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If we can!e a tab"e in #$ (%atabase) ow %o we refres& If any 'ab"e is can!e% ow %o we
refres tat can!e in Repository & In oter wor%s If an e(tra co"umn is a%%e% to tab"e ow %o
we refes in repository&
)at is On"ine *off "ine means& ( I rea% in $anua" an% sti"" not c"ear ..I came from BO
bac+!roun% an% in BO it !i,es %iff meanin! - On"ine means connecte% to security Repository
an% Off"ine means no connection to Repository)
)y it is not a%,ise% to .oin wit forei!n +eys in Fact tab"es to primary +eys in /o!ica" tab"es
in Business mo%e" an% mappin! "ayer&
)y %o we nee% %imensions wen it is not ,isib"e in 0resentation "ayer& ( I +now it is wor+s to
%efine 1ierarcies .Any E(amp"e &)
1ow %o we put a con%ition on "o!ica" tab"e in Business mo%e" /ayer (se"f .oin e( 2 country 3
45S6 )
1ow %o we %efine Row /e,e" Security in OBIEE&
For E,ery repository we a,e to %efine !roups *users& Is tere anyway we can %efine
users*7roups once(in cetra"i8e% way but not wit /#A0) use tem in e,ery repository&
S'9#I$.S'9:#E 3 substr (R)A9FA:'.B/#79I#; <; =) :an we a%% tis +in% of .oins
between tab"es in Business $o%e" /ayer& OBIEE is not a""owin!; is tere any reason&
:an we create Fi"ter Ob.ects in Repository& (E(2 my fi"ter Name2 0rior <> ?ears@ con%ition wi""
be 'ime'ab"e.F?9?EAR A <BBC)& If so were an% ow %o I create tem&
If I a,e a summary tab"e an% a %etai" tab"e an% "et6s say Summary wi"" !i,e Q'R re,enues an%
#etai" tab"e wi"" !i,e $ont"y Re,enue. :an we create on"y One ob.ect an% say Re,enue an% is
%epen%s on te Duery can it %eci%e to !o to Summary tab"e or #etai"e% 'ab"e to !et te
appropriate re,enue& ( in BO we a,e A!!re!ate Na,i!ation )
ANS)ERS Questions
<.) 1ow %o we a%% a co"umn to te report
=.) 1ow %o we app"y a Ran+ to a report; for E( 2 year ;customer ;amount .. If we run a report for
E years ;I nee% top <> customers per year to tota" E> rows sou"% be tere in a report.
#asboar%s Questions
1ow %o we $i!rate #asboar%s from One En, ( #EF) to Anoter ENF (QA or 0RO#)
1ow %o we 0ass a ?EAR 0arameter in a %ri"" report (a report wic sows Q'Rs)
1ow to put a button to %own"oa% a %asboar% to E(ce"
1ow %o we create an a"erts (scro""in! 'e(ts)
1ow %o we setup to sen% an e"erts to emai" or :e"" 0s
1ow %o we map a %asboar% to map (5S map an% "et users c"ic+ :A )
1ow %o we put sorts on a tab"e (wit arrows) on a %asboar% sections
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Questions and Answers
1. If we change the Table in the database, I think we need to manually refresh that
table in the
Repository. That is if we add any new column need to import that column from that
table into
Repository.
2. nline! If we want to re"ect the changes in the Repository to #resentation
$er%ices immidiately
without restarting the ser%ices. Reload $er%er &etadata will Re"ect the changes.
'ine! (orking on R#) normally.
*. (e can restrict the data from a logical table in a +& by putting a condition in the
,(-.R., clause
of that Table &apping.
/. I dont think we can create a 0ilter ob1ects in Repository. Rather we can use
Repository %ariables.
2. 3se of 4A$. e5pression can populate the column data dynamically.
Answers!
1. 6ust click on the column in the #resentation 4atalog it will automatically add that
column to the
4riteria.
2. 7o to the 4olumn 0ormula and click 0unctions you can 8nd %arious built9in
0unctions. In that you
can 8nd RA:;.
)ash +oard!
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1. <ou can migrate the )ash +oards from one system to another. 7o to the following
path!
=+I Install )ir>!?+I)ata?web?catalog?paint?shared?@)ash +oardsA
In this path you can 8nd the )ash +oard details those you can 8nd on #resentation
$er%ices.
2. <.AR #arameterBBBBB <ou can put a 8lter for <.AR to the ReCuest as you are going
to get )rill by
default.
*. There is a default button ,#RI:T, on the dash board. <ou can use this to download
your dash
board to #)0, -T&D, .E4.D.... If you want that option to indi%idual ReCuests, 7o to
.dit )ash
+oard99F#roperties Tab of ReCuest99F Report Giew99F$elect the ReCuired ptions
and $a%e.
/. It is not an alert. Implement the Ticker Giew to get the $crolling Te5t of your
ReCuest.
2. 3se of +I )eli%ers that is i+ots ful8lls your criteria.
H. 6ust click that Arrows while creating the ReCuest that is in the 4riteria Tab of the
4olumn.
Answers stated in my point of %iew. I would be %ery happy if anyone corrects me.
I (hy do we need dimensions when it is not %isible in #resentation layerJ K I know it
is works to de8ne -ierarchies .Any .5ample JL
Ans ! )e8ning the -ierachy le%els are %ery usefull for creation of le%el based
measure .
.ach logical table source of a fact logical table needs to ha%e an aggregation
content de8ned. The aggregation content rule de8nes at what le%el of granularity
the data is stored in this fact table. 0or each dimension that relates to this fact
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logical table, de8ne the le%el of granularity, ensuring that e%ery related dimension
is de8ned
I -ow do we de8ne Row De%el $ecurity in +I..J
Ans ! Row le%el $ecurity is nothing but we are pro%iding )atale%el $ecurity. This we
can do in 2 types .
If the user is a%ailable in Repository ..then we can restrict that in the mange
9F$ecurity9F3ser 9F #ermissons 9F 0ilter 9FAdd9F in this we can use with
.5pression +uilder and write the Query M
If the user are a%ilabel in some )+ table Mthen in this case we can use the session
%ariables and gi%e the permissions by using session %ariables .
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