Example config.xml File

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.