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1 Oracle Fusion Middleware System Administrator's Guide for Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition 11g Release 1 (11.1.1) E May 2012 Explains how to manage Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition processes and components, including how to start and stop, configure, and extend deployments. Includes how to customize, monitor, troubleshoot, and migrate an Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise system

2 Oracle Fusion Middleware System Administrator's Guide for Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition, 11g Release 1 (11.1.1) E Copyright 2010, 2012, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Primary Author: Christine Jacobs Contributing Authors: Marla Azriel, Nick Fry, Dona Hobin, Stefanie Rhone Contributors: Oracle Business Intelligence development, product management, and quality assurance teams This software and related documentation are provided under a license agreement containing restrictions on use and disclosure and are protected by intellectual property laws. Except as expressly permitted in your license agreement or allowed by law, you may not use, copy, reproduce, translate, broadcast, modify, license, transmit, distribute, exhibit, perform, publish, or display any part, in any form, or by any means. Reverse engineering, disassembly, or decompilation of this software, unless required by law for interoperability, is prohibited. The information contained herein is subject to change without notice and is not warranted to be error-free. If you find any errors, please report them to us in writing. If this is software or related documentation that is delivered to the U.S. Government or anyone licensing it on behalf of the U.S. Government, the following notice is applicable: U.S. GOVERNMENT RIGHTS Programs, software, databases, and related documentation and technical data delivered to U.S. Government customers are "commercial computer software" or "commercial technical data" pursuant to the applicable Federal Acquisition Regulation and agency-specific supplemental regulations. As such, the use, duplication, disclosure, modification, and adaptation shall be subject to the restrictions and license terms set forth in the applicable Government contract, and, to the extent applicable by the terms of the Government contract, the additional rights set forth in FAR , Commercial Computer Software License (December 2007). Oracle America, Inc., 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood City, CA This software or hardware is developed for general use in a variety of information management applications. It is not developed or intended for use in any inherently dangerous applications, including applications that may create a risk of personal injury. If you use this software or hardware in dangerous applications, then you shall be responsible to take all appropriate fail-safe, backup, redundancy, and other measures to ensure its safe use. Oracle Corporation and its affiliates disclaim any liability for any damages caused by use of this software or hardware in dangerous applications. Oracle and Java are registered trademarks of Oracle and/or its affiliates. Other names may be trademarks of their respective owners. Intel and Intel Xeon are trademarks or registered trademarks of Intel Corporation. All SPARC trademarks are used under license and are trademarks or registered trademarks of SPARC International, Inc. AMD, Opteron, the AMD logo, and the AMD Opteron logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Advanced Micro Devices. UNIX is a registered trademark of The Open Group. This software or hardware and documentation may provide access to or information on content, products, and services from third parties. Oracle Corporation and its affiliates are not responsible for and expressly disclaim all warranties of any kind with respect to third-party content, products, and services. Oracle Corporation and its affiliates will not be responsible for any loss, costs, or damages incurred due to your access to or use of third-party content, products, or services.

3 Contents Preface... xix Audience... Documentation Accessibility... Related Documentation and Other Resources... Conventions... xix xix xx xx New Features for Oracle Business Intelligence System Administrators... xxi New Features for Oracle BI EE 11g Release 1 ( )... xxi New Features for Oracle BI EE 11g Release 1 ( )... xxiii New Features for Oracle BI EE 11g Release 1 ( )... xxiii Part I Administering Oracle Business Intelligence 1 Introduction to Oracle Business Intelligence System Administration 1.1 What Are the Oracle Business Intelligence System Administration Tasks? Getting Started with Managing Oracle Business Intelligence What Is the Oracle Business Intelligence System Logical Architecture? Oracle Business Intelligence on a Single Host A Single Host and Enterprise Install A Single Host and Simple Install Oracle Business Intelligence on Multiple Hosts About Java Components and System Components for Oracle Business Intelligence About Java Components About System Components What Is the Administration Server? What System Administration Tools Manage Oracle Business Intelligence? Fusion Middleware Control Oracle WebLogic Server Administration Console Oracle Process Manager and Notification Server (OPMN) Tool Oracle WebLogic Scripting Tool (WLST) Oracle BI Administration Tool Job Manager Working with the Sample Application Oracle BI Publisher Integration iii

4 1.7 Topics of Interest in Other Guides System Requirements and Certification Managing Oracle Business Intelligence 2.1 Why Use Fusion Middleware Control and WebLogic Server Administration Console? Centrally Managing Oracle Business Intelligence Components Using Fusion Middleware Control Tips for Using Fusion Middleware Control with Oracle Business Intelligence Logging into Fusion Middleware Control to Manage Oracle Business Intelligence Using Fusion Middleware Control to Manage Oracle Business Intelligence System Components Using Fusion Middleware Control to Monitor Status and Start and Stop Oracle Business Intelligence Java Components About the Navigation Tree in Fusion Middleware Control Centrally Managing Oracle Business Intelligence Java Components Using the Oracle WebLogic Server Administration Console Managing Oracle Business Intelligence JMX MBeans Using the Fusion Middleware Control MBean Browser What Is the Fusion Middleware Control MBean Browser? Displaying the Fusion Middleware Control MBean Browser Configuring the Oracle Business Intelligence System 3.1 Configuring Oracle Business Intelligence Using Fusion Middleware Control to Update Oracle Business Intelligence Configuration Settings Using the Oracle BI Systems Management API to Update Configuration Settings Using a Text Editor to Update Configuration Settings Using the Fusion Middleware Control MBean Browser to Update Configuration Settings Where Are Configuration Files Located? Part II Managing Processes and Components 4 Starting and Stopping Oracle Business Intelligence 4.1 About Starting and Stopping Oracle Business Intelligence Starting the Oracle Business Intelligence System Starting Oracle Business Intelligence on Windows Platforms Starting Oracle Business Intelligence on UNIX Platforms Using Fusion Middleware Control to Start and Stop Oracle Business Intelligence System Components and Java Components Using Oracle WebLogic Server Administration Console to Start and Stop Java Components Alternative Methods for Starting and Stopping System Components Using the OPMN Command Line to Start, Stop, Restart, and View the Status of System Components Using a Windows Service to Start and Stop System Components iv

