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Contents
Title and Copyright Information
Preface
Intended Audience
Documentation Accessibility
Conventions
What's New in This Guide for Release 11.1.1.7
1
Introduction to Oracle Business Activity Monitoring
1.1
About Oracle BAM
1.2
Real Time Data Streaming
1.2.1
Oracle BAM Adapter
1.2.2
Direct JMS Connectivity
1.2.3
Oracle Data Integrator
1.2.4
Oracle BAM Web Services
1.3
External Data Sources
1.4
Oracle BAM Server
1.4.1
Oracle BAM Active Data Cache
1.4.2
Oracle BAM Event Engine
1.4.3
Oracle BAM Report Cache
1.5
Oracle BAM Web Applications
1.5.1
Oracle BAM Start Page
1.5.2
Oracle BAM Active Viewer
1.5.3
Oracle BAM Active Studio
1.5.4
Oracle BAM Architect
1.5.5
Oracle BAM Administrator
1.5.6
Oracle BAM Report Server
1.6
Oracle BAM Data Control
1.7
Oracle BAM Administration
1.8
ICommand
1.9
Related Documentation
1.10
Samples and Tutorials
2
Getting Started With Oracle BAM Web Applications
2.1
Microsoft Internet Explorer Settings
2.1.1
Disable Popup Blockers
2.1.2
Open Separate Browser Windows For New URLs
2.1.3
Configure Print Settings
2.1.4
Disable Browser Caching
2.1.5
Hide Address Bar in Oracle BAM Web Applications
2.2
Starting Oracle BAM Web Applications
2.3
Personalizing Oracle BAM Web Applications
2.3.1
Configuring Print Setup (Required)
2.3.2
Configure Time Zone Preferences
2.3.3
Specifying Report Loading Indicator Settings
2.3.4
Enabling Oracle BAM Active Studio View Editor Animation
2.3.5
Selecting a Report for the Oracle BAM Active Studio Home Tab
2.4
Getting Started With Oracle BAM Active Viewer
2.4.1
Select Report
2.4.2
Print Preview
2.4.3
Personalize
2.4.4
Reprompt
2.4.5
Save Offline
2.4.6
Email
2.5
Getting Started With Oracle BAM Active Studio
2.5.1
Tabs
2.5.2
Toolbars
2.5.3
Reports
2.5.4
Alerts
2.5.5
Folders
2.5.6
Actions
2.5.7
View Tasks/Options
2.5.8
Guide Text
2.5.9
View Editor
2.6
Getting Started With Oracle BAM Architect
2.7
Getting Started With Oracle BAM Administrator
2.8
Getting Started With Oracle BAM Samples
3
Creating and Managing Reports
3.1
Introduction to Report Creation and Delivery
3.2
Creating Tiled Reports
3.3
Creating Columnar Reports
3.3.1
Grouping Items in Columnar Reports
3.3.2
Adding Summary Functions in Columnar Reports
3.3.3
Quick Formatting in Columnar Reports
3.4
Saving Reports
3.5
Renaming Reports
3.6
Editing Reports
3.6.1
Editing a Report
3.6.2
Adding Report Titles
3.6.3
Formatting Report Titles
3.6.4
Setting Backgrounds for Reports
3.6.5
Resizing Views
3.6.6
Inserting Views
3.6.7
Deleting Views
3.6.8
Changing View Types
3.6.9
Changing the Data Objects Used
3.6.10
Setting Active Data Retrieval Interval
3.6.11
Setting a Report-Level Poll Mode Refresh Interval
3.6.12
Configuring Report Breadcrumbs
3.6.13
Configuring Browser Padding
3.7
Deleting Reports
3.8
E-mailing Reports
3.9
Printing Reports
3.10
Copying Report URLs
3.11
Saving Reports Offline
3.12
Viewing Reports
3.13
Responding to Report Prompts
3.14
Pausing and Playing Active Data
3.15
Adding Oracle BAM Reports to Web Pages
4
Creating and Using Views
4.1
Creating and Using List Views
4.1.1
Introduction to List Views
4.1.2
Creating List Views
4.1.3
Configuring List View Formatting Properties
4.1.4
Sorting Data in List Views
4.1.5
Adding Summaries to a Collapsed List
4.1.6
Configuring the Action List
4.1.6.1
Selecting Rows of Data in the Action List
4.1.6.2
Editing Data in the Action List
4.1.6.3
Adding Action Buttons
4.1.7
Using the Paging Controls
4.2
Creating and Using Chart Views
4.2.1
Introduction to Chart Views
4.2.2
Creating Chart Views
4.2.3
Configuring Chart View General Formatting Properties
4.2.4
Grouping Data
4.2.5
Configuring Time Groups
4.2.6
Configuring Chart Targets
4.2.7
Creating Charts With Multiple Data Objects
4.2.7.1
Adding Data Objects to Chart Views
4.2.7.2
Editing Charts Containing Multiple Data Objects
4.2.7.3
Removing Data Objects From Charts
4.2.8
Creating Statistical Process Control Charts
4.2.8.1
Creating an SPC Chart Data Object
4.2.8.2
Selecting Fields for SPC Charts
4.2.9
Using the Pie Chart
4.3
Creating and Using the Columnar View
