Configuring Analytics Link for EPM System Release 11.1.2.0 or 11.1.2.1

In This Section:

About the WebLogic Server EPMSystem Domain

Starting Oracle Services and Processes

Components to Configure

Configure SSL

Configure Analytics Link Server

Configure WebLogic Server

Configure Analytics Link Repository

Configure Foundation Services

Configure Data Synchronization Server

Configure Data Synchronization Server Administrator

Configure Analytics Link Services

Configure Financial Management Connector

Configure Financial Management Patch

Summary

End of Installation

About the WebLogic Server EPMSystem Domain

If you are using Analytics Link with the 11.1.2.0 or 11.1.2.1 releases of EPM System, WebLogic Server is the supported Web application server.

The Analytics Link Server is deployed to the WebLogic Server EPMSystem domain.

The WebLogic Server EPMSystem domain was created when you installed EPM System products that use a Web application server, such as Shared Services, on WebLogic Server.

Each WebLogic Server domain has its own Admin Server.

Starting Oracle Services and Processes

Before continuing with configuring Analytics Link Server for deployment to WebLogic Server, start the following EPM System product services and processes:

  • Shared Services

  • WebLogic EPMSystem domain Admin Server

Components to Configure

Oracle Universal Installer installs all Analytics Link components on a given computer; however, if you are installing Analytics Link on multiple computers, you can configure only those components that you want to run on any given computer.

  Select the Analytics Link components that you want to configure on this computer and the components that you want to enable with Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protocol.

  1. Select the Analytics Link components that you want to configure:

  2. In the Enable SSL group, select the components for which you want to enable an SSL connection:

    • Analytics Link Server and Data Synchronization Server—Enables an SSL connection to all Analytics Link components.

    • RDBMS—Enables an SSL connection to the RDBMS repositories to which Analytics Link connects.

    • Shared Services—Enables SSL for Shared Services.

    To configure and activate SSL, see Configure SSL.

Use the configuration worksheets throughout this chapter to plan your configuration and to document the configuration steps for your company if required for disaster recovery.

Note the following about component selection:

  • When running Analytics Link Configuration Tool for the first time on a computer, all Analytics Link components are selected by default. When running the configuration tool subsequent times on a computer, components that have been previously configured on the computer are selected.

  • You can clear components that you either do not want to configure on this computer or that you want to configure later.

  • You can rerun Analytics Link Configuration Tool to reconfigure previously configured components.

  • The order of the configuration screens depends on the components that you are configuring at one time.

Configure SSL

Before you configure SSL, see Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) for Analytics Link.

For a list of the SSL certificates that you must import, see Configuring SSL When Configuring Analytics Link Server and Configuring SSL When Configuring Data Synchronization Server.

  To load certificates into Java Keystore:

  1. Under Analytics Link Server, click Import Certificates.

  2. On the Import Certificates dialog box, navigate to the directory where the required certificate is located.

  3. Select a certificate file and then click Import Certificates.

  4. Click OK.

    The configuration tool imports the certificate into the correct certificate store.

  To load certificates into Oracle Wallet:

  1. Under Data Synchronization Server, click Import Certificates.

  2. On the Import Certificates dialog box, navigate to the directory where the required certificate is located.

  3. Select the certificate file and then click Import Certificates.

  4. Click OK.

    The configuration tool imports the certificate into the correct certificate store.

Configure Analytics Link Server

Before you configure Analytics Link Server, see Analytics Link Server Analytics Link Prerequisites for WebLogic Server.

  Specify the settings for Analytics Link Server.

Table 6 describes the options for Analytics Link Server configuration.

Table 6. Configure Analytics Link Server Page

Field

Description

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Container

Select WebLogic Server.

Note:

If you are using Analytics Link with 11.1.2.0 or 11.1.2.1 releases of EPM System, you must select this option.

 

Supported Essbase Version

Select 11.1.2 or 11.1.2.1.

Note:

If you are running Analytics Link on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (64-bit), 11.1.2.1 is the only available option.

 

Analytics Link Server Port

Specify the port number on which Analytics Link Server listens.

The default port is 5423.

 

Essbase Max Alias Tables

Specify the maximum number of alias tables for the Essbase database that Analytics Link creates.

Maximum number of supported alias tables by Essbase release:

  • 11.1.2.0 and 11.1.2.1—30

  • 9.3.1.x and 11.1.1.3—8

 

Configure WebLogic Server

  Specify the settings for WebLogic Server.