5 4.5.3 Using the Oracle BI Systems Management API to Programmatically Start and Stop Oracle Business Intelligence Confirming Whether the Administration Server Is Running Starting and Stopping the Administration Server and All Oracle Business Intelligence Java Components on Windows and UNIX Starting and Stopping Managed Servers on Windows and UNIX Confirming If the Managed Server Is Running and Starting It Troubleshooting System Startup Administration Server Fails to Start When the Database Is Not Running Managed Server Is Down Oracle BI Server Fails to Start Oracle BI Presentation Services Fails to Start Cannot Log In Part III Scaling and Deploying for High Availability and Performance 5 Scaling Your Deployment 5.1 About Scaling Oracle Business Intelligence How Do I Know When to Scale Out Processes? What Processes Should I Scale? Vertically Scaling Oracle Business Intelligence Horizontally Scaling Oracle Business Intelligence Setting Up Shared Files and Directories Uploading and Sharing the Oracle BI Repository Sharing the Oracle BI Presentation Catalog Setting Up the Global Cache Setting the Scheduler Script Path and Default Script Path Using Fusion Middleware Control to Scale System Components Validating That Your System Has Been Scaled Correctly Using Fusion Middleware Control to View System Component Availability Using the Administration Console to View Managed Server Availability Deploying Oracle Business Intelligence for High Availability 6.1 About Oracle Business Intelligence Components in a Clustered Environment Recommendations for Availability Using Fusion Middleware Control to Identify Single Points of Failure Achieving High Availability Using an Active-Passive Model Configuring Oracle Business Intelligence Components for High Availability Using Fusion Middleware Control to Configure Primary and Secondary Instances Optional Configuration for Oracle Business Intelligence High Availability Setting Optional Cluster Controller Parameters Setting Optional Presentation Services Parameters Setting Optional Oracle BI Presentation Services Plug-in Parameters Using the Cluster Manager Viewing and Managing Cluster Information v

6 Status Information Cache Information Session Information Server Information Troubleshooting an Oracle Business Intelligence Clustered Environment Avoiding Errors with Network Appliance Devices When the Oracle BI Server Is Running on Linux or UNIX Managing Performance Tuning and Query Caching 7.1 Monitoring Service Levels Using Fusion Middleware Control to View Common Performance Metrics Using Fusion Middleware Control to View All Oracle Business Intelligence Metrics Using the Administration Console to View Metrics for Java Components About Query Performance Tuning Setting Performance Parameters in Fusion Middleware Control Using Fusion Middleware Control to Disallow RPD Updates Using Fusion Middleware Control to Set the User Session Log-Off Period Using Fusion Middleware Control to Set Configuration Options for Data in Tables and Pivot Tables Using Fusion Middleware Control to Set the Maximum Number of Rows Processed to Render a Table About the Oracle BI Server Query Cache Query Cache Architecture Advantages of Caching Costs of Caching Disk Space Administrative Tasks Keeping the Cache Up To Date CPU Usage and Disk I/O Cache Sharing Across Users About the Refresh Interval for XML Data Sources About the Global Cache Configuring Query Caching Using Fusion Middleware Control to Enable and Disable Query Caching Using Fusion Middleware Control to Set Query Cache Parameters Manually Editing Additional Query Cache Parameters Using Fusion Middleware Control to Set Global Cache Parameters Manually Editing Additional Global Cache Parameters Monitoring and Managing the Cache Choosing a Cache Management Strategy Disable Caching for the System Caching and Cache Persistence Timing for Specified Physical Tables Configure Oracle BI Server Event Polling Tables Purging and Maintaining Cache Using ODBC Procedures About ODBC Procedure Syntax About Sharing the Presentation Services Query Cache About Result Records vi

7 Storing and Purging Cache for SAP/BW Data Sources How Repository Changes Affect the Query Cache Online Mode Offline Mode Switching Between Repositories Changes to Dynamic Repository Variables Strategies for Using the Cache About Cache Hits Ensuring Correct Cache Results When Using Row-Level Database Security Running a Suite of Queries to Populate the Cache Using Agents to Seed the Oracle BI Server Cache Using the Cache Manager Displaying Global Cache Information in the Cache Manager Purging Cache in the Administration Tool Cache Event Processing with an Event Polling Table Setting Up Event Polling Tables on the Physical Databases Making the Event Polling Table Active Populating the Oracle BI Server Event Polling Table Troubleshooting Problems with Event Polling Tables Managing the Oracle BI Presentation Services Cache Settings Improving Oracle BI Web Client Performance Configuring Apache HTTP Server for Static File Caching Configuring Oracle HTTP Server for Static File Caching Part IV Resolving Issues 8 Diagnosing and Resolving Issues in Oracle Business Intelligence 8.1 What Auditing Tools Are Available? Viewing And Configuring Diagnostic Log Files Using Fusion Middleware Control to View Log Information, Error Messages, and Alerts Configuring Log File Rotation Policy and Specifying Log Levels Using Fusion Middleware Control to Configure Log File Rotation Policy and Specify Log Levels Manually Changing Additional Log File Settings Understanding Diagnostic Log and Log Configuration Files What Are Diagnostic Log Files and Where Are They Located? What Are Diagnostic Log Configuration Files and Where Are They Located? What Are Log File Message Categories and Levels? What is Log File Rotation? What Messages Are Included in the System Log? Managing the Query Log Configuring Query Logging Setting the Query Logging Level Setting the Query Logging Level for a User Using the Log Viewer Running the Log Viewer Utility vii