4.3.1
Introduction to the Columnar View
4.3.2
Adding a Columnar View to a Report
4.3.3
Adding Summaries to a Columnar View
4.3.4
Configuring Columnar View Formatting Properties
4.3.5
Using the Columnar View
4.4
Creating and Using Key Process Indicator Views
4.4.1
Introduction to KPI Views
4.4.2
Creating KPI Views
4.4.3
Configuring KPI View Formatting Properties
4.4.4
Selecting a Gauge Style
4.5
Creating and Using Crosstab Views
4.5.1
Introduction to Crosstab Views
4.5.2
Creating Crosstab Views
4.5.3
Configuring Crosstab View Formatting Properties
4.5.4
Configuring Summaries in Crosstab and Summary Crosstab Views
4.5.5
Configuring Conditional Formatting in Matrix Views
4.5.6
Using the Crosstab View
4.5.6.1
Filtering the Crosstab View
4.5.6.2
Changing the Aggregate Function
4.5.6.3
Changing Row and Column Order
4.5.6.4
Pivoting
4.5.6.5
Rolling Up and Drilling Down
4.5.7
Using the Summary Crosstab View
4.5.7.1
Filtering the Summary Crosstab View
4.5.7.2
Changing the Aggregate Function
4.5.7.3
Rolling Up and Drilling Down
4.5.7.4
Sorting the Summary Crosstab View
4.5.8
Using the Matrix View
4.6
Creating and Using the Excel View
4.6.1
Introduction to the Excel View
4.6.2
Creating an Excel View
4.6.3
Configuring Excel View Formatting Properties
4.6.4
Using the Excel View
4.6.4.1
Saving the Excel Spreadsheet Outside of Oracle BAM
4.6.4.2
Viewing Named Ranges
4.6.4.3
Tips for Excel Views
4.7
Creating and Using the Action Form View
4.7.1
Introduction to the Action Form View
4.7.2
Creating Action Form Templates
4.7.3
Creating Action Form Views
4.8
Creating and Using the External Content View
4.8.1
Introduction to the External Content View
4.8.2
Creating External Content Views
4.9
Creating and Using Utility Views
4.9.1
Introduction to the Utility Views
4.9.2
Creating the Surface Prompts View
4.9.3
Creating the Container View
4.9.4
Creating the Row Group and Column Group Views
4.9.5
Creating the Tab Group View
4.9.6
Creating the Dashboard View
4.9.6.1
Configuring the Dashboard Toolbar
5
Manipulating Data in Views
5.1
Filtering Data
5.1.1
Using Active Now
5.1.1.1
Using is within a time interval
5.1.1.2
Using is within the current time period
5.1.1.3
Using is within a time period
5.1.1.4
Using Active Now and Time Groups in the Same Chart
5.1.1.5
Understanding Active Now Behavior in a Multiple Entry Filter Expression
5.2
Displaying Top N Data
5.3
Using Drilling
5.3.1
Drilling Down
5.3.2
Drilling Up
5.3.3
Drilling Through
5.3.4
Drilling Across
5.3.5
Adding Drilling Hierarchies to Views
5.3.6
Enabling Drilling Through to Details
5.3.7
Configuring Drill-Across Targets
5.3.8
Drilling Across to a URL
5.4
Adding Calculated Fields
5.4.1
Using HTML in Calculations
5.4.2
Using Decimal Type Numbers in Calculations
5.4.3
Formatting Date Subtractions in Calculated Fields
5.5
Adding Surface Prompts
5.6
Applying Summary Functions to Groups
6
Formatting Views
6.1
Introduction to Formatting Views
6.2
Configuring General Formatting Properties
6.3
Configuring Axis Properties
6.4
Configuring View Borders, Shading, and Background Color
6.5
Configuring Text Alignment
6.5.1
Suppressing Duplicate Fields
6.6
Displaying Data Labels
6.7
Configuring Font Formats
6.8
Configuring Themes
6.8.1
Adding and Changing Themes
6.9
Configuring Value Formats
6.10
Configuring the Display of Active Data
6.11
Setting a View-Level Poll Mode Refresh Interval
6.12
Configuring Patterns
7
Editing Columnar Reports
7.1
About Columnar Reports
7.2
Using Formatting Toolbars
7.3
Inserting Images
7.4
Inserting Text
8
Using Prompts and Parameters
8.1
About Prompts and Parameters
8.1.1
Applying Parameters
8.1.2
Using System Date/Time Parameters
8.2
Creating Parameters
8.3
Creating Custom Parameters
8.4
Creating Prompts
8.4.1
Creating a Datetime Type Parameter
8.4.2
Creating a Field Type Parameter
8.5
Working with Prompts and Parameters
8.5.1
Arranging Prompt Order
8.5.2
Previewing Prompts
8.5.3
Editing Prompts and Parameters
8.5.4
Deleting Prompts and Parameters
8.5.5
Cascading Prompts
8.6
Using Parameters in Report URLs
8.7
Driving Prompts and Parameters from Other Views
