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[20 Nov 2010 | 7 Comments | 10,680 views]

Hey Friends, We have been discussing the OBIEE Architecture and we have covered 3 segments. So, here I am with the 4th segment DataSources. This is a rather simple one as we all know till now that OBIEE is a reporting tool and works on data from  underlying Databases, so here DataSources are the underlying [...]

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[18 Aug 2010 | 11 Comments | 13,733 views]

Hi Frens, Sorry to keep you waiting  for the next post, but here it comes. Previously, in the second segment we have discussed the Presentation Server and the Presentation catalog. So, lets continue with the third segment where we will see what is the role of the BI Server in the OBIEE Architecture. BI SERVER [...]

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[14 Jul 2010 | No Comment | 6,363 views]

Hi Friends While working with OBIEE for a long time I came across some Basic Unix commands which can be used while performing some admin taks like uploading the repository etc. So i thought of sharing the same with you….. Below is the lost of the commands and their brief description: . – specifies the [...]

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[22 May 2010 | 4 Comments | 18,600 views]

Hi Frens, In the previous post we were studying the architecture of OBIEE, so, lets continue with it. We have divided OBIEE Architecture in 4 segments to better understand it. 1) Client and User Interface 2) Presentation Server & Presentation Catalog 3) BI Server & Admin Tool 4) Datasource We have covered the first segment [...]

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[21 May 2010 | 10 Comments | 29,442 views]

Hi Frens, I am sorry that I engrossed myself in posting some complex stuff and left the Basics in between, so, here I am again with the Basics of OBIEE. In our previous posts we have covered Data Modelling, Basics, Connection Pool, Joins etc. So, lets start to build more on that and lets go [...]

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[24 Nov 2009 | 7 Comments | 12,867 views]

  I have heard this question multiple times from many people. So let me share the answer with u guys…. Oracle BI Answers-Based Metadata Dictionary Feature This feature enables administrators to analyze metadata repository statistics in Oracle BI Answers. The OBIEE server can generate metadata dictionary which describes the metrics contained in a rep and [...]

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[19 Nov 2009 | One Comment | 2,352 views]

In some previous we have discussed about the Dimensional Modelling, Datawarehousing, Facts and Dimensions etc… But where and how are all these things used and How are they related to Analytics???? Actually Analytics is a reporting tool which aims to provide users the reports as per their requirements without much efforts and in less time.  [...]

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[6 Oct 2009 | 5 Comments | 5,310 views]

Lets start with some basics for why we use Analytics. I knw this is a very basic thing and everybody must be knowing this but still there are a number of newbies who wana learn BI and search for some matter on the same. So lets start… WHY ANALYTICS??? First of all Analytics is a [...]