About the Catalog

The catalog stores the BI Publisher objects, such as reports, data models, and style templates.

Use the catalog to locate objects and perform tasks specific to those objects.

The following image shows the Oracle BI Publisher.

Use the Catalog page to locate objects in the catalog and perform tasks specific to those objects. The objects and options that are available to you are determined by your system privileges and the permissions assigned to individual folders and objects.

You can use the Catalog page to perform more specialized tasks such as:

  • Setting object-level permissions

  • Downloading and uploading objects

  • Exporting and importing catalog translations

For more information about the functions that you can perform in the catalog, see Overview of the BI Publisher Folders.

Browsing the Catalog

Browsing the catalog enables you to view the contents of a folder.

Use the Folders pane of the Catalog page to display and navigate the content of personal, My Folders, and shared folders that all users can access. Select a folder to view its contents in the display area.