Creating A Repository

20/04/2017 CreatingaRepositoryUsingtheOracleBIAdministrationTool
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CreatingaRepositoryUsingtheOracleBusinessIntelligence
CreatingaRepositoryUsingthe
OracleBusinessIntelligence
AdministrationTool
AdministrationTool

Thistutorialcontainsthefollowingsections:
Purpose Purpose
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ThistutorialcoversusingtheOracleBusinessIntelligence(BI)AdministrationTooltobuild,modify,enhance,
Overview andmanageanOracleBIrepository.ThistutorialisbuiltusingOBIEE11.1.1.3.Therewillbesomedifferences
Prerequisites ifyouaretestingwith11.1.1.5,suchasinCreateKeysandJoins,CheckConsistency,andSetUpQuery
BuildingthePhysicalLayerofaRepository
Logging.ThereisanewtutorialbasedonOBIEE11.1.1.5,pleasecheckhere.
BuildingtheBusinessModelandMappingLayer
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ofaRepository
BuildingthePresentationLayerofaRepository Approximately6hours.
TestingandValidatingaRepository
ManagingLogicalTableSources Overview
CreatingCalculationMeasures ThistutorialshowsyouhowtobuildanOracleBImetadatarepositoryusingtheOracleBIAdministrationTool.
CreatingLogicalDimensionswithLevelBased Youlearnhowtoimportmetadatafromdatabasesandotherdatasources,simplifyandreorganizethe
Hierarchies importedmetadataintoabusinessmodel,andthenstructurethebusinessmodelforpresentationtousers
CreatingLevelBasedMeasures whorequestbusinessintelligenceinformationviaOracleBIuserinterfaces.
CreatingLogicalDimensionswithParentChild
Hierarchies Prerequisites
CreatingLogicalDimensionswithRaggedand Beforestartingthistutorial,youshould:
SkippedLevelHierarchies
UsingAggregates
1. HaveaccesstoorhaveInstalledOracleBusinessIntelligenceEnterpriseEdition11g.
UsingInitializationBlocksandVariables
CreatingTimeSeriesMeasures
Summary 2. HaveaccesstoorhaveinstalledtheSampleApplicationschema(BISAMPLE)thatshipswithOracleBusiness
Intelligence11g.YoucanaccesstheBISAMPLEschemaandinstallationinstructionshere.
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IfyouareinterestedindownloadingandinstallingthelatestversionoftheentireSampleApplication,youcan
accessithereontheOracleTechnicalNetwork(OTN).Pleasenote,however,thatonlytheBISAMPLEschemais
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Clickicontohideallscreenshots
Note:Alternatively,youcanclickanindividualicon InthistopicyouusetheOracleBIAdministrationTooltobuildthePhysicallayerofarepository.
(orimage)associatedwitheachsteptoview(or
hide)thescreenshotassociatedwiththatstep. ThePhysicallayerdefinesthedatasourcestowhichOracleBIServersubmitsqueriesandtherelationships
betweenphysicaldatabasesandotherdatasourcesthatareusedtoprocessmultipledatasourcequeries.
TherecommendedwaytopopulatethePhysicallayerisbyimportingmetadatafromdatabasesandother
datasources.Thedatasourcescanbeofthesameordifferentvarieties.Youcanimportschemasorportions
ofschemasfromexistingdatasources.Additionally,youcancreateobjectsinthePhysicallayermanually.
Whenyouimportmetadata,manyofthepropertiesofthedatasourcesareconfiguredautomaticallybasedon
theinformationgatheredduringtheimportprocess.Afterimport,youcanalsodefineotherattributesofthe
physicaldatasources,suchasjoinrelationships,thatmightnotexistinthedatasourcemetadata.Therecan
beoneormoredatasourcesinthePhysicallayer,includingdatabases,flatfiles,XMLdocuments,andso
forth.Inthisexample,youimportandconfiguretablesfromtheBISAMPLEschemaincludedwiththeOracleBI
11gSampleApplication.
TobuildthePhysicallayerofarepository,youperformthefollowingsteps:
CreateaNewRepository
ImportMetadata
VerifyConnection
CreateAliases
CreatePhysicalKeysandJoins
CreateaNewRepository

1. SelectStart>Programs>OracleBusinessIntelligence>BIAdministrationtoopentheAdministrationTool.
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AdministrationTool
Purpose
TimetoComplete
Overview
Prerequisites
ofaRepository
BuildingthePresentationLayerofaRepository
ManagingLogicalTableSources
CreatingCalculationMeasures
CreatingLogicalDimensionswithLevelBased
Hierarchies
CreatingLevelBasedMeasures

Hierarchies
CreatingLogicalDimensionswithRaggedand 2. SelectFile>NewRepository.
UsingAggregates
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Note:Alternatively,youcanclickanindividualicon
hide)thescreenshotassociatedwiththatstep.
3. Enteranamefortherepository.InthistutorialtherepositorynameisBISAMPLE.
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ofaRepository
Hierarchies
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CreatingLogicalDimensionswithRaggedand
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Resources 4. Leavethedefaultlocationasis.Itpointstothedefaultrepositorydirectory.

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5. LeaveImportMetadatasettoYes.

hide)thescreenshotassociatedwiththatstep. 6. Enterandretypeapasswordfortherepository.InthistutorialBISAMPLEistherepositorypassword.
7. ClickNext.
ImportMetadata

PrintPreview 1. ChangetheConnectionTypetoOCI10g/11g.Thescreendisplaysconnectionfieldsbasedontheconnectiontype
youselected.
AdministrationTool
Purpose
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ofaRepository
Hierarchies
Hierarchies
UsingAggregates
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ViewingScreenshots 2. Enteradatasourcename.Inthisexamplethedatasourcenameisorcl.Thisnameisthesameasthe
tnsnames.oraentryforthisOracledatabaseinstance.
3. Enterausernameandpasswordforthedatasource.Inthisexampletheusernameandpasswordareboth
BISAMPLE.RecallthatBISAMPLEisthenameoftheuser/schemayoucreatedintheprerequisitesection.
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Resources 4. ClickNext.

