Upgrading Conditional Formats Oracle BI Presentation Catalog: Other Upgrade Considerations

Planning to Upgrade from Oracle BI 10g to BI 11g 1-25 You can work around the upgraded totals manually. If you want to use the same measure value as in the previous release prior to 11g, then duplicate the measure column in the table and use the Aggregation Rule menu to specify a non-report-based total. ■ If the previous table view included all non-report-based totals, then all measure columns and attribute columns in the upgraded table continue to use non-report-based totals.

1.3.2.11 Upgrading Sorts

Note the following when upgrading sorts: ■ In previous releases prior to 11g, sorts added to columns on the Criteria tab are applied to all views. If you upgrade from a previous release prior to 11g, then you might notice a different sort being applied in table, pivot table, or graph views. The upgraded report retains the sorts that are specified on criteria columns. However, in 11g, a sort that is specified on a criteria column is applied to a view only if that view includes the column. If you want to continue sorting on a column that is not in a view, then you can reproduce the 10g behavior by including the column as a hidden column. To include a column as a hidden column: 1. On the Results tab, click the Edit View button for the view. 2. In the Layout pane, click the More Options button for the column and select Hidden . ■ If a primary sort was specified on a measure column on the Criteria tab in the previous release prior to 11g, then when the analysis is upgraded, that primary sort is not applied to a pivot table or graph that uses the same measure column. ■ Pivot tables always sort each edge from outer to inner layer by default. This differs from previous releases prior to 11g that used a tabular sort, determined by the sorts specified on the criteria columns, as the default sort for pivot tables. ■ Pivot tables and graphs use only the sort order that is specified on the Criteria tab, except for measure columns. Sorts that you specify for measure columns on the Criteria tab are ignored.

1.3.2.12 Upgrading Prompts

Note the following when upgrading prompts: ■ When you upgrade prompts, you might find that they do not exactly match the appearance and behavior of the original 10g system. It requires significant manual intervention to re-create the 10g appearance and if you make manual updates, you might lose the ability to take advantage of enhancements that have been introduced into 11g. The upgraded prompts will function in the same way but they might be displayed slightly differently. For example, if you have a dashboard page that includes two stacked rows that contain multiple prompts, you might find that the upgraded prompts have a different alignment, because the width of each prompt has increased to 120 pixels. ■ In previous releases prior to 11g, you could not specify the width of a prompt field or whether to wrap the prompt labels on the prompt page. If you upgrade prompts from a previous release, then note the following: