Contents

Title and Copyright Information

Preface

• Audience
• Documentation Accessibility
• Related Documentation and Other Resources
• Conventions

New Features for Oracle Business Intelligence Users

• New Features for Oracle BI EE 12c (12.2.1)

1 Introducing Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition

• Introduction to Oracle BI Enterprise Edition
• Where Do I Store and Manage Oracle BI EE Objects?
• Signing In to Oracle BI Enterprise Edition
• Signing Out of Oracle BI Enterprise Edition
• Navigating Oracle BI Enterprise Edition
• What Is the Oracle BI EE Home Page?
• What Is the New Home Page?
  • Searching for Projects and Visualizations
  • Visualizing Data with BI Ask
  • Search Tips
• What Is the Oracle BI EE Global Header?
• Where Can I Get Help or More Information?
• About Privileges and Permissions
• About Acting for Other Users
• Acting for Other Users
• Setting Preferences
• Downloading BI Desktop Tools
  • Installing Oracle Business Intelligence Client Tools
• How Does Oracle BI EE Interact with Other Products?
  • Integration of Oracle BI EE with Oracle BI Publisher
  • Integration of Oracle BI EE with Oracle BI Mobile App Designer
  • Integration of Oracle BI EEwith Oracle Business Intelligence Mobile
  • Integration of Oracle BI EE with Oracle Enterprise Performance Management System
  • Interaction of Oracle BI EE with Oracle BI Applications
  • Integration of Oracle BI EE with Microsoft Office
• Topics of Interest in Other Guides
• System Requirements and Certification

2 Creating Analyses

• What Is an Analysis?
  • How Do I Work with an Analysis?
  • How Is an Analysis Processed?
  • How Can I Always See the Most Current Results of an Analysis?
• What Are Subject Areas and Columns?
  • What Are the Types of Columns?
  • How Are Columns Indicated Visually?
• Understanding the Double Column Feature
• What Is the Analysis Editor?
  • Managing Panes in the Analysis Editor Tabs
• What Is the Process for Constructing Analyses?
• Creating New Analyses
• Specifying the Criteria for Analyses
  • Understanding Null Suppression
  • Example 1: Adding a Filter to a Row Edge on a Measure When Null Values Are Included
  • Example 2: Adding a Filter to a Row Edge on a Measure When Null Values Are Included
  • Example 3: Adding a "Not Null" Filter to a Row Edge on a Measure When Null Values Are Included
  • Editing the Formula for a Column
  • Combining Columns Using Set Operations
    • Guidelines for Selecting Columns to Combine
    • Difference Between Combining Columns Using Set Operations and Adding Columns from Related Subject Areas
    • Example: Combining Columns from One Subject Area
    • Combining Columns from One or More Subject Areas
  • Viewing Metadata Information from the Subject Areas Pane
• Saving Columns to the Catalog
• Changing the Sort Order of Subject Areas and Subject Area Folders
  • Where Else is the Subject Areas Sort Order Reflected?
• Displaying the Results of Analyses
  • Creating Additional Compound Layouts
  • Alerting Users to No Data in the Results of Analyses
• Adding Prompts to Analyses
• Examining the Logical SQL Statements for Analyses
• Saving Analyses
• Creating Agents from Analyses
• Editing Analyses
• About Embedding an Analysis in a Dashboard
• Working with Direct Database Requests
  • Setting Privileges for Direct Requests
  • Executing a Direct Database Request
  • Seeing the Results of Direct Database Requests
• Using Variables
  • What Are Session Variables?
  • What Are Repository Variables?
  • What Are Presentation Variables?
  • What Are Request Variables?
  • What Are Global Variables?
• Where Can I Reference Variables?
• What Is the Syntax for Referencing Variables?
• What Predefined Presentation Variables Are Available?
• Example of Referencing a Variable in a Title View

3 Adding External Data to Analyses

• About Including External Data in Analyses
• Accessing External Subject Areas and Sharing Analyses Containing External Subject Area Data
• Subject Area Icons
• Adding External Subject Areas to an Analysis
• Removing External Subject Areas from an Analysis
• Downloading External Subject Area Data
• Deleting External Subject Areas from Oracle BI EE