8 Interpreting the Log Records Logging in Oracle BI Presentation Services Using the Oracle BI Presentation Services Logging Facility Structure for the Oracle BI Presentation Services Configuration File Examples of the Formats of Logged Messages Oracle BI Presentation Services Message Structure Oracle BI Presentation Services Log Filters Diagnosing Issues with Agents Using ODBC/JDBC Procedures to Obtain Oracle BI Server Diagnostics About the Oracle BI Server ODBC/JDBC Procedures Obtaining a List of Available Diagnostic Categories Running Specific Diagnostics About Parameters for ODBC/JDBC Procedures Managing Usage Tracking 9.1 About Usage Tracking Setting Up Direct Insertion to Collect Information for Usage Tracking Setting Up the Usage Tracking Statistics Database Setting Direct Insertion Parameters Setting Optional Direct Insert Parameters Setting Up a Log File to Collect Information for Usage Tracking Selecting an Output Location File Naming Conventions Output File Format Performance Considerations Description of the Usage Tracking Data Part V Configuring Oracle Business Intelligence 10 Configuring Repositories 10.1 Why Upload a Repository and Set the Catalog Location? Understanding Modes Understanding Repository Version Numbers Using Fusion Middleware Control to Upload a Repository and Set the Oracle BI Presentation Catalog Location Using the System MBeans to Upload the Metadata Repository Configuring Connections to External Systems 11.1 Configuring and Agents Using Fusion Middleware Control to Configure Oracle BI Scheduler Settings that Affect Agents Configuring for Actions with the Action Framework Configuring Connections to Data Sources Configuring for Connections to the Marketing Content Server Using Fusion Middleware Control to Configure the Connection to the Marketing Content Server viii

9 Manually Editing Settings for the Marketing Content Server Connection Configuring Presentation Setting Defaults 12.1 Using Fusion Middleware Control to Change Presentation Setting Defaults Configuring Mapping and Spatial Information 13.1 What Are the System Requirements for Map Views? Hardware Sizing and Deployment Strategy for Maps Administering Maps Working with Maps and Layers Associating Layers with Columns Ordering Layers on Maps Changes to Spatial Metadata Require Restart Administration Page Functions Administering Maps Using Administration Pages Handling the Translation of Layers in Maps Configuring Time Zones 14.1 Why and Where are Time Zones Used? Setting Time Zones What is the Precedence Order for Time Zones User-Preferred Time Zone Where are Time Zone Specifications Stored? Specifying Time Zone Values Description of Time Zone Settings Example: Configuration File Settings for Specifying the Time Zone Localizing Oracle Business Intelligence 15.1 What Is Localization? What Components Are Translated? Tasks for Localizing Oracle Business Intelligence Components Localizing Oracle BI Presentation Services Localizing the User Interface for Oracle BI Presentation Services Understanding the Directory Structure for Localizing Presentation Services Localizing Messages for Users' Preferred Currency Specifying the Default Language for the Sign-In Page Configuring the Languages and Locales for the Sign-In Page Specifying the Language in the URL Localizing Oracle BI Presentation Catalog Captions Step 1: Understanding the Export Process Step 2: Exporting Text Strings in the Catalog Step 3: Editing Exported Strings in XML Files Step 4: Handling Duplicate Exported Text Strings Step 5: Exposing Text Strings in the Catalog Tip for Arabic and Hebrew in Mozilla Firefox Browsers ix

10 15.3 Setting the Current Locale in Catalog Manager Setting the Current Locale in the Oracle BI Server Setting Locale Parameters on the Oracle BI Server Setting the Locale on UNIX Systems Understanding How the Error Message Language Is Determined Setting the Language for Components of the Oracle BI Server Modifying the Language of the User Interface for the Administration Tool Troubleshooting the Current Locale in the Oracle BI Server Handling the NLS Locale Not Supported Error Message Setting the Japanese Locale on AIX Systems Localizing Metadata Names in the Repository Supporting Multilingual Data What is Multilingual Data Support? What is Lookup? What is Double Column Support? Designing Translation Lookup Tables in a Multilingual Schema A Lookup Table for Each Base Table A Lookup Table for Each Translated Field Creating Logical Lookup Tables and Logical Lookup Columns Creating Logical Lookup Tables Designating a Logical Table as a Lookup Table About the LOOKUP Function Syntax Creating Logical Lookup Columns Tips for Using Derived Logical Columns Handling Non-ISO Type Language Codes Creating Physical Lookup Tables and Physical Lookup Columns Supporting Multilingual Data in Essbase Through Alias Tables Enabling Lexicographical Sorting Configuring Currency Options 16.1 Changing the Default Currency for Analyses Defining User-Preferred Currency Options Defining User-Preferred Currency Options Using a Static Mapping Example: Static Mapping to Define User-Preferred Currency Options Defining User-Preferred Currency Options Using a Dynamic Mapping Example: Dynamic Mapping to Define User-Preferred Currency Options Configuring and Managing the Oracle BI Presentation Catalog 17.1 About the Oracle BI Presentation Catalog Objects in the Catalog Guidelines for Object Names Attribute Files for Objects Lock Files for Objects Locations for the Catalog File System Guidelines for Catalogs Handling Users of the Catalog Handling Heterogeneous Nodes x

