Mapviewer in OBIEE 11g

Hi Gurus,
please send me doc for the mapviewer.
need doc how to import the tables into the database and what r the step to be done in administration tool and presentation services.
Thanks and Regards
Kiran Kumar

hi
this is useful links....
http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E12096_01/homepage.htm
http://www.scribd.com/doc/51633833/Answers-1
Mapviewer:
http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E12096_01/books/AnyUser/ChartView.html#wp1070146
thanks
kavi

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Basic questions about Mapviewer for OBIEE 11G

Hello All..
I am pretty rookie in OBIEE and I have never worked with Mapviewer before.. I am going some POC right now in my environment and I want to experiment map reports in OBIEE.. My current OBIEE version is 11.1.1.6.5, Oracle DB version is 11.2.0.3.0 64 bit and OS is Linux 86-64 and I see that there are many versions of mapviwers to download from oracle website.
I have read a few articles on Mapviewer integration with OBIEE, but I still have a few questions about using mapviewers at the very basic level:
1. What versions do I download from Oracle website? I see there are many versions of mapviewers. Do I decide the version based on my OBIEE version or DB version?
2. What files do I download from Oracle website? I see there is mapviewer zip files and mapbuilder zip files. Which one do I download and how does installation works?
3. My OBIEE 11G and DB are running on linux environment, but in the Mapviewer download page, I don't see Oracle differentiating the OS environments. Does that mean Mapviewer is only either Unix/Linux or Windows? How do I determine in which environment I should install the files I downloaded?
I know these are very basic questions, perhaps too basic to blog about, that's why I can't find them online..
Please advise here..
Thanks

Hello All..
I am pretty rookie in OBIEE and I have never worked with Mapviewer before.. I am going some POC right now in my environment and I want to experiment map reports in OBIEE.. My current OBIEE version is 11.1.1.6.5, Oracle DB version is 11.2.0.3.0 64 bit and OS is Linux 86-64 and I see that there are many versions of mapviwers to download from oracle website.
I have read a few articles on Mapviewer integration with OBIEE, but I still have a few questions about using mapviewers at the very basic level:
1. What versions do I download from Oracle website? I see there are many versions of mapviewers. Do I decide the version based on my OBIEE version or DB version?
2. What files do I download from Oracle website? I see there is mapviewer zip files and mapbuilder zip files. Which one do I download and how does installation works?
3. My OBIEE 11G and DB are running on linux environment, but in the Mapviewer download page, I don't see Oracle differentiating the OS environments. Does that mean Mapviewer is only either Unix/Linux or Windows? How do I determine in which environment I should install the files I downloaded?
I know these are very basic questions, perhaps too basic to blog about, that's why I can't find them online..
Please advise here..
Thanks

Integrating Mapviewer and OBIEE 11G

Hi all,
I am unable to get a map to be displayed in an answers report.
I have imported Layers, Background Maps and images into Answers under the Administration - Manage Map Data
In there I am able to display a map from the menu options Edit Background map.
However when adding a map view to answers report I get the following error:
View Display Error
A basemap is required to render a map. Please ensure that atleast one basemap is defined in the spatial meta-data
Error Details
Error Codes: EMGUNIA3
Location: saw.views.evc.activate, saw.httpserver.processrequest, saw.rpc.server.responder, saw.rpc.server, saw.rpc.server.handleConnection, saw.rpc.server.dispatch, saw.threadpool, saw.threadpool, saw.threads
If anybody have a working integration, please let me know what I am missing.
Regards,
Hakan

on Presentation OBIEE 11g , you need to integrate MapViewer with OBIEE11g :
* when you Build Themes (Layers) using Map Builder, don't forget to add Info Columns .
Example : in Region Table , Region_ID, Name , Description
once you do that, keep in note when you add this theme (layer) in Presentation (OBIEE11g) on Administration-->Map Management --> Manage Map Data ---> Layers .. Then Add your Theme (Layer).
* Double Click your Layer (Theme) and click ( +) icon to add New BI Key , these BI Keys are same columns you added in Map Builder Info Columns (Region_ID, Name, Description) you should add them serialized exactly like how you did it in Map Builder info columns which mean don't add (Name,Region_ID,Description) ... that will may unable to view map properly.
this step above you keep adding it each Subject Areas one by one if need for map, once you finish doing this, this mean you integrate Mapviewer with OBIEE11g...
don't forget to add at lease one measure in your answer to view map properly , so that you can add PIE, BAR charts or Color Schemes...
good luck

How to integrate mapviewer in obiee 11g?

