There are several tools that you can use to manage Oracle Business Intelligence.
This section describes system administration tools that are available to help you to manage Oracle Business Intelligence. The table outlines the tools and their purpose.
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Fusion Middleware Control |
Monitor, manage, and configure system components for Oracle Business Intelligence. |
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Oracle WebLogic ServerAdministration Console |
Monitor and manage JEE Java components for Oracle Business Intelligence. |
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Process control command line tool |
Manage system components for Oracle Business Intelligence (for advanced users). |
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Oracle WebLogic Scripting Tool (WLST) |
Programmatically administer Oracle Business Intelligence. |
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Oracle BI Administration Tool |
Manage the metadata repository for Oracle Business Intelligence. |
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Catalog Manager |
Manage the Oracle BI Presentation Catalog online and offline. |
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Job Manager |
Manage the Oracle BI Scheduler |
Fusion Middleware Control is a browser-based tool and the recommended method for monitoring, managing, and configuring Oracle Business Intelligence components.
Fusion Middleware Control is used principally for managing the system components of a BI domain and provides support for the following:
Starting, stopping, and restarting system components.
Configuring preferences and defaults.
Viewing status of scaled out components.
Managing performance and monitoring system metrics.
Performing diagnostics and logging.
Fusion Middleware Control also provides access to Oracle WebLogic Server Administration Console, where you monitor and manage Oracle Business Intelligence Java components.
Fusion Middleware Control is available only if the Administration Server is running, as described in Conditions for Starting the Oracle Business Intelligence System.
For more information, see Using Tools for Managing and Configuring Oracle Business Intelligence.
Oracle WebLogic Server is a Java EE application server that supports the deployment of Oracle Business Intelligence Java components in a robust, secure, highly available, and scalable environment.
For more information, see Using Tools for Managing and Configuring Oracle Business Intelligence.
Oracle WebLogic Server Administration Console enables you to monitor and manage a WebLogic Server domain. Its capabilities include the following:
Monitoring the health and performance of JEE servers.
Configuring WebLogic server domains.
Stopping and starting JEE servers.
Viewing JEE server logs.
Managing user populations in the LDAP Server of the Oracle WebLogic Server.
For more information, see Oracle Technology Network at the following location:
Process control commands enable you to manage Oracle Business Intelligence system components, support both local and distributed process management, and the communication of process state (up, down, starting, and stopping).
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You also use Fusion Middleware Control user interface to start, stop, and view status of system components.
Process control commands provide the following functionality to manage the Oracle Business Intelligence system components:
A command-line interface for advanced users to control Oracle Fusion Middleware components.
For information, see Using Commands to Start, Stop, and View Status of Oracle BI EE Processes.
An integrated way to manage Oracle Business Intelligence component processes.
The Oracle WebLogic Scripting Tool (WLST) is a command-line scripting environment (for advanced administrator use), which enables you to programmatically administer Oracle Business Intelligence.
The WLST scripting environment is based on the Java scripting interpreter Jython. You can use this tool interactively on the command line, in batch scripts that are supplied in a file (Script Mode, where scripts invoke a sequence of WLST commands without requiring your input), or embedded in Java code. You can extend the WebLogic scripting language by following the Jython language syntax. For information, see Using the WebLogic Scripting Tool (WLST) and WLST Command Reference for WebLogic Server.
The Oracle BI Administration Tool enables you to manage the metadata repository.
For information, see Metadata Repository Builder's Guide for Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition.
The Catalog Manager is a Windows tool that is the interface with the Oracle BI Presentation Catalog.
Through Catalog Manager, you can perform online and offline management of Oracle BI Presentation Catalogs. For information, see Configuring and Managing the Oracle BI Presentation Catalog.
The Job Manager is a Windows tool that is the interface with the Oracle BI Scheduler.
Through Job Manager, you can connect to, start and stop the Oracle BI Scheduler, add and manage jobs, and manage job instances. For information, see Scheduling Jobs Guide for Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition.