1 What's New in This Release

Oracle Business Intelligence Applications consists of components that were formerly available from Siebel Systems as Siebel Business Analytics Applications (both CRM and Enterprise) with a number of significant enhancements.

The Oracle Business Intelligence Applications Data Warehouse Administration Console Guide contains information about using the Data Warehouse Administration Console (DAC), a centralized console for schema management as well as configuration, administration, loading, and monitoring of the Oracle Business Analytics Warehouse.

Oracle recommends reading the Oracle Business Intelligence Applications Release Notes before installing, using, or upgrading Oracle Business Intelligence Applications. The Oracle Business Intelligence Applications Release Notes are available:

• On the Oracle Business Intelligence Applications CD-ROM.

• On the Oracle Technology Network at http://www.oracle.com/technology/documentation/bi_apps.html (to register for a free account on the Oracle Technology Network, go to http://www.oracle.com/technology/about/index.html).

What's New in Oracle Business Intelligence Data Warehouse Administration Console Guide, Version 7.9.4

This section lists changes described in this version of the documentation to support Release 7.9.4 of the software.

• The topic "About Parameter Management" was added to describe the functionality available in the Parameter Management feature.

  In this release, the Parameter Management feature includes the following enhancements:

  • Ability to use database-specific text as a data type

  • Ability to nest parameters within other parameters

  • Ability to use SQL within timestamp parameters

• The new Parallel Index Creation feature enables you to create indexes in parallel. This feature is described in the sections "Parallel Index Creation" and "Parallel Table Indexes".

• The task "Specifying Tablespaces for Indexes by Table Type" was added to describe this new feature.

• The Add Refresh Dates command was added to allow you to prepopulate table names in the Refresh Dates subtab of the Physical Data Sources tab. For information, see "Execute View Right-Click Menu Commands".

• The Query mode feature was added to the following subtabs to enable you to query for various database objects.

  • "Current Run Tab: Task Details Subtab"

  • Task Details subtab on the "Run History Tab"

  • "Execution Plans Tab: All Dependencies Subtab"

  • "Execution Plans Tab: Immediate Dependencies Subtab"

  • "Subject Areas Tab: Task Source Tables (RO) Subtab"

  • "Subject Areas Tab: Task Target Tables (RO) Subtab"

• The task "Pointing Multiple Informatica Servers to a Single Informatica Repository" was added.

• The section "Using SQL Files as an Execution Type in the DAC" was enhanced to provide more detailed information about XML formatted files.