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Step 4: Creating the Local Oracle BI Presentation Catalog

To create the local Oracle BI Presentation Catalog (a catalog for the disconnected machine), you need to know how to create the dashboards and queries (reports) that are stored in the catalog. For instructions, see Oracle Business Intelligence Presentation Services Online Help.

To build a local Oracle BI Presentation Catalog, use the full Oracle BI Presentation Catalog on the Oracle BI Server as a starting point, deleting dashboards and reports not needed for the disconnected application. Alternatively, if the disconnected application needs only a few dashboards and reports, you might decide to manually create a new local Oracle BI Presentation Catalog.

After you create the local Oracle BI Presentation Catalog, perform these steps:

• Store it in the disconnected application metadata directory for the appropriate disconnected application. For the retail business scenario in Step 2: Creating and Testing Tables and Indexes in the SQL Anywhere Database this would be D:\OracleBIData\Disconnected\Retail\app. For a description of disconnected directories, see Step 1: Understanding the Directory Structure for Oracle BI Disconnected Analytics.
• Archive the \shared folder of the catalog. The resulting file is copied to the disconnected application metadata directory. For complete information on archiving a catalog, see the Oracle Business Intelligence Presentation Services Guide.