4 Adding Views for Display in Dashboards

• What Are Views?
• What Types of Views Are Available?
  • What Types of Graphs Are Available?
  • What Types of Funnel Graphs Are Available?
  • What Types of Graphs Are Available to Trellis Views?
  • What Types of Gauges Are Available?
  • What Types of Logical SQL Views Are Available?
  • What Types of Waterfall Graph Formats Are Available?
• Adding Views to the Results of Analyses
• What Is the Recommended Visualizations Feature?
• Editing Views
  • Editing Table and Pivot Table Views
    • Applying Formatting to Tables and Pivot Tables
  • Editing Graph Views
    • Formatting the Visual Appearance of Graphs
      • Graph Formatting Based on Position
      • Graph Formatting Based on Columns
      • Rules for Applying Conditional Formats in Graphs
      • Graph Exceptions for Conditional Formatting on Columns
  • Editing Trellis Views
    • What Terms are Used with Trellis Views?
    • What Makes a Trellis View Unique?
    • What Are the Functions of Trellis Views?
    • What Are Microcharts?
      • Spark Graphs in Oracle BI EE
      • Working with Spark Graphs
    • About Simple Trellis Versus Advanced Trellis
    • Design Considerations for Trellis Views and Microcharts
      • When Might a Trellis Not Be the Best Visualization to Use?
  • Editing Gauge Views
  • Editing Map Views
    • Using Auto Correct
    • What are the Functions of Map Views?
    • What Terms Are Used with Map Views?
    • What Are the Components of Map Views?
    • What Are Layers?
    • Creating Map Views
    • How Do Formats Affect Layers?
      • When Are Formats Visible?
      • Where Can Formats Be Applied?
    • Applying Formats to Layers
    • Setting the Initial View Ports for Map Views
    • Editing Map Views and Displaying Map Views on Dashboard Pages
  • Editing Narrative Views
  • Editing Column Selector Views
  • Editing View Selector Views
  • Editing Legend Views
  • Editing Performance Tile Views
  • Editing Treemap Views
    • Understanding Treemap Views
    • Working with Treemap Views
  • Editing Heat Matrix Views
    • Understanding Heat Matrix Views
    • Working with Heat Matrix Views
  • Modifying the Layout of Data in Views
    • Understanding Drop Targets
      • Columns in the Excluded Drop Target
      • Aggregation and the Excluded Drop Target
      • Drop Target Guidelines for Graphs and Funnel Graphs
      • Drop Target Guidelines for Trellises
      • Drop Target Guidelines for Performance Tiles
      • Drop Target Guidelines for Treemaps
      • Drop Target Guidelines for Heat Matrices
    • Adding and Rearranging Columns in Views
    • Setting Properties for View Bodies and Drop Targets
      • Adding Totals to Tables and Pivot Tables
    • Displaying Running Sums and Relative Values for Measure Columns in Pivot Tables
      • Displaying Running Sums for Measure Columns in Pivot Tables
      • Displaying Relative Values for Measure Columns in Pivot Tables
    • Defining Section Sliders in Graphs, Gauges, and Funnels
• Modifying Values and Performing Write Back
  • About Modifying Values and Various Types of Users
  • Process for Write Back
  • Adding the Write-Back Capability to a Column
  • Adding the Write-Back Capability to a Table View
  • About the Modes for Write Back in Views
• Interactions in Views
  • Click Interactions in Views
  • Right-Click Interactions in Views
• Drilling in Views
  • In Which Columns Can I Drill?
  • How Do I Allow Drilling in Columns?
  • What are the Effects of Drilling on Filters and Selection Steps?
• Sorting Data in Views
  • Common Sort Functionality
  • Sorting Data
  • Clearing Sorts
  • Sorting in Tables and Pivot Tables
  • Example 1: Sorting with a Single Column on Each Edge
  • Example 2: Sorting with Two Columns on the Row Edge
  • Example 3: Sorting with Two Measures on the Column Edge
  • Sorting in Graphs by Using the Right-Click Menu
• Resizing Rows and Columns in Table Views, Pivot Table Views, and Advanced Trellis Views
• Saving Views
• Renaming Views or Compound Layouts
• Rearranging Views
• Printing Views
• Changing Print and Export Options for Views
• Previewing How Views Are Displayed on a Dashboard
• Removing Views
• Refreshing the Results in Views
• Customizing Views for Delivery to Agent Users
• What Is Master-Detail Linking of Views?
  • What Are Master Views?
    • What Types of Columns Can Be Master Columns
    • What Information Do Master-Detail Events Pass?
    • What Are Channels?
  • What Are Detail Views?
  • How Does Master-Detail Linking of Views Work?
• Linking Views in Master-Detail Relationships
  • Defining the Master View
  • Defining the Detail View
  • Example of a Table and Graph Linked in a Master-Detail Relationship
    • About the Regional Sales Master View
    • About the Regional Sales Detail View
    • How the Master-Detail Linking Works for Regional Sales Master View and Regional Sales Detail View

