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Step 6: Creating the Configuration File for an Oracle BI Disconnected Analytics Application
The configuration file for an Oracle BI Disconnected Analytics application defines the disconnected application and provides the information so that the Oracle BI Disconnected Analytics Application Manager and Oracle Business Intelligence can download that application. It names all the elements that are required to use Oracle BI Disconnected Analytics. The configuration file consists of XML elements and their respective attributes. To create and maintain the disconnected configuration file, you must understand the basic concepts of XML. Use the following guidelines when you create a configuration file for a disconnected application: - The base name of the file must exactly match the name of the disconnected application, and the suffix of the file must be XML. In the example of the retail application described in Step 2: Creating and Testing Tables and Indexes in the SQL Anywhere Database, the disconnected application configuration file would have the name Retail.xml.
- The file can contain non-ASCII characters. When the file contains non-ASCII character, the file must be saved in UTF-8 format. If you save in another format, then Oracle Business Intelligence will encounter parsing errors when reading the file.
- The file must reside in the disconnected application directory. For the retail application example, the directory would be
D:\OracleBIData\Disconnected\Retail . For a description of disconnected directories, see Step 1: Understanding the Directory Structure for Oracle BI Disconnected Analytics.
- Consult the following for more information:
NOTE: If you purchased Oracle BI Disconnected Analytics to use with a Pharma application, then the application configuration file is preconfigured.
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