Oracle Dimension to OBIEE Dimension/Hierarchy

Is there a way to automatically (script etc.) generate an OBIEE dimension from an Oracle database dimension object?

Can you please elaborate your question? If your question is to directly create a dimesion in OBIEE from database table through some script then i dont think its possible.
You need to import table,create joins and then take it to BMM layer and then you can create a dimesnional hierarchy on top of it.
Regards,
Sandeep

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Oracle Financial dimension hierarchy manager -- java issue.

Hi All,
when im trying to load the setup form for Oracle Financial dimension hierarchy manager from daily Business Intelligence administrator responsibility i am encountering the issue for java as mentioned below:
java.security.AccessControlException: access denied (java.util.PropertyPermission MetaObjectContext read)     at java.security.AccessControlContext.checkPermission(Unknown Source)
     at java.security.AccessController.checkPermission(Unknown Source)
     at java.lang.SecurityManager.checkPermission(Unknown Source)
     at java.lang.SecurityManager.checkPropertyAccess(Unknown Source)
     at java.lang.System.getProperty(Unknown Source)
     at oracle.apps.fnd.framework.OAApplicationModuleFactory.getCommonProperties(OAApplicationModuleFactory.java:675)
     at oracle.apps.fnd.framework.OAApplicationModuleFactory.createRootOAApplicationModuleInternal(OAApplicationModuleFactory.java:347)
     at oracle.apps.fnd.framework.OAApplicationModuleFactory.createRootOAApplicationModule(OAApplicationModuleFactory.java:312)
     at oracle.apps.gl.fdhm.client.ServerLayer.initAppsModule(ServerLayer.java:57)
     at oracle.apps.gl.fdhm.client.FinDimHierMgr.jbInit(FinDimHierMgr.java:468)
     at oracle.apps.gl.fdhm.client.FinDimHierMgr.init(FinDimHierMgr.java:321)
     at sun.plugin2.applet.Plugin2Manager$AppletExecutionRunnable.run(Unknown Source)
     at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)
Any inputs on this issue is appreciated.
Thanks in advance.

Hi Hussein,
Thanks for an update.
The tech note 273227.1 points all the issues related with jinitiator, we are using sun jre 1.6 update 7.
The complete log for java:
Exception in thread "thread applet-oracle.apps.gl.fdhm.client.FinDimHierMgr-3" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: oracle/apps/fnd/metadata/DatabaseClass
     at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass1(Native Method)
     at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass(Unknown Source)
     at java.security.SecureClassLoader.defineClass(Unknown Source)
     at java.net.URLClassLoader.defineClass(Unknown Source)
     at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor2.invoke(Unknown Source)
     at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
     at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
     at sun.plugin2.applet.Plugin2ClassLoader.defineClassHelper(Unknown Source)
     at sun.plugin2.applet.Plugin2ClassLoader.access$400(Unknown Source)
     at sun.plugin2.applet.Plugin2ClassLoader$2.run(Unknown Source)
     at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
     at sun.plugin2.applet.Plugin2ClassLoader.findClassHelper(Unknown Source)
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     at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
     at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
     at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClassInternal(Unknown Source)
     at java.lang.Class.forName0(Native Method)
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     at java.lang.Class.forName0(Native Method)
     at java.lang.Class.forName(Unknown Source)
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     at oracle.jbo.mom.DefinitionManager.loadLazyDefinitionObject(DefinitionManager.java:456)
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     at oracle.jbo.mom.DefinitionManager.findDefinitionObject(DefinitionManager.java:269)
     at oracle.jbo.server.MetaObjectManager.findMetaObject(MetaObjectManager.java:649)
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     at oracle.jbo.server.ApplicationModuleImpl.createRootApplicationModule(ApplicationModuleImpl.java:359)
     at oracle.jbo.server.ApplicationModuleHomeImpl.create(ApplicationModuleHomeImpl.java:91)
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     at sun.plugin2.applet.Plugin2Manager$AppletExecutionRunnable.run(Unknown Source)
     at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)
Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: oracle.apps.fnd.metadata.DatabaseClass
     at sun.plugin2.applet.Applet2ClassLoader.findClass(Unknown Source)
     at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
     at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
     at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClassInternal(Unknown Source)
     ... 43 more
Caused by: java.io.IOException: open HTTP connection failed:http://cloneappl.test.com.sa:8004/OA_JAVA/oracle/apps/fnd/metadata/DatabaseClass.class
     at sun.plugin2.applet.Applet2ClassLoader.getBytes(Unknown Source)
     at sun.plugin2.applet.Applet2ClassLoader.access$000(Unknown Source)
     at sun.plugin2.applet.Applet2ClassLoader$1.run(Unknown Source)
     at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
     ... 47 more

