RPD Customization

Hi experts ,
I want to add new logical column to the BMM Layer. what is the best practice in adding such new columns, Can i create them in an existing fact ? Does this has any effect on future upgrade ?
thx

Hi,
Adding a column to an existing fact in the logical layer is fine. When you upgrade you do a 3 way merge and so you'll end up with those changes in the end result rpd as well. See here:
[http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E14224_01/doc/bia.795/e13669/odi_customizing.htm#i1027369|http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E14224_01/doc/bia.795/e13669/odi_customizing.htm#i1027369]
Regards,
Matt

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Can anyone help me with following scenario please?
I have a "Instance" table in the datawarehouse. It has 2 columns A and B.
I brought it all the way to the presentation layer making necessary joins to the Facts.
I created the column as prompt at the dashboard level. Now if the User selects A or B at the prompt level he will be pointed to Amount1 column in the BMM layer.
Now I will have to customize is such a way that,
If the user chooses both A and B options in the prompt the Amount2 has to be referred instead of Amount1 column.
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user12021881 wrote:
Can anyone help me with following scenario please?
I have a "Instance" table in the datawarehouse. It has 2 columns A and B.
I brought it all the way to the presentation layer making necessary joins to the Facts.
I created the column as prompt at the dashboard level. Now if the User selects A or B at the prompt level he will be pointed to Amount1 column in the BMM layer.
Now I will have to customize is such a way that,
If the user chooses both A and B options in the prompt the Amount2 has to be referred instead of Amount1 column.
I need help please!
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How to extend and customize EarHcmAnalytics.ear for OTBI reporting