Table 7 describes the options for WebLogic Server configuration:

Table 7. Configure WebLogic Server Page

Field

Description

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WebLogic Home

Specify the path to the WebLogic Home location.

By default, the WebLogic Home location is:

MIDDLEWARE_HOME/wlserver_10.3
 

WebLogic User

Specify the name of the user for the WebLogic Server EPMSystem domain Admin Server.

 

WebLogic Password

Specify the password of the user.

 

WebLogic Host

This field is read only. localhost is automatically specified as the name of the computer on which WebLogic Server is located.

Note:

Analytics Link Server and WebLogic Server must be on the same computer.

 

WebLogic Port

Specify the port number on which the WebLogic Server EPMSystem domain Admin Server listens.

The default port is 7001.

 

Analytics Link Server Name

Specify the name of the Analytics Link Server as defined in the WebLogic Server EPMSystem domain.

For example:

EssbaseAnalyticsLink
 

Configure Analytics Link Repository

Before you configure the database for the Analytics Link repository, see Analytics Link Prerequisites.

  Specify the settings for the Analytics Link repository database.

Table 8 describes the options for Analytics Link repository configuration.

Table 8. Configure Analytics Link Repository Page

Field

Description

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RDBMS

Select a supported relational database type for the Analytics Link repository:

  • Oracle

    If you select Oracle, there are two methods for entering the Oracle RDBMS connection description to the Analytics Link repository. See Connection Description in this table.

    Also see Clear DB in this table.

  • Microsoft SQL Server

 

Database Host

Specify the host name of the database server on which the relational database is located.

 

Database Port

Specify the port number on which the database server listens.

  • Oracle default port—1521

  • Microsoft SQL Server default port—1433

 

Database Name

  • Oracle—Specify the Oracle database SID.

  • Microsoft SQL Server—Specify the SQL Server database name.

 

Database User

Specify the name of the Analytics Link repository user.

 

Database Password

Specify the password of the Analytics Link repository user.

 

JDBC Path

Note:

This option is enabled only if you selected Microsoft SQL Server as the Analytics Link repository in the RDBMS field.

Click Browse or enter the full path to the Microsoft SQL Server JDBC 2.0 driver (Type 4) that is installed on the computer where the Data Synchronization Server is installed.

Note:

You must obtain the SQL Server JDBC driver from Microsoft.

 

Connection Description

Note:

This option is enabled only if you selected Oracle as the Analytics Link repository RDBMS. See RDBMS in this table.

When Connection Description is selected:

  • The following fields are disabled on screen: Database Host, Database Port, and Database Name.

  • In the Connection Description field, you must enter the Oracle RDBMS connection description to the Analytics Link repository. For example:

    (DESCRIPTION =
   (ADDRESS_LIST=
      (ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=TCP)(HOST=oracleserver)(PORT=1521))
   )
   (CONNECT_DATA=
      (SERVICE_NAME=ORCL)
   )
)

When Connection Description is not selected, this field is disabled and the Database Host, Database Port, and Database Name fields are enabled. You must enter the appropriate Oracle RDBMS connection information in the Database Host, Database Port, and Database Name fields.

 

Clear DB

Click to clear data from an existing Analytics Link repository. When prompted, click Yes to start the process and then click OK when the process is completed.

Caution!

If you are upgrading Analytics Link from a previous release, you must select Clear DB to clear the Analytics Link repository that was created in the previous Analytics Link release before you can use the Analytics Link repository in the release that you are currently installing. If you encounter an error message indicating that the database cannot be cleared, see Analytics Link Repository: Cannot Clear Database Error Message.

 

Configure Foundation Services

Before you configure Foundation Services, see Analytics Link Prerequisites.

  Specify the settings for Foundation Services.

Table 9 describes the options for Foundation Services configuration.

Table 9. Configure Foundation Services Page

Field

Description

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Shared Services User

Specify the name of a Shared Services administrator.

 

Shared Services Password

Specify the Shared Services administrator password.

 

EPM Instance Home

Specify the path to EPM Instance Home.

By default, the path is:

MIDDLEWARE_HOME\user_projects\empsystem1
 

Unregister Product from Shared Services

Click if you want to unregister this instance of Analytics Link Server from Foundation Services (Shared Services).

Caution!

