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Objectives
After completing this lesson, you should be able to: Identify and describe the major components of the Oracle BI architecture Identify and describe the three layers of an Oracle BI repository and how they relate to each other Use the Oracle BI Administration Tool to explore repository objects
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Clients
Oracle BI Server
Data sources
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Clients
Provide access to business intelligence information Oracle BI Answers
Is a set of graphical tools used to build, view, and modify Oracle BI requests
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Oracle BI Server
Data sources
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Oracle BI Server
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Oracle BI Server
Is the core server behind Oracle Business Intelligence Provides efficient processing to access physical data sources and structure information intelligently
Uses metadata to direct processing Generates dynamic SQL to query data in the physical data sources Connects natively or through ODBC to the RDBMS Structures results to satisfy requests Provides BI data to Oracle BI Presentation Services
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Oracle BI Server
Data sources
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Oracle BI Repository
Stores the metadata used by Oracle BI Server Is accessed and configured using the Oracle BI Administration Tool, which you use to:
Import metadata from databases and other data sources Simplify and reorganize the metadata into business models Structure the business model for presentation to users who request information
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Oracle BI Server
Data sources
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Data Sources
Contain the business data that users want to analyze Are accessed by Oracle BI Server Can be in any format, such as:
Relational databases Online analytical processing (OLAP) databases Flat files Spreadsheets XML for Analysis (XMLA)
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Oracle BI Server
Data sources
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Oracle BI Server
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Physical Layer
Contains objects representing the physical data sources to which Oracle BI Server submits queries May contain multiple data sources Is typically the first layer built in the repository
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Dimension hierarchies
Logical dimension tables Logical fact table Logical table source Logical columns Measures
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Mappings
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Measures
Are the facts that a business uses to evaluate its performance Can be calculations that define measurable quantities Are created on logical columns in the fact table Have a defined aggregation rule
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Presentation Layer
Contains presentation objects that provide a customized view of a business model to users Simplifies and organizes the business model to make it easy for users to understand and query Exposes only the data meaningful to the users
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Presentation catalogs map to the business model. Presentation tables may map to logical tables.
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Presentation catalog
Subject area
Presentation folder
Folder
Presentation column
Column
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Repository Directory
Repository files reside in the \Oracle BI\server\Repository directory, where the Oracle BI software is installed.
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Repository Modes
Repository files can be opened for editing in offline or online mode. Offline
Repository is not loaded into Oracle BI Server memory.
Online:
Repository is loaded into Oracle BI Server memory. Administrators can perform tasks not available in offline mode:
Manage scheduled jobs Manage user sessions Manage the query cache Manage clustered servers Stop Oracle BI Server
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Repository to load
Commented out
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Summary
In this lesson, you should have learned how to: Identify and describe the major components of the Oracle BI architecture Identify and describe the three layers of an Oracle BI Repository and how they relate to each other Use the Oracle BI Administration Tool to explore repository objects
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