The requirement is to extend the ADF objects that's serving the OBIEE application for OTBI, see the line between OBIEE and BI VO's in [OTBI architecture |http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E15586_01/fusionapps.1111/e21363/frameset.htm?ch02s01s01s01.html] and [VO for OTBI|http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E15586_01/fusionapps.1111/e15524/adv_bi_vos.htm#BEICJFHA] . In this case, the EAR file is EarHcmAnalytics.ear. This EAR file does not have any class that provide customization. I've compared this EAR EarHcmAnalytics.ear vs the EarHcmCompensation.ear to verify that there is no Ext*.jar nor any customization classes in the adf-config.xml. Although I've updated the jdev.conf's ide.extension.extra.search.path to point to the exploded hcmAnalytics EAR, JDev didn't find any customization class in the adf-config.xml. Normally, if there's a customization class specified and not class found, the error message would indicate that customization is disabled because it could not load the customization class.
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<mds:customization-class name="oracle.apps.fnd.applcore.customization.GlobalCC"/>
<mds:customization-class name="oracle.apps.fnd.applcore.customization.SiteCC"/>
<mds:customization-class name="oracle.apps.fnd.applcore.customization.EnterpriseCC"/>
<mds:customization-class name="oracle.apps.hcm.common.core.HcmCountryCC"/>
<mds:customization-class name="oracle.apps.hcm.common.core.HcmOrganizationCC"/>
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Hi Jani,
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inf/extension.xml
at oracle.ide.net.JarIndex.getLOCFromHash(JarIndex.java:1259)
at oracle.ide.net.JarIndex.getLOC(JarIndex.java:1164)
at oracle.ide.net.JarIndex.access$1000(JarIndex.java:62)
at oracle.ide.net.JarIndex$12.run(JarIndex.java:583)
at oracle.ide.net.JarIndex$12.run(JarIndex.java:579)
at oracle.ide.net.JarIndex.runLocked(JarIndex.java:1565)
at oracle.ide.net.JarIndex.run(JarIndex.java:1472)
at oracle.ide.net.JarIndex.openInputStream(JarIndex.java:578)
at oracle.ide.net.JarURLFileSystemHelper.openInputStream(JarURLFileSystemHelper.java:381)
at oracle.ide.net.URLFileSystem.openInputStream(URLFileSystem.java:1321)
at oracle.ideimpl.jsr198.VirtualFileSystemHelperImpl.openInputStream(VirtualFileSystemHelperImpl.java:170)
at javax.ide.net.VirtualFileSystem.openInputStream(VirtualFileSystem.java:1239)
at javax.ide.extension.spi.JARExtensionSource.getInputStream(JARExtensionSource.java:123)
at javax.ide.extension.spi.DependencyTree.loadMinimal(DependencyTree.java:105)
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at oracle.ideimpl.extension.ExtensionManagerImpl.initialize(ExtensionManagerImpl.java:954)
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at javax.ide.extension.ExtensionRegistry.getExtensionRegistry(ExtensionRegistry.java:400)
at oracle.ide.ExtensionRegistry.getExtensionRegistry(ExtensionRegistry.java:191)
at oracle.ide.IdeCore.startupImpl(IdeCore.java:1385)
at oracle.ide.Ide.startup(Ide.java:703)
at oracle.ideimpl.DefaultIdeStarter.startIde(DefaultIdeStarter.java:35)
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at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
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at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
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at oracle.ide.boot.IdeLauncher.bootClassLoadersAndMain(IdeLauncher.java:189)
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at oracle.ide.boot.Launcher.invokeMain(Launcher.java:713)
at oracle.ide.boot.Launcher.launchImpl(Launcher.java:115)
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at oracle.ide.boot.Launcher.main(Launcher.java:57)
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at oracle.ide.Ide.startup(Ide.java:703)
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at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
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at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
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at oracle.ide.boot.IdeLauncher.launch(IdeLauncher.java:65)
at oracle.ide.boot.IdeLauncher.main(IdeLauncher.java:54)
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at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)
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at oracle.ide.net.JarIndex.getLOC(JarIndex.java:1164)
at oracle.ide.net.JarIndex.access$1000(JarIndex.java:62)
at oracle.ide.net.JarIndex$12.run(JarIndex.java:583)
at oracle.ide.net.JarIndex$12.run(JarIndex.java:579)
at oracle.ide.net.JarIndex.runLocked(JarIndex.java:1565)
at oracle.ide.net.JarIndex.run(JarIndex.java:1472)
at oracle.ide.net.JarIndex.openInputStream(JarIndex.java:578)
at oracle.ide.net.JarURLFileSystemHelper.openInputStream(JarURLFileSystemHelper.java:381)
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at oracle.ideimpl.extension.ExtensionManagerImpl.loadExtensions(ExtensionManagerImpl.java:510)
at javax.ide.extension.ExtensionRegistry.initialize(ExtensionRegistry.java:381)
at oracle.ideimpl.extension.ExtensionManagerImpl.initialize(ExtensionManagerImpl.java:954)
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at javax.ide.extension.ExtensionRegistry.getExtensionRegistry(ExtensionRegistry.java:400)
at oracle.ide.ExtensionRegistry.getExtensionRegistry(ExtensionRegistry.java:191)
at oracle.ide.IdeCore.startupImpl(IdeCore.java:1385)
at oracle.ide.Ide.startup(Ide.java:703)
at oracle.ideimpl.DefaultIdeStarter.startIde(DefaultIdeStarter.java:35)
at oracle.ideimpl.Main.start(Main.java:184)
at oracle.ideimpl.Main.main(Main.java:146)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)
at oracle.ide.boot.PCLMain.callMain(PCLMain.java:62)
at oracle.ide.boot.PCLMain.main(PCLMain.java:54)
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at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)
at oracle.classloader.util.MainClass.invoke(MainClass.java:128)
at oracle.ide.boot.IdeLauncher.bootClassLoadersAndMain(IdeLauncher.java:189)
at oracle.ide.boot.IdeLauncher.launchImpl(IdeLauncher.java:89)
at oracle.ide.boot.IdeLauncher.launch(IdeLauncher.java:65)
at oracle.ide.boot.IdeLauncher.main(IdeLauncher.java:54)
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at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)
at oracle.ide.boot.Launcher.invokeMain(Launcher.java:713)
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at oracle.ide.boot.Launcher.launch(Launcher.java:68)
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Thanks in advance.

Sorry if i confuse you. We are using BI Publisher with EBS integration.
'Dunning Letter Generate' is a spawned program which calls 'Dunning Letter Print from Dunning Letter Generate' internally. We cannot update 'Dunning Letter Generate' to call other programs.
Now i can build template for 'Dunning Letter Print from Dunning Letter Generate' to get the PDF output.
But i need PDF output for only US and UK operating units only. For the remaining operating units should use previous standard text output.
Here i cannot create seperate custom programs for US, UK operating units. Because we cannot call them from 'Dunning Letter Generate'.
How can i proceed.
Please let me know.

Customize Print Quote stylesheet ASOPRINT.xsl

Hi,
I have a requirement where I need to check if we can use the existing Print Quote functionality to generate custom Quote Reports. As i see we can create new XML templates by making changes to the standard style sheet ASOPRINT.XSL. According to what is mentioned in the oracle quoting guide we can add company logo, change height width etc.. of the report by modifying this style sheet. I need to know how do we cusomize the style sheet to include static text or add new tables etc.. I am very new to XSL so do not have much idea as to where is the data fetched from and where is the static text present.
Thnaks
AM

Hi,
Thanks a lot for the response. I went through the documents and they mainly talk about customizing the Quote report by including the company logo, Title and disclaimer. How can we add static text to the ASOPRINT.XSl style sheet in order to customize it and attach it to a custom tempalate. I am very new to this so do not have much idea. can we add the static test directly in the style sheet or is it fetched from somewhere?
Regard
AM