If you are upgrading Analytics Link from a previous release, you must select Unregister Product from Shared Services to unregister the Analytics Link Server project from the previous release of Analytics Link before you can use Analytics Link Server in the release that you are currently installing. In Oracle Hyperion Shared Services Console, the Analytics Link Server project is listed as LiveLink@server_name under Application Groups.

 

RDBMS

Select a supported relational database type for the Foundation Services repository:

  • Oracle

    If you select Oracle, there are two methods for entering the Oracle RDBMS connection description to the Foundation Services repository. See Connection Description in this table.

  • Microsoft SQL Server

 

Database Host

Specify the host name of the database server on which the active Foundation Services repository database is located.

Note:

Although Foundation Services must be installed on the same computer on which Analytics Link Server runs, if the Foundation Services instance that actively manages security in your environment runs on a different computer, specify the host name of the database server on which the active Foundation Services repository database is located.

 

Database Port

Specify the port number on which the database server listens.

The default port:

  • Oracle default port—1521

  • Microsoft SQL Server default port—1433

 

Database Name

  • Oracle—Specify the Oracle database SID.

  • Microsoft SQL Server—Specify the SQL Server database name.

 

Database User

Specify the name of the Foundation Services repository database user.

 

Database Password

Specify the password of the Foundation Services repository database user.

 

Connection Description

Note:

This option is enabled only if you selected Oracle as the Foundation Services repository RDBMS. See RDBMS in this table.

When Connection Description is selected:

  • The following fields are disabled on screen: Database Host, Database Port, and Database Name.

  • In the Connection Description field, you must enter the Oracle RDBMS connection description to the Foundation Services repository. For example:

    (DESCRIPTION =
   (ADDRESS_LIST=
      (ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=TCP)(HOST=oracleserver)(PORT=1521))
   )
   (CONNECT_DATA=
      (SERVICE_NAME=ORCL)
   )
)

When Connection Description is not selected, this field is disabled and the Database Host, Database Port, and Database Name fields are enabled. You must enter the appropriate Oracle RDBMS connection information in the Database Host, Database Port, and Database Name fields.

 

Configure Data Synchronization Server

Before you configure Data Synchronization Server, see Analytics Link Prerequisites.

  Specify the settings for Data Synchronization Server.

Table 10 describes the options for Data Synchronization Server configuration.

Table 10. Configure Data Synchronization Server Page

Field

Description

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Log File

Specify the full path where the Data Synchronization Server log file (dss.log) should be written.

 

Data Store Dir

Specify the path to the directory where Data Synchronization Server stores data related to the Data Synchronization Server database.

 

Data Store Size

Specify the maximum size (in MB) of disk space allocated to the Data Synchronization Server storage directory.

Note:

The store size must exceed the maximum memory size allocated to the Data Synchronization Server.

 

Job Units

Specify the number of threads that Data Synchronization Server can use to process data.

Note:

The number of threads cannot exceed the number of CPU cores.

 

Query Units

Specify the number of threads that Data Synchronization Server can use to process queries.

Note:

The number of threads cannot exceed double the number of CPU cores.

 

Max Memory Size

Specify the maximum amount of memory (in MB) allocated to Data Synchronization Server processes.

Note:

The maximum memory size must be less than the store size.

If the Data Synchronization Server is installed on a 32-bit Windows operating system, the maximum memory limit is 2600 MB. This is a limit of 32-bit Windows operating systems.

 

DSS Port

Specify the port number on which Data Synchronization Server listens.

The default port is 5024.

 

Essbase Port

Specify the port number for the Analytics Link port that simulates the Essbase Server port.

The default port is 5025.

 

Analytics Link Server Port

Specify the port number on which Analytics Link Server listens.

The default port is 5423.

 
Analytics Link Server Host

Specify the name of the server on which Analytics Link Server is located.

 
Reset Data Synchronization Server

Click to clear data from Data Synchronization Server.

When prompted, click Yes to start the process and then click OK when the process is completed.

Caution!

If you are upgrading Analytics Link from a previous release, you must select Reset Data Synchronization Server to delete all Data Synchronization Server databases that were created in the previous release of Analytics Link before you can use Data Synchronization Server in the release that you are currently installing.

 

Configure Data Synchronization Server Administrator

  Specify the settings for the Data Synchronization Server Administrator.

Table 11 describes the options for the Data Synchronization Server Administrator configuration.

