Select a check box for each business area that you want to open or click Select All Move the business areas that you want to open from the Available list to the

5-10 Oracle Fusion Middleware Administrators Guide for Oracle Business Intelligence Discoverer Warning : It is not advisable to change an identifier as it can affect the relationships between EUL objects. Do not change the identifier unless you understand the impact of the change. For example, if you are developing EUL patches in a test environment to be imported to a production environment. 3. Click OK to confirm any changes made. How to delete a business area To delete a business area:

1.

Click a business area on the Workarea: Data tab and choose Edit | Delete to display the Confirm Business Area Delete dialog . Figure 5–9 Confirm Business Area Delete dialog 2. Specify the scope of deletion that you require: ■ Select the Delete this Business Area option to remove the business area but not its folders, they remain in the EUL. Note: Folders can exist in the EUL but not belong to a business area orphan folders. ■ Select the Delete this Business Area and its Folders option to remove the business area and all of the folders contained in that business area. Note: Folders that are part of another business area are not removed. Note: This is the default option and is usually recommended. 3. optional To see the objects that might be affected by deleting this business area: a. Click Impact to display the Impact dialog . Creating and Maintaining Business Areas 5-11 Figure 5–10 Impact dialog The Impact dialog enables you to review the other EUL objects that might be affected when you delete a business area. Note: The Impact dialog does not show the impact on workbooks saved to the file system in dis files.

4. optional Select a row to view text at the bottom of the list, indicating what affect

the current action will have on the EUL object.

5. When you have finished reviewing the impact of deleting the business area, click

Close to close the Impact dialog.

6. Click Yes to delete the selected business area, based on the choices you have made.

How to synchronize a business area with the database You use the Refresh command to synchronize a business area with the source dictionary whenever the database schema is changed. Examples of typical database modifications might include the following: ■ adding tables ■ adding columns ■ adding joins ■ changing the ownership of a table To synchronize a business area with the database:

1. Select the business area that you want to refresh in the

Workarea: Data tab . 2. Choose File | Refresh to open the Refresh Wizard dialog .

3. Select one of the following Refresh business areas from options:

■ On-line dictionary ■ Gateway

4. Click Finish to begin the refresh business areas process.

5-12 Oracle Fusion Middleware Administrators Guide for Oracle Business Intelligence Discoverer Where any objects have changed since the last refresh Discoverer Administrator displays the Refresh Business Area dialog . Figure 5–11 Refresh Business Area dialog The Refresh Business Area dialog displays the: ■ name of the object that has changed since the last refresh ■ type of change that has occurred to objects since the last refresh ■ effect that the refresh will have on the object 5. To decide whether you want to refresh each object: ■ select a check box next to each object you want to refresh ■ clear a check box next to each object you do not want to refresh 6. optional You can review objects that will be deleted when you refresh this business area. To see the potential impact of the refresh: a. Click Impact to display the Impact dialog . b. When you have finished reviewing the impact of refreshing this business area, click Close to close the Impact dialog. 7. Click OK for Discoverer Administrator to refresh the business area or selected objects. Notes about why a business area or folders within it might not be visible to a user Having created a business area, it is possible that a Discoverer end user might not be able to see the business area or folders within the business area. For a user to see a business area or folders within it, the following conditions must all be met: ■ The user must have access to the EUL. If the user is not the EUL owner, either the EUL must be publicly accessible or the user must be granted explicit access to the EUL. Also make sure that the user is accessing the EUL in which the business area was created. ■ The user must have access to the business area. For more information about granting access to business areas, see: ■ How to specify a user or role responsibility that can access a business area Creating and Maintaining Business Areas 5-13 ■ How to specify the business areas a user or role responsibility can access ■ The user must have database SELECT access to the tables or views on which the folders in the business area are based. Tip: If you are not sure whether a particular user has access to a specific database table or view, log in to SQLPlus as the user and type: select count from ownername.objectname; where: ■ ownername is the database username of the owner of the table or view ■ objectname is the name of the table or view If the user does not have access to the database table or view, an error message is displayed. ■ The folders in a business area must be based on current database table or view definitions. If the table or view definition has changed, you must refresh the business area for more information, see How to synchronize a business area with the database .