What is Available to You After Accessing Oracle Business Intelligence?

After signing in to Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition, you are presented with one of the following pages, depending on what has been configured for you:

• Your personal dashboard, named My Dashboard
• A Home page
• A dashboard that is specific to your job function

This page is your starting point for working in Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition. As you work, you can use the global header and the Home page as the primary ways to navigate Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition.

• The Global Header:

The global header is displayed at the top of the Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition interface and is always available as you work. It enables you to easily access the functionality that Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition provides. For example, you can access the Home page, access dashboards, open objects (such as analysis and dashboard prompts), Create new objects, and so on.

• The Home Page

From the Home page, you can learn how to get started with Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition, create and modify objects, and browse and manage objects in the catalog. After you have accessed the starting point of a task, the interface then presents you with the page, dialog, or editor that you use to perform the task.