Installation Overview Installing the Lineage in an OBIEE Server

5 ■ Make sure the RPD file used by the server is NOT open in the BI Admin tool. ■ Install and Execute OBIEE Lineage Wizard or Command Line tools on the machine where the BI Admin tool is installed. ■ The database user used to connect the Work Repository schema must have sufficient privileges to create views in the schema hosting the Work Repository.

19.2.3 Installation Instructions

This section provides the installation instructions and contains the following topics: ■ Installing and Starting the OBIEE Lineage Wizard ■ Deploying the OBIEE Lineage Artifacts using the Wizard

19.2.3.1 Installing and Starting the OBIEE Lineage Wizard

The OBIEE Lineage wizard is included in the odiobilineage.zip file in the ODI Companion CD in the miscbiee-lineage folder. Perform the following steps to start the OBIEE Lineage wizard: 1. Extract the contents of the zip file to a directory. For example, extract the content of this file to C:\biee_lineage\ folder. 2. Start the wizard by executing one of the following commands from the bin sub-folder: ■ On UNIX operating systems: .refreshlineage.sh ■ On Windows operating systems: refreshlineage.bat You can also use the installlineage.bat script to start the wizard. When one of these scripts is started with no parameter, it opens the OBIEE Lineage Wizard

19.2.3.2 Deploying the OBIEE Lineage Artifacts using the Wizard

This section describes how to install OBIEE Lineage in OBIEE Server and how to deploy the required OBIEE Lineage artifacts in the OBIEE Repository and Web Catalog using the OBIEE Lineage wizard. To install Lineage in OBIEE Server and deploy the required artifacts: 1. Start the wizard as described in Section 19.2.3.1, Installing and Starting the OBIEE Lineage Wizard . Note: After performing the installation instructions, please perform the required post-installation tasks describes in Section 19.2.4, Post-Installation Tasks . Note: You can also use the install lineage script instead of the OBIEE Lineage wizard for installing the Lineage Artifacts from a command line. The install and export options are supported only on Windows. The refresh lineage option is supported both on Windows and Unix. See Section 19.5.2, Automating Lineage Deployment for more information. 6 Product TitleBookTitle as a Variable The wizard displays a sequence of screens, in the order listed in Table 19–1 . 2. Follow the instructions in Table 19–1 . If you need additional help with any of the installation screens, click Help to access the online help. After installing the Lineage on the OBIEE Server, you should deploy the OBIEE Lineage Artifacts. See Section 19.2.4, Post-Installation Tasks for more information. Table 19–1 Instructions for Deploying the OBIEE Lineage Artifacts No. Screen When Does This Screen Appear? Description and Action Required 1 Welcome Screen Always Click Next to continue. 2 Select Action Screen Always Select Install Lineage in OBIEE Server. Click Next to continue. 3 OBIEE Repository Connection Information Screen If Install Lineage in OBIEE Server or Export Metadata from OBIEE and Refresh Lineage is selected on the Select Action screen. Provide the connection information to your existing OBIEE Repository for deploying the required Lineage Artifacts: ■ Oracle Home : Specify the Oracle Home directory for the OBIEE installation. You can click Browse to select an existing directory in your system. For example: C:obiee11gOracle_ BI1 ■ RPD File Location : Enter the location of your BIEE Repository RPD file. ■ User : Enter the OBIEE repository administrator user name. This field is only mandatory for OBIEE 10g and is disabled for OBIEE 11g. ■ Password : Enter the OBIEE repository administrator password. Click Next to continue. 4 OBIEE Web Catalog Connection Information Screen If Install Lineage in OBIEE Server or Export OBIEE Metadata and Refresh Lineage is selected on the Select Action screen. If using OBIEE 10g, this screen is disabled. You must manually install the Lineage Artifacts. See Section 19.2.4, Post-Installation Tasks for more information. Provide the connection information to the OBIEE Web Catalog for installing the required Lineage Artifacts: ■ OBIEE Version : Displays the OBIEE version. This version is detected from the RPD selected in the previous screen. ■ Web Catalog Location : Enter the location of the OBIEE Web Catalog. ■ OBIEE Instance Home : Enter the Home Directory of your OBIEE Instance. For example: C:\OBIEE\Middleware\instances\insta nce1. ■ Web Catalog Folder Name : Enter the name of the web catalog folder into which the Lineage Artifacts will be deployed. For example: shared Click Next to continue and deploy the lineage artifacts. 5 Action Complete Screen Always Click Finish to complete the wizard.