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Views Enhancements: New context menu (Right Click) on all graphs & other views to
sort, drill.
New Heat Matrix view type to represent the two-dimensional data. This is well suited
for analyzing large amounts of data and identifying outliers.
New Data Format properties Scale for % (x 100): Specify whether to multiply data
by a 100 to display it as a percentage when setting the properties of a column
Logical Level Sequence Numbers for Time Dimensions for faster time series
calculations. And to improve the query time.
o Rename Users
o Delete Users
o List Repository Variables
o Update Repository Variables
Installation: Much faster and straight forward. And mostly, the configurations & folders
directories are simple and clean.
NO more OPMN, all services including OBI System & Java services are managed by
WebLogic.
Migrating from OBIEE 11g to 12c: We can migrate the Oracle BI 11g metadata to 12c
is a two step process, and is carried out by using the BI Migration Script (migrationtool.sh). The catalog and WebLogic Security configurations needs to be
reconfigured/migrated like in OBIEE 11g.
BAR (BI Archive file): A new archive format which contains OBIEE Catalog, RPD and
Security packaged in one file. The file will be created in current environment and
imported in Target environment. The BAR file creation process has following options
while creating it.
o export all: To export everything including users and data sources are the same
between two systems.
o export without user folder content: Migrating the Catalog without the Users
Folders.
o export without connection pool credentials: Migrating the upgraded RPD from
one environment to another without connection Pool information. When Imported
the BAR in Target environment, The RPD will be updated the new changed by
not changing the Target System Connection Pool Information.
o Syntax:
User GUIDs Removed: user GUIDs have been removed to make administration easier.
GUIDs are replaced with user names. There is no longer any need to refresh GUIDs as
part of lifecycle operations
Database Security Store: Policy & Credential store is configured in database instead of
the file System-jazn & etc.
Easier SSL Configuration: Configuring SSL is much easier than earlier versions.
Overall this is a great release after OBIEE 11g from Oracle. Best version to start exploring and
do great analysis.
Stay tuned for more interesting articles on OBIEE 12c here.
OBIEE 12c new features
The long awaited OBIEE 12c has been released by Oracle, 5 years after 11g was released. This is
a major release for OBIEE with the intent to reposition Oracle BI as a big player in the already
crowded field of BI, data discovery, self service. Other BI tools such as Tableau software in
particular have been steadily gaining market share over Oracle BI as confirmed by the 2015
Gartner magic quadrant for BI and analytics platform. The main complaints about the Oracle BI
product are: complexity, difficulty of use beside cost . One of the main features of OBIEE 12c is
the visual analyzer, a web-based tool that allows the business user to explore Oracle analytics
and simplify the creation of visualizations as well as data discovery and data staging and
ingestion . This application is already available in the cloud version of Oracle BI: Oracle BI
Cloud Service. Certain people have dubbed Oracle Visual Analyzer the Tableau-killer, very
doubtful but only time will tell; one thing for sure is that Tableau has gained a lot of momentum
lately. One of the core strength of the BI server has been the ability to federate disparate data
sources; this however required configuration the BI back end metadata repository. In order to
remediate that limitation, OBIEE 12c offers a new self service capability that allows users to
upload their files (limited to Excel xlsx format at this point) and create analyses without having
to modify the Oracle BI repository metadata. The main features are listed below.
Oracle BI Publisher
System Administration
Invoking WLST From a Single Location: Contrary to previous versions, WLST can only be
invoked from the Oracle_common folder
Oracle Home Location Redefined and No Middleware Home: simplification of the folder
hierarchy; there is no more a Middleware home only ORACLE_HOME.
OPMN is No Longer Used in Fusion Middleware:
OPMN has been deprecated; system components are managed by the Web Logic Management
Framework. The WebLogic Management Framework provides heterogeneous management
capabilities for Oracle Fusion Middleware products that require basic administrative capabilities.
Its capabilities include start, stop, configuration settings, and other such basic product lifecycle
operations through a common command line, API and user interface.
Moving From Test To Production is Carried Out in a Different Way: The migration process
between environment has radically changed, we shall revisit this in future posts. This used to be
a major pain point when working with Oracle BI.
New Commands For Process Control: new capabilities that include start, stop, configuration
settings, and other such basic product lifecycle operations through a common command line, API
and user interface.