Obiee dimension hierarchy ?

what is purpose of od dimensional hierarchy in obiee ?

Dimension Hierarchy -
If you Introduce formal hierarchies into a business model it establishes levels for data groupings and calculations and provides paths for drilldown
Steps to Create a Dimension Hierarchy - >
Create a dimension object.
Add a parent-level object.
Add child-level objects.
Determine number of elements.
Specify level columns.
Create level keys.
Create a level-based measure.
Create additional level-based measures.
Create share measures.
Create rank measures.
Add measures to Presentation layer.
Test share and rank measures.
kp

Dashboard prompt on a Dimension Hierarchy in Obiee 11g

Hi All,
I have created a hierarchy (parent-child) on a dimension 'A'. I am able to create a dashboard prompt for the dimension hierarchy. However I am not sure how to create a report that is to be filtered on this dashboard prompt. I tried using the attribute name that the hierarchy uses but that does not work. Can some one please let me know how i can filter a report by a hierarchy dimension prompt.
Thanks,
Nikita
Edited by: user12438396 on May 8, 2011 1:16 PM

Hi Nikita,
For your requirement, you need to go for Selection steps pane in the analysis(report). Click on steps link and then add the hierarchy column that you want to use and expand the hierarchy to the lowest level. Now select all these and all the attributes will now appear in the other side.
If you dont expand the hierarchy to the lowest level, then only the highest level values will appear in your selection at prompt.
Also make sure to check the 'override' checkbox in the bottom, this helps in filtering the values.
Hope this answers your question.
Cheers,
Obul

Value based dimension hierarchy in OBIEE 10G

Hi,
I am a user of OBIEE10G. I have to create a value based dimension hierarchy in my RPD. My hierarchy should be such that when I click on any VP Name, the respective employees working under him/her should be shown. But my columns of VP Name and Employee_Name are present in separate dimensions. Hence when I drag the column of VP Name to Employee dimension and then create the dimension hierarchy, I get an error of illegal cross join .
Is value based hierarchy possible in 10G?
Pls reply.
Thanks
Ankita
Edited by: 848789 on Sep 28, 2011 8:40 PM

Hi Ankita,
As per my Understanding the VP column did't map to any LTS .
When ever u have multiple LTS in Dim Admin tool won't create Dimension Hierarchy manually we need to create that.
Follow these steps to resolve your Problem...
1) give the simple join in physical layer for that two tables.
2) Create one Dim table in to BMM layer drag all columns in 2 tables in to BMM Dim table so u can able to see all the columns is mapped in to their respective LTS.
3) Now u can create hierarchy manually step by step.Like Grand total Parent ----> Child level .
4) If u have any fact table joined with these dimension in physical layer give the logical joins in BMM layer and set the content levels properly.
Let me know need any detail clarification.
Thanks,
Satya

Oracle Business Intelligence Dimension hierarchy question

Hi,
I am prasanna.I have a problem while display the data from dimension hierarchy.I have created a time dimension hierarchy.I can drill down upto week number but i m unable to display the time_id(this is the last level of the hierarchy).When i check the properties of the time_id,the HIDE check is checked.Even if i uncheck the checkbox also i m unable to display that column.How to change properties of the column manually.I can find the column at the criteria but not at results tab.How can i display the column.
Thanks ,
prasanna

HI Prasanna,
what is the least granularity for your time dimension? is at week level or day level. verify the dim hier configuration in rpd. if you define time_id as level key you dont get that column in answers results while drilldown. you may create another logical column and drag it to week level as an attribute then you will get it. and why do you need time id in answers. generally we dont use id's for reporting.
try again after above configuration and you will be all set.
Thanks
Jay.

