Being back on a windows shop I find the DOS prompt sort of gets in my way, I have customized it so that it will display my current path and then let met type on a new line with this command: PROMPT Ignacio’s rocking at $P$G$_ The different formatting options for the command are: $A […]
This procedure is required when installing Oracle products such at the Oracle Database or Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition on a host machine that uses DHCP. Follow the steps to configure a loopback adapterand then: Open the host file under c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc using notepad Identify your computer’s host name by right clicking on My Computer, selecting […]
This is a list of the parameters and configuration settings you should first check when installing the oracle database into a personal/sandbox environments, I made a note of them to allow me to verify them quickly without going through all the documentation for every install. This assumes you will not use ASM on your new […]
Start > Control Pannel> Add Hardware Click next on the Welcome screen When ask if you have connected your hardware, specify yes In the next dialog select Add new hardware device On the following screen select Network Adapters Select Microsoft > Microsoft Loopback Adapter from the list Select next in the following screen to install […]
In secondary cluster node systems and versions before 11.1.1.5 a shortcut to the OBIEE Catalog Manager was not created by the install utility, when running on a Windows Box you can easily solve this by running the runcat.cmd file on the Catalog Manager Path: <Middleware Home>\instances\instance<Instance Number>\bifoundation\OracleBIPresentationServicesComponent\coreapplication_obips1\catalogmanager An example of the this path on a […]
I am using WordPress 3.1, I was able to solve this issue by customizing the call to the query_posts() function in my theme’s home.php file. The only customization necessary was adding the ignore_sticky_posts variable at the end of the query string as illustrated below. Current code in my theme: query_posts($category."&paged=$paged&showposts=$number_posts"); Tweaked code: query_posts($category."&paged=$paged&showposts=$number_posts&ignore_sticky_posts=1");
I ran into an weird issue yesterday trying to troubleshoot data security for my current gig. What it came down to is the fact that for some reason the equality operator in the expression below wasn’t being resolved correctly by OBI: LOWER( TRIM(“Data Warehouse”.””.”SCHEMA_NAME”.”ALS_BI_SEC_USER_DEPT”.”EMAIL_ADDRESS”)) = ( LOWER( TRIM( VALUEOF(NQ_SESSION.”USER”)))) Even after toying with :USER, applying […]
List of Bug Fixes Included In Oracle BI Publisher 11.1.1.5.0The following is a list of all bug fixes included in Oracle BI Publisher 11.1.1.5.0, grouped by type: Administration (ADMIN) * Bug 9381019 XMLP ROLES NOT HONORED WITH SSO ENABLED FOR AD SYNCHED USERS. * Bug 9934771 UNABLE TO LOGON TO PUBLISHER USING SECURITY MODEL EBS: […]
As I spend a lot of time switching between a very well defined set of directories in the Oracle Middleware home for OBIEE 11g I have been developing a list of variables that I like to use in my scripts and configure in the servers that I most commonly work with. They have proven to […]
The difference between Logical Tables, Logical Table Sources (LTS) and the physical tables that compose a Logical Table Source, here are some basic guidelines that have helped me get this concept to seat more clearly in my mind.
Create some basic variables in your OBIEEE Linux server
I have a scheduled script that refreshes some of my materialized views but sometimes these operations could fail if the database backup takes too long or an unexpected condition presents. This led me to think of sending the output of my refresh procedures to my email or my team’s listserv, here are sample versions of my scripts:
Clean database and control files after dropping database
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Not having to do all the leg work necessary to arrive at table-level data lineage in the PeopleSoft EPM Warehouse is a great testimony to good documentation and a great culture back there at big PS….
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