5 Building and Using Dashboards

• What Are Dashboards?
• Who Creates and Edits Dashboards?
• What Is the Dashboard Builder?
• What Controls the Look-and-Feel of a Dashboard?
• About the ALTA Style
• Creating Dashboards
• Editing Dashboards
  • Adding New Pages to Dashboards
  • Adding Subpages to Dashboards
  • Adding Content to Dashboards
    • Dragging and Dropping Objects to the Page Layout Area in the Dashboard Builder
  • Setting Advanced Page Properties
• Adding Oracle BI Publisher Reports to Dashboard Pages
  • How Do Oracle BI Publisher Reports and Dashboard Pages Interact?
    • About Oracle BI Publisher and Dashboard Pages
      • Interacting with Reports on Dashboard Pages
      • About Briefing Books and Printing BI Publisher Reports
    • About Adding Reports to Dashboard Pages
  • Adding Reports to Dashboard Pages
  • Using Prompts with Parameterized Reports
• Changing the Properties of a Dashboard and its Pages
• Changing the Properties of Objects Added to Dashboard Pages
• Delaying the Execution of Dashboard Pages
• About Creating Custom Layouts for Printing and Exporting Dashboard Pages
  • Items Not Supported When Using Custom Print Layouts
• Creating Custom Layouts for Printing and Exporting Dashboard Pages
• Editing, Replacing, or Removing Custom Layouts
• Deleting Objects on Dashboard Pages
• Deleting Subpages from Dashboards
• Deleting Dashboard Pages
  • Deleting the Current Dashboard Page
  • Deleting One or More Dashboard Pages
• Saving Dashboards by Other Names and in Other Locations
• Opening and Using Dashboards
• What Are Saved Customizations for Dashboard Pages?
  • Example Scenarios for Creating and Using Saved Customizations
    • Scenario 1: Saved Customizations Created by a Group for Use by Others
    • Scenario 2: Saved Customizations Created for Use by an Individual User
• Saving Customizations
• Applying Saved Customizations
• Editing Saved Customizations
• Clearing Your Current Customization
• About Dashboard Template Pages for New Users
  • How Dashboard Template Pages Work
  • Where Oracle BI EE Searches for Dashboard Template Pages
  • How Users Can Work with Dashboard Template Pages
• Creating Dashboard Template Pages for New Users
• Publishing Dashboard Pages
• About Creating Links to Dashboard Pages
  • What Are Bookmark Links?
  • What Are Prompted Links?
    • Basic Syntax of Prompted Links
    • Parameters for Prompted Links
      • Expanding the Syntax of Values
    • Guidelines for Manipulating Prompted Links
• Creating Links to Dashboard Pages
• Working with Briefing Books
  • What Are Briefing Books?
    • About the Table of Contents in a PDF Version of a Briefing Book
  • Adding Content to New or Existing Briefing Books
  • Editing Briefing Books
  • Downloading Briefing Books
  • Adding a List of Briefing Books to a Dashboard Page
  • Using Agents to Deliver Briefing Books

6 Filtering and Selecting Data for Analyses

• Saving Objects as Inline or Named
  • What are Inline or Named Objects?
  • What is the Folder Structure for Named Objects?
  • Saving Filters as Inline or Named
  • Saving Groups and Calculated Items as Inline or Named
• What are Filters and Selection Steps?
  • How Do Filters and Selection Steps Differ?
  • Applying Filters to Attribute Columns to Affect Hierarchical Columns
• Working with Selections of Data
  • Creating Selection Steps
  • Editing Selection Steps
  • Saving Selection Steps as a Group Object
  • Working with Selection Steps and Double Columns
• Creating Column Filters
• Editing Column Filters
• Working with the EVALUATE_PREDICATE Function
  • How Can I Use the EVALUATE_PREDICATE Function with a Filter?
  • Adding the EVALUATE_PREDICATE Function to an Inline Filter
• Applying a Named Filter to an Analysis
• Combining and Grouping Column Filters
• Using a Saved Analysis as a Filter
• Creating and Editing the SQL Statements for a Column Filter in an Analysis
• Working with Calculated Measures
• Working with Groups and Calculated Items
  • What are Groups?
  • What are Calculated Items?
  • Creating Groups and Calculated Items
  • Editing Groups and Calculated Items
  • Adding a Group to Another Analysis
  • Nesting Groups and Calculated Items
  • Examples of Calculated Items

