Design Tips for the OBIEE 11g Repository Design Presentation Layer In the presentation layer, you can

do the following: 1. Show fewer columns than exist in the Business Model and Mapping layer. For example, you can exclude the key columns because they have no business meaning. 2. Organize columns using a different structure from the table structure in the Business Model and Mapping layer. 3. Display column names that are different from the column names in the Business Model and Mapping layer. 4. Set permissions to grant or deny users access to individual subject areas,tables, and columns. 5. Export logical keys to ODBC-based query and reporting tools. 6. Create multiple subject areas for a single business model. 7. Create a list of aliases (synonyms) for presentation objects that can be used in Logical SQL queries. This feature lets you change presentation column names without breaking existing reports.
Design Tips: 1. Because there is no automatic way to synchronize all changes between the Business Model and Mapping layer and the Presentation layer, it is best to wait until the Business Model and Mapping layer is relatively stable before adding customizations in the Presentation layer.

2. There are many ways to create subject areas, such as dragging and dropping the entire business model, dragging and dropping incremental pieces of the model, or automatically creating subject areas based on logical stars or snowflakes. Dragging and dropping incrementally works well if certain parts of your business model are still changing. 3. It is a best practice to rename objects in the Business Model and Mapping layer rather than the Presentation layer, for better maintainability. Giving user-friendly names to logical objects rather than presentation objects ensures that the names can be reused in multiple subject areas. Also, it ensures that the names persist even when you need to delete and re-create subject areas to incorporate changes to your business model. 4. Be aware that members in a presentation hierarchy are not visible in the Presentation layer. Instead, you can see hierarchy members in Answers. You can use the Administration Tool to update Presentation layer metadata to give the appearance of nested folders in Answers. See "Nesting Folders in Answers" for more information. 5. When setting up data access security for a large number of objects, consider setting object permissions by role rather than setting permissions for individual columns. 6. When setting permissions on presentation objects, you can change the default permission by setting the DEFAULT_PRIVILEGES configuration setting in the NQSConfig.INI file.