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Oracle® Business Intelligence New Features Guide
Release 10.1.3.3.2
Part Number E10416-03
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Contents
Title and Copyright Information
Preface
Audience
Documentation Accessibility
Related Documents
Conventions
Part I General New Features
1
Oracle BI Answers-Based Metadata Dictionary Feature
1.1
Configuration for the Oracle BI Answers-Based Metadata Dictionary Feature
2
Multi-Select Dashboard Prompts Feature
2.1
Configuration for the Multi-Select Dashboard Prompts Feature
3
Office Integration with BI Dashboard Feature
3.1
Configuration for the Office Integration with BI Dashboard Feature
4
Dashboard Link Types Feature
4.1
Using Bookmark Links
4.2
Using Prompted Links
4.3
Configuration for the Dashboard Prompt Types Feature
5
Import Oracle Catalog Feature
6
Embedded Database Functions Feature
6.1
EVALUATE Function
6.2
EVALUATE_AGGR Function
6.3
EVALUATE_PREDICATE Function
7
Drag and Drop XMLA Metadata Objects Feature
8
General New Features in Release 10.1.3.3.1
8.1
Oracle Business Intelligence Installer Now Deploys BI Components into One OC4J Container
8.1.1
Upgrading to Version 10.1.3.3.1 from a BIEE 10.1.3.x Release Prior to 10.1.3.3.1
8.2
DataDirect Connect ODBC Drivers for Linux and UNIX Operating Systems Bundled with Oracle BI EE 10.1.3.3.1
8.2.1
Using the DataDirect Connect ODBC Drivers
8.2.1.1
For connectivity to Microsoft SQL Server database
8.2.1.2
For connectivity to Sybase ASE Database
8.2.1.3
For connectivity to Informix Database
8.3
Support for Charts in Oracle BI EE for Arabic, Thai, and Hebrew
8.3.1
Prerequisites
8.3.2
Integrate the Data Sources
8.3.2.1
Adding the Oracle BI Server as a Data Source
8.3.2.2
Integrating with Oracle Presentation Services
8.3.3
Create a Report and Layout in BI Publisher
8.3.4
Embed the BI Publisher Report in a Dashboard
8.3.5
Supported Graph Types
8.3.6
Known Limitations
9
General New Features in Release 10.1.3.3.2
9.1
Support for Hyperion Essbase as a Data Source
9.1.1
Supported Versions of Hyperion Essbase with Oracle BI EE 10.1.3.3.2
9.1.2
Enabling the Use of Hyperion Essbase as a Data Source
9.1.2.1
Essbase Client Libraries
9.1.2.2
BI Server Configuration for UNIX and Linux Platforms
9.1.2.3
Import Process
9.1.3
Guidelines and Limitations
9.1.3.1
Measure Hierarchies
9.1.3.2
Unique Member Names
9.1.3.3
Time Series Functions
9.1.3.4
Evaluate Function for MDX Sources
9.1.3.5
User-Defined Attributes
9.1.3.6
Substitution Variables
9.1.3.7
Attribute Dimensions
9.1.3.8
Unbalanced Hierarchies
9.2
Using BI EE OC4J Components with IIS via the IIS Plug-in
9.2.1
Prerequisites
9.2.2
Configuration Steps
Part II New Features for Oracle BI Publisher
10
Oracle BI Publisher Template Builder Enhancements
10.1
Changes to the Oracle BI Publisher Menu
10.2
Integration with Oracle BI Discoverer
10.3
Microsoft PowerPoint Output Support
10.4
Advanced Form Field Support
10.4.1
Edit Data Fields
10.4.2
Advanced Tab
10.4.3
Insert and Edit Repeating Groups
10.4.3.1
Creating Repeating Groups
10.4.3.2
Create Grouping Fields Around a Block
10.4.4
Insert Conditional Formatting
10.4.5
Inserting and Editing Conditional Regions
10.5
Chart Builder Enhancements
10.5.1
Support for Charts Inside a Grouping
10.5.2
New Chart Types
10.5.3
New Chart Subtypes
11
Flash Templates for Oracle BI Publisher
11.1
Changes to the BI Publisher User Interface
11.2
Prerequisites
11.3
Building Templates
11.3.1
Adding the Data Source
11.3.2
Creating the Layout
11.3.2.1
Adding a Chart
11.3.3
Data Binding
11.3.3.1
Binding the DataGrid
11.3.3.2
Binding the Chart
11.4
Loading Templates
11.5
Setting Properties for PDF Output
11.6
Summary
12
Oracle BI Publisher PowerPoint Output
12.1
Supported Versions of PowerPoint
12.2
Configuring Fonts for BI Publisher Server
12.3
Configuring Fonts for BI Publisher Template Builder
12.4
Usage and Limitations
13
Oracle BI Publisher Integration with Oracle BI Discoverer
13.1
Configuring Oracle BI Publisher and BI Discoverer Integration
13.1.1
Step 1: Install BI Discoverer Web Service
13.1.2
Step 2: Install Oracle BI Publisher 10.1.3
13.1.3