Hi ,
May i ask you how to configure mapviewer in oracle business intelligence ( i have already installed it)?

check this
The Port number is the AdminServer Port Number of the domain. This is where the EM app will be targetted and deployed. If you choose all defaults and have like a Simple Installation of BI Software, then you should have one Server named AdminServer running at default Port: 7001.
To really confirm exactly, open you config.xml file which is under your domain root folder/config/config.xml file. Search for "em.ear" and see to which server it is targetted, generally it will be AdminServer (<target> tag entry). Now from the top search for "AdminServer" in the same file. You should see an entry like shown below. SSL Port is 7002. If you do NOT see <listen-port> tag, it means it is using DEFAULT Port which is 7001. But if you do see this tag, use that port number. Do not get confused with <ssl> port. Every domain have normal and ssl ports and most of the times we use normal port.
<server>
<name>AdminServer</name>
<idle-connection-timeout>1000</idle-connection-timeout>
<period-length>200000</period-length>
<idle-periods-until-timeout>20</idle-periods-until-timeout>
<dgc-idle-periods-until-timeout>21</dgc-idle-periods-until-timeout>
<ssl>
<name>AdminServer</name>
<hostname-verification-ignored>true</hostname-verification-ignored>
<listen-port>7002</listen-port>
</ssl>
<machine>RJEGGA</machine>
<listen-address></listen-address>
<server-diagnostic-config>
<name>AdminServer</name>
<diagnostic-context-enabled>true</diagnostic-context-enabled>
</server-diagnostic-config>
</server>
So, try, http://youradminserverhost:adminserverport/em
NOW, if you get like Page Not Found, or do not see entry from em.ear file in your config.xml file, this means your domain is not having EM app deployed.
How to know the Em url in OBIEE 11g

OBIEE 11g . Transparency of the color fill in Mapviewer

Hi,
How to set transparency level of the color fill in Mapviewer integrated with OBIEE 11g?
Thank you for your time!
Pavel

Hi,
Go into the styling rules of your map in MapBuilder and change the render style to a darker color, so when it is rendered over the map in OBIEE it becomes opaque.
See if this helps you
W.

Confused about Mapviewer and SQL in OBIEE 11g.

I read in another post that you cant use mapviewer unless you have an oracle database.
Here is my confusion. The mapviewer product comes with OBIEE 11g, Correct?
If I use Google Maps, and load the map information into an SQL data base, why wouldnt I be able to get it to work?
I cant believe that Oracle, who makes a big deal about how OBIEE can work with "Any data source", would provide a key function
that would only work with an Oracle data base, thereby purposely excluding many of their customers from using that key function.
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Hi katherine,
FILTER(count(distinct("customer info dimesion"."customerID")) USING ("TradeType Dimesion"."TradeType" = '001'))I think your formula there is mistake like many braces...instead type this in your f(x)
=>Filter(count(distinct customer_id) USING trade type='001')
This filter function is same like a case statement,if you filter still gives error write a case statement
CASE WHEN TradeType Dimesion.TradeType='001' THEN count(distinct customer info dimesion.customerID) ELSE 0 END
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KK

Strange Error in OBIEE 11g

Hi Friends,
Currently, i was working in mapping feature in obiee 11g. For that i have added
<li>Necessary <spatial tags> in instanceconfig.xml file.
<li>Created a new datasource in the mapviewer and brought it to the online.
<li> After that i went into analytics page and under the Administration tab--->Manage Map Data-->Import Layers
<li> Soon after pressing it an import layers dialog box has to open, but instead of it for me the following error is occurring
There was an error with the server CallBecause of that, it is not allowing me to select layers. what may be the problem over here.
All izz Well
GTA

GTA,
Did you perform the Map Builder Application part here before Administration tab--->Manage Map Data-->Import Layers
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/middleware/mapviewer/downloads/index-100641.html
Refer http://www.rittmanmead.com/2010/08/oracle-bi-ee-11g-map-views-integration-with-mapviewer/
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Obiee 11g and custom j2ee app using the same cookie name

Hi,
I wrote a same j2ee web application. i'am using authentification through a realm configured in the web.xml.
This web app is deployed in the same weblogic than obiee 11g. What i want to do is to embed my application in a dashboard using an iframe tag, and use the same login from analytics to my custom web app.
In this article http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E11035_01/wls100/security/thin_client.html#wp1039551, it is said that by default, all web apps in the sames weblogic server are using the same cookie name so that they share authentification between them. However, i have read in the web that analytics in obiee 11g is using a cookie with the name "ORA_BIPS_NQID".
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Thanks.

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I now, that such an integration is possible, because the other bi applications (mapviewer, bipublisher,...) are actually other web applications. However when using, for exemple, maps in dashbords, the mapviwer application automaticaly user the credentials of the user connected in analytics.