Setting Dimension Hierarchy

Hi All gurus,
I am new to OBIEE and am currently trying my hands on Oracle By example tutorial. My query is why do you need to create Dimension Heirarchy and different levels for dimension table and also what is the criteria which decides which level will be after the total level and so on.....
It would be great if I get some exmaples which might explain as to why & how the different levels created in Dimension table..
Thanks
Dharmendra Jha

We must need dimension hierarchy in ever Business Model.
Lets take a supply-orders Business Model
we need to present Year & No.of dollars & also we need to present months & no .of dollars per that month
so u need to define hierarchy for that business.
Hierarchy follows as below
Grand total(Parent Level)
Year(Child of Grand Total)
Month(child of Year)
Day(child of Month)
Suppose when u grill down year , automalically month should appear along with dollars per that particular month
Like wise By grill down Months day wise dollars should appear on report.
So Strictly we need Dimension Hierarchy

Drill Down in Dimension hierarchy in 11g......

Hi,
I place dimension hierarchy in my report.drill down is not working for dimension hierarchy.when I Click + symbol it working fine.
requeriment is when I click The Value it will be Drilldown.
Any Help....
Thanks,

Check these links
http://www.rittmanmead.com/2010/10/oracle-bi-ee-11g-navigation-passing-parameters-using-hierarchical-columns/
http://prasadmadhasi.com/2011/12/15/hierarchicalnavigationinobiee11g/

SCD's type 2 conflict with Oracle Dimension Object

Hi everybody.
I have a little problem understanding Oracle Dimension Objects and how to use it with SCD type 2.
Oracle's documentation says: There must be a 1:n relationship between a parent and children. A parent can have one or more children, but a child can have only one parent.
This makes me think that if i have, for example, a department 1 and zone 'A', this department ALWAYS have to map the same zone, the zone 'A' can have more than one department but one department have to map every time to the same zone.
This is a correct example: department 1 maps to zone 'A' everytime
Employee Department Zone
1 1 A
2 1 A
This is an incorrect example: department 1 DOES NOT MAP to zone 'A' everytime
Employee Department Zone
1 1 A
2 1 B
Oracle's documentation says: You must not create dimensions in any schema that does not fully satisfy the dimensional relationships. Incorrect results can be returned from queries otherwise.
OK, but what can we do if the department's zone actually change???
In SCD type 2 we use the following technique:
ID Employee Department Zone Start End
1 1 1 A 2010-01-01 2010-01-02
2 1 1 B 2010-01-03 null
Now we can see that SCD type 2 does not follow the requirements that ORACLE recommends for the creation of Dimension Objects, I mean department 1 now maps to the older zone A and the newer zone B.
Is it correct?
Can somebody clarify this? I think is a conflict.
Thanks.

Hi,
Is it correct?No, you are wrong. You mixed dimension attribute historization and hierarchy relationship.
Behaviour of mapping for loading SCD2 dimension depends on how did you implement Department and Zone entities in your dimension -
as a general attributes of lowest dimension level (EMPLOYEE) or as a higher levels in dimension hierarchy.
If you define Department and Zone as attributes of EMPLOYEE level than behaviour of loading algorithm will be as you described -
it is because OWB doesn't know that Department and Zone attributes compose hierarchy.
But when you define additional levels Department and Zone - OWB tries to resolve conflicts over hierarchy in very simple way -
for each child dimension value it choose single parent with minimal business key value.
In your case loaded data will be:
ID Employee Department Zone Start End
1 1 1 A 2010-01-01 2010-01-02
2 1 1 A 2010-01-03 null
Since 10.2.0.4 patchset there is also Hierarchy Versioning feature (so configured for versioning level also contains EFFECTIVE_DATE, EXPIRATION_DATE columns).
Regards,
Oleg

Recursive Dimension Hierarchy

Hi everybody,
Is there a way to define a recursive dimension hierarchy in the Oracle BI Administration Tool???
Many thanks in advance!!!
Jorge.