Table 11. Configure Data Synchronization Server Administrator Page

Field

Description

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UserSpecify the name of the Data Synchronization Server administrator. 
Password

Specify the password of the Data Synchronization Server administrator.

 

Configure Analytics Link Services

The Analytics Link components that are configured as Windows services depends on the components that you selected on the Components to Configure page:

  • If you selected Analytics Link Server but did not select Data Synchronization Server, only Analytics Link Server is configured as a Windows service.

  • If you selected Data Synchronization Server but did not select Analytics Link Server, only Data Synchronization Server is configured as a Windows service.

  • If you selected Analytics Link Server and Data Synchronization Server, both components are configured as Windows services.

Windows service names:

  • Hyperion Essbase Analytics Link Server - Web Application

  • Oracle Analytics Link Data Synchronization Server

  Specify the settings for configuring Windows services.

Table 12 describes the options for Windows services configuration.

Table 12. Configure Analytics Link Services Page

Field

Description

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Run as Service

Select Run as Service to configure the Windows service.

 

Log on As

If you are configuring Analytics Link Server only, or are configuring Analytics Link Server and Data Synchronization Server, select This Account.

  • Enter the name of the user who installed Analytics Link Server. Only this user has the proper permissions for all Analytics Link Server configuration files. This user must have permission to run Windows services.

    The user name must be formatted as:

    domain\user_name

  • Enter the user password.

If you are configuring Data Synchronization Server only, you can enter the name and password of any user who has permission to run Windows services. Or you can select Local System Account.

 

Configure Financial Management Connector

Before you configure Analytics Link Financial Management Connector, see Analytics Link Prerequisites.

The Financial Management Application Server uses Microsoft IIS (Internet Information Services) Web Server.

Note:

IIS6 Metabase Compatibility and IIS6 Scripting Tools roles must be installed as part of the IIS7 installation on Windows Server 2008. Without these roles, the Financial Management Connector component cannot be properly installed and configured.

  Specify the settings for Analytics Link Financial Management Connector.

Table 13 describes the options for Analytics Link Financial Management Connector configuration.

Table 13. Configure Analytics Link Financial Management Connector Page

Field

Description

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Anonymous Access

Select Anonymous Access, if the user wants to use the anonymous access method for accessing the Microsoft IIS Web site that Analytics Link creates to connect to Financial Management Server.

Note:

If you select Anonymous Access and you want to use the predefined credentials, do not specify a user and password.

 

User

Define the operation system user that will be used for anonymous access. The user name must be formatted as:

domain\user_name

Note:

If you want to use the default IIS user, leave this field blank.

 

Password

Define the password of the operation system user that will be used for anonymous access.

Note:

If you want to use the default IIS user, leave this field blank.

 

Configure Financial Management Patch

Automatic conversion of Financial Management Dynamic Accounts into Essbase is supported for the following versions of Financial Management:

  • Financial Management 11.1.2.0 and later—Supported by default. No patch is required.

  • Financial Management 11.1.1.3—Requires that you install Financial Management Patch 9450270.

  Specify the setting for the Financial Management patch.

  • 11.1.1.3-32-bit—Select this option if you are using:

    • Financial Management 11.1.1.3 and you have installed Financial Management Patch 9450270

    • Financial Management 11.1.2.0 or later

  • None—Select this option if you are:

    • Using a Financial Management pre-11.1.1.3 release

    • Unsure whether a patch has been installed

Note:

Analytics Link Configuration Tool does not install Financial Management patches for you. You must install Financial Management patches yourself.

Summary

  To complete the configuration process:

  1. On the Summary page, review the information for the components that you configured in this session.

    User passwords are encrypted for security.

  2. Click Finish.

  3. Review the HFS_HOME\Work\config.log file for error or exception messages.

  4. On the next page, click OK.

Caution!

During the configuration of Analytics Link Server, Analytics Link Configuration Tool checks for the existence of the ESSBASEPATH system variable. If ESSBASEPATH does not exist, Analytics Link creates the system variable. If ESSBASEPATH already exists, the configuration tool opens a pop-up window with a message indicating that ESSBASEPATH is already set globally and might interfere with creating a partition between the Data Synchronization Server and Essbase databases. If you encounter the pop-up window and a partition is not created during the creation of the Essbase database, contact Oracle Technical Support.

End of Installation

To exit the installation program, click Exit, and then Yes.