Oracle® Business Intelligence Presentation Services Administration Guide
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Administering Oracle BI Presentation Services
Making Oracle BI Presentation Services Configuration Changes
Changing the Oracle BI Presentation Services ODBC DSN
Setting the Oracle BI Presentation Services Configuration File Path
Disabling the Oracle BI Presentation Services Feature to Remember Users' Names and Passwords
Setting the Time to Expire for Idle Oracle BI Presentation Services Client Connections
Administering Sessions in Oracle BI Presentation Services
Setting the Time to Expire for Oracle BI Presentation Services Client Sessions
Setting the Time to Keep an Unsaved Oracle Business Intelligence Request
Setting the Time to Cancel an Unattended Oracle Business Intelligence Request
Setting the Time to Log Users Off Oracle BI Presentation Services Automatically
Setting the Preferred Time Zone for Users
Where Time Zones Are Used
Setting Time Zones
Precedence Order for Time Zones
Where Time Zone Specifications Are Stored
Description of Time Zone Settings
Example: Configuration File Settings for Specifying the Time Zone
Managing the Oracle BI Presentation Services Cache Settings
Configuring the Oracle BI Presentation Services Cookie Domain
Managing Oracle BI Presentation Services URL Generation and Resource File Location
Specifying the Default Language for the Oracle BI Presentation Services Login Screen
Specifying Whether to Allow HTML Input in Oracle BI Presentation Services Fields
Using the Javahost Service in Oracle BI Presentation Services
Starting and Stopping the Javahost Service
Javahost Service Command Line Options
Javahost Service Command Line Properties
Configuring the Javahost Service
Javahost Service Logging
Configuration Keys
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Administering Oracle BI Answers
Managing Settings for the Oracle BI Presentation Services Chart Image Server
Managing the Oracle BI Presentation Services Charting Settings
Configuring Answers Pivot Table Settings
Configuring the Maximum Number of Rows in an Answers Table View
Adding Support for Navigation and Drill Down in Answers
Changing the Default Currency in Answers
Nesting Folders in the Selection Pane in Answers
Blocking Requests in Answers
Blocking Requests Based on Criteria
Blocking Requests Based on Formula
Validation Helper Functions
Specifying View Defaults for Answers and Dashboards Users
XML Message Files for View Defaults
Examples of Customizing Answers and Dashboards Default Values
Changing Alternating Bar Color
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Administering Oracle BI Delivers
About Delivers iBots and Impersonation
About Delivers iBots and AntiVirus Software
Viewing Entries in the Delivers iBot Log Directory
Disabling Delivers
Specifying the Machine Running Oracle BI Scheduler
Changing the Directory in Which Delivers iBot Deliveries Are Stored
Integrating Delivers with Oracle's Siebel Workflow
Using Delivers to Seed the Oracle BI Server Cache
About Permission Settings for Delivers and iBots
Managing Device Types for Delivers
About the SA System Subject Area and Scheduling iBot Deliveries
Setting the Case of Logon Names for the SA System Subject Areal
Controlling Delivery Options for iBots
Viewing Information About Active Delivers iBot Sessions
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Administering Oracle BI Dashboards
About Managing Dashboards
Managing Dashboards
Creating Dashboards Action Links
Setting the Number of Dashboards Names to Appear on a Screen
Controlling Access to Saved Selection Options in Dashboards
Overview of Saved Selections in Dashboards
Administering Saved Selections
Table of Permission and Privilege Settings for Creating Saved Selections
Example Usage Scenario for Saved Selection Administration
Setting the Number of Oracle Business Intelligence Briefing Book Links to Follow
Downloading Oracle Business Intelligence Results in Non-UNICODE Format
Integrating Answers into Other Portals or Intranets
Configuring Report Write Back
Write Back Configuration Tasks
How Write Back Works
Creating a Write Back Template
Example: Write Back Template
Write Back Limitations
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Administering the Oracle BI Presentation Catalog
About the Presentation Catalog
Changing the Name and Location of the Presentation Catalog
Configuring the Presentation Catalog for More Than 4000 Users
Managing the Presentation Catalog Cache in Environments Running Multiple Instances of Oracle BI Presentation Services
Creating a New Presentation Catalog
Moving a Presentation Catalog to Another Installation
Committing an Object to Production
Replicating Presentation Catalogs
About Replication Log Files
Setup for Presentation Catalog Replication
Resuming Replication If Replication Log Files Are Unavailable
Using the Oracle BI Presentation Services Replication Agent
Creating the config.xml File for Replication
Editing the instanceconfig.xml File for Replication
Archiving a Presentation Catalog
Administering Items in the Presentation Catalog
