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 in the previous post. So, lets understand the second segment.

Presentation Server & Presentation Catalog:

The BI Presentation server is basically a web server on which the OBIEE web application runs. It processes the client requests and routes it to the BI Server and vice versa. It can be deployed on any of the following IIS or Oc4j. It makes use of the Presentation catalog which contains the aspects of the application.

The Presentation catalog stores the application dashboards, reports, folders and filters. It also contains information regarding the permissions of dashboards & reports created by users. It is created when the Presentation server starts and can be administered using the tool called Catalog Manager.

In other words we can say that the Presentation server and the Presentation Catalog are together responsible for providing the clients with a web server on which the web application runs and also administers the look and feel of the User Interface.

This post covers basics of the Presentation server & catalog. We will be covering the BI server in the upcoming post. Till that time stay tuned and keep posting…