11 Handling Catalog Files on Various Platforms Known Issues with Catalog Files Maintaining the Oracle BI Presentation Catalog Manually Changing Additional Configuration Settings for the Catalog Manually Creating a New Oracle BI Presentation Catalog Deploying Catalogs and Objects to Production Deploying Catalogs to Production Deploying Objects to Production Updating Catalog Objects Validating the Catalog Process: Validating the Catalog Tasks in the Validation Process Important Guidelines for Validating the Catalog Performing a Basic Validation of the Catalog Specifying the Elements for Validating the Catalog About Catalog Manager Uses for Catalog Manager Guidelines for Working with Catalog Manager Tips for Working with Catalog Manager Starting Catalog Manager and Opening Catalogs Requirements for Running Catalog Manager Starting the Catalog Manager User Interface Resolving Startup Issues on Linux Systems Understanding the Two Catalog Modes Online Mode Offline Mode Operations Available in Online Mode and Offline Mode Opening an Oracle BI Presentation Catalog Using the Catalog Manager Workspace What Does the Catalog Manager Workspace Do? What Does the Catalog Manager Workspace Look Like? Managing the View of the Catalog Manager Workspace Working with Objects in Catalog Manager Searching for Catalog Objects Using Catalog Manager Copying and Pasting Objects Tips for Copying and Pasting Copying and Pasting Objects Between Catalogs Using Menus Advanced Options for Pasting Objects Paste Overwrite Paste ACL Renaming Catalog Objects Working with the Properties of Catalog Objects Setting Permissions of Catalog Objects Previewing Objects from Catalog Manager Working with Tenants Viewing and Editing Catalog Objects in XML Searching for and Replacing Catalog Text Using Catalog Manager xi

12 xii Searching for and Replacing a Simple Catalog Text String About Searching for and Replacing Multiple Catalog Text Strings XML File Format for Searching for and Replacing Text Strings Example XML File for Searching for and Replacing Text Strings Searching for and Replacing Multiple Catalog Text Strings Creating Reports to Display Catalog Data Using Catalog Manager Sample Uses for Reports Archiving and Unarchiving Using Catalog Manager Archiving a Folder Using Catalog Manager Unarchiving a Folder Using Catalog Manager Configuring for Full-Text Catalog Search What is a Full-Text Catalog Search? Deployment of Oracle Full-Text Catalog Search How is Security Handled in the Full-Text Catalog Search? Process for Configuring the Full-Text Catalog Search Step 1: Assigning Privileges for Crawling and Indexing Step 2: Ensuring that Oracle Secure Enterprise Search is Available Step 3: Configuring Identity Management for Full-Text Catalog Search Step 4: Creating the Data Source for Full-Text Catalog Search Step 5: Editing the Schedule for Full-Text Catalog Search Step 6: Enabling Incremental Crawls for Full-Text Catalog Search Step 7: Configuring Properties for Full-Text Catalog Search Manually Step 8: Enabling SSL for the Full-Text Catalog Search Step 9: Allowing Users to Access the Full-Text Catalog Search Allowing Access with Oracle SES or Later Configuring the BI Search Application for Full-Text Search Editing the Configuration File to Enable Search Allowing Access with Oracle SES Specifying the Look and Feel of Search Results Providing Designers with the URL Making the Shortcut Available from the Oracle BI EE Home Page Replicating Oracle BI Presentation Catalogs About Replication Log Files Replication Log File Records Configuring to Replicate an Oracle BI Presentation Catalog Copying Oracle BI Presentation Catalog Files Using the Oracle BI Presentation Services Replication Agent mark remotecopy run Creating the config.xml File for Replication Structure of the Configuration File Elements of the Configuration File Example config.xml File Editing the instanceconfig.xml File for Replication Resuming Replication if Replication Log Files Are Unavailable

13 Part VI Advanced Configuration Settings 18 Configuring and Managing Analyses and Dashboards 18.1 Managing Dashboards Performing General Configuration Tasks for Analyses Providing Access to Metadata Dictionary Information Supporting Nested Folders, Navigation, and Drill-Down Configuring for Displaying and Processing Data in Views Manually Configuring for Data in Views Manually Configuring Cube Settings for Pivot Tables and Graphs Manually Configuring Settings for Data in Views Manually Configuring for Graphs and Gauges Configuring Fonts for Graphs Setting the Embed Fonts Element Delivering Font Files for Printing Manually Changing Alternating Bar Color Manually Configuring for Interactions in Views Configuring for Prompts Manually Changing Presentation Settings Manually Changing Presentation Setting Defaults Providing Custom Links in Presentation Services Updating the customlinks.xml File Default File Location Elements in the File Specifying the insertbefore Attribute Sample File and Output Adding the CustomLinks Element Setting the Custom Links Privilege Configuring Links to Dashboard Pages Configuring an Alternate Toolbar for Oracle BI Publisher Modifying the Table of Contents for PDF Versions of Briefing Books Blocking Analyses in Answers Storing JavaScript Files Blocking Analyses Based on Criteria Blocking Analyses Based on Formula Validation Helper Functions Specifying View Defaults for Analyses and Dashboards XML Message Files for View Defaults Examples of Customizing Default Values for Analyses and Dashboards Adding a Default Header or Footer to New Analyses Preventing Auto-Previewing of Results Setting Defaults for Analyses in the Compound Layout Changing Dashboards Section Defaults Specifying Dashboard Page Defaults Including Headers and Footers Configuring for Write Back in Analyses and Dashboards Write-Back Limitations xiii

