Configuring the Catalog
BI Publisher supports different catalog types.
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Configuring the Oracle BI Publisher File System Catalog
The Oracle BI Publisher file system option is for installations of BI Publisher that are not integrated with Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition.
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Configuring BI Publisher to Use the Oracle BI EE Catalog
If you install BI Publisher with the Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition, the catalog is automatically configured to use the shared Oracle BI Presentation Catalog.
Configuring the Oracle BI Publisher File System Catalog
Configuring the Oracle BI Publisher file system catalog by changing the location for the repository.
Note:
When using file systems such as NFS, Windows, or NAS for the repository, ensure that the file system is secured.
When you install BI Publisher, the catalog is configured by default to:
${xdo.server.config.dir}/repository
To change the location for the repository:
- Under Catalog, select Oracle BI Publisher - File System as the Catalog Type.
- Enter the absolute Path.
- Apply your changes and restart your BI Publisher application.
Note:
Because the repository is in the file system, the case sensitivity of folder and report names is determined by the platform on which you run BI Publisher. For Windows-based environments, the repository object names are not case-sensitive. For UNIX-based environments, the repository object names are case-sensitive.
Configuring BI Publisher to Use the Oracle BI EE Catalog
If you installed BI Publisher as part of the Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition, then BI Publisher is automatically configured to use the shared Oracle BI EE (Oracle BI Presentation) catalog.
For prerequisites and steps for manually integrating BI Publisher with Oracle BI Enterprise Edition, see About Integration.
Configuring the BI Search Fields
If you have configured Oracle Business Intelligence with Oracle Secure Enterprise Search (Oracle SES), configure certain fields to enable the full text search for BI Publisher objects.
Prerequisites
Before configuring the fields in BI Publisher, you must first perform the following:
- Set up Oracle Secure Enterprise Search (Oracle SES).
- Integrate Oracle SES with Oracle Business Intelligence Presentation Services.
For completing the prerequisites and configuring for full-text catalog search, see System Administrator's Guide for Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition.
Enter the following fields in BI Publisher:
- BI Search URL - enter the basic URL for Oracle Business Intelligence, adding the search context name; takes the format:
http://computer_name:port/bisearch -
BI Search URL Suffix — this field defaults to "rest/BISearchQueryService/search". Do not edit this field.
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BI Search Group name — enter the name of the search group that you created in Oracle SES, for example: bisearch_ws
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BI Search Timeout (millisecond) — enter the maximum number of milliseconds that Oracle BI Publisher waits for a response to return with search results. This field defaults to 22000.
The figure below shows the BI search fields.