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5. AcceptthedefaultmetadatatypesandclickNext.
6. IntheDatasourceview,expandtheBISAMPLEschema.
7. UseCtrl+Clicktoselectthefollowingtables:
SAMP_ADDRESSES_D
SAMP_CUSTOMERS_D
SAMP_PRODUCTS_D
SAMP_REVENUE_F
SAMP_TIME_DAY_D
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ofaRepository
Hierarchies
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8. ClicktheImportSelectedbuttontoaddthetablestotheRepositoryView.
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9. TheConnectionPooldialogboxappears.AcceptthedefaultsandclickOK.
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10. TheImportingmessageappears.
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11. Whenimportiscomplete,expandBISAMPLEintheRepositoryViewandverifythatthefivetablesarevisible.
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12. ClickFinishtoopentherepository.
13. Expandorcl>BISAMPLEandconfirmthatthefivetablesareimportedintothePhysicallayeroftherepository.
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OracleBusinessIntelligence VerifyConnection

AdministrationTool
1. SelectTools>UpdateAllRowCounts.
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2. Whenupdaterowcountscompletes,movethecursoroverthetablesandobservethatrowcountinformationis
nowvisible,includingwhentherowcountwaslastupdated.
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3. Expandtablesandobservethatrowcountinformationisalsovisibleforindividualcolumns.
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CreatingLogicalDimensionswithRaggedand 4. RightclickatableandselectViewDatatoviewthedataforthetable.
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5. ClosetheViewDatadialogboxwhenyouaredone.Itisagoodideatoupdaterowcountsorviewdataafteran
importtoverifyconnectivity.Viewingdataorupdatingrowcount,ifsuccessful,tellsyouthatyourconnectionis
configuredcorrectly.
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Clickicontohideallscreenshots 1. ItisrecommendedthatyouusetablealiasesfrequentlyinthePhysicallayertoeliminateextraneousjoinsandto
includebestpracticenamingconventionsforphysicaltablenames.RightclickSAMP_TIME_DAY_Dandselect
Note:Alternatively,youcanclickanindividualicon NewObject>AliastoopenthePhysicalTabledialogbox.
2. EnterD1TimeintheNamefield.
3. IntheDescriptionfield,enterTimeDimensionAliasatdaygrain.Storesonerecordforeachday.
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4. ClicktheColumnstab.Notethataliastablesinheritallcolumndefinitionsfromthesourcetable.
5. ClickOKtoclosethePhysicalTabledialogbox.
6. Repeatthestepsandcreatethefollowingaliasesfortheremainingphysicaltables.
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SAMP_ADDRESSES_D=D4Address
CreatingaRepositoryUsingthe SAMP_CUSTOMERS_D=D3Customer
SAMP_PRODUCTS_D=D2Product
OracleBusinessIntelligence SAMP_REVENUE_F=F1Revenue
AdministrationTool
Purpose
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ofaRepository
Hierarchies
Hierarchies CreateKeysandJoins

SkippedLevelHierarchies 1. SelectthefivealiastablesinthePhysicallayer.
UsingAggregates
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2. RightclickoneofthehighlightedaliastablesandselectPhysicalDiagram>SelectedObject(s)Onlytoopenthe
PhysicalDiagram.Alternatively,youcanclickthePhysicalDiagrambuttononthetoolbar.
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selectZoomtochangethesizeoftheobjectsinthePhysicalDiagram.
AdministrationTool
Purpose
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Prerequisites
ofaRepository
Hierarchies
CreatingLogicalDimensionswithParentChild 4. ClicktheNewForeignKeybuttononthetoolbar.
Hierarchies
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ViewingScreenshots 5. ClicktheD1Timetable,andthenclicktheF1Revenuetable.ThePhysicalForeignKeydialogboxopens.It
matterswhichtableyouclickfirst.Thejoincreatesaonetomany(1:N)relationshipthatjoinsthekeycolumninthe
firsttabletoaforeignkeycolumninthesecondtable.
6. SelecttheD1Time.CALENDAR_DATEcolumn,andthenselectF1Revenue.BILL_DAY_DTtojointhetables.
EnsurethattheExpressioneditbox(atthebottom)containsthefollowingexpression:

"orcl".""."BISAMPLE"."D1Time"."CALENDAR_DATE"="orcl".""."BISAMPLE"."F1
Revenue"."BILL_DAY_DT"
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7. ClickOKtoclosethePhysicalForeignKeydialogbox.ThejoinisvisibleinthePhysicalDiagram.
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8. Repeatthestepstocreatejoinsfortheremainingtables.Usethefollowingexpressionsasaguide:
"orcl".""."BISAMPLE"."D2Product"."PROD_KEY"="orcl".""."BISAMPLE"."F1Revenue"."PROD_KEY"
"orcl".""."BISAMPLE"."D3Customer"."CUST_KEY"="orcl".""."BISAMPLE"."F1Revenue"."CUST_KEY"
"orcl".""."BISAMPLE"."D4Address"."ADDRESS_KEY"="orcl".""."BISAMPLE"."D3Customer"."ADDRESS_KEY"

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CreatingaRepositoryUsingthe 9. ClicktheXintheupperrightcornertoclosethePhysicalDiagram.
AdministrationTool
Thistutorialcontainsthefollowingsections: 10. SelectFile>SaveorclicktheSavebuttononthetoolbartosavetherepository.
Purpose
TimetoComplete
Overview
Prerequisites
ofaRepository
Hierarchies
Hierarchies
UsingAggregates