Step 3: Configure BI Discoverer to Use Oracle Application Server Identity Management
13.1.4
Step 4: Set Up a Dedicated User to Access the BI Discoverer Web Service from Oracle BI Publisher
13.1.5
Step 5: Configure Oracle BI Publisher to Use the Discoverer Web Service
13.1.6
BI Discover Web Service Configuration Settings
13.2
Creating Reports Based on Discoverer Worksheets
13.2.1
About Creating a Report Based on a Discoverer Worksheet
13.2.2
Creating a Report Directly Through the Oracle BI Publisher Web Interface
13.2.3
Creating a Report Indirectly Through Oracle BI Publisher Template Builder
13.2.3.1
About Creating Layout Templates
13.2.3.2
Creating a Layout Template Offline
13.2.3.3
Creating a Layout Template Online
13.2.3.4
Viewing and Scheduling Reports
13.2.4
Prerequisites, Limitations, and Known Issues
13.2.4.1
Prerequisites
13.2.4.2
Limitations
13.2.4.3
Known Issues
14
Performance Improvements for Oracle BI Publisher
14.1
Multithreading for Bursting
14.2
Multithreading for Document Generation
15
Converting Reports from Oracle Reports to Oracle BI Publisher
15.1
Overview
15.2
Prerequisites
15.2.1
Reports and Oracle Reports XML Format
15.2.2
Update CLASSPATH with Needed JAR Files
15.2.3
JDK Version 1.1.8
15.3
Conversion Utility
15.3.1
Output Files
15.4
Upload PL/SQL Package to the Database
15.5
Putting Converted Reports into the Oracle BI Publisher Repository
15.6
Testing and Tweaking Your Reports
15.6.1
Data Template and PL/SQL Files
15.6.2
RTF Layout Template File
16
Support for Digital Signature in PDF Documents
16.1
Introduction
16.2
Prerequisites
16.3
Limitations
16.4
Integration With Oracle BI Publisher
16.4.1
Digital Signature ID Registration And Allowed Role Assignment
16.4.2
Specify the Signature Display Field or Location
16.4.2.1
Designating a Field in a PDF Template for the Digital Signature
16.4.2.2
Specifying a Location in the Document to Insert the Digital Signature (for RTF and PDF Templates)
16.4.3
Running and Signing Reports with the Digital Signature
16.4.4
Additional PDF Security Features
17
Support for Postscript Printers
17.1
Introduction
17.2
Setting Up Your Print Server to Use the Converter
17.3
Limitations
18
Additional New Features in Release 10.1.3.3
18.1
Support for CSV Output
18.2
Report Definition Features
18.3
Report Viewing Features
18.4
New Property for LDAP Security Model
19
New Features in Release 10.1.3.3.1
19.1
Time Out Value for Web Service Data Sources
19.2
Bidirectional Function for eText Data Fields
19.3
Default Repository
20
Oracle Business Intelligence Publisher Web Services
20.1
Overview of the Oracle BI Publisher Web Services
20.1.1
Functionality Overview
20.1.2
WSDL Definition for PublicReportService
20.2
Oracle BI Publisher Web Services Data Types
20.2.1
Base Data Types
20.2.2
XML-to-Java Data Type Mappings
20.2.3
Complex Types
20.3
Oracle BI Publisher Web Services Operations
20.3.1
About Using the Code Samples
20.3.2
Operations for Validation of Privileges
20.3.3
Operations to Get Information About Reports and the Repository
20.3.4
Operations to Run and Schedule Reports
20.3.5
Messages for Errors
20.4
Debugging Web Service Applications
20.5
Oracle BI Publisher Web Services WSDL
Part III New Features for Oracle Business Intelligence for Microsoft Office
21
Installing Oracle Business Intelligence for Microsoft Office
21.1
System Requirements
21.1.1
Supported Client Operating Systems
21.1.2
Supported Versions of Microsoft Office
21.1.3
Supported Application Servers
21.2
Installing the BI Office Server
21.2.1
Deployment of the bioffice.ear
21.2.2
Initialization of the BI Office Configuration File
21.2.3
Placement of the Client OracleBIOffice.exe File
21.3
Deploying the BI Office Server on J2EE Application Servers
21.4
Installing the BI Office Client
21.4.1
Performing a Maintenance or Upgrade Install
21.4.2
Configuring the Client
21.5
Setting Properties in the bioffice.xml Configuration File
21.6
Setting Up SSL-Enabled OC4J for BI Office
21.7
Setting Up an SSO-Enabled Oracle BI Presentation Server for BI Office
22
Microsoft Office Support
23
New Features in Release 10.1.3.3.1
23.1
Configure the BI Office Connection URL
23.2
Language Support