14 Configuring for Write Back Setting the LightWriteback Element About the Write-Back Template How Write Back Works Requirements for the Write-Back Template Example: Write-Back Template Configuring and Managing Agents 19.1 How Are Agents Used? How Do Antivirus Software and Privileges Affect Agents? How Does Antivirus Software Affect Agents? What Privileges Affect Agents? Configuring Settings that Affect Agents Manually Configuring Presentation Services Settings that Affect Agents Manually Changing Additional Scheduler Settings that Affect Agents What Additional Scheduler Configuration Settings Affect Agents? General Scheduler Configuration Settings that Affect Agents Scheduler Configuration Settings that Affect Agents Agent Scheduler Configuration Settings Controlling Delivery Options for Agents Managing Device Types for Agents Monitoring Active Agent Sessions Configuring Advanced Options for Mapping and Spatial Information 20.1 Configuring MapViewer to Support Map Views Manually Configuring for Map Views Inserting Text on a Map Configuring Maps for External Consumption Configuring Resource Availability and URL Generation Part VII Automating Management of Oracle Business Intelligence 22 Introducing the Oracle BI Systems Management API 22.1 What Is the Oracle BI Systems Management API? Accessing Oracle BI Systems Management API Methods Using the Oracle BI Systems Management API to Manage and Configure Oracle Business Intelligence Displaying Oracle Business Intelligence Status Using the Oracle BI Systems Management API Example: Using WLST Commands in a Script to Display the Status of Oracle Business Intelligence Example: Using a Java Program to Display the Status of Oracle Business Intelligence Starting and Stopping Oracle Business Intelligence Using the Oracle BI Systems Management API xiv

15 Example: Using WLST Commands to Stop and Start Oracle Business Intelligence Example: Using a Java Program to Stop and Start Oracle Business Intelligence Updating Configuration Settings Using the Oracle BI Systems Management API Example: Using WLST to Edit the Sender Display Name Configuration Setting Example: Using a Java Program to Edit the Sender Display Name Configuration Setting Scaling Out for High Availability and Performance Using the Oracle BI Systems Management API Example: Using WLST to Scale Out to Servers Example: Using a Java Program to Scale Out to Servers Capturing Metrics Using the Oracle BI Systems Management API Using the Dynamic Monitoring Service for Metrics Using WLTS Commands for Metrics Descriptions of JMX Admin MBeans and Methods for the Oracle BI Systems Management API Part VIII Managing the Life Cycle 23 Patching Oracle Business Intelligence Systems 23.1 What Is Patched for the Oracle Business Intelligence Platform? Patching the Platform What Conditions Apply when Patching the Platform? Applying a Patch to the Platform Step 1: Download the Patch Step 2: Stop System Component Processes for Oracle BI EE Step 3: Apply the Patch to Each Oracle Home Step 4: Start System Component Processes for Oracle BI EE Step 5: Redeploy Patched J2EE Applications What Happens If a Patching Conflict Occurs? Rolling Back a Platform Patch Step 1: Stop System Component Processes for Oracle BI EE Step 2: Invoke OPatch with "-rollback" Option Step 3: Start System Component Processes for Oracle BI EE Step 4: Redeploy J2EE Applications Determining Current Patch Levels Moving Between Environments 25 Backup and Recovery of Oracle Business Intelligence Systems Part IX Reference Information xv