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11. ClickNowhenpromptedtocheckglobalconsistency.CheckingGlobalConsistencychecksforerrorsintheentire
repository.SomeofthemorecommonchecksaredoneintheBusinessModelandMappinglayerand
ViewingScreenshots Presentationlayer.Sincetheselayersarenotdefinedyet,bypassthischeckuntiltheotherlayersintherepository
arebuilt.Youlearnmoreaboutconsistencychecklaterinthistutorial.
12. LeavetheAdministrationToolandtherepositoryopenforthenexttopic.
Congratulations!Youhavesuccessfullycreatedanewrepository,importedatableschemafromanexternaldata
sourceintothePhysicallayer,createdaliases,anddefinedkeysandjoins.
InthenexttopicyoulearnhowtobuildtheBusinessModelandMappinglayerofarepository.
BuildingtheBusinessModelandMappingLayerofaRepository
InthistopicyouusetheOracleBIAdministrationTooltobuildtheBusinessModelandMappinglayerofa
repository.
TheBusinessModelandMappinglayeroftheAdministrationTooldefinesthebusiness,orlogical,modelof
thedataandspecifiesthemappingsbetweenthebusinessmodelandthePhysicallayerschemas.Thislayer
iswherethephysicalschemasaresimplifiedtoformthebasisfortheusersviewofthedata.TheBusiness
ModelandMappinglayeroftheAdministrationToolcancontainoneormorebusinessmodelobjects.A
businessmodelobjectcontainsthebusinessmodeldefinitionsandthemappingsfromlogicaltophysical
tablesforthebusinessmodel.
Themainpurposeofthebusinessmodelistocapturehowusersthinkabouttheirbusinessusingtheirown
vocabulary.Thebusinessmodelsimplifiesthephysicalschemaandmapstheusersbusinessvocabularyto
physicalsources.Mostofthevocabularytranslatesintologicalcolumnsinthebusinessmodel.Collectionsof
logicalcolumnsformlogicaltables.Eachlogicalcolumn(andhenceeachlogicaltable)canhaveoneormore
physicalobjectsassources.
Therearetwomaincategoriesoflogicaltables:factanddimension.Logicalfacttablescontainthemeasures
bywhichanorganizationgaugesitsbusinessoperationsandperformance.Logicaldimensiontablescontain
thedatausedtoqualifythefacts.
TobuildtheBusinessModelandMappinglayerofarepository,youperformthefollowingsteps:
CreateaBusinessModel
ExamineLogicalJoins
ExamineLogicalColumns
ExamineLogicalTableSources
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RenameLogicalObjectsUsingtheRenameWizard
CreatingaRepositoryUsingthe DeleteUnnecessaryLogicalObjects
CreateSimpleMeasures
AdministrationTool CreateaBusinessModel
Purpose 1. RightclickthewhitespaceintheBusinessModelandMappinglayerandselectNewBusinessModeltoopenthe
BusinessModeldialogbox.
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ViewingScreenshots 2. EnterSampleSalesintheNamefield.LeaveDisabledchecked.
3. ClickOK.TheSampleSalesbusinessmodelisaddedtotheBusinessModelandMappinglayer.
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4. InthePhysicallayer,selectthefollowingfouraliastables:
Hierarchies D1Time
CreatingLevelBasedMeasures D2Product
CreatingLogicalDimensionswithParentChild D3Customer
Hierarchies F1Revenue

DonotselectD4Addressatthistime.
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5. DragthefouraliastablefromthePhysicallayertotheSampleSalesbusinessmodelintheBusinessModeland
Mappinglayer.ThetablesareaddedtotheSampleSalesbusinessmodel.Noticethatthethreedimensiontables
havethesameicon,whereastheF1Revenuetablehasaniconwitha#sign,indicatingitisafacttable.
ExamineLogicalJoins

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BusinessModelDiagram.

AdministrationTool
2. Ifnecessary,rearrangetheobjectssothatthejoinrelationshipsarevisible.
Purpose
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Prerequisites
ofaRepository
Hierarchies BecauseyoudraggedalltablessimultaneouslyfromthePhysicallayerontothebusinessmodel,thelogicalkeys
CreatingLevelBasedMeasures andjoinsarecreatedautomaticallyinthebusinessmodel.Thisisbecausethekeysandjoinrelationshipswere
alreadycreatedinthePhysicallayer.However,youtypicallydonotdragallphysicaltablessimultaneously,except
Hierarchies
inverysimplemodels.Laterinthistutorial,youlearnhowtomanuallybuildlogicalkeysandjoinsintheBusiness
ModelandMappinglayer.TheprocessisverysimilartobuildingjoinsinthePhysicallayer.
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3. DoubleclickanyoneofthejoinsinthediagramtoopentheLogicalJoindialogbox.Inthisexamplethejoin
CreatingTimeSeriesMeasures betweenD1TimeandF1Revenueisselected.
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Noticethatthereisnojoinexpression.JoinsintheBMMlayerarelogicaljoins.Logicaljoinsexpressthe
cardinalityrelationshipsbetweenlogicaltablesandarearequirementforavalidbusinessmodel.Specifyingthe
logicaltablejoinsisrequiredsothatOracleBIServerhasnecessarymetadatatotranslatelogicalrequestsagainst
thebusinessmodelintoSQLqueriesagainstthephysicaldatasources.LogicaljoinshelpOracleBIServer
understandtherelationshipsbetweenthevariouspiecesofthebusinessmodel.WhenaqueryissenttoOracleBI
Server,theserverdetermineshowtoconstructphysicalqueriesbyexamininghowthelogicalmodelisstructured.
Examininglogicaljoinsisanintegralpartofthisprocess.TheAdministrationToolconsidersatabletobealogical
facttableifitisatthemanyendofalllogicaljoinsthatconnectittootherlogicaltables.
4.
ClickOKtoclosetheLogicalJoindialogbox.
5.
ClicktheXtoclosetheBusinessModelDiagram.
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OracleBusinessIntelligence 1. ExpandtheD1Timelogicaltable.Noticethatlogicalcolumnswerecreatedautomaticallyforeachtablewhenyou
draggedthealiastablesfromthePhysicallayertotheBMMlayer.
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ExamineLogicalTableSources

