Tips for Working with Catalog Manager

Configuring and Managing the Oracle BI Presentation Catalog 17-17 ■ Tree pane — Displays catalog folders. The pane also displays objects but only if the Show Objects in Tree option on the View menu is selected. ■ Table pane — Displays catalog folders and objects. It consists of: ■ The navigation bar, where you can move to the catalog object to work with by typing its path name. ■ These columns: Name, Type, Owner, My Permissions, Attributes, Date Created, and Last Modified. Click the column name to sort by that value, such as by type. The Type column identifies the type of object. Objects that are identified as unknown file are generally internally used objects, and their type is not exposed in Catalog Manager. ■ Right-mouse menu — Provides options that let you manage catalog objects, such as Rename, Properties, Permissions, and so on. Many of these options are also available on the Edit menu.

17.5.3 Managing the View of the Catalog Manager Workspace

You can manage what you view in the Catalog Manager. For example, you can show objects in the Tree pane or show job statuses. To manage the view of the Catalog Manager workspace: 1. In Catalog Manager, select View and then one of these options: ■ Show Tree — Displays the Tree pane, if you previously had closed it. ■ Show Table — Displays the Table pane, if you previously had closed it. ■ Show Job Status — Displays the Background Job Status pane, where you can view the progress of processes that you have run, such as Search and Replace, Smart Rename, and so on. You can also remove all finished jobs and set progress preferences using the icons in the upper-right corner of the pane. ■ Show Objects in Tree — Displays objects that is, analyses, filters, and so on in addition to folders in the Tree pane. ■ Refresh — Refreshes the objects that are displayed in the Tree and Table panes. You might want to refresh the data, for example, if someone else makes changes to the catalog while you are working with it and you want to see the changes.

17.6 Working with Objects in Catalog Manager

This section provides the following information about working with objects: ■ Section 17.6.1, Searching for Catalog Objects Using Catalog Manager ■ Section 17.6.2, Copying and Pasting Objects ■ Section 17.6.3, Renaming Catalog Objects ■ Section 17.6.4, Working with the Properties of Catalog Objects ■ Section 17.6.5, Setting Permissions of Catalog Objects ■ Section 17.6.6, Previewing Objects from Catalog Manager ■ Section 17.6.7, Working with Tenants 17-18 System Administrators Guide for Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition In the Catalog page of Presentation Services, you can view folders and contents including hidden objects. You can create, rename, copy, move, and delete folders and contents. For more information, see Managing Objects in the Oracle BI Presentation Catalog in Oracle Fusion Middleware Users Guide for Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition.

17.6.1 Searching for Catalog Objects Using Catalog Manager

You can search for objects in the catalog using the Search function. For example, you might want to search for all objects that have a property with the value of administrator. When you search, you can limit the search by: ■ Case Sensitive — Select this check box to apply case sensitivity to the search criteria. The default value is unchecked. ■ Name — Limits the search to the names of objects. ■ Description — Limits the search to the Description property. ■ Property values — Limits the search to the values of properties. ■ Owner — Limits the search to the owners of objects. ■ Object type — Searches for all types of objects or limits the search to a specific type of object that you specify for example, analyses, filters, agents, dashboard prompts, dashboard pages. ■ Date — Limits the search to objects that were created on the dates that you specify or to objects that were last modified on the dates that you specify. To search for an object: 1. In Catalog Manager, open the catalog and navigate to the location in the tree where you want to begin the search.

2. Click Search on the toolbar.

3. In the Search for any or all criteria below field, enter the word or phrase to search

for.

4. To make the search case-sensitive, select the Case Sensitive box.

5. To limit the search, then click Advanced Search.

6. In the Advanced Search area, specify the constraints for the search.

7. Click Search.

Note: Changes made in the Presentation layer of the Oracle BI Administration Tool can affect analyses and dashboards based on those tables and columns. You can use Catalog Manager to keep the catalog synchronized with these changes in the Presentation layer. Tip: When you have finished searching, click Explore the entire catalog tree on the toolbar to return to the Tree and Table panes.