16 A NQSConfig.INI File Configuration Settings A.1 About Parameters in the NQSConfig.INI File...A-1 A.1.1 How to Update Parameters in NQSConfig.INI...A-2 A.2 Repository Section Parameters...A-3 A.3 Query Result Cache Section Parameters...A-3 A.3.1 ENABLE...A-4 A.3.2 DATA_STORAGE_PATHS...A-4 A.3.3 MAX_ROWS_PER_CACHE_ENTRY...A-5 A.3.4 MAX_CACHE_ENTRY_SIZE...A-6 A.3.5 MAX_CACHE_ENTRIES...A-6 A.3.6 POPULATE_AGGREGATE_ROLLUP_HITS...A-6 A.3.7 USE_ADVANCED_HIT_DETECTION...A-7 A Reasons Why a Query Is Not Added to the Cache...A-7 A.3.8 MAX_SUBEXPR_SEARCH_DEPTH...A-8 A.3.9 DISABLE_SUBREQUEST_CACHING...A-8 A.3.10 GLOBAL_CACHE_STORAGE_PATH...A-8 A.3.11 MAX_GLOBAL_CACHE_ENTRIES...A-9 A.3.12 CACHE_POLL_SECONDS...A-9 A.3.13 CLUSTER_AWARE_CACHE_LOGGING...A-9 A.4 General Section Parameters...A-9 A.4.1 LOCALE...A-9 A.4.2 SORT_ORDER_LOCALE...A-10 A SORT_ORDER_LOCALE on UNIX Operating Systems...A-11 A.4.3 SORT_TYPE...A-11 A.4.4 CASE_SENSITIVE_CHARACTER_COMPARISON...A-11 A.4.5 NULL_VALUES_SORT_FIRST...A-13 A.4.6 DATE_TIME_DISPLAY_FORMAT...A-13 A.4.7 DATE_DISPLAY_FORMAT...A-13 A.4.8 TIME_DISPLAY_FORMAT...A-13 A.4.9 WORK_DIRECTORY_PATHS...A-13 A.4.10 VIRTUAL_TABLE_PAGE_SIZE...A-14 A.4.11 USE_LONG_MONTH_NAMES...A-15 A.4.12 USE_LONG_DAY_NAMES...A-15 A.4.13 UPPERCASE_USERNAME_FOR_INITBLOCK...A-15 A.5 Security Section Parameters...A-15 A.5.1 DEFAULT_PRIVILEGES...A-15 A.5.2 PROJECT_INACCESSIBLE_COLUMN_AS_NULL...A-15 A.5.3 IGNORE_LDAP_PWD_EXPIRY_WARNING...A-16 A.5.4 SSL...A-16 A.5.5 SSL_CERTIFICATE_FILE...A-16 A.5.6 SSL_PRIVATE_KEY_FILE...A-17 A.5.7 SSL_VERIFY_PEER...A-17 A.5.8 SSL_CA_CERTIFICATE_FILE...A-17 A.5.9 SSL_TRUSTED_PEER_DNS...A-17 A.5.10 SSL_CERT_VERIFICATION_DEPTH...A-17 A.5.11 SSL_CIPHER_LIST...A-17 A.6 Server Section Parameters...A-18 xvi

17 A.6.1 A.6.2 A A.6.3 A.6.4 A.6.5 A.6.6 A.6.7 A.6.8 A.6.9 A.6.10 A.6.11 A.6.12 A.6.13 A.6.14 A.6.15 A.6.16 A.6.17 A.6.18 A.6.19 A.6.20 A.6.21 A.6.22 A.6.23 A.6.24 A.6.25 A.6.26 A.6.27 A.6.28 A.6.29 A.6.30 A.6.31 A.6.32 A.6.33 A.6.34 READ_ONLY_MODE...A-18 MAX_SESSION_LIMIT...A-18 About the MAX_SESSION_LIMIT and SERVER_THREAD_RANGE Parameters...A-18 MAX_REQUEST_PER_SESSION_LIMIT...A-19 SERVER_THREAD_RANGE...A-19 SERVER_THREAD_STACK_SIZE...A-20 DB_GATEWAY_THREAD_RANGE...A-20 DB_GATEWAY_THREAD_STACK_SIZE...A-20 HTTP_CLIENT_THREAD_RANGE...A-20 HTTP_CLIENT_THREAD_STACK_SIZE...A-20 MAX_EXPANDED_SUBQUERY_PREDICATES...A-20 MAX_QUERY_PLAN_CACHE_ENTRIES...A-21 MAX_QUERY_PLAN_CACHE_ENTRY_SIZE...A-21 MAX_DRILLDOWN_INFO_CACHE_ENTRIES...A-21 MAX_DRILLDOWN_QUERY_CACHE_ENTRIES...A-21 INIT_BLOCK_CACHE_ENTRIES...A-22 CLIENT_MGMT_THREADS_MAX...A-22 RPC_SERVICE_OR_PORT...A-22 LISTEN_ADDRESS...A-23 LISTEN_PORT...A-23 ENABLE_DB_HINTS...A-23 PREVENT_DIVIDE_BY_ZERO...A-23 CLUSTER_PARTICIPANT...A-23 REPOSITORY_PUBLISHING_DIRECTORY...A-24 REQUIRE_PUBLISHING_DIRECTORY...A-25 DISCONNECTED...A-25 AUTOMATIC_RESTART...A-25 VARIABLE_VALUE_LIMIT...A-25 EVALUATE_SUPPORT_LEVEL...A-26 FMW_SECURITY_SERVICE_URL...A-26 FMW_SECURITY_SERVICE_MAX_NUMBER_OF_CONNECTIONS...A-26 FMW_SECURITY_SERVICE_MAX_NUMBER_OF_RETRIES...A-26 FMW_UPDATE_ROLE_AND_USER_REF_GUIDS...A-26 MONITOR_PORT...A-27 ORACLEHARDWAREACCELERATION...A-27 A.7 High Availability Parameters...A-27 A.7.1 HA_DB_PING_PERIOD_MILLISECS...A-27 A.8 Dynamic Library Section Parameters...A-27 A.9 Usage Tracking Section Parameters...A-28 A.9.1 ENABLE...A-29 A.9.2 DIRECT_INSERT...A-30 A.9.3 STORAGE_DIRECTORY...A-31 A.9.4 CHECKPOINT_INTERVAL_MINUTES...A-31 A.9.5 FILE_ROLLOVER_INTERVAL_MINUTES...A-31 A.9.6 CODE_PAGE...A-32 A.9.7 PHYSICAL_TABLE_NAME...A-32 xvii