Managing Metadata In Business Intelligence Archive Files: A compressed archive file that
contains a cohesive set of BI metadata artifacts (data model, content model, and authorization
model). Again one of the main pain points of Oracle BI; one can now get a compressed file
containing a cohesive set of BI artifacts (web cat, repository, security etc) that can be imported
into a BI instance. This makes it much easier to take a backup of a BI instance.
Single Enterprise Install: The Oracle BI installation has been simplified by only offering a
single install type for your Enterprise which provides an Administration server, and a Managed
server doing away with the Simple Install and the Software Only install.
Changes to Scaling Out: Scale out procedures for Oracle Business Intelligence have changed
Simplified Configuration: Configuration files are no longer duplicated.
Managing System Component Instances Using Commands: OBIS (BI Server) system
component instances are separately managed in BI 12.2.1 using service instance commands
Collecting Diagnostic Bundles: A new script enables you to collect the diagnostic bundles
Synchronizing Mid-Tier Database Connection Details Command needed by Oracle Support or
Development to help resolve issues
Synchronizing Mid-Tier Database Connection Details Command: Synchronizing Mid-Tier
Database Connection Details Command
Security features
BISystemUser and BISystem Removed: To simplify administration and configuration in this
release Oracle Business Intelligence no longer requires a real user called BISystemUser (or
equivalent) for internal communication. The system user concept is now deemed "virtual" and is
represented by the credential oracle.bi.system/system.user, for which the values are securely
randomly generated by the Configuration Assistant. Oracle BI components continue to use this
credential for internal communication, backed by Oracle BI Security. The application role
BISystem is also no longer present in the Policy Store, and will be removed from any upgraded
11g environment.
User GUIDs Removed: to simplify user administration, GUIDs have been replaced with user
names.
Database Security Store:Security Store (Policy and Credential Stores) is configured in a
relational database rather than in a file adding robustness; this file was prone to corruption.
Easier SSL Configuration: End to end SSL configuration has been simplified.
Migrating Catalog Groups to Application Roles: Introduction of a new process enables you to
migrate Catalog groups to application roles
BI Presentation Services
Enhancements to Graphs: Ability to sort graph views by using a context menu (right-click).
Enhancements to Views: Introduction of a new type of view (heat matrix), ability to sort graph,
heat matrix, pivot table, table, tree map, and trellis views by using a context menu
Enhancements to Analyses: specify whether to multiply data by a 100 to display it as a
percentage when setting the properties of a column a long overdue feature
Overall the In Release 12c (12.2.1) the look and feel of the user interface has been refreshed and
cleaned up.
Dear all,
from oracle documentation, here is high level architecture diagram for OBIEE 12c 12.2.1.0 and
terminology difference between 11g & 12c
Terminology difference.
Terminology Used in 11g
Middleware home
Oracle home
MW_HOME
ORACLE_HOME
Product directory
PRODUCT_DIR
Oracle home
PRODUCT_ORACLE_HOME
Oracle instance
Product Overview
Key Components
Product Demo
Dataset Overview
Agenda
2. OBIEE 12c Creating Analyses
Dashboard Overview
Web Catalog
Creating Analyses using Answers
Create Reusable Calculations in Answers
Global Variables
Analysis Prompts
Filtering Data
Hierarchical Columns
Choosing the Right Visualization
Conditional Formatting
3. OBIEE 12c Creating Dashboards
Create Dashboards
Dashboard Prompts
Dashboards and Analyses Interaction
Presentation Variables
4. OBIEE 12c Actionable Intelligence
What is Actionable Intelligence
Type of Actions
Navigation Actions
Action Links
Agents and Alerts
Conditions
5. OBIEE 12c Visual Analyzer Option
Visual Analyzer
BI Ask
Data Mashups
6. Introduction to RPD Modelling
Physical Layer
Aliases
Business Layer
Facts and Dimensions
Logical Table Source
Hierarchies (including Parent-Child , Ragged and Skip-level hierarchies)
Basic Calculations
Presentation Layer
Offline/Online Development
7. Advanced RPD Modelling
Time-series calculations
Horizontal & Vertical Federation
Fragmentation
Server Variables
Row-Level Security
8. Architecture and Installation (including upgrades)
Architecture
Changes in the Architecture and Directory Structure
Installation Process
Upgrading from 11g
9. Security
WebLogic users and groups
WebLogic Providers
OEM Roles and Policies
Presentation Services Administration
Catalog Security
Presentation Layer Security