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Subject areas can be built by dragging Facts and Dimensions from Business Models. Many Subject Areas can be built from a Business Model, but each Subject Area can only be from one and only one Business Model. 2>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Security Management Authentication Provides application Access.Supports Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP), Siebel Analytics Repository authentication (Default method used for authentication), Microsoft Active Directory (ADSI), and External Database authentication. Authorization provides permissions and privileges to view Reports, Data, create Folders, iBots, Manage Privileges, Create Views, etc. Security is enforced on two levels: Object-level security controls access to Metadata Repository objects (configured in Administrator Tool), and Web Catalog objects such as Folders, Filters, and Dashboards, etc. (configured in BI Answers Web Application). Data-level security controls access to content and data in end-user Reports and Dashboards (configured in Administrator Tool). Administrator Tool $ Manage Menu item $ Security Manager is used to define Users and User Groups and define Repository permissions. Data-level permissions can be set to above Groups and Users from the Presentation Table properties dialog box of each Subject area. BI Answers Web Page, Settings Menu $ Administration, to view and administer privileges associated with various components of the Answers Web application. 3>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Bypassing Security In the security section of the NQSConfig.ini file, uncomment AUTHENTICATION_TYPE=BYPASS_NQS save, re-start BI Server service. Setting Query Limits Administrator Manage Security Manager Groups Permissions Query Limits tab. Options: Enable: Enforces restriction and cancels the query Warn: Logs message in NQServer.log and NQQuery.log if row limit is reached Ignore: Limits will be inherited from the parent groups. If there is no row limit to inherit, does not enforce limit Disabling Query Functionality

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4>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Architecture Three main server components: BI Server (BIS) SQL generator for queries, can perform database functions to merge data from multiple sources, handles security etc. Presentation Server (PS) Reports and dashboards, also contains a folder like structure called WebCatalog to store report definitions, dashboards, folders, filters, etc. Scheduler Manage scheduled tasks, including Delivers BI PS runs along with HTTP server. It communicates to BIS via an ODBC driver called Analytics Web, installed on the server. UI components such as BI Answers, Interactive Dashboards, iBots/Delivers, BI Publisher, etc., are all part of BI PS. Installation Requirements Java SDK 1.5.0 (JESE5.0) or higher must be installed prior to OBIEE server and client tool installations. Web Server, such as IIS must be installed for Windows, and Oracle Application Server must be installed for Linux/Unix based installs. For Linux, OBIEE is a component of OAS 10gR3, its deployed in a separate server or on the same Applications Tier under a separate home ($BI_HOME). After the installation, two directories get created, one for Server files and the other for Data files. Files and Folders for reference BI Server $BI_HOME/server/config/NQSConfig.INI - Config file $BI_HOME/server/repository/*.rpd Metadata Repository File $BI_HOME/server/log/NQServer.log, NQQuery.log, and NQScheduler.log - Log files BI Presentation Server $BI_HOME/data/web/config/instanceconfig.xml - Main Config file $BI_HOME/data/web/catalog Web Catalog file. This folder is identified in instanceconfig.xml $BI_HOME/data/web/log/sawlog0.log Siebel Analytics log file Recommended Books and Related Sites The Data Warehouse Lifecycle Toolkit by Ralph Kimball, Margy Ross, Warren Thornthwaite
http://www.oracle.com/technology/documentation/bi_ee.html - Documentation site for OBIEE http://www.oracle.com/technology/obe/obe_bi/bi_ee_1013/index.html - OBIEE Tutorial http://www.oracle.com/technology/documentation/bi_apps.html - Oracle BI Applications

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