Meet SCOOP

The OEM Reporting Schema

Ray Smith
IOUG SELECT Journal - Executive Editor
http://oramanageability.wordpress.com
Database Software Summary
Custom Reports
You define the content
You determine the refresh frequency
You share reports for answers
How many Oracle 10g databases do we have right
now ?
What physical host is XYZ database on?
How can I compare memory settings for XYZA and
XYZB ?
Information Publisher Reports
Build Your Own Reports
Click the radio-button next to the original report
Select Create Like at top border
Give it a new name and start editing
General Tab
BI Publisher or Information Publisher
deprecated as of release 12 ?
Third 12c release and Information Publisher is still here

Oracle supports Information Publisher in all OEM 12c
versions
Titles and Categories
Elements Tab
Elements Tab: Add Element
Elements Tab: SQL Table
Table Header
Table Query
Display Options
Charts from SQL
Refresh Scheduling
Distribution and Retention
Access Tab
Public Reports Page
http://yourconsole_url/public/reports
Title and Description from Input Screen
Notice the Category names
Where do I get my data ?
Distill Oracle's Query
Look for Help
Dont be Wasteful !!!
Your company is paying big money for support

Moderated by Oracle employees

Faster than an SR

Use in conjunction with regular SRs
OEM Community : Announcements
OEM Community : Discussions
OEM Architecture
Uploaded to SYSMAN schema
Read from SYSMAN schema
sysman.MGMT$ views

Database Host Report
By the Way
Reports can be sorted by any column
Data quickly downloads to a CSV file
Tablespace Report
Database Inventory Report
Multiple elements using the same query
Filtered by release field
Memory Report
Remember:
You can sort by any column
Questions? Comments?
emcli get_answers
-accuracy=Questionable
-specificity=Vague
Remember This?
Add a Column
Avoid the Shell Game
SCOOP Schema
Procedure
Create an OEM Administrator
Grant EM_ALL_VIEWER role
Build your views as SCOOP
Create public synonym and MGMT_VIEW
grants
Build your Report
NEVER change the SYSMAN schema
Information Publisher can't handle schema names
Public synonyms are required
Avoid any names Oracle may use now or later
MGMT_VIEW = The Information Publisher schema
Not in OEM console
Requires SELECT on your custom views
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Other Considerations
External tables
SOX database list

Locally maintained table data
Core DBA accounts
Supportability
Oracle recommends static queries

Oracle Support cant help you with this

Object names must never conflict with SYSMAN
This Techique Not Supported by Oracle
Questions? Comments?
emcli get_answers
-accuracy=Questionable
-specificity=Vague
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