Understanding Modes Why Upload a Repository and Set the Catalog Location?

11-2 System Administrators Guide for Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition ■ SMTP Server ■ Port ■ Display name of sender ■ Email address of sender ■ Username ■ Password ■ Confirm password ■ Number of retries upon failure ■ Maximum recipients ■ Addressing method To, Blind Copy Recipient Bcc ■ Use SSL ■ Specify CA certificate store ■ CA certificate file ■ SSL certificate verification depth ■ SSL cipher list 5. Click Apply, then click Activate Changes. 6. Return to the Business Intelligence Overview page and click Restart. See Chapter 19, Configuring and Managing Agents for information about advanced configuring settings for agents. For information about using methods in the Oracle BI Systems Management API to change configuration settings, see Chapter 22, Introducing the Oracle BI Systems Management API.

11.2 Configuring for Actions with the Action Framework

Users can create actions in the Oracle BI Presentation Services user interface. An action is an operation or process that can be invoked explicitly by a user clicking an action link. Actions can also be invoked automatically, as the final step of an agent. You can configure for the use of actions in your organization. For a comprehensive discussion of how to use the Action Framework to enable actions for external systems, including a complete description of each configuration setting and detailed examples, see Oracle Fusion Middleware Integrators Guide for Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition.

11.3 Configuring Connections to Data Sources

Connections to data sources are defined in the Oracle BI repository file RPD. Repository developers use the Administration Tool to configure data source connections by importing metadata and configuring connection pools. See Importing Metadata and Working with Data Sources in Oracle Fusion Middleware Metadata Repository Builders Guide for Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition for more information. You might need to update connection pool information in the repository during migrations to production and other environments. You can use the Oracle BI Server XML API to automate these connection pool changes. See Moving from Test to Configuring Connections to External Systems 11-3 Production Environments in Oracle Fusion Middleware Integrators Guide for Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition for more information.

11.4 Configuring for Connections to the Marketing Content Server

Oracle Marketing Segmentation handles segmentation, which involves dividing a target audience into different segments given different criteria based on the subject areas. When a segment is ready, users create lists of the contacts and accounts that satisfy the criteria for the segment. Users then specify whether to store the generated lists on the file system, in a database, or on a specified Content Server. For users to store the lists on a Content Server, you as the administrator must configure the connection to the Content Server by specifying the appropriate URL and credentials. You use Fusion Middleware Control to make this specification. You can also manually specify additional settings in the instanceconfig.xml file. You can configure for connections to the Marketing Content Server, as described in the following sections: ■ Section 11.4.1, Using Fusion Middleware Control to Configure the Connection to the Marketing Content Server ■ Section 11.4.2, Manually Editing Settings for the Marketing Content Server Connection

11.4.1 Using Fusion Middleware Control to Configure the Connection to the Marketing Content Server

Before you begin this procedure, ensure that you are familiar with the information in Section 3.2, Using Fusion Middleware Control to Update Oracle Business Intelligence Configuration Settings. To use Fusion Middleware Control to configure the connection to the Marketing Content Server: 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. Display the Marketing tab of the Deployment page.

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

4. Complete the elements using the descriptions in the Help topic for the page. Click the Help button on the page to access the page-level help for the following options: ■ URL option ■ Username option ■ Password option ■ Confirm Password option

5. Click Apply, then click Activate Changes to execute your changes and release the

lock to enable another system administrator to make changes

6. Return to the Business Intelligence Overview page and click Restart.

For information about using methods in the Oracle BI Systems Management API to configure the connection to the content server, see Chapter 22, Introducing the Oracle BI Systems Management API.