Deployment to Oracle WebLogic Server Security Model Changes

Planning to Upgrade from Oracle BI 10g to BI 11g 1-33 embedded LDAP server. If the 10g security model was BI Server, then Upgrade Assistant maintains BI Server as the 11g security model; however, you must update the security model in the BI Publisher Administration interface to Oracle Fusion Middleware Security if you are also moving Oracle BI EE to the Oracle Fusion Middleware Security model. See Section 1.5, Understanding Oracle Business Intelligence Security Upgrade.

1.4.1.3 Shared Catalog with Oracle Business Intelligence Presentation Services

For integrated versions of BI Publisher and Oracle BI EE, in 11g the catalog is fully shared with Presentation Services. This necessitates the one-time required upgrade step of uploading the BI Publisher catalog to the Presentation Services catalog. Although you can still access the BI Publisher application independently, the shared interface provides complete integration of the Business Intelligence functionalities. For more information on this post-upgrade step, see Section 8.2, Post-Upgrade Tasks and Considerations for BI Publisher.

1.4.1.4 Changes to Report Architecture

In 11g the following objects can reside independently in the catalog: ■ Reports ■ Data Models ■ Sub Templates ■ Style Templates new component in 11g In 10g the data model was embedded in the report. In 11g the data model is a separate object that can be reused by multiple reports. Figure 1–7 shows the relationship between the report and data model objects in 11g. Note: If you choose to continue to use BI Server security, then the shared user-interface functionality introduced in 11g does not work with the 10g initialization block based security models. 1-34 Upgrade Guide for Oracle Business Intelligence Figure 1–7 BI Publisher 11g Report and Data Model Note the following: ■ A single data model can be used by multiple reports ■ The parameters from the data model can be customized at the report level ■ Multiple bursting definitions can be created for a data model and then selected at the report level In 10g, a sub template resided in a location outside the BI Publisher repository. In 11g, sub templates are maintained as objects within the catalog. For more information, see Section 1.4.3.8, Sub Template Management in Catalog. A style template is a specialized template introduced in 11g to simplify the maintenance of styles across multiple reports, similar to a stylesheet. For more information, see Section 1.4.3.7, Consistent Look and Feel Using Style Templates.

1.4.1.5 Enhanced Catalog Object Security

In 10g granting access to catalog objects was performed in the Administration Roles and Permissions page. To grant a user role access to run a report, the Administrator simply mapped the folder in which the report resided to the role in the Roles and Permissions page. Any user with that role would then have permission to view any report within the folder.