No rows returned in the BIS views

Question

I am new to Discoverer. I had connected to Financials Intelligence responsibility using discoverer desktop. When I tried to create a workbook in General Ledger Business Area to display the GL accounts, I get no rows returned message. I get the same message for any kind of report I try to create not only in GL business area but also in any of the seeded business areas provided by the Oracle. I can query it in toad and see the data but it is not retrieved in discoverer. what could be the problem? is there any profile options to be setup for my username or am I missing something?
Any help is greatly appreciated
Thanks

Answer 1

Here's the metalink note for those interested.
It's basically laying out all the steps to setup the info in Oracle Apps as alluded to by Simon and then perform a complete refresh of the BIS views in the database, bring in the new .eex file for changes, etc.
Russ
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Applies to: Oracle Discoverer - Version: 10.1.2.48.18
This problem can occur on any platform.
Oracle Applications 11.5.10.2
Oracle Applications Concurrent Manager SymptomsUnable to retrieve any data on standard General Ledger (GL) business areas and standard workbooks after migrating the EUL from Discoverer 4.1 to 10.1.2 and upgrading Oracle Applications to 11.5.10.2.
These same workbooks and business areas worked fine before the upgrade to Discoverer 10.1.2.
A custom business area and custom workbooks return data, but none of the standard pre-seeded "BIS" or "Financials Intelligence General Ledger (GL) business areas return data when testing in Discoverer Plus, Viewer or Desktop.
ChangesMigrated the Discoverer EUL and Oracle Application Server environment from Discoverer 4.1.48.08 to 10.1.2.48.18. CauseIncomplete setup of Oracle E-Business Suite and Discoverer environment for Business Intelligence (BIS) and/or Financials Intelligence, including missing profile options for Oracle Applications Administrator and custom Super User responsibility.
SolutionTo implement the solution, please execute the following steps:
1. Login to Oracle Applications Systems Administration function as SYSADMIN user and set the profile option as described below:
a. Profile > System
b. Check the 'Site', 'Responsibility' and 'Profiles with No Values' checkboxes
c. Enter "Applications Administration' in 'Responsibility' field
d. Enter FII: GL BIS Discoverer access (if it does not display the profile option, please try wildcard option "FII%GL%BIS%" )
e. Then in the next screen, select 'Yes' from LOV under 'Site' and 'Responsibility' column
f. Save the settings
g. Again repeat the same steps for custom responsibility "My_Company General Ledger Super User"
2. Complete/confirm the following steps from Note 313418.1, Section 6, Post Installation Tasks
a) Step 4. Regenerate your Business Views - done throughNote 313418.1, Section 6, Post Installation Tasks
a) Step 4. Regenerate your Business Views - done through Oracle Applications Concurrent Manager as SYSADMIN user with the "Business Views Setup" responsibility.
b) Recommend all steps under 4 and steps under 5
c) Step 8. Refresh the Discoverer 10.1.2 End User Layer - via SYSADMIN user/responsibility - as described in note
d) Step 9 -> Need to make sure Applications Administrator responsibility has all
security and access to the EUL and business areas. Be sure to grant to responsibility
rather than SYSADMIN user since the "Applications Administrator" responsibility is used to perform Discoverer Administration tasks.
$ORACLE_HOME/bin/eulapi \
-CONNECT <EUL schema>/<password>@<db> \
-GRANT_PRIVILEGE \
-ROLE "Applications Administrator" \
-PRIVILEGE all_admin_privs
$ORACLE_HOME/bin/eulapi \
-CONNECT <EUL schema>/<password>@<db> \
-GRANT_PRIVILEGE \
-ROLE "Applications Administrator" \
-PRIVILEGE all_user_privs
AND
$ORACLE_HOME/bin/eulapi \
-CONNECT <EUL schema>/<password>@<db> \
-GRANT_PRIVILEGE \
- ROLE "Applications Administrator" \
-BUSINESS_AREA_ADMIN_ACCESS % \
-WILDCARD \
-LOG <log file name>
Note: The above commands need to be in one continuous line. For Unix/Linux, you may separate lines with continuation character "\"
3. Once all steps have been completed, the standard General Ledger (GL) workbooks and newly created workbooks based on standard GL usiness areas will return data.
Note: If you are unsure if you are encountering this specific issue, it is always beneficial to test the data via SQL using the same Oracle E-Business Suite user and responsibility.
The following reference will guide you how to accomplish this:
Note 279736.1 'How To Run SQL From An Apps Mode Discoverer Workbook In SQL*PLUS'
ReferencesNote 313418.1 - Using Discoverer 10.1.2 with Oracle E-Business Suite 11i
Note 279736.1 - How To Run SQL From An Apps Mode Discoverer Workbook In SQL*PLUS
Keywords'BUSINESS~AREA' 'PROFILES-SYSTEM' 'FII~~GL~BIS~DISCOVERER~ACCESS' 'DISCOVERER~4.1.48.08' 'BUSINESS~VIEWS' 'UPGRADE~TO~11.5.10.2' 'PROFILES-SYSTEM' 'UPGRADE~TO~10.1.2'
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