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OBIEE 11g E Business Suite Integration PDF
OBIEE 11g E Business Suite Integration PDF
database.
10. For User name and Password, enter the user name and password of the Oracle
E-Business Suite super user. (Apps/Apps)
11. Select the Connection Scripts tab.
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Setting up Authentication
We need to start by setting up Session Variables for Authentication
To set up proper authentication , you must set up
eight session variables and an initialization block in the Oracle BI repository.
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This utalises the standard fnd_global package available within the E Business Suite to retrieve the
login credentials.
7. For Connection Pool, click Browse, select the connection pool you created for the
Oracle E-Business Suite database (for example, Oracle E-Business Suite 12), and
click Select.
USER
To do this, click New, enter the variable name, and then click OK. Click Yes when
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you receive a warning about the special purpose of the USER variable.
You must ensure that the variables are listed in the given order. If necessary, select
a variable and click Up or Down to reorder the list.
11. Click OK in the Session Variable Initialization Block Variable Target dialog.
12. In the Session Variable Initialization Block dialog, select Required for authentication.
13. Click OK.
14. Save the repository
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Updating authenticationschemas.xml
You must update the authenticationschemas.xml file to add the name of the EBS ICX
authentication cookie.
To update authenticationschemas.xml:
1. Open the file authenticationschemas.xml for editing. You can find this file at:
ORACLE_HOME/bifoundation/web/display
2. Find the following element:
<AuthenticationSchema name="EBS-ICX"
Setting Up Authentication
3. Locate the sub-element RequestVariable source="cookie" and change the value of
the nameInSource attribute from ICX_SESSION to the name of the EBS ICX
authentication cookie prefix.
For example:
<RequestVariable source="cookie" type="auth" nameInSource="VIS" biVariableName=
"NQ_SESSION.ICX_SESSION_COOKIE" />
Do not update the RequestVariable source="url" sub-element.
Cookie can be found here
1. Log in to Oracle E-Business Suite.
2. Enter the following text in the address bar of your browser:
javascript:document.writeLn(document.cookie);
3. The cookie is displayed. For example:
biVariableName attribute is the same as the value you entered as part of the
connection script when you created the connection pool for the Oracle E-Business
Suite database. See Creating Database objects within RPD at start of document
5. Find the following element:
<SchemaKeyVariable source="cookie"
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6. Change the value of the nameInSource attribute from ICX_SESSION to the name
of the EBS ICX authentication cookie prefix (often VIS). For example:
<SchemaKeyVariable source="cookie" nameInSource="VIS" forceValue="EBS-ICX"/>
7. Save and close the file.
Updating instanceconfig.xml
You must update the instanceconfig.xml file to add EBS-ICS as one of the enabled
schemas, and set it as the default.
To update instanceconfig.xml:
1. Open the file instanceconfig.xml for editing. You can find this file at:
ORACLE_INSTANCE/config/OracleBIPresentationServicesComponent/coreapplication_
obipsn
2. Locate the Authentication element.
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Function
Menu
Profile
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1. From the Application menu, select Function. The Form Functions dialog appears.
2. Enter the name of the function in the Function field (for example, OBIEE).
3. Enter the user function name (for example, OBIEE).
4. Enter a description (for example, Link to Oracle BI).
5. Save your changes using the Save button on the toolbar.
6. Select the Properties tab.
7. For Type, enter SSWA jsp function.
8. Select the Web HTML tab.
9. For HTML Call, enter one of the following options:
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1. From the Application menu, select Menu. The Menus dialog appears.
2. Enter the name of the menu in the Menu field (for example, OBIEE).
3. Enter a User Menu Name (for example, OBIEE).
4. For Menu Type, enter Standard.
5. For Function, enter the name of the function you created earlier.
6. Save your changes using the Save button on the toolbar, and then close the Menus
dialog.
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Thats it clear your Functional Cache from the Functional Administrator Responsibility.
Login as user with Resp setup earlier and Launch from the the menu that you just set up !!.