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Open Objects in Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition

First the an administrator must setup the Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition (OBIEE) Server URL and Enable it in the Open in Tool tab for the OBIEE model within Manage > Repository or Manage > Configuration.

Then users have access to Open In Tool at various locations in the model.

Please note:

  • The URL template is expected to be specified like:

  • http://server:port/analytics/saw.dll? (without extra parameters like $ID$) as described in the documentation.

  • MM computes and fills the extra parameters according to the object type,

OracleBIEE is one of more complex tools that supports multiple types of objects/reports, and each type may have its own specific URL parameters.

The URL parameters are supposed to be generated like so, depending on the object type:

Object/Report type URL parameters
Answers Report Go&Path=$ID$&Options=md
KPI Go&Path=$ID$&Options=md
Dashboard Dashboard&PortalPath=$ID$
  • This template works fine for “Dashboard” objects, and the identifier contains _portal keyword like they noticed
  • However, the template above work for "Dashboard Page" objects, which are not supported for Open In Tool, as these objects may depend on the dashboard using that page, and a page could be shared by multiple dashboards. "Dashboard" should not be confused with "Dashboard Page".