View maps on OBIEE 11g Dashboard

Hi All,
My Installation: I have OBIEE 11g installed on Windows Server 2008. My Database is SQL Server 2012.
My Requirement: Display maps in OBIEE Dashboard.
Firstly, from the various posts available online, I have understood that the OBIEE 11g MapViewer works ONLY with Oracle database. If this is true then I need another way to view maps because I don't have Oracle DB.
Can I have Google maps on my OBIEE dashboard ?
Any suggestions/advice will be highly appreciated.
Thanks n Regards
Dev
Edited by: Devpriyo on Mar 25, 2013 3:45 PM

Hi Dev
Did you find the resolution.Even I am facing the same issue.It would be great if u have found the solution.
Regards
Kishore

OBIEE 11g Map Visualization Error - basemap is defined in spatial meta-data

Hi All,
I have installed OBIEE 11g successfully on my Desktop Machine, deployed the Sample Applications regarding Mapviewer and its working fine. I have seen all the Maps and they are running fine in fact they are editable and i can easily do anything with those Maps but,
The issue is that when i am going to create a new Report and try to integrate Map on it then it shows an error as display below;
A basemap is required to render a map. Please ensure that atleast one basemap is defined in the spatial meta-data
Error Details
Error Codes: EMGUNIA3
Location: saw.views.evc.activate, saw.httpserver.processrequest, saw.rpc.server.responder, saw.rpc.server, saw.rpc.server.handleConnection, saw.rpc.server.dispatch, saw.threadpool,
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Is there any way to integrate Map with OBIEE 11g ?
Cheers,
Masood.

This question has been solved!
Basically you need to ensure the database schema where the data source (Navteq) has been imported must have the privilege "Create Type"
This comes from the Oracle manual extract as shown below:
1.4.4.3 Creating MapViewer Array Types, if Necessary
For each database schema that it connects to, MapViewer checks for the existence of
the following SQL array types that support array-type binding variables that might
exist in some predefined themes:
■ MV_STRINGLIST
■ MV_NUMBERLIST
■ MV_DATELIST
If these types do not exist, MapViewer attempts to create them in the database schema
associated with the MapViewer data source. However, if the user associated with that
schema does not have sufficient privileges to create new types, a privileged user must
create the types by connecting to the data source schema and entering the following
statements:
CREATE or REPLACE type MV_STRINGLIST as TABLE of VARCHAR2(1000);
CREATE or REPLACE type MV_NUMBERLIST as TABLE of NUMBER;
CREATE or REPLACE type MV_DATELIST as TABLE of DATE;
Cheers.

BI Starting Services Issue in OBIEE 11g

Hi,
I have installed OBIEE 11g and it was working fine but today when i have started the BI services its showed this error
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*"java.rmi.RemoteException: EJB Exception: ; nested exception is:*
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*<Jan 7, 2011 6:42:55 PM UZT> <Warning> <JDBC> <BEA-001129> <Received exception while creating connection for pool "mds-owsm": The Network Adapter could not establish*
the connection>
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Error 500--Internal Server Error
From RFC 2068 Hypertext Transfer Protocol -- HTTP/1.1:
*10.5.1 500 Internal Server Error*
The server encountered an unexpected condition which prevented it from fulfilling the request.
But the Console admin Page (http://masood:7001/console/login/LoginForm.jsp) and Map viewer admin Page (http://masood.:9704/mapviewer) working fine.
Only the sample reports and Dashboards Area are not displayed. I have tried to find out the solution of this issue but i am not getting the right solution.
If any one knows that whats the reason behind this issue, so Please help me. I will be very thankful, Thanks.

Hi,
I experienced the same problem, the exact errors you got. After much digging, i discovered that my database was not registering with the listener, so i could not connect to it from SQLDeveloper and other tools. After spending much time on the internet trying to solve the error "*ora-12154 tns could not resolve the connect identifier specified*" which was what SQLDeveloper was returning, the problem still persisted.
A colleague of mine then gave told me to try and force my database to register with the correct listener from command line with these commands:
net start OracleServiceDB1
C:\oracle\product\11.2.0\dbhome_1\BIN\oradim.exe -startup -SID DB1 -usrpwd password -pfile C:\oracle\admin\DB1\pfile\init.ora
It turned out that my windows events were full, so i had to clear all events and increased the log size and made sure they are overwritten as needed. And alas, everything was fine again!!!
What a nightmare it was - or may be it was Windows to blame!!! I hope this helps somebody out there sometime.
Obviously, you need to change the paths and other parameters to suite your system. OracleServiceDB1 is the name of my service and DB1 is the name of my database. By the way , i ran it on a Windows XP machine.
Cheers
Edited by: 842996 on 09-Mar-2011 04:48

OBIEE-11g Double columns question

Hi guys, on my pc i've installed business intelligence suite 11.1.3 and now I need support about double columns feature. In the business model I've this hierarchy
Region -> Province -> Municipality
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Thanks a lot Regards

