Updating the BI Publisher URL Context Root

Change the default context to update the BI Publisher URL.

When you install BI Publisher with Oracle Business Intelligence, by default the context for the BI Publisher URL is

http://<hostname>:<port>/xmlpserver

To change the default context like this:

http://<hostname>:<port>/<new context>/xmlpserver

perform the following general steps (detailed in the next section):

1. Unzip the xmlpserver.ear file.

2. Update the following xmlpserver configuration files:

   • META-INF/application.xml

   • WAR/WEB-INF/web.xml

   • WAR/WEB-INF/weblogic.xml

   • $DOMAIN_HOME/bidata/components/bipublisher/repository/Admin/Configuration/xmlp-server-config.xml

3. Repackage the xmlpserver.ear.

4. Unzip the analytics.ear file.

5. Update the following analytics file:

   • META-INF/application.xml

6. Repackage the analytics.ear.

7. Update the instanceconfig.xml.

8. In WebLogic Server, update the bipublisher and analytics applications.

The following Example details the required updates in each file.