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1. ExpandtheSourcesfolderfortheD1Timelogicaltable.Noticethereisalogicaltablesource,D1Time.This
Clickicontohideallscreenshots logicaltablesourcemapstotheD1TimealiastableinthePhysicallayer.
2. DoubleclicktheD1Timelogicaltablesource(notthelogicaltable)toopentheLogicalTableSourcedialogbox.
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3. OntheGeneraltab,renametheD1TimelogicaltablesourcetoLTS1Time.Noticethatthelogicaltabletophysical
Clickicontohideallscreenshots tablemappingisdefinedinthe"Maptothesetables"section.
4. OntheColumnMappingtab,noticethatlogicalcolumntophysicalcolumnmappingsaredefined.Ifmappingsare
notvisible,selectShowmappedcolumns.
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(orimage)associatedwitheachsteptoview(or 5. YoulearnmoreabouttheContentandParentChildSettingstabslaterinthistutorialwhenyoubuildlogical
hide)thescreenshotassociatedwiththatstep. dimensionhierarchies.ClickOKtoclosetheLogicalTableSourcedialogbox.Ifdesired,explorelogicaltable
sourcesfortheremaininglogicaltables.
RenameLogicalObjectsManually
1. ExpandtheD1Timelogicaltable.
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CreatingLogicalDimensionswithRaggedand 2. Clickonthefirstlogicalcolumn,BEG_OF_MONTH_WID,tohighlightit.
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3. ClickonBEG_OF_MONTH_WIDagaintomakeiteditable.
4. RenameBEG_OF_MONTH_WIDtoBegofMthWid.Thisisthemanualmethodforrenamingobjects.Youcanalso
PrintPreview rightclickanobjectandselectRenametomanuallyrenameanobject.
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Hierarchies
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UsingAggregates
UsingInitializationBlocksandVariables RenameObjectsUsingtheRenameWizard
1. SelectTools>Utilities>RenameWizard>ExecutetoopentheRenameWizard.
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2. IntheSelectObjectsscreen,clickBusinessModelandMappinginthemiddlepane.
3. ExpandtheSampleSalesbusinessmodel.
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4. ExpandtheD1Timelogicaltable.
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5. UseShift+clicktoselectallofthelogicalcolumnsexceptforthecolumnyoualreadyrenamed,BegofMthWid.
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6. ClickAddtoaddthecolumnstotherightpane.
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7. RepeatthestepsforthethreeremaininglogicaltablessothatalllogicalcolumnsfromtheSampleSalesbusiness
modelareaddedtotherightpane.OnlythecolumnsfromF1Revenueareshowninthescreenshot.
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8. ClickNexttomovetotheSelectTypesscreen.
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NoticethatLogicalColumnisselected.Ifyouhadselectedotherobjecttypes,suchaslogicaltables,thetype
wouldhaveappearedhere.
9. ClickNexttoopentheSelectRulesscreen.
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10. IntheSelectRulesscreen,selectAlltextlowercaseandclickAddtoaddtheruletothelowerpane.
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11. AddtheruleChangeeachoccurrenceof'_'intoaspace.
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12. AddtheruleFirstletterofeachwordcapital.
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13. ClickNexttoopentheFinishscreen.Verifythatalllogicalcolumnswillbenamedaccordingtotherenamerules
youselected.
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14. ClickFinish.
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15. IntheBusinessModelandMappinglayer,expandthelogicaltablesandconfirmthatalllogicalcolumnshave
Purpose beenrenamedasexpected.ThescreenshotshowsonlythecolumnsinD1Time.
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16. InthePhysicallayer,expandthealiastablesandconfirmthatallphysicalcolumnshavenotbeenrenamed.The
pointhereisyoucanchangeobjectnamesintheBMMlayerwithoutimpactingobjectnamesinthePhysicallayer.
Whenlogicalobjectsarerenamed,therelationshipsbetweenlogicalobjectsandphysicalobjectsaremaintained
bythelogicalcolumntophysicalcolumnmappings.
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OracleBusinessIntelligence DeleteUnnecessaryLogicalObjects
AdministrationTool 1. IntheBMMlayer,expandSampleSales>F1Revenue.
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Clickicontohideallscreenshots 2. UseCtrl+ClicktoselectallF1RevenuelogicalcolumnsexceptforRevenueandUnits.
3. RightclickanyoneofthehighlightedlogicalcolumnsandselectDelete.AlternativelyyoucanselectEdit>Delete
orpresstheDeletekeyonyourkeyboard.
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5. ConfirmthatF1RevenuecontainsonlytheRevenueandUnitscolumns.
CreateSimpleMeasures
1. DoubleclicktheRevenuelogicalcolumntoopentheLogicalColumndialogbox.
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2. ClicktheAggregationtab.
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3. ChangethedefaultaggregationruletoSum.
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4. ClickOKtoclosetheLogicalColumndialogbox.NoticethattheiconhaschangedfortheRevenuelogicalcolumn
ViewingScreenshots indicatingthatanaggregationrulehasbeenapplied.
5. RepeatthestepstodefinetheSUMaggregationrulefortheUnitslogicalcolumn.
Measuresaretypicallydatathatisadditive,suchastotaldollarsortotalquantities.TheF1Revenuelogicalfact
tablecontainsthemeasuresinyourbusinessmodel.Youaggregatedtwologicalcolumnsbysummingthecolumn
data.
6. Savetherepositorywithoutcheckingglobalconsistency.
Congratulations!YouhavesuccessfullybuiltabusinessmodelintheBusinessModelandMappinglayerofa
repositoryandcreatedbusinessmeasures.
YouhavecreatedtheinitialSampleSalesbusinessmodelintherepository.YounowcreatethePresentation
layeroftherepository.ThePresentationlayerexposesthebusinessmodelobjectsinOracleBIuserinterfaces
sothatuserscanbuildanalysesanddashboardstoanalyzetheirdata.
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CreatingaRepositoryUsingthe CreateaSubjectArea
CreatePresentationTables
OracleBusinessIntelligence CreatePresentationColumns
AdministrationTool RenamePresentationColumns
ReorderPresentationColumns
Purpose
CreateaSubjectArea
TimetoComplete 1. RightclickthewhitespaceinthePresentationlayerandselectNewSubjectAreatoopentheSubjectAreadialog
Overview box.
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2. OntheGeneraltab,enterSampleSalesasthenameofthesubjectarea.
3. ClickOKtoclosetheSubjectAreadialogbox.TheSampleSalessubjectareaisaddedtothePresentationlayer.
CreatePresentationTables

PrintPreview 1. RightclicktheSampleSalessubjectareaandselectNewPresentationTabletoopenthePresentationTable
dialogbox.
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2. OntheGeneraltab,enterTimeasthenameofthepresentationtable.
3. ClickOKtoclosethePresentationTabledialogbox.TheTimepresentationtableisaddedtotheSampleSales
subjectarea.
4. Repeattheprocessandaddthreemorepresentationtables:Products,Customers,andBaseFacts.
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AdministrationTool
Purpose

