Upload an Extension to Oracle Analytics

After you build and package your extension to a ZIP file in your Oracle Analytics Desktop development environment, you upload the ZIP file to your Oracle Analytics production environment.

See Build and Package an Extension.

After you upload a visualization extension to Oracle Analytics and create or open a workbook, the Visualization tab displays the visualization extension in the Custom Visualizations section. From there you can drag and drop the custom visualization to your workbook. The extension displays as an option for every workbook on the instance where you uploaded the extension. All visualization extension types are available for you to add to workbooks. See Types of Oracle Analytics Extensions.

After you upload a workbook extension to Oracle Analytics, and create or open a workbook, the Custom Workbook Extension icon is displayed in the workbook's toolbar. Click this icon to view a list of the uploaded workbook extensions. Click an extension from the list to invoke it. The workbook extensions display for every workbook on the instance where you uploaded the extension.

1. Open Oracle Analytics. On the Home page click Navigator. In Navigator click Console.
2. Under Extensions and Enrichments, click Extensions.
3. In Extensions, click Upload Extensions, and select the ZIP file containing the extension. Then click Open.