What's New in This Release

What's New in Oracle Business Intelligence Server Administration Guide, Version 10.1.3.2

Table 1 lists changes described in this version of the documentation to support Release 10.1.3.2 of the software. These changes include the name of this guide and many of the products. Table 1. Changed Features and Information in Oracle Business Intelligence Server Administration Guide, Version 10.1.3.2 Topic Description Menus in the Administration Tool Updated menu items to reflect changes to product names and changed functionality. Keyboard Shortcuts in the Administration Tool Icons and Symbols in the Administration Tool Features and Options for Oracle's Siebel Marketing Application Checking the Consistency of a Repository or a Business Model Using the Options Dialog Box General Tab Added new shortcuts. Added new icons for physical cube hierarchy types, opaque views, and aggregate objects. Added topic. Rewrote topic to describe the new Consistency Check Manager. Updated Calculation Wizard information, added import repository option, and removed options for Time Series Wizard and Merge repository mismatch warning. Added information about new tab. Added topic. Updated section to include support for SAP/BW and new versions of Microsoft Analysis Services. Updated the steps to import objects to include support for SAP/BW. Added field needed to create a database using a virtual private database as a source. Updated general properties for setting up connection pools for all data sources. Updated general properties for setting up connection pools. Updated topic. Added topic. Updated this topic to include changes for multidimensional data sources and added new properties for alias tables. Added topic. Updated topic and procedure to include instructions for alias tables. Updated topic to reflect new properties. Added topics about updating member counts and viewing member data. Added topics that explain how to deploy, undeploy, and remove opaque views. Updated topic. Updated topic and added topics about working with time dimensions and chronological keys. Added topic. Added information about changes to the import from repository process. Added procedures for saving queries and deleting saved queries. Updated procedures for running queries and saving query results to an external file. Added an explanation about how project extract work. Revised topic and added caution note about authorization and authentication configuration option. This topic replaced by Generating and Deploying a Metadata Dictionary Removed topic from Oracle BI Administration Tool Utilities and Expression Builder. Removed topic from Oracle BI Administration Tool Utilities and Expression Builder. Synchronization is now automatic. Added topic. Added topic. Added topic. Added topic to update Expression Builder. Added topic to update Expression Builder. Added information about how usage tracking works.

Using the Options Dialog Box Multiuser Tab Populating Logical Level Counts Automatically Process of Creating the Physical Layer from Multidimensional Data Sources Importing a Physical Schema from Multidimensional Data Sources Creating a Database Object Manually in the Physical Layer Creating or Changing Connection Pools Setting Up Connection Pool Properties for Multidimensional Data Sources About Physical Tables About Physical Alias Tables Creating and Administering General Properties for Physical Tables About Measures in a Multidimensional Data Source Creating and Administering Columns and Keys in a Physical Table Setting Up Hierarchies in the Physical Layer for a Multidimensional Data Source Updating Member Counts and Viewing Members in Physical Cube Tables Deploying Opaque Views Creating Dimensions Creating Dimension Levels and Keys Selecting and Sorting Chronological Keys in a Time Dimension Importing From Another Repository Querying and Managing Repository Metadata About Extracting Metadata Subsets Into Projects Setting Up the SA System Subject Area Extracting Analytics Metadata Using Dependency Tracking Time Series Wizard Synchronize Aliases Generating and Deploying a Metadata Dictionary Aggregate Persistence Wizard Calculation Wizard About Time Series Conversion Functions About the IndexCol Conversion Function Administering Usage Tracking

Purging and Maintaining Cache Using ODBC Procedures Storing and Purging Cache for SAP/BW Data Sources Creating Aggregates for Oracle BI Server Queries Understanding and Creating Session Variables Creating Repository Variables and Creating Session Variables About Using Initialization Blocks With Variables and Process of Creating Initialization Blocks About Authenticating Users Using Initialization Blocks Clustering Oracle BI Servers Setting Parameters in the NQSConfig.INI File and Setting Parameters in the NQClusterConfig.INI File Setting Up LDAP Authentication and Maintaining Oracle BI Server User Authentication Maintaining Oracle BI Server User Authentication Using FILTER to Compute a Conditional Aggregate Aggregate Functions IndexCol Description of the Usage Tracking Data Oracle BI Server Authentication APIs

Added information about the SAGetSharedRequestKey ODBC procedure. Added topic. Added topics. Added description of Oracle Business Intelligence Disconnected Analytics variables. Reorganized and updated these topics to reflect the changes in user interface design. Also added information about virtual private database parameters. Revised all topics to conform to new user interface. Retitled and revised topics. Added information about Oracle BI Scheduler to this chapter. Removed parameters from these topics. Parameters are described in the Oracle Business Intelligence Infrastructure Installation and Configuration Guide . Expanded and reorganized topics about LDAP authentication.

Added cross-reference to Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition Deployment Guide . Added topic. Added and updated several topics about time series functions. Added conversion function. Added data columns. Added appendix.

Oracle Business Intelligence 10.1.3.4.0 will be installed in the following location: C:\OracleBI with the following features: Oracle Business Intelligence ODBC Driver Oracle Business Intelligence JDBC Driver Oracle Business Intelligence Systems Management Oracle Business Intelligence Server Oracle Business Intelligence Administration Tool Oracle Business Intelligence Cluster Controller Oracle Business Intelligence Scheduler Oracle Business Intelligence Client Oracle Business Intelligence Presentation Services Oracle Business Intelligence Presentation Services Plug-in and BI Office Oracle Business Intelligence Catalog Manager Oracle Business Intelligence Job Manager Oracle Business Intelligence Publisher