You connect to Oracle BI EE data sources using private connections, as described in Creating Private Connections. To connect using shared connections, the shared connection information must be stored in a file, as described in Accessing Shared Connections from an XML File.
Additionally, Smart View supports multiple Oracle BI EE private connections on one Office worksheet, slide, or document.
For example, in one worksheet, you may insert two graphs from two different BI catalogs and refresh the sheet. Each graph will be updated with the latest data from the two different servers.
Multiple connections are supported with Oracle BI EE version 11.1.1.7.10 and higher. If connecting to earlier versions of Oracle BI EE, then only one connection is allowed.
When connected to multiple Oracle BI EE servers:
Users can switch between those connections in the Smart View Panel and browse the respective catalogs.
Users can insert views from the different connections into the same Office document.
If View Designer is launched from the Smart View ribbon and no Oracle BI EE view is selected, then View Designer will be connected to the Oracle BI EE server that was last used.
If Paste is invoked from the Smart View ribbon to paste content from BI Answers, the paste action will use the Oracle BI EE connection that was last used.
When refreshing a document containing views from different connections, the views will be refreshed against the servers from which they were inserted.
There can be only one Excel pivot table view per Excel worksheet. Additionally, Excel pivot table views are always inserted onto a new worksheet. This is the expected behavior, whether you are working with a single data source connection or with multiple connections.
To connect to multiple Oracle BI EE private connections:
From Smart View Home or from the menu displayed when you click the arrow next to
, click Private Connections In the Private Connections panel, select a connection from the drop-down menu and, in Connect to Data Source, enter your user name and password for the data source.
Assume you have inserted a view from the Oracle BI EE catalog. Continue with step 3
Move the cursor to a different part of the worksheet, slide, or document.
In the Private Connections panel, select a different connection from the drop-down menu.
In Connect to Data Source, enter your user name and password for the second data source.
You can now insert a view from the newly-connected data source into the Office document
Repeat step 3 through step 5 for any other data sources to which you want to connect.