About configuring Oracle Analytics authentication

Before you start Oracle Analytics configuration, gather the following information.

  • Oracle Database password for the Oracle Empirica Signal schema.
  • Password for the rpd files.
  • Password for the rpd (proxy) connection database user.
There are three sets of RPD and catalog files:
  • Topics
  • Topics for GVP Module IX
  • Signal Review

Because OAS supports only one RPD at a time, you must decide whether to merge.

Option 1: Do not merge

You can install only one model:
  • Topics
  • Topics for GVP Module IX
  • Signal Review
Option 2: Merge
You can install two models in the RPD:
  • Signal Review + Topics (default)
  • Signal Review + Topics for GVP Module IX

During Oracle Analytics installation, replace each variable that you encounter in the instructions and record the new value as follows:

Name Value
Linux server name

<Linux server name>
Linux non-privileged username <Linux non-privileged username>

MIDDLEWARE_HOME

Full path to the Oracle Fusion Middleware Home, similar to .../u01/app/oracle/Middleware/Oracle_Home

ADMIN_USER

Oracle WebLogic Server administrator user name

ADMIN_PASS

Oracle WebLogic Server administrator password

DB_USER

Oracle Database user for the Oracle Empirica Signal schema

DB_PASS

Oracle Database user password for the Oracle Empirica Signal schema

SIGNAL_DB_CONNECT

Oracle Empirica Signal database TNS-style connection string, similar to jdbc:oracle:thin:@//<DB host URL>:<DB port>/<DB service name>

RPD_PROXY_USER

User name for the PROXY connection database for RPD

RPD_PROXY_PASS

Password for the RPD connection database user

RPD_CONN_DATASOURCE

TNS-style connection string for the RPD, similar to:

(DESCRIPTION=(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=TCP)(HOST=<DB host URL>)(PORT=<DB port>))(CONNECT_DATA=(SERVICE_NAME=<DB service name>)))

DOMAIN_NAME

Oracle Analytics domain name, such as bi
RPD_SMC_USER

Oracle Database user for Signal data model schema

RPD_TWC_USER

Oracle Database user for the Topics workflow schema

ADMIN_PORT

Oracle Analytics admin port, such as 9500

BI_PORT

Oracle Analytics port, such as 9502
MERGE

TRUE to merge the Topics and Signal Review RPDs
MODEL_NAME

If MERGE_RPD="TRUE", MODEL_NAME options are: "Topics" or "Topics_gvp".

If MERGE_RPD="FALSE", MODEL_NAME options are: "Topics", "Topics_gvp" or "SignalReview".

Note:

Replace any tags of the <replaceDir> type with corresponding directory paths.

To access Oracle Empirica Topics reports in Oracle Analytics using your Oracle Empirica Signal password, you must install and configure the authentication plug-in.

Parent topic: Configure Oracle Analytics authentication