Additional Administration Tasks

Here are some administration topics related to Oracle BI Applications ETL processes.

Generating DDL Warehouse Scripts

The Business Analytics Warehouse tables are automatically deployed during the installation process when the Business Analytics Applications Suite Repository Creation Utility (RCU) executes a shipped DDL script. The RCU does not prompt for which tablespace to assign to the individual tables and related indexes nor does it provide a mechanism for you to alter the shipped DDL. To introduce changes to the Business Analytics Warehouse data model, you use ODI to generate a new DDL script.

For instructions on generating DDL scripts and assigning tablespaces to tables and indexes, refer to Generating DDL and Assigning Tablespaces to Tables and Indexes in Oracle Business Intelligence Applications Installation Guide.

Logging and Diagnostics

Oracle BI Applications Configuration Manager uses Oracle Diagnostic Logging. For information about managing log files and diagnostic data, see Oracle Fusion Middleware Administrator's Guide.

Creating ETL Tables for Siebel Sources

If your source system is Siebel and you are deploying one of the following offerings, you need to create S_ETL tables in the Siebel database:

  • Oracle Marketing Analytics

  • Oracle Price Analytics

  • Oracle Sales Analytics

  • Oracle Service Analytics

To create the S_ETL tables, you generate a Data Definition Language (DDL) script, which then must be provided to the Siebel database administrator, who will need to create the necessary tables in the Siebel database.

Note that the database user used for the ETL connection will require all Data Manipulation Language (DML) privileges (SELECT, INSERT, DELETE, UPDATES) and DDL (TRUNCATE) privileges to S_ETL tables.

  1. Launch ODI Studio, and display the Designer navigator.
  2. In the Projects editor, expand the following folders: BIApps Project, Components, Sources, Siebel, Oracle, Generate Siebel DDL, Packages, Generate Siebel DDL, Scenarios.
  3. Right-click GENERATE_SIEBEL_DDL Version 001, and then click Execute.
  4. Select the Context, ODI Agent, and Log Level, and then click OK.
  5. Indicate the information for each option.
    Option Description

    CREATE_SCRIPT_FILE

    Select Latest Value and Enter Y in the Value field.

    REFRESH_MODE

    Enter FULL.

    CHAR_CLAUSE

    Provided for Unicode support. If set to Y, the CHAR clause will be included in the DDL.

    RUN_DDL

    Enter N.

    SCRIPT_LOCATION

    Enter the path where you want the script to be created.

    The file name will be similar to BIA_Siebel_Schema_DDL_<run ID>.sql.

    TABLE_MASK

    The default value % will compare all tables.