8.7.1
Configuring Driving
8.7.2
A Driving Example
9
Using Action Buttons
9.1
About Action Buttons
9.2
Creating Action Buttons
9.2.1
Creating Action Buttons
9.2.2
Configuring Insert Action Types
9.2.3
Configuring Constant Value Update Action Types
9.2.4
Configuring Edit Column Update Action Types
9.2.5
Configuring Delete Action Types
9.2.6
Configuring Open a URL Action Types
9.2.7
Configuring View a Report Action Types
9.2.8
Configuring Reset a Form Action Types
9.2.9
Configuring Refresh a View Action Types
9.2.10
Configuring Show a Confirmation Message Action Types
10
Organizing and Sharing Reports
10.1
Organizing Your Reports
10.2
Creating New Folders
10.3
Setting Folder Permissions
10.4
Working with Folders
10.5
Copying Reports and Folders
10.6
Moving Reports and Folders
10.7
Sharing Reports with Other Users
10.8
Deleting Shared Reports
11
Archiving and Purging Data
11.1
Archiving Data
11.2
Purging Data
A
Calculation Operators and Expressions
A.1
Calculation Operators
A.2
Avg
A.3
Ceiling
A.4
Concat
A.5
Count
A.6
CountDistinct
A.7
DateAdd
A.8
DayName
A.9
DayOfMonth
A.10
DayOfWeek
A.11
DayOfYear
A.12
Floor
A.13
Hour
A.14
If
A.15
IfNull
A.16
Length
A.17
Lower
A.18
Max
A.19
Min
A.20
Minute
A.21
Month
A.22
MonthName
A.23
Now
A.24
PercentOfTotal
A.25
Power
A.26
Quarter
A.27
Repeat
A.28
Replace
A.29
Round
A.30
Second
A.31
Substring
A.32
Sum
A.33
Switch
A.34
TrimEnd
A.35
TrimStart
A.36
Upper
A.37
Week
A.38
Year
B
Filter Comparison Expressions
B.1
Filter Comparison Expressions
B.2
Exceptions for Timestamp Filter Expressions
C
Date and Time in Oracle BAM
C.1
General Transformation and Formatting Of Date and Time
C.2
Personalized Time Zone Settings
C.3
Date (Datetime and Timestamp) Configuration in Reports
C.4
Date and Time in Alerts
C.5
Date and Time in Enterprise Message Sources
D
Troubleshooting
D.1
Upgrade Issues
D.1.1
Open 10.1.3.x Oracle JDeveloper Project with Oracle BAM sensor actions in Oracle JDeveloper 11g
D.2
Startup and Login Issues
D.2.1
Database is Running and Reachable
D.2.2
404 Error
D.2.3
Authentication Failed Exception
D.2.4
Buttons Grayed Out on the Start Page
D.3
Oracle BAM Web Application Issues
D.3.1
Loss of Active Data
D.3.2
Active Data is Intermittent
D.3.3
Reports Get Stuck
D.3.4
Printing Issues
D.3.5
Unable to Create or View Report With No Permissions on System Folder
D.3.6
Cannot Configure More Than 50 Prompt Values in a Report
D.3.7
Not All Values Are Displayed in the Filter Value Browse List
D.3.8
Action Form Error
D.3.9
Report Says "Reconnecting" Indefinitely
D.3.10
Data Object Name Is Different in Oracle BAM Architect and Oracle Enterprise Manager Fusion Middleware Control
D.3.11
Rows Truncated in List Views
D.3.12
Exception Message While Creating or Viewing Charts and KPIs
D.3.13
Cannot Reuse a User Name
D.3.14
Timing Is Off Between Active Now and Continuous Time Series
D.3.15
Exception Thrown Drilling Across Between Reports
D.4
Oracle BAM Server Issues
D.4.1
Enterprise Message Source Not Receiving Messages
D.5
Oracle BAM Adapter Issues
D.5.1
SOA Server Invalid User Name Exception
D.5.2
SOA Server Authentication Error With Correct Credential Configuration
D.5.3
Illegal Argument Exception on Oracle WebLogic Server Console Upon Restart or Editing Deployment of Oracle BAM Adapter
D.6
Oracle BAM Sensor Action Issues
D.6.1
Loggers for Troubleshooting Oracle BAM Sensors Actions
D.7
Oracle BAM ICommand Issues
D.7.1
JDBC Connection Pool Error
D.7.2
ICommand Fails to Connect With Oracle BAM Server
D.7.3
Unavailable External Data Source Error
D.8
Oracle BAM Issues With Oracle Enterprise Manager Fusion Middleware Control Console
D.8.1
Oracle BAM Security Roles and Policies Are Not Displayed
D.9
Oracle BAM Issues With Oracle WebLogic Server Administrative Console
D.9.1
Unable to Locate the Activate Changes Button
D.10
Oracle BAM Issues With Oracle Data Integrator
D.10.1
Unable to Connect With Oracle Data Integrator
D.11
Database Issues
D.11.1
Unable to Extend ORABAM Tablespace
D.11.2
Data Corruption Symptoms
D.12
Using the Logs
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