSE_DT), EXCH_DT, CLOSE_DT)).
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Hope it helps,
Benoît

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Thanks in advance

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How to know on which time dimension level we are ?

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I would like to know is there a variable or a mean to know dynamically on which time dimension level we are in order to use that in a CASE WHEN clause ?
By using a sort of aggregation tables in which one of the column contains the name of the level, I could know on which level I am but I can't use that for drill down. What I mean :
Tab1 :
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OOTB I think you can use SharePoint designer, but I would suggest custom code to iterate to all pages, and get the lists that are associated with these pages.
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http://blogs.technet.com/b/heyscriptingguy/archive/2010/09/15/use-windows-powershell-to-manage-lists-in-sharepoint-2010.aspx
http://sharepointrelated.com/2011/11/28/get-all-sharepoint-lists-by-using-powershell/
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