Configuring Oracle Business Intelligence

3-2 System Administrators Guide for Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition

3.2 Using Fusion Middleware Control to Update Oracle Business Intelligence Configuration Settings

Using Fusion Middleware Control to update Oracle Business Intelligence configuration settings is the recommended method, because it manages the distribution of changes across the system, and across all computers if the system is clustered. To update Oracle Business Intelligence configuration settings using Fusion Middleware Control:

1. Go to the Business Intelligence Overview page, as described in

Section 2.2.2, Using Fusion Middleware Control to Manage Oracle Business Intelligence System Components.

2. Select the appropriate page and tabs to display the settings to change.

3. Click Lock and Edit Configuration to enable changes to be made.

4. Make the appropriate changes on each page.

5. Click Apply on each page after you have made your changes.

Table 3–1 Methods for Configuring Oracle Business Intelligence What to you want to do? What tools can you use? How are updates made? Centrally manage configuration settings ■ Fusion Middleware Control For information, see Section 3.2, Using Fusion Middleware Control to Update Oracle Business Intelligence Configuration Settings. ■ Fusion Middleware Control MBean Browser For information, see Section 3.5, Using the Fusion Middleware Control MBean Browser to Update Configuration Settings. Automatically, through Oracle BI Systems Management API methods. For information, see Chapter 22, Introducing the Oracle BI Systems Management API. Programmatically change configuration settings ■ WLST WebLogic Scripting Tool ■ Java Program For information, see Section 3.3, Using the Oracle BI Systems Management API to Update Configuration Settings. Using scripts or programs to programmatically access Oracle BI Systems Management API methods. Manually change configuration settings ■ Text editor For information, see Section 3.4, Using a Text Editor to Update Configuration Settings. Caution: Settings managed by Fusion Middleware Control are commented as such in configuration files. You must not be manually update these settings. You must make changes correctly in configuration files in all nodes in a cluster to avoid damage to the system. Manually, using a text editor to enter changes in configuration files. Note: Multiple administrators should not share the same administrator account, as they could unknowingly make concurrent updates to the same configuration settings. Configuring the Oracle Business Intelligence System 3-3 6. When you have finished making your changes, do one of the following: ■ Click Activate Changes to execute your changes and release the lock to enable another system administrator to make changes. ■ Click Release Configuration to undo all changes you made since clicking Lock and Edit Configuration and release the lock to enable another system administrator to make changes.

7. After you have activated your changes, go to the Overview page and click Restart.

3.3 Using the Oracle BI Systems Management API to Update Configuration Settings

You can use the Oracle BI Systems Management API to update Oracle Business Intelligence configuration settings that are normally managed by Fusion Middleware Control. For information, see Section 22.3.3, Updating Configuration Settings Using the Oracle BI Systems Management API.

3.4 Using a Text Editor to Update Configuration Settings

You can manually update configuration settings that are not normally managed by Fusion Middleware Control using a text editor. You can use a text editor to manually update Oracle Business Intelligence configuration settings that are not normally managed by Fusion Middleware Control, as described in the following procedure. To manually update Oracle Business Intelligence configuration settings that are not normally managed by Fusion Middleware Control: 1. Make a backup copy of the files that you plan to edit. 2. Open the configuration file in a text editor. For information, see Section 3.6, Where Are Configuration Files Located? 3. In each configuration file to change, locate the element or create the new element if you must add a setting to the file. 4. Enter the appropriate changes. 5. Save your changes and close the configuration file. 6. Restart Oracle Business Intelligence. Caution: If you manually update configuration settings that are not normally managed by Fusion Middleware Control, then you must likely make identical changes in multiple copies of configuration files on multiple computers. If you fail to make changes in all of the necessary configuration files, then the system might be damaged. Note: If Oracle Business Intelligence is installed on multiple computers or in multiple locations, then a copy of the configuration file exists for each installation, and each file contains duplicate settings. Therefore, you must locate and make the same changes in each copy of a configuration file .