This chapter includes the following sections:
As part of the process of configuring connections to external systems, you can configure a database for the Oracle BI Scheduler. See Using Fusion Middleware Control to Configure a Database for the Oracle BI Scheduler in Scheduling Jobs Guide for Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition.
You can use Fusion Middleware Control to configure common email settings that are used by agents.
Advanced configuration settings are described in Configuring and Managing Agents.
Configuring email settings that affect agents ensures users and other notification recipients receive messages appropriately.
Before you begin this procedure, ensure that you are familiar with the information in .
For information about advanced configuring settings for agents, see Configuring and Managing Agents.
For information about corresponding configuration file elements, see Mapping User Interface Labels with Configuration File Elements.
Users can create actions in the Oracle BI Presentation Services user interface.
An action is an operation or process that can be invoked explicitly by a user clicking an action link. Actions can also be invoked automatically, as the final step of an agent.
You can configure for the use of actions in your organization. For a comprehensive discussion of how to use the Action Framework to enable actions for external systems, including a complete description of each configuration setting and detailed examples, see Integrator's Guide for Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition.
Oracle Marketing Segmentation handles segmentation, which involves dividing a target audience into different segments given different criteria based on the subject areas.
When a segment is ready, users create lists of the contacts and accounts that satisfy the criteria for the segment. Users then specify whether to store the generated lists on the file system, in a database, or on a specified Content Server.
For users to store the lists on a Content Server, you as the administrator must configure the connection to the Content Server by specifying the appropriate URL and other values in the instanceconfig.xml file.
Use various elements in the instanceconfig.xml file to configure settings for the connection to the Marketing Content Server.
Connections to data sources are defined in the Oracle BI repository. Repository developers use the Administration Tool to configure data source connections by importing metadata and configuring connection pools.
See Importing Metadata and Working with Data Sources in Metadata Repository Builder's Guide for Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition.
You might need to update connection pool information in the repository during migrations to production and other environments. You can use the Oracle BI Server XML API to automate these connection pool changes. See Moving from Test to Production Environments in XML Schema Reference for Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition.