We had a requirement of tracking a query fired from OBIEE. This was to help us find out the Analysis that consume the most database resources.
It is possible that some user might be selecting a huge date range resulting in the problem at the database. So the trouble in this case might be the filters put by the user and not the Analysis itself.
OBIEE 11g client tool is not certified with Windows 8.
The certification matrix for OBIEE version 11.1.1.7.0+ is in the following location and it does not include Windows 8.
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/middleware/bi/bi-11gr1certmatrix-ps6-1928219.xls
It means that installing OBIEE 11g client on Windows 8 is not supported by Oracle. I got a mail from Oracle to explicitly call it out.
This blog talks about a way to to install admin tool on Windows 8 machine.
We had a strange requirement. The user did not want the dashboard to be published and he hated the fact that he had to expand the dashboard to see the pages in it.
Since the requirement is strange so will be the solution.
While we all know about using conditions on sections in a dashboard, and while we all have used presentation variables to show or hide a report using these conditions, this blog talks about a process to use conditions on sections to implement a 3 way decision rather than just a boolean (true/false) decision.