TimetoComplete PleasenotethatyouareusingthemanualmethodforcreatingPresentationlayerobjects.Forsimplemodelsitis
Overview alsopossibletodragobjectsfromtheBMMlayertothePresentationlayertocreatethePresentationlayerobjects.
WhenyoucreatepresentationobjectsbydraggingfromtheBMMlayer,thebusinessmodelbecomesasubject
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area,thelogicaltablesbecomepresentationtables,andthelogicalcolumnsbecomepresentationcolumns.Note
BuildingthePhysicalLayerofaRepository thatallobjectswithinasubjectareamustderivefromasinglebusinessmodel.
ofaRepository
CreatePresentationColumns
1. IntheBMMlayer,expandtheD1Timelogicaltable.
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2. UseCtrl+Clicktoselectthefollowinglogicalcolumns:
CalendarDate
PerNameHalf
PerNameMonth
PerNameQtr
PerNameWeek
PerNameYear.
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3. DragtheselectedlogicalcolumnstotheTimepresentationtableinthePresentationlayer.
4. Repeattheprocessandaddthefollowinglogicalcolumnstotheremainingpresentationtables:
Products:DragBrand,Lob,ProdDsc,TypefromD2Product.
Customers:DragCustKey,NamefromD3Customer.
BaseFacts:DragRevenue,UnitsfromF1Revenue.
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2. DoubleclicktheLobpresentationcolumntoopenthePresentationColumndialogbox.OntheGeneraltabnotice
that"UseLogicalColumnName"isselected.Whenyoudragalogicalcolumntoapresentationtable,theresulting
presentationcolumninheritsthelogicalcolumnnamebydefault.InthisexampletheLobpresentationcolumn
inheritsthenameofthelogicalcolumn"SampleSales"."D2Product"."Lob".
3. DeselectUseLogicalColumnName.TheNamefieldisnoweditable.
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4. EnterLineofBusinessintheNamefield.
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5. ClickOKtoclosethePresentationColumndialogbox.Noticethatthepresentationcolumnnameisnowchanged
toLineofBusinessinthePresentationlayer.
6. IntheBMMlayer,expandD2Product.NoticethattheLoblogicalcolumnnameisnotchanged.Thepointhereis
youcanchangeobjectnamesinthePresentationlayerwithoutimpactingobjectnamesintheBMMorPhysical
layers.
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Hierarchies correspondingpresentationcolumn.
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8. MakethefollowingnamechangestologicalobjectsintheBMMlayersothatthenamesofthecorresponding
presentationcolumnsarealsochanged:
FortheD3Customerlogicaltable:
ChangeCustKeytoCustomerNumber.
ChangeNametoCustomerName.
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2. ClicktheColumnstab.
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3. Selectcolumnsandusetheupanddownarrows,ordragthecolumns.torearrangethepresentationcolumnsinto
UsingInitializationBlocksandVariables thefollowingorderfromtoptobottom:
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PerNameHalf
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4. ClickOKtoclosethePresentationTabledialogboxandconfirmthatthepresentationcolumnorderischangedin
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Thistutorialcontainsthefollowingsections: Product
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Hierarchies
CreatingLevelBasedMeasures 6. Savetherepositorywithoutcheckingglobalconsistency.
Congratulations!YouhavesuccessfullybuiltthePresentationlayerofarepository.
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SkippedLevelHierarchies TestingandValidatingaRepository
UsingAggregates
UsingInitializationBlocksandVariables Youhavefinishedbuildinganinitialbusinessmodelandnowneedtotestandvalidatetherepositorybefore
continuing.Youbeginbycheckingtherepositoryforerrorsusingtheconsistencycheckingoption.Nextyou
loadtherepositoryintoOracleBIServermemory.YouthentesttherepositorybyrunninganOracleBIanalysis
Summary andverifyingtheresults.Finally,youexaminethequerylogfiletoobservetheSQLgeneratedbyOracleBI
Resources Server.
Totestandvalidatearepositoryyouperformthefollowingsteps:
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DisableCaching
Clickicontohideallscreenshots LoadtheRepository
SetUpQueryLogging
CreateandRunandAnalysis
ChecktheQueryLog
CheckConsistency
1. SelectFile>CheckGlobalConsistency.
2. YoushouldreceivethemessageBusinessmodel"SampleSales"isconsistent.Doyouwanttomarkitas
availableforqueries?
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BuildingthePhysicalLayerofaRepository practiceviolations.
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CreatingLevelBasedMeasures Ifyoudonotreceivethismessage,youmustfixanyconsistencycheckerrorsorwarningsbeforeproceeding.
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SkippedLevelHierarchies 4. ClickOK.NoticethattheSampleSalesbusinessmodeliconintheBMMlayerisnowgreen,indicatingitis
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Note:Alternatively,youcanclickanindividualicon 5. Savetherepositorywithoutcheckingglobalconsistencyagain.
6. SelectFile>Closetoclosetherepository.LeavetheAdministrationToolopen.
DisableCaching
1. OpenabrowserandenterthefollowingURLtonavigatetoFusionMiddlewareControlEnterpriseManager:
http://<machinename>:7001/em
InthistutorialtheURLishttp://localhost:7001/em
2. Loginasanadministrativeuser.Typicallyyouusetheadministrativeusernameandpasswordprovidedduringthe
OracleBIinstallation.Inthisexampletheusernameisweblogic.
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CreatingTimeSeriesMeasures 4. ClicktheCapacityManagementtab.
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5. ClickthePerformancesubtab.
6. LocatetheEnableBIServerCachesection.Cacheisenabledbydefault.
7. ClickLockandEditConfiguration.
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BuildingthePhysicalLayerofaRepository 8. ClickClosewhenyoureceivetheconfirmationmessage"LockandEditConfigurationCompletedSuccessfully."
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SkippedLevelHierarchies 9. DeselectCacheenabled.Cachingistypicallynotusedduringdevelopment.Disablingcacheimprovesquery
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10. ClickApply.
11. ClickActivateChanges.
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12. ClickClosewhenyoureceivetheconfirmationmessageActivateChangesCompletedSuccessfully.
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13. DonotclickRestarttoapplyrecentchangesyet.Youdothatafteruploadingtherepositoryinthenextsetof
hide)thescreenshotassociatedwiththatstep. steps.
LoadtheRepository
1. ClicktheDeploymenttab.
2. ClicktheRepositorysubtab.

