Getting Started with Managing Oracle Business Intelligence

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The table below describes the typical system administration tasks that you perform in Oracle Business Intelligence and indicates where to find related information.

System Administration Task More Information

Learning about Oracle Business Intelligence system administration

See the topics in this section.

Contains information about the system architecture, components, tools, links to other related topics, and certification information.

Viewing Oracle Business Intelligence status

Displaying Oracle Business Intelligence Pages in Fusion Middleware Control

Also contains information about using Fusion Middleware Control and using WebLogic Server Administration Console.

Configuring Oracle Business Intelligence

Configuring Oracle Business Intelligence System Settings

Contains information about the available methods for updating configuration settings and where configuration files are located.

Starting and stopping Oracle Business Intelligence

Managing Oracle Business Intelligence Processes

Contains various topics on starting and stopping components, in addition to troubleshooting information.

Managing availability and capacity

Scaling and Deploying for High Availability and Performance

Contains chapters about scaling the environment, deploying for high availability, performance tuning, and query caching.

Diagnosing problems and resolving issues

Resolving Issues

Contains chapters about diagnosing and resolving issues and about usage tracking.

Configuring Oracle Business Intelligence

Configuring Oracle Business Intelligence

Contains chapters about required configuration such as configuring repositories and connections to external systems.

Modifying advanced configuration settings

Advanced Configuration Settings

Contains chapters about advanced and optional configuration settings for features such as analyses, dashboards, and maps.

Configuring Oracle BI Scheduler

Scheduling Jobs Guide for Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition

Managing the life cycle.

Managing the Life Cycle

Contains chapters about life cycle management tasks such as patching, moving between environments, and backup and recovery.

Using Essbase with Oracle Business Intelligence

Using Oracle Essbase With Oracle Business Intelligence

Contains a chapter about using Essbase when it is installed with Oracle Business Intelligence.

Securing the system

  • Defines administrative role membership

    Security Guide for Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition

  • Secures middle-tier communications

    Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) and Single Sign-On (SSO) are not described in this guide. For information, see Security Guide for Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition.