Presentation Layer

Objects in the Presentation layer are visible to a Transactional Business Intelligence user when performing an ad-hoc analysis. Content in the Presentation layer is organized in a consistent, easy-to-use manner that hides the complexity of the business model.

These guidelines can help you navigate content and build reports:

Transactional Business Intelligence subject areas. The naming standard: <Module name> - <logical fact name> - Real Time.
Subject area descriptions are displayed as a tool tip when subject areas are in focus.
Each subject area has multiple folders, arranged in this order:
- Common Dimensions are usually first, followed by fact-specific dimensions, such as Sources and Party Name
- Fact Details (textual attributes of fact), for example, Creation Date
- Facts (Measures), for example, Accounted Amount Credit

Attributes in the folder are also arranged for ease of use and better correlation to similar attributes seen in the Oracle Fusion applications screens.
- If a folder has more than 25 attributes, they are arranged in subfolders based on the business context
- Key attributes are arranged first in the folder
- Most of the date attributes follow the key attributes
- The entire attribute is displayed in the selected language. Supported languages are based on the Oracle BI EE and Oracle Fusion applications installation.

User Interface (UI) hints are enabled for most Transactional Business Intelligence presentation attributes. This feature enables users to see the attribute name as it is displayed on the online transaction processing (OLTP) screens, except when an attribute is not shown on the screen or attribute name is not self-explanatory in the context of Transactional Business Intelligence folder structures. Figure 14, Example of How to Display UI Hints (Generate Oracle ADF Label) displays how to display a UI hint.
Figure 14. Example of How to Display UI Hints (Generate Oracle ADF Label)

Figure 15, Custom Display Name – UI Hint displays how custom display names look after enabling the UI hints.
Figure 15. Custom Display Name – UI Hint
You may prefer to use labels instead of UI hints where the attribute is of type Oracle BI EE lookup or sourced from a lookup view object. See Labels and Tool Tips for more details.

Transactional Business Intelligence subject areas are secured objects. Only users who are assigned the appropriate duty privileges can see them, similar to a user having access to an application or screens in transaction applications. This restriction, known as functional security, is the first layer of security. Apart from this, Transactional Business Intelligence also handles data security by adopting Oracle Fusion applications security. See Transactional Business Intelligence and Oracle Fusion BI Security for more details on security implementation in Transactional Business Intelligence.