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CreatingaRepositoryUsingthe 3. ClickLockandEditConfiguration.
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4. ClickClosewhenyoureceivetheconfirmationmessage"LockandEditConfigurationCompletedSuccessfully."
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CreatingTimeSeriesMeasures 5. Inthe"UploadBIServerRepository"section,clickBrowsetoopentheChoosefiledialogbox.
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6. Bydefault,theChoosefiledialogboxshouldopentotherepositorydirectory.Ifnot,navigatetotherepository
directorywiththeBISAMPLErepository.
7. SelecttheBISAMPLE.rpdfileandclickOpen.
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9. ClickApply.
10. IntheBIServerRepositorysection,confirmthattheDefaultRPDisnowBISAMPLEwithanextension.Inthis
examplethefilenameisBISAMPLE_BI0025.
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13. ClickRestarttoapplyrecentchangestonavigatetotheOverviewpage(thismaytakeamoment).
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14. OntheOverviewpage,clickRestart.
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15. ClickYeswhenyoureceivethemessageAreyousureyouwanttorestartallBIcomponents?
16. AllowtheRestartAllprocessingtocomplete.Thismaytakeafewmoments.
17. ClickClosewhenyoureceivetheconfirmationmessageRestartAllCompletedSuccessfully.
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SetUpQueryLogging
1. ReturntotheAdministrationTool,whichshouldstillbeopen.
2. SelectFile>Open>Onlinetoopentherepositoryinonlinemode.Youuseonlinemodetoviewandmodifya
repositorywhileitisloadedintotheOracleBIServer.TheOracleBIServermustberunningtoopenarepositoryin
onlinemode.
3. EnterBISAMPLEastherepositorypasswordandenteryourusernameandpassword.
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(orimage)associatedwitheachsteptoview(or 5. SelectManage>IdentitytoopenSecurityManager.
6. Intheleftpane,selectBIRepository.
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CreatingTimeSeriesMeasures 7. Intherightpane,doubleclickyouradministrativeusertoopentheUserdialogbox.Inthisexamplethe
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8. IntheUserdialogbox,ontheUsertab,setLogginglevelto2.
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10. IntheCheckOutObjectsdialogbox,clickCheckOut.Whenyouareworkinginarepositoryopeninonlinemode,
youarepromptedtocheckoutobjectswhenyouattempttoperformvariousoperations.
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12. SelectFile>CheckInChanges.Alternatively,youcanclicktheCheckInChangesicononthetoolbar.
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13. Savetherepository.Thereisnoneedtocheckconsistency.
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14. SelectFile>Closetoclosetherepository.
15. ClickOKwhenyoureceivethefollowingmessage:
"Inorderforyouronlinechangestotakeeffect,youwillhavetomanuallyrestarteachnonmasterOracleBIServer
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BuildingthePresentationLayerofaRepository 1. OpenabrowseroranewbrowsertabandenterthefollowingURLtonavigatetoOracleBusinessIntelligence:
http://<machinename>/:9704/analytics
CreatingCalculationMeasures InthistutorialtheURLishttp://localhost:9704/analytics
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CreatingLogicalDimensionswithParentChild 2. Signinasanadministrativeuser.Typicallyyouusetheadministrativeusernameandpasswordprovidedduring
Hierarchies theOracleBIinstallation.Inthisexampletheusernameisweblogic.Ifyouneedhelpidentifyingausernameand
CreatingLogicalDimensionswithRaggedand password,contactyourcompany'sOracleBIAdministrator.
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3. Intheleftnavigationpane,underCreate...AnalysisandInteractiveReporting,selectAnalysis.
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4. SelecttheSampleSalessubjectarea.
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5. Intheleftnavigationpane,expandthefoldersintheSampleSalessubjectareaandconfirmthattheuserinterface
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matchesthepresentationlayeroftherepository.
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6. DoubleclickthefollowingcolumnnamesintheSubjectAreaspanetoaddthemtotheanalysis:
Time.PerNameYear
Products.Type
BaseFacts.Revenue
7. ClickResults.
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9. Usethebuttonsatthebottomofthecompoundlayouttoviewadditionalrows.
ChecktheQueryLog
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4. ScrolltothebottomofthewindowtotheView/SearchLogFilessection.
5. ClickServerLogtonavigatetotheLogMessagesscreen.
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ofaRepository 6. IntheLogMessagesscreen,leavethedatarangesettoMostRecent,1Days.Deselectallmessagetypesexcept
BuildingthePresentationLayerofaRepository forTrace.
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7. IntheMessagefield,entersendingquerytodatabase.
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8. ClickSearch.
9. Thereshouldbeonlyonemessageatthispoint,butiftherearemorethanone,selectthelastmessageinthelist.
Thisisthemostrecentquerysenttothedatabase.
10. Inthebottompane,clicktheCollapsePanebutton(arrowontherightside)toviewthelogmessage.Yourresults
shouldlooksimilartothescreenshot.
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ViewingScreenshots 11. ClicktheRestorePanebutton.Throughoutthistutorial,youreturntothisviewtocheckthequerylog.
Note:Alternatively,youcanclickanindividualicon 12. LeaveEnterpriseManageropen.