18 A.9.8 CONNECTION_POOL...A-33 A.9.9 BUFFER_SIZE...A-33 A.9.10 BUFFER_TIME_LIMIT_SECONDS...A-33 A.9.11 NUM_INSERT_THREADS...A-33 A.9.12 MAX_INSERTS_PER_TRANSACTION...A-34 A.9.13 SUMMARY_STATISTICS_LOGGING...A-34 A.9.14 SUMMARY_ADVISOR_TABLE_NAME...A-35 A.10 Query Optimization Flags Section Parameters...A-35 A.10.1 STRONG_DATETIME_TYPE_CHECKING...A-35 A.11 MDX Member Name Cache Section Parameters...A-35 A.11.1 ENABLE...A-35 A.11.2 DATA_STORAGE_PATH...A-36 A.11.3 MAX_SIZE_PER_USER...A-36 A.11.4 MAX_MEMBER_PER_LEVEL...A-36 A.11.5 MAX_CACHE_SIZE...A-36 A.12 Aggregate Persistence Section Parameters...A-36 A.12.1 AGGREGATE_PREFIX...A-36 A.12.2 AGGREGATE_THREAD_POOL_SIZE...A-36 A.12.3 AGGREGATE_AW_NAME...A-36 A.12.4 PREAGGREGATE_AW_CUBE...A-37 A.13 JavaHost Section Parameters...A-37 A.13.1 JAVAHOST_HOSTNAME_OR_IP_ADDRESSES...A-37 A.14 Datamart Automation Section Parameters...A-37 A.14.1 ESSBASE_STUDIO_URL...A-37 A.14.2 ESSBASE_SERVER...A-37 A.14.3 DMA_DATABASE...A-37 B Advanced Configuration Reference B.1 Making Advanced Configuration Changes for Presentation Services...B-1 B.1.1 Protecting Pages in Oracle BI EE from Attack...B-3 B.2 Using the JavaHost Service for Oracle BI Presentation Services...B-4 C D Mapping User Interface Labels with Configuration File Elements Manually Updating Fusion Middleware Control Settings D.1 Disabling Fusion Middleware Control from Managing Oracle Business Intelligence Configuration Settings...D-1 D.2 Manually Updating Oracle Business Intelligence Configuration Settings Normally Managed by Fusion Middleware Control...D-2 Glossary Index xviii

19 Preface The Oracle Business Intelligence Foundation Suite is a complete, open, and integrated solution for all enterprise business intelligence needs, including reporting, ad hoc queries, OLAP, dashboards, scorecards, and what-if analysis. The Oracle Business Intelligence Foundation Suite includes Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition. Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition (Oracle BI EE) is a comprehensive set of enterprise business intelligence tools and infrastructure, including a scalable and efficient query and analysis server, an ad-hoc query and analysis tool, interactive dashboards, proactive intelligence and alerts, and an enterprise reporting engine. The components of Oracle BI EE share a common service-oriented architecture, data access services, analytic and calculation infrastructure, metadata management services, semantic business model, security model and user preferences, and administration tools. Oracle BI EE provides scalability and performance with data-source specific optimized request generation, optimized data access, advanced calculation, intelligent caching services, and clustering. This guide contains information about system administration tasks and includes topics on starting and stopping processes, managing logging and usage tracking, managing query caching and performance, managing scalability and high availability, and setting configuration options. Audience This document is intended for system administrators who are responsible for managing Oracle Business Intelligence processes, logging, caching, monitoring, high availability, and configuration. Documentation Accessibility For information about Oracle's commitment to accessibility, visit the Oracle Accessibility Program website at Access to Oracle Support Oracle customers have access to electronic support through My Oracle Support. For information, visit or visit if you are hearing impaired. xix

20 Related Documentation and Other Resources Conventions See the Oracle Business Intelligence documentation library for a list of related Oracle Business Intelligence documents. In addition, go to the Oracle Learning Library for Oracle Business Intelligence-related online training resources. The following text conventions are used in this document: Convention boldface italic monospace Meaning Boldface type indicates graphical user interface elements associated with an action, or terms defined in text or the glossary. Italic type indicates book titles, emphasis, or placeholder variables for which you supply particular values. Monospace type indicates commands within a paragraph, URLs, code in examples, text that appears on the screen, or text that you enter. xx

21 New Features for Oracle Business Intelligence System Administrators This preface describes changes to system administration features for Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition 11g Release 1 (11.1.1). If you are upgrading to Oracle BI EE from a previous release, then read the following information carefully, because there are significant differences in features, tools, and procedures. This preface contains the following topics: "New Features for Oracle BI EE 11g Release 1 ( )" "New Features for Oracle BI EE 11g Release 1 ( )" "New Features for Oracle BI EE 11g Release 1 ( )" New Features for Oracle BI EE 11g Release 1 ( ) This section describes new features for Oracle BI EE 11g Release 1 ( ). It contains the following topics: New Features for New Features for New Features for New system administration features in Oracle BI EE 11g Release 1 ( ) include: ODBC/JDBC Procedures to Obtain Oracle BI Server Diagnostics ODBC/JDBC Procedures to Obtain Oracle BI Server Diagnostics ODBC/JDBC procedures are now available to obtain diagnostic information for the Oracle BI Server. See Section 8.6, "Using ODBC/JDBC Procedures to Obtain Oracle BI Server Diagnostics" for more information. New Features for New system administration features in Oracle BI EE 11g Release 1 ( ) include: "New Configuration Elements for Prompts and Custom Links" "Changes in the Interface for Fusion Middleware Control" "Language for the User Interface of the Administration Tool" "Enhancements for Oracle BI Presentation Catalog" "Enhancements to Full-Text Search" xxi