I 've also come up with the same issue. I am using OBIEE 11G (11.1.1.5.0) and Oracle Mapviewer Ver11_1_1_4_B110225.
On the RPD, My hierarchy is defined as: District -> Quarter -> Neighbourhood.
For each hierarchy level I am using:
District Logical Level keys:
District Id: Primary Key
District Name: Use for Display
Quarter Logical Level Keys:
Quarter Id: Primary Key
Quarter Name: Use for Display
Neighbourhood Logical Level Keys:
Neighbourhood Id: Primary Key
Neighbourhood Name: Use for Display
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On the map view, drilling down from District to Quarter works properly, but I get the following action error while drilling down from quarter to neighbourhood:
An error occurred while trying to generate drill down query.
Odbc driver returned an error (SQLExecDirectW).
State: HY000. Code: 10058. [NQODBC] [SQL_STATE: HY000] [nQSError: 10058] A general error has occurred. [nQSError: 43113] Message returned from OBIS. [nQSError:
46036] Internal Assertion: Condition rowValues.size() == numColumns, file server\Query\Src\SQNavigatorAccess.cpp, line 495. (HY000)
SQL Issued: {CALL NQSGenerateDrillDownQuery('SELECT District Name saw_0, Quarter Name saw_1, DESCRIPTOR_IDOF(District Name) saw_2, DESCRIPTOR_IDOF(Quarter Name)
saw_3 FROM "Subject Area" WHERE DESCRIPTOR_IDOF(District) = 5','1','''5'',''31'',31','-1 -1 -1 -1 -1','0,2,3')}
However, if I add a table view on my analysis and click on the table view's quarter link, drilling down works ok both for the table and for the map view.
Moreover, I tried removing the double column (descriptor Id) feature from the business model while maintaining the hierarchy as described above.
I then associated the layer key (ID) of each Mapviewer theme with the corresponding BI ID column instead of the BI name column.
On the map view while drilling down from District to Quarter, a filter to a specific District is applied, but the associated Quarters theme is not displayed.
Finally, if I enable the "Use for Display" checkbox for each hierarchy level's primary key on the RPD, and maintain the association between the layer key (ID) of
each Mapviewer theme with the corresponding BI ID column, drilling down works correctly but only on the ID.
I need drilling down to work while clicking on the each name BI column of the hierarchy while defining the association on the layer key ID of each mapviewer
theme. Is this possible? Any ideas?

OBIEE 11g Map question

Hi all,
We are using OBIEE 11g Mapviewer to display some results. We have point as well as polygon location geometries which combined with other dimensions display scores on the map.
It seems there is a restriction on the display graphics that can be used based on a geometry type. It is something like the following table:
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Polygon - Color Fill, Bubble, Pie Graph, and Bar Graph
Point - Bubble, Variable Shape, Image, and Custom Point
We display a pie graph of scores on a given polygon and would like to keep it standard irrespective of the underlying geometry.
I was wondering if its possible to force use a Pie Graph on Point geometry?
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Thanks!

Hi
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Really you just need to make sure the Responsibility names are the same as the Application Roles. So either you create new responsibilities in EBS to match the existing (seeded) roles or you create new roles in OBI Apps to match your existing responsibilites. Both ways round are valid and it all depends on your security solution.
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Login issue in OBIEE 11g

Hi Experts,
We are using OBIEE 11g
We are facing the strange issue while accessing the presentation services login page.
I had uploaded the RPD file using EM,it is working for 1 hour with out any issue.
After some time the fallowing error is coming. then we are not able to access presentation services,
I had observed all the services are down in EM>Capasity manage ment tab.
Longing screen is coming ,but after entering the credentials ,it is showing login into…but not at all opening the window.
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[nQSError: 12010] Communication error connecting to remote end point: address = SERVERNAME.com; port = 9706.
[nQSError: 12008] Unable to connect to port 9706 on machine SERVER_NAME.com.Please have your System Administrator look at the log for more details on this error. (HY000)
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Hi ,
I normally do this to fix this problem
1>Disable the network , keep the loopback adaptor enabled and then restart the services.
2> You can enable the network after services are restarted.
If you want a more practical solution and dont want to disable network again and again, then you would find the blog below useful.
http://www.rittmanmead.com/2012/08/obiee-fmw-and-networking-on-dhcp-hosts/
Hope this help.
Thanks,
Maqsood

I cant able to create a new Analysis and Dashboard prompt in OBIEE 11g

Hi Gurus,
i try to create a new Analysis in OBIEE 11g in (brower: ie,Google chrome, Mozila), i got the error "*unterminated string literal*" and "*Exception at function updateSelectionsPanel: unterminated string literal*".
and i try to create a new Dashboard Prompt using column prompt when i select the column i don't get the filter form and not to be add the column prompt in the Dashboard Prompt.
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