Cannot open customize OAF screen after upgrade to 12.1.3

Hi,
After upgrade to 12.1.3, I am not able top open customize OAF screens from Applications.
By following some documents from MOS, I have done the following.
1)-applied patch 9879989 on Linux server.
2)-I am able to install JDeveloper,open and compile my customize programs from JDeveloper installed on Linux server. I compilation, new *.jpx files created from *.jpr
From Oracle Applications, I am getting the same error that I was getting without compiling customize program.
My question is that, how Oracle applications will read the new compiled program. Do all program need to be in specific unix directory ?
I copied all the customized program under " /u01/oracle/jdev_install_dir/jdevhome/jdev/myprojects" .
I think the problem is now to place OAF files in the problem directory, which I don't know.
Do I need to set environment variable like JDEV_USER_HOME in the environment file ?
Please help.
Best Regards

Not sure if your issue is resolved. Did you compile the java sources in JDeveloper and moved all files from myclasses folder to unix under $JAVA_TOP or appropriate directory and deployed the PG files using xmlimporter?
Thanks
Shree

Team Planner -- Customization

We recently upgraded to 2010 professional, and I was pleased to see the team planner view, which was something I was attempting to do in 2007. We are using MS Project 2010 Professional more for resource management than project management. In
fact, we only assign one task per resource per project, just so we can have a clear picture of our resource utilization. For example, if "Joe" is going to work on this project for 50 days, regardless of what he is doing, he goes in at 50 days (and the
duration is calculated based on the percentage he is allowed to work on projects vs. day-to-day work (MAX Units), and the percentage the manager has assigned for him to do this work (Assigned Units). We don't care what "Joe" is doing, just that his time
is booked. We have assigned more than one resource to the same task, and the team planner (unlike the resource usage view), does allow breakdown by resource, and not just by project.
The purpose of this view is to provide management reports (printed/electronic PDF copies), for their weekly meetings to discuss the status of the resources and the impact of any new projects being proposed. So I need to show more info then the basic
info in the default Team Planner View.
I just read another question regarding adding extra columns to this view and was disappointed to discover that cannot be done. I have a shared resource pool with 140 resources and a master project schedule with 50 projects, and I am running the
team planner view against the shared pool. So, like the other person, I wanted to add a column with the project name (since the tasks are similiar in name, it gets confusing if it only shows the task name, as we have no idea which project it is associated
with), as well as add a column for "section" (a custom field created in the resource view so each manager can view his own team), and a column showing Max Units, so we can understand why someone with only 1 task is overallocated. As well, I would like
to customize the task bar to include the Units for that resource (ie. 50%), so I can understand also why he is overallocated or available at glance.
As a workaround for the missing project name, I embedded the name in the task, which is very time consuming and not a real solution, since at any given time I have over 50 projects in the master project schedule.
I hope this is something that is being considered in future, since it makes sense to me that management wants a view of the resource pool by assigned task, by project, and understanding of overallocation.
Trish :)

You can create and apply a Group to list all tasks by resource. You could also group by Project then by resource or the other way around. In Proejct 2010 select the View tab, then in the
Group By drop down box select New Group By and select the fields to group by.
If you like teh Group, copy it to your Globa.mpt file using teh Organizer so it's available in all your projects.
Rod Gill
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Error while deploying new RPD in obiee 11g

Hi ,
Getting the below error , while activating changes , after deploying a new RPD through EM :
Message SEVERE: Element Type: JEE_SERVER, Element Id: 01HW447397:bi_server1, Operation Result: UNEXPECTED_ERROR, Detail Message: Exception occured during setting configuration values.
Supplemental Detail Underlying cause of exception was:
oracle.bi.management.exceptions.ConfigMBeanRTException
Failed to generate edit filename for: C:\WINDOWS\ODBC.INI; java.io.IOException: Access is denied
Report on underlying changes made is:
INFO: Element Type: JEE_SERVER, Element Id: 01HW447397:bi_server1, Operation Result: APPLYING_CONFIGURATION_CHANGES, Detail Message: null
FINE: Element Type: ORACLE_INSTANCE, Element Id: 01hw447397:instance5, Operation Result: APPLYING_CONFIGURATION_CHANGES, Detail Message: null
FINE: Element Type: BI_INSTANCE_DEPLOYMENT, Element Id: 01hw447397:instance5:coreapplication, Operation Result: APPLYING_CONFIGURATION_CHANGES, Detail Message: null
FINER: Element Type: SYSTEM_COMPONENT, Element Id: 01HW447397:coreapplication_obis1, Operation Result: MODIFIED_ATTRIBUTE, Detail Message: Attribute: RepositoryName set to value: PaintDesign_BI0008.rpd (was: DipTest_BI0005.rpd)
FINE: Element Type: BI_INSTANCE_DEPLOYMENT, Element Id: 01hw447397:instance5:coreapplication, Operation Result: APPLYING_ENDPOINT_CHANGES, Detail Message: null
FINER: Element Type: SYSTEM_COMPONENT, Element Id: 01HW447397:coreapplication_sawbridge, Operation Result: MODIFIED_ATTRIBUTE, Detail Message: Attribute: sawservers set to value: 01hw447397:9710 (was: )
FINER: Element Type: SYSTEM_COMPONENT, Element Id: 01HW447397:coreapplication_obips1, Operation Result: MODIFIED_ATTRIBUTE, Detail Message: Attribute: JavaHostProxyHost set to value: 01hw447397 (was: )
FINER: Element Type: SYSTEM_COMPONENT, Element Id: 01HW447397:coreapplication_obips1, Operation Result: MODIFIED_ATTRIBUTE, Detail Message: Attribute: JavaHostProxyPort set to value: 9810 (was: )
FYI , I succesfully checked in the RPD , tried restarting all BI services and re-login into EM . But the error still exists .

