In the Physical layer, right-click and select New Database. The Database dialog is For Name, enter BSC. For Database, select the type of database that you have installed for use with Select the Connection Pool tab and click the Add button. The Connection

14-2 Metadata Repository Builders Guide for Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition Online mode is strongly recommended for performing data access security tasks, such as the task described in Step 12 of this procedure.

2. In the Physical layer, right-click and select New Database. The Database dialog is

displayed.

3. For Name, enter BSC.

4. For Database, select the type of database that you have installed for use with

Oracle Business Intelligence typically Oracle 11g.

5. Select the Connection Pool tab and click the Add button. The Connection Pool

dialog is displayed.

6. For Name, enter BSC.

7. Select the Call interface appropriate for the database for example, OCI 10g11g

for Oracle Database.

8. For Data source name, provide the information that is appropriate for the

database that you have installed and configured for use with Oracle Business Intelligence. For example, for Oracle Database, enter a connection string similar to the following: DESCRIPTION=ADDRESS=PROTOCOL=TCPHOST=192.168.1.100PORT=1521CONNECT_ DATA=SERVER=DEDICATEDSERVICE_NAME=KPIOracleSID=KPIOracl When connecting to an Oracle Database data source, you can include the entire connect string, or you can use the net service name defined in the tnsnames.ora file. If you choose to enter only the net service name, then you must set up a tnsnames.ora file in the following location within the Oracle Business Intelligence environment, so that the Oracle BI Server can locate the entry: ORACLE_HOME networkadmin

9. Select Shared logon and enter values for User name and Password. In this step,

you provide the userschema name and password that you created when you used the Repository Creation Utility RCU to populate the Business Intelligence Platform schema in the Oracle Business Intelligence database. Ensure that the user that you provide has readwrite privileges for the ANNOTATIONS and ASSESSMENT_OVERRIDES tables in the Business Intelligence Platform schema.

10. Click OK in the Connection Pool dialog.