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Accessing Oracle BI

This section explains how to access and exit Oracle BI. It contains the following topics:

• Accessing an Oracle BI Application
• Accessing Stand-Alone Oracle BI

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Accessing an Oracle BI Application

Depending on the options in use at your organization, you may be able to access one or more Oracle BI applications in your operational application. The following procedure is an example of accessing Oracle BI in a Siebel CRM application. Your method of access may be different than the example.

To access Oracle BI in a Siebel CRM application

• Navigate to the Analytics tab for the application and click it.

  The default dashboard for your role and responsibilities appears.

Figure 1 shows an example of a dashboard for an Oracle BI application.

Figure 1. Sample Oracle BI Application Default Dashboard

Oracle BI applications are organized into dashboards and pages. Each dashboard contains one or more pages that display reports targeted to a specific business industry or group of users. Figure 1 shows an example Pipeline Analytics dashboard from an example Siebel Sales application. In Figure 1, the pages on the Pipeline Analytics dashboard are shown as tabs across the top of the dashboard.

Accessing Stand-Alone Oracle BI

To access stand-alone Oracle BI, you use a URL, a user ID, and a password provided by your organization.

To access stand-alone Oracle BI

1. Type the URL into the address field on your browser (for example, http://hostname:port/analytics).

   You can also add the URL to your list of favorites or bookmarks.

   The login screen appears.

   NOTE:  The following login screen is an example. Your login screen may look different than the example.
2. Type your user ID and password.
3. Select the language in which you want to work from the drop-down list, if this option is available on the login screen.
4. Submit your login credentials.

   After your user ID and password have been verified, the screen that has been assigned as your default page appears. This is usually a dashboard called My Dashboard. If you selected a language at the login screen, the Oracle BI user interface screens will appear in the language you selected.