Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) for Custom Subject Areas

This section contains some frequently asked questions (FAQs) for custom subject areas. Scroll or search to find answers to common questions.

How can I report on custom objects?

To report on custom objects, you must create and publish a custom subject area in Application Composer. Once you have done that, then creating analytics in BI using a custom subject area is the same as using a standard subject area.

Can I change a custom subject area's primary object?

No. Once you save a custom subject area, you can't change its primary object. You can, however, create a new custom subject area with a different primary object.

What happens if I change a custom subject area after it's published?

You can edit a published custom subject area and then republish it after your changes are done. Modifying a custom subject area doesn't affect the reports that you created using that custom subject area before making the changes.

You can use the modified custom subject area should you need to enhance existing reports.

Note: You can't edit a primary object when you modify a custom subject area. Should you need to do so, create a new custom subject area using a different (new) primary object.

How do I migrate my custom subject areas to a production environment?

To migrate your custom subject areas to a production environment, use unified migration. And, when creating your migration set on the Migration page, check the Business Intelligence content check box.

This ensures that your custom subject areas will be accessible from either Analytics Answers or BI Composer.

Note that the custom subject area's automatically generated sequence, available from the session log, doesn't change during migration.

Why can't I see my custom subject areas in Oracle Analytics Answers or BI Composer after migrating them?

If you didn't include Business Intelligence content in your migration set during migration, then you won't see your custom subject areas in either Analytics Answers or BI Composer in the target environment after migration.

To see your custom subject areas, you must resubmit them for publication in Application Composer.

Note: To preserve the integrity between your source and target environments, resubmit only those custom subject areas in your target environment that were already published in the source environment.