7 Prompting in Dashboards and Analyses

• What Are Inline and Dashboard Prompts?
• What are Column Prompts?
• Other Prompt Types
• What Types of User Input Options Can I Use With a Column or Variable Prompt?
• How Do Prompts Work in Oracle BI Mobile?
• Can Dashboard Prompts and Analysis Prompts Interact?
• In What Order Does Oracle BI EE Apply Prompts with Default Values?
• What Is Auto-Complete?
• Creating a Column Prompt
• Overriding a Selection Step With a Column Prompt
• Creating an Image Prompt
• Creating a Currency Prompt
• Creating a Variable Prompt
• Editing Prompts
• Adding a Dashboard Prompt to a Dashboard or Dashboard Page
• Adding a Hidden Dashboard Prompt to a Dashboard or Dashboard Page

8 Formatting Analyses, Views, and Dashboard Pages

• What Can be Formatted?
  • Applying Formatting to Columns in Analyses
  • Applying Formatting to Views
  • Applying Formatting to Dashboard Pages
• Formatting Columns in Analyses
  • What Kinds of Formatting Can I Apply?
  • Applying Formatting to a Column
  • Saving Formatting Defaults
• What is Cosmetic Formatting?
  • Using a Saved Analysis to Modify the Cosmetic Appearance of Other Analyses
    • Where is the Import formatting from another analysis Button?
    • Which View Types Support Imported Formatting?
    • How is Imported Formatting Applied?
      • Applying Formatting from Columns
      • Applying Formatting from Views
      • Applying Formatting from Containers
    • Importing Formatting Using a Saved Analysis
• Applying Conditional Formatting to Tables, Pivot Tables, Performance Tiles, Graphs, Heat Matrices, and Trellises
  • How is Conditional Formatting Applied?
  • Can Conditional Formats Be Based on Another Column?
  • What Factors Affect Conditional Formats?
    • Layout, Order, and Conditional Formats
    • Value Suppression and Conditional Formats
  • Applying Conditional Formatting
  • Example of Conditional Formatting for Ranking
• Storing Custom Files Locally and Using the fmap Function to Reference Them
• Custom Format Masks
• Custom Format Strings
  • Custom Format Strings for Date and Time Fields
    • General Custom Format Strings
    • ODBC Custom Format Strings
  • Custom Format Strings for Numeric Fields
    • Custom Format Strings for Integral Fields
    • Custom Format Strings for Conversion into Hours
    • Custom Format Strings for Conversion into Hours and Minutes
    • Custom Format Strings for Conversion into Hours, Minutes, and Seconds
    • Custom Format Strings for Displaying Duration

9 Delivering Content

• What Are Agents?
• What Are Alerts?
• How Agents Work
• What Is the Agent Editor?
• About Controlling Access to Agents
• About Using Customization in Agents
• Creating Agents
• Viewing Summaries of Agent Settings
• Saving Agents
• Subscribing to Agents
• Displaying a List of the Agents That You Subscribe to or That You Own
• Unsubscribing from Agents
• Customizing Your Agent Subscriptions
  • Displaying Customized Filter Values in Agent Results
• Disabling and Enabling Agents' Schedules
• What Are Devices and Delivery Profiles?
• Configuring Your Devices and Delivery Profiles
• Accessing and Managing Your Alerts
• Subscribing to an RSS Feed for Alerts

10 Working with Conditions

• What Are Conditions?
• For What Do I Use Conditions?
• What Are the Elements of a Condition?
• What Are Named Conditions?
• What Are Inline Conditions?
• Who Creates Conditions?
• Creating Named Conditions
• Using Conditions to Determine Whether Agents Deliver Their Content or Execute Their Actions
• Using Conditions to Determine Whether Action Links Are Displayed in Dashboard Pages
• Using Conditions to Determine Whether Sections Are Displayed in Dashboard Pages
• Specifying the Settings for Conditions
• Editing Named Conditions
• Editing, Customizing, Testing, Saving, and Disabling Conditions Used in Agents
• Editing, Testing, Saving, and Removing Conditions Used in Action Links in Dashboard Pages
• Editing, Testing, Saving, and Removing Conditions Used in Sections in Dashboard Pages

