What's New in XBRL Extension to Oracle XML DB?

This chapter describes the new features and functionality, enhancements, APIs, and product integration support added to XBRL Extension to Oracle XML DB.

It also describes the deprecation of certain XBRL Extension to Oracle XML DB constructs.

XBRL Extension to Oracle XML DB 11g Release 3 (11.2.0.2.2) New Features

The following features are new in XBRL Extension to Oracle XML DB 11g Release 3 (11.2.0.2.2).

You can use a different tablespace for the XMLIndex index storage tables.
You can partition the table that stores your XBRL instance documents. And you can store these partitions in different tablespaces.

XBRL Extension to Oracle XML DB 11g Release 2 (11.2.0.2.1) New Features

The following features are new in XBRL Extension to Oracle XML DB 11g Release 2 (11.2.0.2.1).

Table (view) names for a star schema generated by functions and procedures in PL/SQL package DBMS_ORAXBRLV are now unique across multiple invocations.
New routines createStarSchemaFromFact and createStarSchemaFromHC have been added to PL/SQL package DBMS_ORAXBRLV to retrieve the list of table (view) names of a generated star schema.
New routine DTS_filelist has been added to PL/SQL package DBMS_ORAXBRL to retrieve a discoverable taxonomy set (DTS).

XBRL Extension to Oracle XML DB 11g Release 2 (11.2.0.2.1) Deprecated Constructs

The following constructs are deprecated in XBRL Extension to Oracle XML DB 11g Release 2 (11.2.0.2.1). They are still supported for backward compatibility, but Oracle recommends that you do not use them in new applications. They will be desupported in a future release.

Procedure createFactTable. Use createHyperCubeFactTable and createStarSchemaFromFact instead.
Procedure createSuperFactTable. Use createHyperCubeSuperFactTable and createStarSchemaFromHC instead.