InthissetofstepsyoucreatemultiplelogicaltablesourcesfortheD3Customerlogicaltable.Tocreate
multiplelogicaltablesourcesyouperformthefollowingsteps:
OpentheRepositoryinOfflineMode
AddaNewLogicalTableSource
CreatePresentationLayerObjects
LoadtheRepository
CreateandRunanAnalysis
ChecktheQueryLog
1. ReturntotheAdministrationTool,whichshouldstillbeopen.Ifnot,selectStart>Programs>OracleBusiness
Intelligence>BIAdministration.
2. SelectFile>Open>Offline.
3. SelecttheBISAMPLErepositorywiththehighestnumberextension.InthisexampleitisBISAMPLE_BI0025.rpd.
YoursmaybeBISAMPLE_BI0001,orsomethingsimilar.
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CreatingTimeSeriesMeasures 4. ClickOpen.YoushouldreceiveamessagethatthisrepositorycanonlybeopenedasReadOnly.Recallthatthisis
Summary therepositorythatiscurrentlyloadedintoOracleBIServermemory.Youwanttousethisversionoftherepository
movingforwardbecauseithastheuserandlogginglevelinformationyoudefinedearlier.
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5. ClickYestoopentheOpenOfflinedialogbox.TheRepositoryPassworddialogboxopens.
6. EnterBISAMPLEastherepositorypassword.
7. ClickOKtoopentherepositoryinReadOnlymode.
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8. SelectFile>SaveAstoopentheSaveAsdialogbox.
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9. SelectBISAMPLE.rpdtoenteritintheFilenamefield.
10. ClickSave.
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withtheBISAMPLErepositorythatcontainsthesecurityinformation.
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CreatingLogicalDimensionswithRaggedand 13. SelectManage>IdentitytoopenSecurityManager.
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14. SelectBIRepositoryintheleftpane.
15. Confirmthatyouradministrativeuserisvisibleintherightpane.Inthisexampletheadministrativeuseris
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CreatingTimeSeriesMeasures 16. DoubleclicktheadministrativeusertoopentheUserdialogbox.OntheUsertab,confirmthatlogginglevelisset
Summary to2.
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17. ClickCanceltoclosetheUserdialogbox.
18. SelectAction>ClosetocloseSecurityManager.TheofflineBISAMPLErepositorynowhasauserwithalogging
levelsetto2.Thiswillallowyoutocheckthequerylogasyoucompletetheremainingexercisesinthistutorial.
Youwillnothavetorepeatthestepsofsavinganonlinerepository.
AddaNewLogicalTableSource
1. IntheBMMlayer,expandSampleSales>D3Customer>Sources.NoticethattheD3Customerlogicaltablehas
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UsingInitializationBlocksandVariables 2. RenametheD3Customerlogicaltablesource(notthelogicaltable)toLTS1Customer.
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3. DoubleclickLTS1CustomertoopentheLogicalTableSourcedialogbox.
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(orimage)associatedwitheachsteptoview(or 4. ClicktheColumnMappingtabandnoticethatalllogicalcolumnsmaptophysicalcolumnsinthesamephysical
hide)thescreenshotassociatedwiththatstep. table:D3Customer.ItmaybenecessarytoscrolltotherighttoseethePhysicalTablecolumn.Makesure"Show
mappedcolumns"isselected.
5. ClickOKtoclosetheLogicalTableSourcedialogbox.

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6. InthePhysicallayer,expandorcl>BISAMPLE.
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7. DragD4AddressfromthePhysicallayertotheD3CustomerlogicaltableintheBMMlayer.Noticethiscreatesa
CreatingLevelBasedMeasures newlogicaltablesourcenamedD4AddressfortheD3Customerlogicaltable.Italsocreatesnewlogicalcolumns
CreatingLogicalDimensionswithParentChild thatmaptotheD4Addressphysicaltable.
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8. IntheBMMlayer,doubleclickthenewD4AddresslogicaltablesourcetoopentheLogicalTableSourcedialog
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9. OntheGeneraltab,enterLTS2CustomerAddressintheNamefield.
10. ClicktheColumnMappingtabandnoticethatalllogicalcolumnsmaptophysicalcolumnsinthesamephysical
table:D4Address.Ifnecessary,selectShowmappedcolumnsanddeselectShowunmappedcolumns.
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11. ClicktheredXnexttoADDRESS_KEYtodeletethecolumn.Thisisaduplicatecolumnandisnotneeded.
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13. ConfirmthattheD3Customerlogicaltablenowhastwologicaltablesources:LTS1CustomerandLTS2
Clickicontohideallscreenshots CustomerAddress.Asinglelogicaltablenowmapstotwophysicalsources.
14. UsetheRenameWizardoramanualrenamingtechniquetorenametheaddresslogicalcolumnsinD3Customer.
Yourresultsshouldlooksimilartothescreenshot.Hint:TousetheRenameWizard,selectallofthenewlogical
columns,thenrightclickanyoneofthehighlightedcolumnsandselectRenameWizardtolaunchthewizard.
needhelpusingtheRenameWizard,refertothesestepsfromearlierinthistutorial.
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15. Renametheremaininglogicaltablesourcesaccordingtothefollowingtable.Recallthatlogicaltablesourcesare
locatedintheSourcesfolderforalogicaltable.Forexample:D2Product>Sources.
LogicalTableSource Rename
D2Product LTS1Product
F1Revenue LTS1Revenue
Yourresultsshouldlooksimilartothescreenshot.
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2. OntheGeneraltab,enterCustomerRegionsintheNamefield.
3. ClickOKtoclosethePresentationTabledialogbox.ConfirmthattheCustomerRegionspresentationtableis
addedtotheSampleSalessubjectareainthePresentationlayer.
4. IntheBMMlayer,expandSampleSales>D3Customer.
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5. DragthefollowinglogicalcolumnsfromD3CustomertoCustomerRegionsinthePresentationlayer:
Address1
Address2
Area
City
CountryName
EstabName
PostalCode
Region
StateProvince
StateProvinceAbbrv
Yourcolumnnamesmaybeslightlydifferentdependingonhowyourenamedthem.
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6. ReordertheCustomerRegionspresentationcolumnsinthefollowingorder,fromtoptobottom:

