In the Select Data Source screen, in the Connection Type field, select the type of

4-12 Metadata Repository Builders Guide for Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition Figure 4–1 Import Metadata Wizard: Relational Data Source

2. In the Select Data Source screen, in the Connection Type field, select the type of

connection appropriate for your data source, such as ODBC 3.5. Make sure to choose OCI 10g11g if your data source is an Oracle Database. Using OCI as your connection protocol to an Oracle Database ensures better performance and provides access to native database features that are not available through ODBC. The remaining fields and options on the Select Data Source screen vary according to the connection type you selected: – For ODBC 2.0 and ODBC 3.5 data sources, in the DSN list, select a data source from which to import the schema. Then, provide a valid user name and password for the data source. Note that when you import through the Oracle BI Server, the DSN entries are on the Oracle BI Server, not on the local computer. – For OCI 10g11g and DB2 CLI Unicode data sources, provide the name of the data source in the Data Source Name field, then provide a valid user name and password for the data source. For Oracle Database data sources, the data source name is either a full connect string or a net service name from the tnsnames.ora file. If you enter a net service name, you must ensure that you have set up a tnsnames.ora file within the Oracle Business Intelligence environment, in ORACLE_ HOMEnetworkadmin. Other data source types are described in other sections: Note: For non-Oracle databases, it is recommended that you use ODBC 3.5 or DB2 CLI Unicode for importing schemas with International characters, such as Japanese table and column names. Importing Metadata and Working with Data Sources 4-13 ■ See Importing Metadata from Multidimensional Data Sources for Essbase, XMLA , Oracle OLAP, Hyperion ADM, and SAP BW Native. This section also describes importing from Oracle RPAS data sources over ODBC 3.5. ■ See Importing Metadata from XML Data Sources for XML. ■ See Chapter 5, Working with ADF Business Component Data Sources for OracleADF_HTTP . When you have finished providing information in the Select Data Source screen, click Next. The Select Metadata Types screen appears. 3. Select the options for the types of objects that you want to import for example, Tables , Keys, and Foreign Keys. Some options are automatically selected. Different types of data sources have different default selections, based on what is typical for that data source. If you want to import joins, select both Keys and Foreign Keys. If you want to import system tables, you must have the system privilege for your data source. To import from Customer Relationship Management CRM tables, select Metadata from CRM tables .

4. Click Next. The Select Metadata Objects screen appears.