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Repository Basics

• Oracle BI architecture components
• Repository structure, features, and functions
• Using the Oracle BI Administration Tool
• Creating a repository
• Loading a repository into Oracle BI Server memory

Building the Physical Layer of a Repository

• Importing data sources
• Setting up connection pool properties
• Defining keys and joins
• Examining physical layer object properties
• Creating alias and select tables

Building the Business Model and Mapping Layer of a Repository

• Building a business model
• Building logical tables, columns, and sources
• Defining logical joins
• Building measures
• Examining business model object properties

Building the Presentation Layer of a Repository

• Exploring Presentation layer objects
• Creating Presentation layer objects
• Modifying Presentation layer objects
• Examining Presentation layer object properties

Testing and Validating a Repository

• Checking repository consistency
• Turning on logging
• Defining a repository in the initialization file
• Testing a repository using Oracle BI Answers
• Inspecting the query log

Adding Multiple Logical Table Sources

• Adding multiple logical table sources to a logical table
• Specifying logical content

Adding Calculations to a Fact Table

• Creating new calculation measures based on existing logical columns
• Creating new calculation measures based on physical columns
• Creating new calculation measures using the Calculation Wizard

Creating Dimension Hierarchies and Level-Based Measures

• Creating dimension hierarchies
• Creating level-based measures
• Creating share measures
• Creating rank measures

Modeling Aggregates

• Purpose of aggregate tables in dimensional modeling
• Modeling aggregate tables to improve query performance
• Testing aggregate navigation
• Using the aggregate persistence wizard

Using Partitions and Fragments

• Purpose for segmenting data into partitions and fragments
• Partition types
• Modeling partitions in an Oracle BI repository

Repository Variables

• Session variables
• Repository variables
• Initialization blocks
• Using the Variable Manager
• Using dynamic repository variables as filters

Modeling Time Series Data

• Using time comparisons in business analysis
• Using Oracle BI time series functions to model time series data

Security

• Creating users and groups
• Setting permissions for users and groups
• Authenticating using a external database
• Authenticating using database authentication
• Setting query limits and timing restrictions
• Setting filters to personalize information

Cache Management

• Restricting tables as non-cacheable
• Using Cache Manager
• Inspecting cache reports
• Purging cache entries
• Seeding the cache
• Modifying cache parameters and options

Multi-user Development

• Setting up a multi-user development environment
• Developing a repository using multiple developers
• Tracking development project history

Using Administration Tool Utilities

• Using Administration Tool wizards and utilities to manage, maintain, and enhance repositories

OBI Answers

1: Working with Oracle Business Intelligence Answers

• Introduction to Oracle BI Answers
• Working with requests in Oracle BI Answers
• Using advanced formatting

2: Filtering Requests in Oracle Business Intelligence Answers

• Introduction to filters in Answers
• Adding filter prompts to requests
• Using saved requests as filters

3: Oracle Business Intelligence Answers: Advanced Features

• Combining request criteria using set operations
• Executing direct database requests
• Editing logical SQL generated by a request

4: Building Views and Charts in Requests

• Introduction to Answers views and charts
• Creating and editing charts
• Performing common view tasks

5: Showing Results with Gauge Views

• Introduction to the Gauge view
• Working with Gauge views

6: Showing Results with Pivot Tables

• Introduction to pivot tables
• Formatting pivot tables
• Setting aggregation rules and building formulas

OBI Interactive Dashboards

1: Creating Oracle Business Intelligence Interactive Dashboards

• Introduction to Interactive Dashboards and pages
• Dashboard Editor UI elements
• Composing dashboard elements

2: Configuring Oracle Business Intelligence Interactive Dashboards

• Types of dashboard content
• Embedding content in Interactive Dashboards
• Using bookmark links to distribute and save Interactive Dashboards

3: Customizing the Oracle Business Intelligence User Interface

• Modifying cascading style sheets
• Modifying XML message files
• Making configuration changes using the instanceconfig file

4: Configuring Guided Navigation Links

• Building guided navigation with static links
• Building guided navigation with conditional links and sections

5: Administering the Oracle Business Intelligence Presentation Catalog

• Maintaining the Oracle BI Presentation Catalog
• Maintaining security
• Understanding security inheritance

OBI Delivers

1: Using Oracle Business Intelligence Delivers

• Introduction to Oracle BI Delivers
• Configuring delivery devices
• Adding delivery profiles
• Building alerts
• Introduction to Oracle BI Scheduler

OBI for MS Office

1: Using Oracle BI for Microsoft Office

• Introduction to Oracle BI for Microsoft Office
• Working with Oracle BI content in Microsoft Office applications