Save your changes and close the file.

Configuring and Managing the Oracle BI Presentation Catalog 17-15 ■ Renaming objects without reference updates. ■ Renaming objects with reference updates. This feature is known as Smart Rename and is available in both modes. In offline mode, you can rename all objects. In online mode, you might be unable to rename certain objects, depending on your permissions. ■ Refreshing the Catalog Manager workspace. ■ Creating folders. ■ Setting permissions for objects. ■ Working with properties of objects. ■ Managing the view of the workspace. ■ Searching for objects. ■ Searching for and replacing catalog text. This feature is available in both modes. In offline mode, you can replace all objects. In online mode, you might be unable to replace certain objects, depending on your permissions. ■ Creating reports to display Catalog Manager data. ■ Setting browser preference. ■ Previewing objects available in online mode only. ■ Exporting captions for localization purposes.

17.4.4 Opening an Oracle BI Presentation Catalog

To open an Oracle BI Presentation Catalog: 1. In Catalog Manager, from the File menu, select Open Catalog. 2. Complete the necessary fields, as described in the following list: ■ Type — Select the mode online or offline in which to open the catalog ■ Path — If you are opening the catalog in offline mode, then enter the path to the catalog folder on the local file system, for example: Click Browse to display a dialog for locating the catalog. C:\ORACLE_ INSTANCE\bifoundation\OracleBIPresentationServicesComponent\coreappl ication_obipsn\catalog\default ■ URL — If you are opening the catalog in online mode, then enter the URL to Oracle BI Presentation Services, for example: https:hostnameanalyticssaw.dll ■ User — If you are opening the catalog in online mode, then enter the user name for the host URL disabled in offline mode. ■ Password — If you are opening the catalog in online mode, then enter the password for the host URL disabled in offline mode. ■ Locale — Select the locale to use for user interface elements in Catalog Manager and for objects in the catalog, when opening the catalog in online mode. ■ Read-Only — Select this field to open the catalog in read-only mode disabled in offline mode. 17-16 System Administrators Guide for Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition

3. Click OK.

When specifying the URL for the catalog in online mode, ensure that you specify https rather than http, for increased security. If you specify http, then you see a message box after closing the Open Catalog dialog that prompts you to verify the opening of the catalog using an unsecured connection. To use https when opening catalogs, you must configure Oracle BI EE for Secure Socket Layer communication, as described in SSL Configuration in Oracle Business Intelligence in Oracle Fusion Middleware Security Guide for Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition.

17.5 Using the Catalog Manager Workspace

This section provides the following topics on the workspace for Catalog Manager: ■ Section 17.5.1, What Does the Catalog Manager Workspace Do? ■ Section 17.5.2, What Does the Catalog Manager Workspace Look Like? ■ Section 17.5.3, Managing the View of the Catalog Manager Workspace 17.5.1 What Does the Catalog Manager Workspace Do? The Catalog Manager workspace enables you to view and work with catalog objects. It displays the following folders for an open catalog: ■ The shared folder— Contains content that is shared among catalog users. This includes the preconfigured dashboards and analyses that are distributed with prebuilt applications, and other objects such as shared filters. ■ The system folder — Contains administrative elements of Presentation Services. Some of these elements are distributed with the product, and others are configured by you as the administrator, such as privileges. Avoid modifying any files in this folder. Presentation Services uses these files internally and modifying them might cause unexpected results. ■ The users folder — Contains content that catalog users with the appropriate permissions have saved to their personal folders, such as individual analyses. 17.5.2 What Does the Catalog Manager Workspace Look Like? Catalog Manager consists of the following main components: ■ Menu bar — Lets you access the following menus: ■ File — Provides options that let you open and close catalogs, exit Catalog Manager, and so on. ■ Edit — Provides options that let you manage catalog objects, such as Cut, Copy, Permissions, and so on. Many of these options are also available on the right-mouse menu. ■ View — Provides options to manage the view of the Catalog Manager workspace, such as Show Tree, Show Job Status, and so on. ■ Tools — Provides options that let you manage catalogs, such as XML Search and Replace , Create Report, and so on. ■ Help — Provides options to access the Oracle BI Enterprise Edition Web site and to display information about Catalog Manager. ■ Toolbar — Provides quick access to commonly used options, such as Cut, Copy, Paste, and so on.