One of the things that I’d like Oracle to improve is the Analytics error messages (both in the Repository and in the Answers). Sometimes, they’re just too broad – for example – Internal Assertion Error 46036 – which could mean anything: from corrupted RPD after transitioning or upgrading to logical levels not being set correctly in the hierarchy levels. Next set of errors that people have problems with is the installation errors – usually those aren’t very descriptive as well, however, with time you sort of learn to distinguish those. Third problem is the debugging .cpp errors appearing in the RPD or Answers (such as – which should have been caught by system and a human-error message to appear – such as “.cpp, line 506
This application has requested to terminate the runtime in an unusual way”. Overall, troubleshooting OBIEE is a logical step-by-step process well-described in their Oracle Business Intelligence Troubleshooting Guide, however, by making error messages human-friendlier -they’d make OBIEE consultants job easier.
How many times have you had a client asking you to customize obiee’s look while developing their business intelligence system? I’m not talking about really advanced techniques (where you’d change the OBIEE’s look and feel completely), just about loosing the standard look. I believe that the easiest way of doing this is by changing default logos with your images with the same dimensions. However, if you need more, then you should go and read John Minkjan’s blog that has an excellent series of OBIEE’s customization tips and tricks.
This is a post for fellow OBIEE consultants with an interest in Oracle’s acquisitions. Today, I received a letter where Oracle announced they’re acquiring Primavera. This is a very curious news. According to the letter – Primavera is a recognized leading choice for mission critical PPM solutions and helps more than 5,000 global customers and over 2.5 million users propose, prioritize, select, plan, manage, and control complex projects. The interesting thing is that the Project Portfolio Management solution that they’re offering could be replaced with Oracle’s BI Suite. I think Oracle made this acquisution for customer base, not for the product itself. I preditct that they will support Primavera’s products for a few years, but slowly persuade clients to switch to OBIEE. This might mean more projects for us in the future as well as a broader OBIEE installation base.
Would you like to change/remove the “Powered by Oracle†image link in OBIEE Answers/Dashboards. The file (“siebelbug.gifâ€) path is known, but which *.css file does it exist in?
1. Open OracleBI\web\msgdb\l_en\messages\productmessages.xml file.
2. Search for the fmap:siebelbug.gif line on this file
3. Replace it for fmap:empty.gif and save it.
4. Restart Oracle BI Server and Oracle BI Presentation Server Services in order to apply this changes. Or if you are already logged in the application, prior to stop and start both services, you can click on Settings > Administration. On the Administration window opened, click on Reload Files and Metadata. Wait a few seconds, then go back and access the Download Link. The changes will be applied there.
QUESTION 1) Whether all OBIEE 10.1.3.3 Infrastructure components can now be deployed exclusively on a Linux platform?
ANSWER: According to the Oracle Business Intelligence Infrastructure Installation and Configuration
Guide> Installing Oracle BI EE Infrastructure > Oracle BI Installer Screens and Prompts
There are restrictions on Installing Oracle BI Under Linux. Using the Custom installation choice, only the following components are available under Linux:
> Oracle Business Intelligence JDBC Driver
> Oracle Business Intelligence Systems Management
> Oracle Business Intelligence Server
> Oracle Business Intelligence Cluster Controller
> Oracle Business Intelligence Scheduler
> Oracle Business Intelligence Client
> Oracle Business Intelligence Presentation Services
> Oracle Business Intelligence Presentation Services Plug-in
> Oracle Business Intelligence Publisher
Therefore, this implies that that the other OBI components can only be installed on Windows.