OBIEE 11G RPD bypass using Private Variable Columns

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We had a requirement where the user wanted to be able to get into the tool and change his formula and also wanted the change to be reflected across all his reports. Changing the formula in each report was a lot of effort and hence not practical.

This blog talks about a 6 possible ways to handle this requirement and introduces the concept of Private Variable Columns.

Making OBIEE 11g Evaluate function dynamic

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We know that we can use the evaluate function to call any function stored on the database and pass arguments to it. What if we have a requirement to use different database functions for the same column based on different selections made by the user.
This article talks about a method to handle this requirement.

Increasing width of Multiselect in OBIEE 10g

I was recently involved in a project implementation on OBIEE 10g. The dashboard had a multiselect and the values in the prompt were huge. The standard width of the multiselect was making the user uncomfortable since a large part of the value was hidden due to the small size of the multiselect. This blog talks about a method to fix this problem.