Elements of the Configuration File

Configuring and Managing the Oracle BI Presentation Catalog 17-49 ReadLogRecordsSinceHoursAgo120ReadLogRecordsSinceHoursAgo RecordsInFileLimit4000RecordsInFileLimit Cluster IDsinClusterID_FOR_S1, ID_FOR_S2IDsinCluster MyInstanceIDID_FOR_S1MyInstanceID Cluster Replication ps:Catalog ServerInstance On Server2, you set the instanceconfig.xml file to these same values, with one exception. You set the MyInstanceID element to a value of ID_FOR_S2 to indicate that log files that are generated by the instance of Presentation Services on this server use a suffix of ID_FOR_S2. MyInstanceIDID_FOR_S2MyInstanceID Table 17–7 shows sample replication log files names that are generated by Server1 and Server2. Each node in the cluster must know the names of the other server log files to read replication information that is generated by the other servers.

17.12.7 Resuming Replication if Replication Log Files Are Unavailable

If, for some reason, replication log files are unavailable in an instance of Presentation Services, then you can resume replication by copying over the Oracle BI Presentation Catalog folders that the instance subscribes to. However, this method loses the catalog contents that were not replicated to other instances. The following method preserves all catalog contents. To resume replication if replication log files are unavailable: 1. Use Catalog Manager to erase all replication logs in the presentationcatalogpathreplicationchangelog and presentationcatalogpathreplicationplayback folders, where presentationcatalogpath is the full path to the Oracle BI Presentation Catalog folder. Table 17–7 Replication Log File Names by Server Log File Type Server1 Server2 Change log sawchange_ID_FOR_S1_1.log sawchange_ID_FOR_S1_2.log sawchange_ID_FOR_S1_3.log sawchange_ID_FOR_S1_4.log sawchange_ID_FOR_S2_1.log sawchange_ID_FOR_S2_2.log sawchange_ID_FOR_S2_3.log sawchange_ID_FOR_S2_4.log Playback log sawplayback_ID_FOR_S1_1.log sawplayback_ID_FOR_S1_2.log sawplayback_ID_FOR_S1_3.log sawplayback_ID_FOR_S1_4.log sawplayback_ID_FOR_S2_1.log sawplayback_ID_FOR_S2_2.log sawplayback_ID_FOR_S2_3.log sawplayback_ID_FOR_S2_4.log Note: If you must resume replication after Presentation Services has been offline for a time period in excess of that specified in the ReadLogRecordsSinceHoursAgo element in the instanceconfig.xml file, then you can adjust the value of ReadLogRecordsSinceHoursAgo so that log files in the offline period are replicated. Then, reset ReadLogRecordsSinceHoursAgo back to its original setting. 17-50 System Administrators Guide for Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition For information about Catalog Manager, see Chapter 11, Configuring Connections to External Systems. 2. Set the UseReplication element in the instanceconfig.xml file to false. For information, see Section 17.12.6, Editing the instanceconfig.xml File for Replication. 3. Start the instance of Presentation Services. 4. Delete or rename folders that are replicated from other instances and copy them over from other instances using the sawrepaj remotecopy command. 5. Set the UseReplication element in instanceconfig.xml to true. 6. Restart the instance of Presentation Services. 7. Restore the list of folders to be replicated using the sawrepaj mark command on the instance of Presentation Services. 8. Reenable replication tasks by editing the configuration file to delete the lastPerformed attribute from all ReplicationTask elements that have the instance of Presentation Services as an import or export target. Part VI Part VI Advanced Configuration Settings Part V describes configuration settings that are required for deploying a system. This part describes advanced configuration settings that are not required but are optional and advanced settings for fine-tuning a deployment. This part includes the following chapters: ■ Chapter 18, Configuring and Managing Analyses and Dashboards ■ Chapter 19, Configuring and Managing Agents ■ Chapter 20, Configuring Advanced Options for Mapping and Spatial Information ■ Chapter 21, Configuring Resource Availability and URL Generation 18 Configuring and Managing Analyses and Dashboards 18-1 18 Configuring and Managing Analyses and Dashboards This chapter describes how to configure and manage analyses and dashboards and the objects that they contain, such as views. For information about how content designers work with analyses and dashboards, see Oracle Fusion Middleware Users Guide for Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition. End users with appropriate privileges can modify personal and shared dashboards, including the addition of pages and content. End users cannot create analyses and dashboards. This chapter includes the following topics: ■ Section 18.1, Managing Dashboards ■ Section 18.2, Performing General Configuration Tasks for Analyses ■ Section 18.3, Configuring for Displaying and Processing Data in Views ■ Section 18.4, Manually Changing Presentation Settings ■ Section 18.5, Blocking Analyses in Answers ■ Section 18.6, Specifying View Defaults for Analyses and Dashboards ■ Section 18.7, Configuring for Write Back in Analyses and Dashboards

18.1 Managing Dashboards

Before you create shared dashboards, ensure that you have planned the Oracle BI Presentation Catalog directory or folder structure and security strategy. In general, to create a shared dashboard, you first create the dashboard and add content using the Dashboard Builder. You can also assign permissions to access the dashboard. Users who are members of multiple application roles or Catalog groups can select the dashboard that they display by default from all of the dashboards to which they have permissions. The following list provides other resources with information about dashboards: ■ Guidelines for creating a shared dashboard, within the broader context of the Oracle BI Presentation Catalog structure and security framework, are provided in Controlling Access to Saved Customization Options in Dashboards in Oracle Fusion Middleware Security Guide for Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition. ■ Information about shared folder structures in the Oracle BI Presentation Catalog is provided in Chapter 17, Configuring and Managing the Oracle BI Presentation Catalog.