I see that John Minkjan has started a new blog on ODI. Nice one John. http://odiee101.blogspot.com/ I look forward to reading about how Oracle are going to move from Informatica to ODI!!! Or is that when?
Author: Adrian Ward
30 Years working on Oracle systems, specialising in Oracle analytics. Previously known as OBIEE, and before that Seibel Analytics
Oracle ACE
Lifetime Support Policy
Thanks to Bindi for a posting on the Linked In Oracle Business Intelligence group for the Lifetime Support Document http://www.oracle.com/us/support/library/lifetime-support-middleware-069163.pdf @Ad
Huge Temp
I have just looked in the web server under the tmp folder, in C:fmwuser_projectsdomainsbifoundation_domainserversAdminServertmp and found 5.0 GB of space being used!! It basically creates a new folder every time you deploy an application. During dev and test this can get out of hand. To clear this down I stopped…
Filegroup1 Error on 11g
One issue that is still present in the 11.1.1.5 version of OBIEE 11g is the corruption of the download files. This happens to me one more than half the downloads of the enormous software bundle that is now OBIEE. It seems that I am not alone, and a quick lap…
Multiple OBIEE Environments on one Box
The Oracle preferred method of having multiple environments is to have them installed on their own machines, either real or virtual. For many organisations this is simple enough, particularly if you run a good environments service which facilitates the easy set-up of virtual Windows or Linux boxes. Where there are…
OBIEE 11g Windows Services
In 10g half your installation job is done for you; unix scripts and windows services all delivered out of the box, and pretty much working too! In 11g you have to do the hard work yourself :(. Firstly, you may be wondering why Oracle did not provide windows services already…
Free stuff from Oracle
The 11g Express Database is finally out in Beta: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/database/express-edition/11gxe-beta-download-302519.html?msgid=3-3822972261 And the free SQL Developer is in version 3 – time to upgrade? http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/developer-tools/sql-developer/overview/index.html?msgid=3-3822972261
They’re doing it again
Another year, and another set of interviews, for another project, but still the same poor candidates. If you want a job on an OBIEE project, as an OBIEE developer then you should be able to answer simple questions about the BI Server, The repository and using Answers. AM I asking…