Understanding Administration Pages
You use the Console and Classic Administration pages to configure and manage your cloud service.
You must have the BI Service Administrator role to access these pages and perform administration tasks.
Product | Administration Page | Role Required | Description and How to Access |
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Oracle Analytics Cloud |
Console |
BI Service Administrator |
Use the Console to manage user permissions, back up everyone's content, register safe domains, configure your virus scanner, email server, deliveries, and more. You can also see who is currently signed in and diagnose issues with SQL queries from the Console. |
Oracle Analytics Cloud |
Classic Administration |
BI Service Administrator |
Most options on the Classic Administration page are exposed through the Console. Only use the Classic Administration page if you're familiar with on-premise products that use a similar page. See About the Classic Administration Page. |
Tools for Other Administration Tasks
You use a different tool (Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Console) to perform service-level lifecycle tasks and identity management tasks. Additional roles are required to access and perform administrative tasks in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Console and instructions for these tasks are available in other guides.
Tasks | Administration Tool | Role Required | More Information |
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Lifecycle Service-level tasks such as create Oracle Analytics Cloud instance, pause, resume, monitor, delete, scale, and so on. |
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Console | Cloud Account Administrator |
The way you perform lifecycle tasks depends whether you deployed Oracle Analytics Cloud on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure - Gen 2, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure - Gen 1, or Oracle Cloud Infrastructure - Classic. See Administer Services. |
Identity Management User and group management for Oracle Analytics Cloud. |
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Console |
Identity Domain Administrator |
The way you add and manage users depends whether your Oracle Cloud account includes IAM identity domains or Oracle Identity Cloud Service. See About Setting Up Users and Groups. |
About the Console
You use the Console to configure and manage your service. You must have the BI Service Administrator role to access the Console and perform administration tasks.
Task | More Information |
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Maps |
Define how users display their data on maps. See Manage Map Information For Analyses. |
Extensions |
Upload custom visualization types or custom data actions. See Manage Custom Plug-ins. |
Social |
Enable users to share content on various social channels. See Set Up Social Channels For Sharing Visualizations. |
Search Index |
Set up how content is indexed and crawled so users always find the latest information when they search. See Schedule Regular Content Crawls and Monitor Search Crawl Jobs. |
Safe Domains |
Authorize access to safe domains. See Register Safe Domains. |
Users and Roles |
Configure what users see and do through application roles. See Manage What Users Can See and Do. |
Snapshots |
Back up and restore the semantic model, catalog content, and application roles using a file called a snapshot. See Take Snapshots and Restore. |
Connections |
Create database connections for semantic models. See Manage Database Connections for Model Administration Tool. |
Virus Scanner |
Connect to your virus scanning server. See Configure a Virus Scanner. |
Session and Query Cache |
See which users are signed in and troubleshoot report queries. See Monitor Users and Activity Logs. |
Issue SQL |
Test and debug SQL queries. See Run Test SQL Queries. |
Mail Server |
Connect to your email server. See Set Up an Email Server to Deliver Reports. |
Monitor Deliveries |
Track deliveries sent by the email server. See Track the Reports You Distribute By Email or Through Agents. |
System Settings |
Set advanced options for Oracle Analytics Cloud. See Configure Advanced Options. |
Remote Data Connectivity |
Register one or more Data Gateway agents for remote connectivity to visualization workbooks. See Configure and Register Data Gateway for Data Visualization . |
About the Classic Administration Page
Only use the Classic Administration page if you're familiar with on-premise products that use a similar page. Most options on the Classic Administration page are exposed through the Console and where available, we recommend that you use the Console for configuration.
Task | More Information |
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Manage Privileges |
Oracle recommends that you keep the default privileges because they’re optimized for Oracle Analytics. Editing privileges might result in unexpected behavior or access to features. |
Manage Sessions |
See which users are signed in and troubleshoot report queries. See Monitor Users and Activity Logs. |
Manage Agent Sessions |
Currently not available in Oracle Analytics Cloud. |
Manage Device Types |
Add devices that can deliver content for your organization. See Manage the Types of Devices that Deliver Content |
Toggle Maintenance Mode |
Indicates whether Maintenance Mode is on or off. In Maintenance Mode, you make the catalog read-only so that other users can't modify its content. Users can still view objects in the catalog, but they can't update them. Some features, such as the "most recently used" list aren't available. |
Reload Files and Metadata |
Use this link to reload XML message files, refresh metadata, and clear caches. You might want to do this after uploading new data, for example if you add or update a semantic model. |
Reload Log Configuration |
Oracle recommends that you keep the default log level. Oracle Support might suggest you change the log level to help troubleshoot an issue. |
Export Fallback Font |
Oracle recommends that you use the default Go Noto font as the fallback font in Classic reports and dashboards. Used when the default PDF fonts (such as Helvetica, Times-Roman, and Courier) can’t display non-Western characters included in the data when generating PDF output. See Open-Source Fonts Replace Licensed Monotype Fonts. |
Issue SQL |
Test and debug SQL queries. See Run Test SQL Queries. |
Scan and Update Catalog Objects That Require Updates |
Use this link to scan the catalog and update any objects that were saved with earlier updates of Oracle Analytics. |
Manage Themes |
Change the default logo, colors, and heading styles for reporting pages, dashboards, and analyses. See Manage Themes. |
Manage Captions |
Localize the names (captions) of reporting objects that users create. See Localize Your Captions. |
Manage Map Data |
Define how users display their data on maps. See Manage Map Information For Analyses. |
Manage Publisher |
Set up data sources for pixel-perfect reports and delivery destinations. Configure the scheduler, font mappings, and many other runtime options. See Introduction to Publisher Administration . |
Configure Crawl |
This option is available through the Console. See Schedule Regular Content Crawls. |
Monitor Crawl |
This option is available through the Console. See Monitor Search Crawl Jobs. |