11 Working with Actions

• What Are Actions?
• What Are Action Links and Action Link Menus?
• What Action Types Are Available?
  • Actions that Navigate to Related Content
  • Actions that Invoke Operations, Functions or Processes in External Systems
• Who Can Create Actions?
• Where Can I Add Actions?
• What Are Named Actions?
• What Are Inline Actions?
• What Are Action Parameters?
• About Conditionally Enabling Actions
  • About Conditionally Enabling Actions Added to Analyses
  • About Conditionally Enabling Actions Added to Dashboard Pages
  • About Conditionally Enabling Actions Added to Agents
• About Customizing Information Displayed to Users on Action Execution
• Creating Named Actions
• Specifying the Settings for New Actions
• Adding Actions to Analyses
• About Adding Actions to Dashboard Pages
• Adding Actions to Dashboard Pages Using Action Links
  • Completing the Action Link Properties Dialog
• Adding Actions to Dashboard Pages Using Action Link Menus
• Adding Actions to Agents
• Adding Actions to KPIs
• Adding Actions to Initiatives and Objectives in Scorecards
• Creating a New Action Based on an Existing Named Action
• Editing Named Actions
• Editing Actions and Action Links Added to Analyses
• Editing Actions, Action Links, and Action Link Menus Added to Dashboard Pages
• Editing Actions Added to Agents
• Editing Actions and Action Links Added to KPIs
• Editing Actions and Actions Links Added to Initiatives and Objectives in Scorecards
• Saving Inline Actions in Analyses to the Catalog
• Saving Inline Actions in Dashboards to the Catalog
• Testing a Named Action by Executing It

12 Using KPIs and KPI Watchlists

• What Are KPIs?
• How Are KPIs Evaluated?
• How Can I Use KPIs?
• What Are Dimensions and Pinned Dimension Values?
• About KPI Privileges and Permissions
• How Do I Create a KPI?
• Creating KPIs
• Editing KPIs
  • Editing KPIs from the Catalog
  • Editing KPIs from a KPI Watchlist
• What Are Target Settings?
  • Prerequisites for Setting Up Target Settings in KPIs
  • Overview of Setting Up Target Settings in KPIs
  • User Interaction with Target Settings
• Generating Analyses from KPIs
• Creating Agents from KPIs
• Contacting the Business Owner of KPIs
• About Overriding Statuses of KPIs
• About Adding Comments to KPIs
• What Are KPI Watchlists?
• Creating KPI Watchlists
• Editing KPI Watchlists

13 Scorecarding

• What Is Oracle Scorecard and Strategy Management?
• What Is a Balanced Scorecard?
• What Is the Scorecard Editor?
• What Are Scorecard Objects?
• How Do I Create a Scorecard?
• About Scorecard Privileges and Permissions
• Using the Edit and View Modes in the Scorecard Editor
• Creating Scorecards
• Opening or Editing Scorecards
• Viewing Overview Information
• About the Point of View Area
• Setting Up the Point of View Controls
• What Are Vision Statements?
• Defining Vision Statements
• What Are Mission Statements?
• Defining Mission Statements
• What Are Perspectives?
• Creating Custom Perspectives
• What Are Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)?
• What Are Objectives?
• Creating Objectives
  • Completing the Analytics Pane for Objectives or Initiatives
• What Are Initiatives?
• Creating Initiatives
• Contacting Business Owners
• About Comments
• Working with Comments
  • Working with Comments in the Collaboration pane
  • Working with Comments in Watchlists
  • Working with Comments in the Diagram Tab of a View
• Understanding Initiative or Objective Performance Assessment
  • About Assessment Mappings
  • Example of Determining the Performance Assessment for an Objective Based on Child Objectives
  • Example of Determining the Performance Assessment for an Objective Based on a Child KPI
• Defining Assessment Mappings for Scorecards
• Assigning Weights to Child Objectives, Initiatives and KPIs
• About Status Overrides
• Working with Status Overrides
  • Working with Status Overrides in Watchlists
  • Working with Status Overrides in the Diagram Tab of a View
• What Are Strategy Trees?
  • Understanding a Strategy Tree Diagram
  • Understanding a Strategy Contribution Wheel Diagram
• Creating Strategy Trees
• What Are Strategy Maps?
• Creating Strategy Maps
• What Are Cause & Effect Maps?
• Creating Cause & Effect Maps
• Understanding Watchlists
• Customizing Watchlists
• What Are KPI Watchlists?
• Working with KPI Details
• What Are Smart Watchlists?
• Creating Smart Watchlists
• What Are Custom Views?
• Creating Custom Views
• Opening Scorecard Objects
• Editing Scorecard Objects
• Deleting Scorecard Objects
• Adding Scorecard Objects to Dashboards
• Troubleshooting

