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Variable Description Renaming Presentation

Holds the value the user enters as his or her logon name. Objects in OBIEE 12c
USER RPD
This variable is typically populated from the LDAP profile
of the user.
Today I faced issue
while renaming
Contains the global unique identifier (GUID) of the user, presentation layer objects. I checked
USERGUID
typically populated from the LDAP profile of the user. the rpd file whether it is read only
Contains the groups to which the user belongs. Exists only mode. but it was no...
for compatibility with previous releases.
Legacy groups are mapped to application roles Impersonate Setup in
OBIEE 11G
automatically.
Follow the steps below
When a user belongs to multiple groups, include the group
GROUP and ensure that you
names in the same column, receive no error
separated by semicolons (for example, messages. These steps are also very
GroupA;GroupB;GroupC). If a semicolon must be general to setting up privileges for
included as part of a group name, A...
precede the semicolon with a backslash character (\).
OBIEE Session Variables
Contains the application roles to which the user belongs. Variable Description USER Holds the
When a user belongs to multiple roles, include the role value the user enters as his or her
logon name. This ...
names in the same column,
ROLES
separated by semicolons (for example,
Tricky OBIEE Interview Question
RoleA;RoleB;RoleC).
One of the beautiful question I have
If a semicolon must be included as part of a role name,
faced in one of the Interview. There
precede the semicolon with a backslash character (\). are 2 reports in the dashboard, and
Contains the global unique identifiers (GUIDs) for the there is a user called &#...
application roles to which the user belongs.
ROLEGUIDS
GUIDs for application roles are the same as the application OBIEE Presentation Variable Syntax
role names. Usually, we will use presentation
Contains the permissions held by the user, such as variable which holds only one value.
PERMISSIONS Syntax:
oracle.bi.server.manageRepositories.
@{Presentation_Variable_Name}
Holds the name of the proxy user. A proxy user is a user
What if , there is ...
that has been authorized to act for another user.

PROXY See Oracle Fusion Middleware Security Physical Layer –

Guide for Oracle Business Intelligence Connection Pool
Enterprise Edition for more information The connection pool
about the PROXY system session variable. contains information
Specifies the Catalog groups (Presentation Services about the connection
between Oracle BI Server and a data
groups) to which the user belongs,
source. For each data source, there
if any. Note that the recommended practice is to use i...
application roles rather than Catalog groups.
When a user belongs to multiple Catalog groups, include Cache Purging in
WEBGROUPS the Catalog group names in the same column, OBIEE 11G
separated by semicolons (for example, Sometimes we will face
WebgroupA;WebgroupB;WebgroupC). issue like data miss-
match. It might be
If a semicolon must be included as part of a Catalog group because of cache. We can use Call
name, precede the semicolon with a backslash character (\). SAPURGEALLCACHE() function to
purg...
Used for Oracle BI Presentation Services.
It contains the name that is displayed to the user in the
OBIEE Section Level
greeting in the Oracle BI Presentation Services user Permissions
DISPLAYNAME interface. I have created two
It is also saved as the author field for catalog objects. This reports and placed
variable is typically populated from the LDAP profile of those reports in Test
the user. Dashboard. I have place both the
LOGLEVEL The value of LOGLEVEL (a number between 0 and 5) reports in two different section as
seen in...
determines the logging level that the Oracle BI Server uses
for user queries.
BICS V/s OBIEE
This system session variable overrides a variable defined in
the Users object in the Administration Tool.
If the administrator user (defined upon install) has a
Logging level defined as 4 and

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5/24/2018 Business Intelligence: OBIEE Session Variables
the session variable LOGLEVELdefined in the repository Sql interview questions:
has a value of 0 (zero), the value of 0 applies. Sql interview questions: 1. Which is
Contains a description of the user, typically populated from the subset of SQL commands used to
DESCRIPTION manipulate Oracle Database
the LDAP profile of the user.
Contains the locale of the user, typically populated from
structures, including tables? Data
USERLOCALE De...
the LDAP profile of the user.
Used to enable or disable Oracle BI Server result cache
DISABLE_CACHE_HIT
hits. This variable has a possible value of 0 or 1.
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Used to enable or disable Oracle BI Server result cache
DISABLE_CACHE_SEED
seeding. This variable has a possible value of 0 or 1. Abonnés (0)
Used to enable or disable Oracle BI Server subrequest
DISABLE_SUBREQUEST_CAC S'abonner
cache hits and seeding. This variable has a possible value
HE
of 0 or 1.
Identifies the query as a
Blog Archive
SELECT_PHYSICAL query. See "Syntax
SELECT_PHYSICAL
and Usage Notes for
► 2018 (3)
SELECT_PHYSICAL"for more information.
Used to enable or disable Oracle BI Server plan cache hits. ▼ 2017 (3)
DISABLE_PLAN_CACHE_HIT
This variable has a possible value of 0 or 1. ▼ October (2)
Used to enable or disable Oracle BI Server plan cache
DISABLE_PLAN_CACHE_SEED Sql interview questions:
seeding. This variable has a possible value of 0 or 1.
Contains the time zone of the user, typically populated OBIEE Session Variables
TIMEZONE
from the LDAP profile of the user.
► July (1)
Used for Oracle BI Presentation Services. Holds the Oracle
BI Presentation Services user interface display language. ► 2016 (18)

WEBLANGUAGE Users can select a language on the sign-in page for Oracle ► 2015 (6)
BI EE, or they can change the language setting on the

Preferences tab of the My Account dialog after signing in.

Determines if the initialization blocks required for

authentication are executed.
AUTHINITBLOCKONLY
This variable has a value of Yes. The value is case-
insensitive.
Used for Oracle BI Presentation Services. It identifies the
default dashboard the user sees
PORTALPATH
when logging in (the user can override this preference after
logged on).
Used for Oracle BI Presentation Services. Any users with
the same nonblank request key share the same
Oracle BI Presentation Services cache entries.
This tells Oracle BI Presentation Services that these users
REQUESTKEY have identical content filters and security in the Oracle BI
Server.
Sharing Oracle BI Presentation Services cache entries is a
way to minimize unnecessary communication with the
Oracle BI Server.
Determines certain elements of the look and feel of the
Oracle BI Presentation Services user interface.
The user can alter some elements of the user interface by
picking a style when logged on to Oracle BI Presentation
Services.
SKIN The SKIN variable points to an Oracle BI Presentation
Services folder that contains the nonalterable elements
(for example, figures such as GIF files). Such directories
begin with sk_.
For example, if a folder were called sk_companyx,
the SKIN variable would be set to companyx.

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