22 "Configuration Settings for Analyses and Dashboards" "Configuration Settings in NQSConfig.INI" New Configuration Elements for Prompts and Custom Links You can use new configuration elements to affect the following: How users work with prompts on dashboard pages, as described in Section 18.4, "Configuring for Prompts." How you add custom links for users, as described in Section , "Providing Custom Links in Presentation Services." Changes in the Interface for Fusion Middleware Control Various changes were made in the user interface for Fusion Middleware Control, as described in the following sections: Section 5.6.1, "Using Fusion Middleware Control to View System Component Availability" Section 6.1.2, "Using Fusion Middleware Control to Identify Single Points of Failure" Section 6.2.1, "Using Fusion Middleware Control to Configure Primary and Secondary Instances" Section 8.2.1, "Using Fusion Middleware Control to View Log Information, Error Messages, and Alerts" Section 8.2.2, "Configuring Log File Rotation Policy and Specifying Log Levels" Language for the User Interface of the Administration Tool See Section , "Modifying the Language of the User Interface for the Administration Tool" for details on changing the language for the Oracle BI Administration Tool. Enhancements for Oracle BI Presentation Catalog See the following sections that describe enhancements to working with objects in the Oracle BI Presentation Catalog: Section , "Validating the Catalog" Section , "Updating Catalog Objects" Enhancements to Full-Text Search The way that you configure for users to perform a full-text search has been enhanced, as described in Section 17.11, "Configuring for Full-Text Catalog Search." Configuration Settings for Analyses and Dashboards New configuration settings are available for working with analyses and dashboards, as described in Section , "Manually Changing Presentation Setting Defaults." Configuration Settings in NQSConfig.INI The NQSConfig.INI file for the Oracle BI Server now includes the settings that are described in the following sections. Some of these sections have enhanced documentation from the previous release: Section A.6.10, "MAX_EXPANDED_SUBQUERY_PREDICATES" xxii

23 Section A.6.32, "FMW_UPDATE_ROLE_AND_USER_REF_GUIDS" Section A.9.13, "SUMMARY_STATISTICS_LOGGING" Section A.9.14, "SUMMARY_ADVISOR_TABLE_NAME" New Features for Oracle BI EE 11g Release 1 ( ) New system administration features in Oracle BI EE 11g Release 1 ( ) include: "Changes to the Simple Install Type" "Enhancements to Exporting Captions" "Provisioning Tenants" Changes to the Simple Install Type The Simple Install type has been changed. In this release, only an Administration server is configured as part of this type. The Managed Server and the Node Manager are not installed, which affects the way that certain administration tasks are performed. See "Installation Types" in Oracle Fusion Middleware Installation Guide for Oracle Business Intelligence for more information. Enhancements to Exporting Captions The process of exporting captions from the catalog for translation has been enhanced to address duplicate captions. For information, see Section , "Step 4: Handling Duplicate Exported Text Strings." Provisioning Tenants You can use Catalog Manager to provision tenants. For information, see Section , "Working with Tenants." New Features for Oracle BI EE 11g Release 1 ( ) New system administration features in Oracle BI EE 11g Release 1 ( ) include: "Integrated Management Experience" "Centralized System Administration" "Programmatic and Scripting Capabilities for Administrative Operations" "New Configuration Settings for Views" "Validation of the Catalog" "Management of Users and Groups" "Enhancements for Localization" Integrated Management Experience This release introduces a fully integrated management experience for the administration of Java and non-java components using Fusion Middleware Control and Oracle WebLogic Server Administration Console. Because of this new integrated management experience, you no longer must manually change configuration files for most administration tasks. xxiii

24 Centralized System Administration In this release, you can now perform most system administration tasks using centralized management capabilities, including the following: Start and stop Oracle Business Intelligence components. See Chapter 4, "Starting and Stopping Oracle Business Intelligence" for more information. Increase the capacity of your system by scaling Oracle Business Intelligence components. See Chapter 5, "Scaling Your Deployment" for more information. Configure and monitor system availability. See Chapter 6, "Deploying Oracle Business Intelligence for High Availability" for more information. View performance metrics and tune the system. See Chapter 7, "Managing Performance Tuning and Query Caching" for more information. Diagnose and troubleshoot issues across all computers in your cluster. See Chapter 8, "Diagnosing and Resolving Issues in Oracle Business Intelligence" for more information. Change configuration and system preferences. See Chapter 10, "Configuring Repositories" for more information. For information, see Chapter 2, "Managing Oracle Business Intelligence." Programmatic and Scripting Capabilities for Administrative Operations This release enables the automation of configuration and system management. The new BI Systems Management API Java programming interface includes a rich set of standards-based JMX MBeans to enable developers to automate administrative operations using Java and scripting technologies such as WLST (WebLogic Scripting Tool) and JPython. For information, see Chapter 22, "Introducing the Oracle BI Systems Management API." New Configuration Settings for Views This release provides new configuration settings for table, pivot table, graph, and gauge views. The release also introduces a new type called map view. For information about configuring these views, see Chapter 18, "Configuring and Managing Analyses and Dashboards." Validation of the Catalog This release provides functionality that enables you to validate the catalog to address inconsistencies that have developed over time., For information, see Section , "Performing a Basic Validation of the Catalog." Management of Users and Groups This release introduces several enhancements and changes in how users and groups are managed. This release also uses application roles for organizing users. The Presentation Services groups from the previous release are now known as Catalog groups. For information, see "Working with Catalog Groups" in Oracle Fusion Middleware Security Guide for Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition Enhancements for Localization This release introduces several enhancements for localizing your system, including lookup tables and alias tables. For information, see Chapter 15, "Localizing Oracle Business Intelligence." xxiv