Using the Oracle BI Systems Management API to Update Configuration Settings

3-4 System Administrators Guide for Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition For information, see Section 4.1, About Starting and Stopping Oracle Business Intelligence. It is possible to manually update configuration settings that are normally managed by Fusion Middleware Control. However, you should never attempt such updates unless you are specifically instructed to do so by Oracle Support Services. For information, see Appendix D, Manually Updating Fusion Middleware Control Settings.

3.5 Using the Fusion Middleware Control MBean Browser to Update Configuration Settings

Use Fusion Middleware Control to update configuration settings, unless specifically directed to use the MBean Browser. For information, see Section 3.2, Using Fusion Middleware Control to Update Oracle Business Intelligence Configuration Settings. To update configuration settings using the Fusion Middleware Control MBean Browser: 1. Display the Fusion Middleware Control MBean Browser. For information, see Section 2.4.2, Displaying the Fusion Middleware Control MBean Browser. 2. Lock the domain. Before you change any Oracle Business Intelligence-related configuration attribute settings using the Fusion Middleware Control MBean Browser, you must lock the domain as follows: a. Navigate to the following MBean the first BIDomain MBean: oracle.biee.admin, Domain:bifoundation_domain, BIDomain, BIDomain. b. Display the Operations tab.

c. Click the Lock operation link.

When you have locked the domain, you can start to update settings. 3. Expand a folder to display the details for a group of configuration file attributes. For example, to configure Oracle Business Intelligence e-mail settings, expand the BIDomain.BIInstance.EmailConfiguration folder, and select the underlying node of the same name. To configure a different group of Oracle Business Intelligence configuration settings, expand the required folder, and select its underlying node. 4. Create or update a value in the following ways: – Entering directly into a field in the Attributes tab: Enter a new value into the Value field for the appropriate row. Click Apply to save the changes, or Revert to undo the changes. – Entering into a new page that you display from the Attributes tab: Click the link in the Name column to display a new page. Enter a new value in the Value field. Click Apply to save the changes, or Revert to undo the changes. Click Return to close the page.

5. Click Revert to undo your changes.