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Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition 12c

Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition 12c

By : Ward, Khan
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Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition 12c

Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition 12c

4.7 (3)
By: Ward, Khan

Overview of this book

Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition (OBIEE) 12c is packed full of features and has a fresh approach to information presentation, system management, and security. OBIEE can help any organization to understand its data, to make useful information from data, and to ensure decision-making is supported by facts. OBIEE can focus on information that needs action, alerting users when conditions are met. OBIEE can be used for data analysis, form production, dashoarding, and workflow processes. We will introduce you to OBIEE features and provide a step-by-step guide to build a complete system from scratch. With this guide, you will be equipped with a good basic understanding of what the product contains, how to install and configure it, and how to create effective Business Intelligence. This book contains the necessary information for a beginner to create a high-performance OBIEE 12c system. This book is also a guide that explains how to use an existing OBIEE 12c system, and shows end users how to create.
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Variables and initialization blocks


Outside of the three layers of RPD development, there are also other sections of functionality that help to support the report and dashboard creation. The most important of these are the ability to create variables that end users can use in their reports. There are two types of variable:

  • Repository: Set for the system as a whole and is refreshed at set periods.

  • Session: Individual to the user or session when they login. To create either of these, we need to create what is called an initialization block in order to instantiate these variables. Create a repository variable. The first step is to click on Manage | Variables:

This brings us to the Variable Manager screen. Here, create a new Init Block by navigating through Action | New | Repository | Initialization Block... :

This brings us to the main initialization block screen, where you can set up the data source and actual variables. Provide a name for the block. In our example, the name is initTimeComparison...

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