Thanks for your replies !!
In any of the RPD deployments I'm getting the same error , not for some particular RPD .
FYI , yesterday (before this issue) I had a issue with starting presentation services , so as adviced in forum I replaced the files sawguidstate and sawguidstate.atrin the location:
<Instance_Home>\instances\<instance_name>\bifoundation\OracleBIPresentationServicesComponent\coreapplication_obips1\catalog\<project>\root\system\mktgcache\<name>
with the same files from a backup or from another working OBIEE 11g (11.1.5)instance.
plese refer : Re: Unable to start presentation services , in OBIEE 11g
Is this causing the deployment issue ?

Error while deploying RPD in OBIEE 11g (11.1.1.3)

Hi Friends,
At times while deploying RPD in OBIEE 11g, I am getting an error, "_*Supplementary information regarding operation: DOMAIN, UNEXPECTED_ERROR;/tmp/zipped-directory.zip (Permission denied)*_".
We have installed OBIEE over a LINUX machine. I tried to locate this file in the server but was not able to find any such thing. This error happens at random and I am unable to predict the occurrence of this error.
Can someone guide me how to resolve this issue?

You have to disable the central configuration:
http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E14571_01/bi.1111/e10541/disable_em.htm#BEIIAEGD
Change your repository in the file nqsconfig.ini
and
change the password if needed in the credential store ...
http://gerardnico.com/wiki/_detail/dat/obiee/obiee11g_credential_store.jpg?id=dat%3Aobiee%3Acredential
But if you can't open EM, it will be very difficult and may be you must have to add resource (memory, ...) to your server.
Regards,
-Amith.

"Program files" directory problem during Microsoft Office Customization Installer in non-English versions of Windows

We have a document-level customization solution for Word and are experiencing problems during deployment in an environment running on terminal services. The OS (Windows 2012) is English and Word (2013) is non-English (German).
Installation is done into the "Program Files" folder correctly. But when trying to start a word document linked to the specific template. The "Microsoft Office Customization Installer" pops up with the error.
"There was an error during installation"
From: file:///C:/Programme/[CompanyName]/[Productname]/[Productname].vsto
Downloading file:///c:/Programme/[CompanyName]/[Productname]/[Productname].vsto did not succeed.
Exception: ....
System.Deployment.Application.DeploymentDonwloadException: Download file:///C:/Programme/[Companyname]/Productname]/[Productname].vsto did not suceed. ---> System.Net.WebException: Could not find a part of the path 'C:\Programme\[Companyname]\[Productname]\[Productname].vsto'.
---> System.Net.WebException: ...... ---> System.IO.DirectoyNotFoundException......
The problem seems to be that the installer is looking for C:\PROGRAMME instead of C:\PROGRAM FILES. C:\PROGAMME is the German localized name of PROGRAM FILES (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Program_Files).
The installer installs the solution correctly deployed into c:\program files, but when the later a user tries to start it and the Microsoft Office Customization Installer is called, it tries to access the non-existing "c:\programme" folder. This
doesn't exist, because Windows is English.
Is there any thing related to deploying solutions on a platform which has different languages (mixing/matching of OS language and Office language?)
Thank you for your help

Hello,
1. First, I would confirm with you whether you dealt with the localization for your document-level add-in?
2. Did you use this way to define the Create a class that defines the post-deployment action part of Put the document of a solution
onto the end user's computer (document-level customizations only) and did you get the path with Environment.SpecialFolder enum?
To handle this, I would recommend you consider using Environment.SpecialFolder to set that property.
Regards,
Carl
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