Manually Configuring Presentation Services Settings That Affect Agents

Configuring and Managing Agents 19-9

19.3.4 Controlling Delivery Options for Agents

Delivery options that is, delivery devices and delivery profiles determine how the contents of agents are delivered to users. Delivery options can be configured by users, in the LDAP server for e-mail addresses, or in the SA System subject area. See Setting Up the SA System Subject Area in Oracle Fusion Middleware Scheduling Jobs Guide for Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition for information.

19.4 Managing Device Types for Agents

You can use different device types from such categories as mobile phones and pagers to deliver the content of agents to users. You can create, view, edit, and delete device types for a device category. Many device types are provided automatically. You can add types that are required for your users. MinDeliverySl eepSecs Specifies the minimum number of seconds that the agent randomly sleeps after its connection is refused before it attempts to reconnect to the server to deliver results. 5 MaxDeliverySl eepSecs Specifies the maximum number of seconds that the agent randomly sleeps after its connection is refused before it attempts to reconnect to the server to deliver results. 10 MaxRowsTime sColumns When agents are chained, this value governs the size of filters passed between agents. When you pass a filter to another agent in a chain, Oracle BI Scheduler creates a union of the result sets for the Conditional Report for each personalized recipient. This report can grow very large in some cases 1000 users with 100 unique rows each with ten columns per report = 1,000,000 column values in the filter. The Oracle Business Intelligence servers might not be able to handle such a large filter, so this element specifies the maximum number of rowscolumns in the filter. 10,000 Debug Debug Enabled. Set this element to have Oracle BI Scheduler generate a log file for each agent. This log file has useful logging messages when trying to diagnose a problem. This log file is stored in ORACLE_ INSTANCE\diagnostics\logs\OracleBISchedulerComponent \coreapplication_obischn. A new log file named Agent-Job number-Instance number.log is created for each job instance. The Job Manager can also be used to override the Debug setting for an individual job. For more information, see Section 8.5.6, Diagnosing Issues with Agents. false KeepErrorLog Files Set this element to true to generate an error log file for each agent. This log file is created only when an agent execution encounters errors and contains only error messages. The file is stored in ORACLE_ INSTANCE\diagnostics\logs\OracleBISchedulerComponent \coreapplication_obischn. true Note: You can only view system-seeded device types such as ATT Wireless; you cannot edit or delete them. Table 19–4 Cont. Agent Scheduler Configuration Settings Element Description Default Value 19-10 System Administrators Guide for Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition The capability to manage device types is available to users who have the Manage Device Types privilege. For information about privileges, see Managing Presentation Services Privileges in Oracle Fusion Middleware Security Guide for Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition. To create a device type: 1. Log in to Oracle Business Intelligence.

2. In the global header, click Administration.

3. Click the Manage Device Types link to display the Manage Device Types page.

4. Click the Create New Device Type link.

5. Complete the Create New Device Type dialog, and click OK.

6. Click Create Device Type to return to the Manage Device Types screen.

To view or edit a device type: 1. In the global header, click Administration. 2. Click the Manage Device Types link. 3. Click the Edit button for the appropriate device type. 4. Complete the Edit Device Type dialog, and click OK. To delete a device type:

1. In the global header, click Administration.

2. Click the Manage Device Types link.

3. Click the Delete button for the device type to delete.

A confirmation box is displayed.

4. Click OK to confirm the deletion.

For more information about the Administration page in Oracle Business Intelligence, see Administration page in Oracle Fusion Middleware Users Guide for Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition.

19.5 Monitoring Active Agent Sessions

Using the Manage Agent Sessions page in Oracle BI Presentation Services Administration, you monitor currently active agent sessions that are triggered by Oracle BI Scheduler. For example, you can see a list of active agents per session. When one or more agent sessions are active, information about each agent session is displayed, such as the job identifier and the instance identifier that are assigned to the agent session by the Oracle BI Scheduler. Expanding the agent session shows the individual agents one agent, or multiple agents if they are chained. The state of the agent is either Created, Populated, or Conditional Request Resolved. Expanding a specific agent in a particular session shows the recipients for the agent and their type, such as the Engineering recipients defined in a group, or individual users. When the recipient is a group, the individual members of the group are not listed.