To recognize which facts and dimensions belong to the Transactional Business Intelligence application, a tennis ball icon is used for the logical facts and dimensions.
A chart icon is used for shared entities (Facts and Dimensions) or attributes shared with BI Applications. The tennis ball icon is specific to Transactional Business Intelligence entities and attributes only. Logical Table Sources (LTS) do not have the tennis ball icon.
The following figure displays how you can have Transactional Business Intelligence metrics and attributes, represented by the tennis ball icon, and shared metrics and attributes, represented by the chart icon in the subject area for Transactional Business Intelligence.
Figure 63. Example of Transactional Business Intelligence Subject Area with Shared Attributes and Metrics
If an entity is specific to Transactional Business Intelligence, then you have to use the tennis ball icon only at the entity level. There is no need to set a tennis ball icon for each attribute that belongs to a Transactional Business Intelligence specific entity.
The tennis ball icon is not set for anchored (default three arrows icon) dimensions created by Oracle BI EE tool when a dimension is created.
