In the Select Data Source screen, select XML for Connection Type. Then, provide Click Next. The Select Metadata Objects screen appears. Select the objects you want to import in the Available list and move them to the

Importing Metadata and Working with Data Sources 4-21 ■ Resolution of external references contained in an XML document other than a reference to an external XML schema, as demonstrated in the example file in Examples of XML Documents Generated by the Oracle BI Server XML Gateway . ■ Element and attribute inheritance contained within the Microsoft XML schema. ■ Element types of a mixed content model such as XML elements that contain a mixture of elements and CDATA, such as p hello bJoeb, how are you doing?p. To import XML data using the Oracle BI Server XML Gateway: 1. In the Administration Tool, select File, then select Import Metadata. The Import Metadata Wizard appears. Figure 4–3 shows the Import Metadata Wizard. Figure 4–3 Import Metadata Wizard: XML Data Source Note that the Map to Logical Model and Publish to Warehouse screens in the Import Metadata Wizard are reserved for a future release. Check the Oracle Business Intelligence chapter in Oracle Fusion Middleware Release Notes for updates about the functionality in these two screens.

2. In the Select Data Source screen, select XML for Connection Type. Then, provide

the following values: ■ For URL, specify the XML data source URL. The Oracle BI Server XML Gateway supports all data sources described in the previous section. Note: If you have already defined an existing database and connection pool, you can right-click the connection pool in the Physical layer and select Import Metadata. The Import Metadata Wizard appears with the information on the Select Data Source screen pre-filled. 4-22 Metadata Repository Builders Guide for Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition URLs can include repository or session variables. For more information about variables, see Chapter 18 . If you click Browse, the Select XML File dialog appears, from which you can select a single file. For XML documents, the file name in the URL that you specify must have the suffix .xml. Otherwise, the documents are treated as HTML documents. ■ Type an optional user name and password in the appropriate fields for connections to HTTP sites that employ the HTTP Basic Authentication security mode. In addition to HTTP Basic Authentication security mode, the Oracle BI Server XML Gateway also supports Secure HTTP protocol and Integrated Windows Authentication for Windows 2000, formerly called NTLM or Windows NT ChallengeResponse authentication. When you have finished providing information in the Select Data Source screen, click Next. The Select Metadata Types screen appears. 3. Select the options for the types of objects that you want to import for example, Tables , Keys, and Foreign Keys. The most typical options are automatically selected. If you want to import joins, select both Keys and Foreign Keys. If you want to import system tables, you must have the system privilege for your data source.

4. Click Next. The Select Metadata Objects screen appears.

5. Select the objects you want to import in the Available list and move them to the

Selected list, using the Import selected or Import all buttons. You can also move objects from the Selected list back to the Available list, using the Remove selected and Remove all buttons. To search for a particular item, enter a keyword in the Find box and then click Find Down or Find Up. Select Show complete structure to view all objects, including those that have already been imported. Deselecting this option shows only the objects that are available for import. When this option is selected, objects that have already been imported appear grayed out.

6. Click Finish.