Clik here to view.
Incremental refresh of Exalytics aggregates using native BI Server capabilities
One of the key design features of the Exalytics In-Memory Machine is the use of aggregates (pre-calculated summary data), held in the TimesTen In-Memory database. Out of the box (“OotB”) these...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Testing aggregate navigation on OBIEE and Exalytics
One of OBIEE’s many great strengths is aggregate navigation; the ability to choose from a list of possible tables the one which will probably give the optimal performance for a given user query. Users...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Using OBIEE SampleApp 305 in VM Fusion
Oracle distribute the new OBIEE SampleApp as a VirtualBox image, but it is dead easy to run it on VM Fusion instead. Here’s how: Unzip the SampleApp archive files, and import the OVF to VM Add and...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Patch OBIEE the quicker way – with OPatch napply
Since 2012, Oracle’s patching strategy for OBIEE has been Bundle Patches released approximately once a month. These bundle patches are usually cumulative ones, applied on top of the .0 version of the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Learn OBIEE 11.1.1.7 from the experts!
Here at RittmanMead we write and deliver our own courses on Oracle’s products including OBIEE, ODI, OWB and EPM. Our trainers also consult and deliver projects, meaning that our training is based on...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Rittman Mead scripts github repository
Here at RittmanMead we’re big fans of working smarter, not harder. One of the ways we do this is not re-inventing the wheel. There’s only so many ways that products such as OBI and ODI can be...
View ArticleTimesTen and OBIEE port conflicts on Exalytics
Introduction Whilst helping a customer set up their Exalytics server the other day I hit an interesting problem. Not interesting as in hey-this-will-cure-cancer, or oooh-big-data-buzzword interesting,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Tips and Tricks for the OBIEE linux sysadmin
As well as industry-leading solution architecture, consultancy and training on Oracle BI, here at Rittman Mead we also provide expert services in implementation and support of such systems. In this...
View ArticleClik here to view.
OBIEE “Act As” vs “Impersonate”
There will come a point in the lifecycle of an OBIEE deployment when one user will need to access another user’s account. This may be to cover whilst a colleague is on leave, or a support staff trying...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Building alerts in EM12c with OBIEE Usage Tracking data
Introduction Enterprise Manager 12c is the latest and greatest incarnation of Oracle’s toolset for Enterprise Management (the clue’s in the name), of which Cloud Control (neé Grid Control) is one of...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Job Vacancy for Training Material Developer
We’re looking for a talented technical writer to come and join us at Rittman Mead. You’ll be helping produce our industry-leading training material. We run both public and private courses, off the peg...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Collecting Usage Tracking Data with Metric Extensions in EM12c
In my previous post I demonstrated how OBIEE’s Usage Tracking data could be monitored by EM12c through a Service Test. It was pointed out to me that an alternative for collecting the same data would be...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Monitoring OBIEE Performance for the End User with JMeter from EM12c
This is the third article in my two-article set of posts (h/t) on extending the monitoring of OBIEE within EM12c. It comes after a brief interlude discussing Metric Extensions as an alternative using...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Make Use of OBIEE’s Command Line Tools with Reduced Exposure of Plain Text...
Introduction We all love a good commandline utility. It gives us that warm feeling of control and puts hairs on our chests. Either that, or it means we can script the heck out of a system, automate...
View ArticleClik here to view.
OBIEE Regression Testing – An Introduction
In this article I’m going to look at ways to test changes that you make to OBIEE to ensure that they don’t break existing functionality. In all but the simplest IT systems it’s common for one (planned)...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Automated Regression Testing for OBIEE
In the first article of this series I explored what regression testing is, why it matters, and by breaking down the OBIEE stack into its constituent parts where it is possible to do it for OBIEE. In...
View ArticleExploring OBIEE Web Services through Python
My very first blog post for Rittman Mead was on the subject of Web Services in BI Publisher 11g, and now I want to return to the subject here, looking at the Web Services of OBIEE itself. Web Services...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Date formatting in OBIEE 11g – setting the default Locale for users
A short and sweet blog post this one, simply to plug a gap in Google that I found when trying to do achieve this today. How user’s see things like date formats in OBIEE is determined by their locale,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Introducing obi-metrics-agent – an Open-Source OBIEE Metrics Collector
Understanding what is going on inside OBIEE is important for being able to diagnose issues that arise, monitor its health, and dig deep into its behaviour under stress in a load test. OBIEE exposes a...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Installing obi-metrics-agent, Graphite, and collectl
In the previous post I introduced obi-metrics-agent, an open-source tool from Rittman Mead that can collect DMS metrics from OBIEE and write them to several formats including graphite. Graphite is a...
View Article