14 Managing Objects in the Oracle BI Presentation Catalog

• What is the Oracle BI Presentation Catalog?
• Who Uses the Catalog?
• Saving Business Intelligence Objects
• How Can I Search for Objects?
  • Basic Catalog Search
  • Full-Text Catalog Search
• Searching for Objects in the Catalog
• Object-Specific Tasks
• What Are Favorites?
• Adding Objects to Favorites
• Accessing Favorite Objects
• Organizing Favorites
• Removing Objects From Favorites
• Exporting Analyses, KPIs, and Analysis Prompts Data
• Accessing Properties
• Levels of Oracle BI EE Security
• What Are Permissions?
• How Are an Object's Permission Assigned?
• Access Control Lists and Permissions
• Permission Definitions
• Permissions Available by Object Type
• Recommendations for Setting Permissions
• Assigning Permissions
• Who Owns an Object?
• Assigning Ownership of Objects
• Taking Ownership of Objects
• What is Archiving?
• Archiving Objects

15 Using BI Composer to Work with Analyses

• What Is BI Composer?
• Where Is BI Composer Available?
  • Availability of BI Composer in Oracle BI Enterprise Edition
• Comparing the Analysis Editor and BI Composer
  • What Types of Views Can I Work with in BI Composer?
• What Are the Steps for Creating or Editing an Analysis in BI Composer?
• Creating Analyses Using BI Composer
• Editing Analyses Using BI Composer
• Viewing Analyses in BI Composer
• Editing Analyses Created by Using the Analysis Editor

A Basic Information to Tell Your Users

• About Exporting Results
  • Exporting Results
• About Exporting Dashboards and Dashboard Pages
• About Sorting Values in Heat Matrix Views, Table Views, Pivot Table Views, and Trellis Views
• About Resizing Rows and Columns in Views
• About Drilling in Results
  • What is Drilling?
  • Where Can I Drill?
    • Drilling in Heat Matrices, Tables, Pivot Tables, and Trellises
      • Drilling in Attribute Columns
      • Drilling in Hierarchical Columns
    • Drilling in Graphs
• About Running Actions Using Action Links and Action Link Menus in Analyses and Dashboards
• About Running Actions Associated with Action Links in Analyses and Dashboards
• Using Section Sliders in Graphs, Gauges, and Funnels
• About Working with Map Views on Dashboard Pages
  • Panning in Map Views
  • Zooming in Map Views
  • Drilling in Map Views
  • Modifying Thresholds for Formats on a Map View
  • Showing or Hiding Formats on a Map View
• Zooming and Scrolling in Graphs
• About Working with Views that Are Linked in Master-Detail Relationships
• Modifying Data in a Table View in a Dashboard Page or Analysis
  • About Handling Errors for Write Back
• Accessing Oracle BI Publisher Reports in Dashboards
  • Using the Oracle BI Publisher Toolbar on a Dashboard Page
• About Navigating With Breadcrumbs
• Printing Dashboard Pages
• About Working with Scorecard Objects
• Modifying a KPI's Actual and Target Values

B Accessibility Features

• Using Accessibility Features
  • What are Accessibility Features?
  • Signing In Using Keystrokes
  • Changing to Accessibility Mode
• Keyboard Shortcuts
  • Keyboard Shortcuts for Oracle BI EE and Oracle BI Publisher
  • Navigating on the Home Page
  • Navigating in Oracle Business Intelligence Dashboards
• Designing for Accessibility
  • Obtaining General Information
  • Avoiding Common Misconceptions
  • Following Best Practice Recommendations
  • Following General Guidelines for Accessible Content
    • Font Selection
    • Color Selection
      • Using Color with Text
    • Color Contrast
  • Designing Dashboards that are Accessible
    • Promoting a Consistent Structure
    • Keeping Dashboard Pages Simple
    • Enhancing On-Screen Content
    • Providing Alternate Displays
    • Including Descriptions for Analyses
    • Working with Styles for Dashboards
      • Creating Custom Styles and Skins
      • Applying a Style to a Dashboard
    • Avoiding Prohibited Features
• Using Objects to Enhance Accessibility
  • Switching Content with View Selectors
  • Using Static Text Objects for Custom HTML Markup