Jorge,
If you are referring to a parent-child hierarchy of the Manager-Employee type then its possible to model it in the BMM layer. It takes a little work but its doable. I have done it but dont recall the specifics.
-Red

A Question Related to Dimension Hierarchy

Hi All,
While going through some hierarchies, i found that some columns were associated with the levels in hierarchy but these columns were not part of level keys.
I want to know that what is difference between the result when columns that are not level keys are associated with a logical level and when such columns are not associated with a logical level ?
Does such columns affect the result when selected in BI Answer?
For exp -
Suppose i have below time dimension hierarchy -
Time
->Grand Total Level 0
---> Year Level1
Year (Level Key)
Year Start Date
Year End Date
---> QuarterLevel2
Quarter(Level Key)
Quarter Start Date
Quarter End Date
---> MonthLevel3
Month(Level Key)
Month Start Date
Month End Date
---> Day Level4
Day (Level Key)
Day Start Date
Day End Date
These start date/end date columns are not part of level keys.
The same thing i have observed in other hierarchies too.
I want to know that what would happen, if these columns are not present at these levels?
So When should we associate columns those are not part of level key to levels and when we should not associate ?
Thanks,
Ashish

Hi ,
The non key columns used in each of the levels help in faster retireval for that aggregate level .
If you look closely at these columns you will find these to be unique ,now having said that another point is that these levels are also used for aggreagation
as we all know.
For ex at the month level the key identifies all the unique moths but if data has to be shown for one particualr month then with the start momth date and end month date the retrieval would be still better :)

Dimension Hierarchy

We are in the process of creating a dimension hierarchy. We see multiple options here
There is Logical Level. Each logical level can have multiple keys. Each key (*Logical Level Keys* ) can have multiple multiple columns. Each column has a check box. The Logical Level Key dialog shows Use for drill down option.
What is the significance of
keys
Logical Level Keys
The check boxes

Any thoughts on this please ?

Total levels on pivot with dimension hierarchy column incorrect

Hi,
I have a pivot table based on a single subject area, based on an Essbase cube.
The problem I have is that some of the totals against the collapsed dimension hierarchy column are incorrect, it is as if they remember the pre-updated state, even though I have bounced the services and turned all caching off.
When I expand the node then the totals appear correctly, but when reverted to the collapsed state it shows nothing again.
I have turned off caching via EM.
I have tried all flavours of totals, default, server complex aggregate et al with the same result for all.
I have double checked the results at source with an identical query in SmartView and the upper level dimension total is populated in its own right, as well as its children carrying totals which do not sum back to zero.
Any suggestions please??
thanks,
Robert.

Can you validate the query hitting to the database and compare the results?
Mark if helps.
Thanks,

How to Create Recursive Dimension Hierarchy

Hi all
i will be glade if any body know how i can create Recursive Dimension Hierarchy
where the number of levels is varibel.
like the Account DIM or manager Dim
eg
i have the follwing table
EmpId Name -- MangerID
where Manager id is a forign key to Empid
regards,

Hi
Have a look at my blog post here: http://www.rossgoodman.com/2007/10/12/dimensionally-modelling-a-recursive-hierarchy/
Hope that helps.
Ross
http://www.RossGoodman.com

Report totals with dimension hierarchy column on pivot table incorrect

Hi,
I have a pivot table based report that has one dimension column, a dimension hierarchy column and various measures.
The row totals do not match, detail to total, and I have tried both complex server based aggregate and report based aggregation, but neither are giving me the correct answer.
I have also tried adding the column that is the same as the top level as the hierarchy, but hidden, but this does not help.
I have also tried adding the lowest level of detail column, but hidden, but this does not give me the solution I need as all of the figures then appear at detail not aggregated level.
Any ideas please?
thanks,
Robert.

Can you validate the query hitting to the database and compare the results?
Mark if helps.
Thanks,

Problem with open dimension hierarchy

Hi,
I Am useing BIApps 7.9.6.3 rpd.I Drag Employee Primary Owner Organization Dimension Hierarchy into presentation layer.That Table does not open. it showing processing.I Restarted the servers Also.
Why It Will Showing Any help.....

Looks like a bug
Check this Doc ID 1505504.1 or ID 1415135.1
Pls mark as correct/helpful if helps
Edited by: veeravalli on Nov 19, 2012 10:02 AM
Edited by: veeravalli on Nov 19, 2012 10:05 AM

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