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Managing Presentation Catalogs Using Oracle BI Catalog Manager
About Catalog Manager
Guidelines for Working with Catalog Manager
Starting Catalog Manager
Opening Presentation Catalogs in Catalog Manager
About the Catalog Manager Workspace
Managing the View of the Catalog Manager Workspace
Searching for Presentation Catalog Items Using Catalog Manager
Copying and Pasting Items Between Presentation Catalogs
Renaming Presentation Catalog Items
Working with the Properties of Presentation Catalog Items
Setting Permissions of Presentation Catalog Items
Viewing and Editing Presentation Catalog Objects in XML
Setting Browser Preference in Catalog Manager
Previewing Objects from Catalog Manager
Searching for and Replacing Presentation Catalog Text Using Catalog Manager
Searching for and Replacing a Single Presentation Catalog Text String
About Searching for and Replacing Multiple Presentation Catalog Text Strings
Searching for and Replacing Multiple Presentation Catalog Text Strings
Creating Reports to Display Presentation Catalog Data Using Catalog Manager
Localizing Presentation Catalog Captions
About Upgrading the Presentation Catalog to a Newer Version
Archiving and Unarchiving a Presentation Catalog Using Catalog Manager
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Managing Oracle BI Presentation Services Security
Overview of Oracle BI Presentation Services Security
Types of Presentation Services Groups
Administering Presentation Services Groups
About Oracle BI Presentation Services User Authentication
About Presentation Services Groups and Session Variables
Inheritance of Oracle BI Presentation Services Permissions and Privileges
About Setting Oracle BI Presentation Services Permissions
Overview of the Oracle BI Presentation Services Administration Screen
Setting Permissions in Oracle BI Presentation Services Administration
About Setting Oracle BI Presentation Services Privileges
Setting Privileges in Oracle BI Presentation Services Administration
Default Oracle BI Presentation Services Privilege Assignments
Guidelines for Configuring Oracle BI Presentation Services Security for the Presentation Catalog and Dashboards
Creating Presentation Services Groups
Setting Up the Presentation Catalog Structure
Setting Permissions to Presentation Catalog Items
Creating Shared Dashboards
Adding Shared Dashboards Pages and Content
Creating and Using Shared Items
Testing the Dashboards
Setting Up a Virtual Directory for Shared Oracle Business Intelligence Documents
Releasing Dashboards to the User Community
About Authorizing Users to Act for Others
Process of Authorizing Users to Act for Others
Defining the Association Between Proxy Users and Target Users
Creating Session Variables for Proxy Functionality
Modifying the instanceconfig.xml File for Proxy Functionality
Creating a Custom Message Template for Proxy Functionality
Assigning the Proxy Privilege
Enabling User-Initiated Administration Actions
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Using Oracle BI Presentation Services Logging
Using the Oracle BI Presentation Services Logging Facility
Oracle BI Presentation Services Configuration File Structure
Examples of the Formats of Logged Messages
Oracle BI Presentation Services Message Structure
Oracle BI Presentation Services Logging Levels
Oracle BI Presentation Services Log Filters
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Customizing the Oracle BI Presentation Services User Interface
About Skins and Styles
Using the SKIN Variable
Using Skins and Styles
Modifying Oracle BI Presentation Services User Interface Styles
Specifying Defaults for Oracle BI Presentation Services Styles and Skins
Customizing Oracle BI Presentation Services NonDashboard Components
Customizing the Oracle BI Presentation Services User Interface Using XML Message Files
Adding a Language Selection to Oracle BI Presentation Services Screens
Frequently Customized Oracle BI Presentation Services User Interface Messages
Customizing the Appearance of the Oracle BI Presentation Services Login Screens
Configuring the Oracle Business Intelligence ReportUI Portlet
Installing and Configuring the Oracle BI ReportUI Portlet
Editing the portlet.xml file to configure Oracle BI ReportUI Portlet
Deploying the Oracle BI ReportUI Portlet
Configuring Authentication in the Oracle BI ReportUI Portlet
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Integrating Oracle BI Presentation Services into Corporate Environments Using HTTP
Incorporating Oracle Business Intelligence Results into External Portals or Applications Using the Go URL
Referencing Dashboard Content in External Portals or Applications Using the Oracle BI Presentation Services Dashboard URL
Using the Oracle BI Presentation Services Go URL to Issue SQL and Pass Filters
Issuing SQL Using the Oracle BI Presentation Services Go URL
Passing Filters to the Oracle BI Presentation Services Go URL Through a URL (Navigation)
Example of an Oracle Business Intelligence Third-Party SQL Tool Integration
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