Region
Area
CountryName
StateProvince
StateProvinceAbbrv
City
PostalCode
Address1
Address2
EstabName
7. DoubleclicktheSampleSalessubjectareainthePresentationlayertoopentheSubjectAreadialogbox.
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8. ClickthePresentationTablestab.
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9. ReorderthepresentationtablessothatCustomerRegionsappearsafterCustomers.
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10. ClickOKtoclosetheSubjectAreadialogbox.Confirmthatthepresentationtablesappearintheexpectedorder.
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Younowhavetwopresentationtables,CustomersandCustomerRegions,mappedtothesamelogicaltable,D3
Note:Alternatively,youcanclickanindividualicon Customer.TheD3Customerlogicaltableismappedtotwophysicalsources:D3CustomerandD4Address.
11. Savetherepositoryandcheckglobalconsistencywhenprompted.Youshouldreceiveamessagethatthereareno
errors,warnings,orbestpracticeviolationstoreport.
Ifyoudoreceiveanyconsistencycheckerrorsorwarnings,fixthembeforeproceeding.
12. ClickOKtoclosetheconsistencycheckmessage.
13. Closetherepository.LeavetheAdministrationToolopen.
LoadtheRepository
1. ReturntoFusionMiddlewareControlEnterpriseManager,whichshouldstillbeopen.Ifnot,openabrowserand
enterthefollowingURLtonavigatetoFusionMiddlewareControlEnterpriseManager:
http://<machinename>/:7001/em
InthistutorialtheURLishttp://localhost:7001/em
2. Ifyoursessionhastimedout,youwillneedtologinagain.Loginasanadministrativeuser.Typicallyyouusethe
administrativeusernameandpasswordprovidedduringtheOracleBIinstallation.Inthisexampletheusername
isweblogic.
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CreatingTimeSeriesMeasures 4. ClicktheDeploymenttab.
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7. ClickClosewhenyoureceivetheconfirmationmessageLockandEditConfigurationCompletedSuccessfully.
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BuildingthePhysicalLayerofaRepository 8. ClickBrowseandnavigatetothedirectorywiththeBISAMPLErepository.
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9. SelecttheBISAMPLE.rpdfileandclickOpen.
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10. EnterBISAMPLEastherepositorypasswordandconfirmthepassword.
11. ClickApply.
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13. ClickActivateChanges.
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18. Allowtheprocessingtocomplete.
19. ClickClosewhenyoureceivethemessageRestartAllCompletedSuccessfully.
1. ReturntoOracleBI,whichshouldstillbeopen.Ifnot,openabrowserorbrowsertabandenterthefollowingURL
tonavigatetoOracleBusinessIntelligence:
InthistutorialtheURLishttp://localhost:9704/analytics.
2. Ifyourprevioussessionhastimedout,signinasanadministrativeuser.Typicallyyouusetheadministrativeuser
nameandpasswordprovidedduringtheOracleBIinstallation.Inthisexampletheusernameisweblogic.
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5. Intheleftnavigationpane,expandthefoldersandconfirmthattheCustomerRegionsfolderandcorresponding
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6. CreatethefollowinganalysisbydoubleclickingcolumnnamesintheSubjectAreaspane:
CreatingLogicalDimensionswithParentChild CustomerRegions.Region
Hierarchies Customers.CustomerName
CreatingLogicalDimensionswithRaggedand Products.Type
SkippedLevelHierarchies BaseFacts.Revenue
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7. ClickResultstoviewtheanalysisresults.Usethebuttonsatthebottomoftheresultsscreentoseemorerows.
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ChecktheQueryLog
1. ReturntoFusionMiddlewareControlEnterpriseManager,whichshouldstillbeopen.
2. ClicktheDiagnosticstab.
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3. ClicktheLogMessagessubtab.
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4. ScrolltothebottomofthewindowtotheView/SearchLogFilessection.
5. ClickServerLogtonavigatetotheLogMessagesscreen.
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ofaRepository 6. IntheLogMessagesscreen,leavethedatarangesettoMostRecent,1Days.Deselectallmessagetypesexcept
BuildingthePresentationLayerofaRepository forTrace.
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7. IntheMessagefield,entersendingquerytodatabase.
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8. ClickSearch.
9. Selectthelastmessageinthelist.Thisisthemostrecentquerysenttothedatabase.
10. Inthebottompane,clicktheCollapsePanebutton(arrowontherightside)toviewthelogmessage.Yourresults
shouldlooksimilartothescreenshot.Thescreenshotshowsonlyapartialviewofthelog.
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TestingandValidatingaRepository NoticethatbothD3CustomerandD4Addressareaccessed.Thepresentationcolumnsincludedintheanalysis
wereselectedfromtwodifferentpresentationtables:CustomersandCustomerRegions.Bothofthesepresentation
ManagingLogicalTableSources tablesmaptothesamelogicaltable,D3Customer.TheD3Customerlogicaltablemapstotwophysicalsources:
CreatingCalculationMeasures D3CustomerandD4Address.
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CreatingLogicalDimensionswithParentChild 11. ClicktheRestorePanebutton.
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UsingAggregates 12. LeaveEnterpriseManageropen.

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Inthissetofstepsyouuseexistingmeasurestocreatedaderivedcalculationmeasure.Tocreateaderived
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Clickicontohideallscreenshots CreateaCalculationMeasureDerivedfromExistingColumns
CreateaCalculationMeasureUsingaFunction
LoadtheRepository
(orimage)associatedwitheachsteptoview(or CreateandRunanAnalysis
hide)thescreenshotassociatedwiththatstep. ChecktheQueryLog
3. SelectBISAMPLE.rpdandclickOpen.DonotselectanyBISAMPLErepositorywithanextension,forexample,
BISAMPLE_BI0025.rpd.RecallthatthesearetherepositoriesthathavebeenloadedintoOracleBIServer
memory.
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CreatingTimeSeriesMeasures 4. EnterBISAMPLEastherepositorypasswordandclickOKtoopentherepository.
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CreateaCalculationMeasureDerivedfromExistingColumns
1. IntheBMMlayer,expandSampleSales>F1Revenue.
2. RightclickF1RevenueandselectNewObject>LogicalColumntoopentheLogicalColumndialogbox.
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4. ClicktheColumnSourcetab.
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5. SelectDerivedfromexistingcolumnsusinganexpression.
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6. ClicktheEditExpressionbuttontoopenExpressionBuilder.
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7. IntheleftpaneselectLogicalTables>F1Revenue>Revenue.
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8. ClicktheInsertselecteditembuttontomovetheRevenuecolumntotherightpane.
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ViewingScreenshots 9. Clickthedivisionoperatortoaddittotheexpression.
10. IntheleftpaneselectLogicalTables>F1RevenueandthendoubleclickUnitstoaddittotheexpression.
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ViewingScreenshots 11. ClickOKtocloseExpressionBuilder.NoticethattheformulaisaddedtotheLogicalColumndialogbox.
12. ClickOKtoclosetheLogicalColumndialogbox.TheActualUnitPricecalculatedmeasureisaddedtothe
businessmodel.
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13. DragActualUnitPricefromtheBMMlayertotheBaseFactspresentationtableinthePresentationlayer.
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14. Savetherepositoryandcheckconsistency.Fixanyerrorsorwarningsbeforeproceeding.
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CreateaCalculationMeasureUsingaFunction
1. IntheBMMlayer,rightclickF1RevenueandselectNewObject>LogicalColumntoopentheLogicalColumn
Note:Alternatively,youcanclickanindividualicon dialogbox.
2. OntheGeneraltab,enterRevenueRankintheNamefield.
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5. ClicktheEditExpressionbuttontoopenExpressionBuilder.
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6. IntheleftpaneselectFunctions>Displayfunctions>Rank.
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ViewingScreenshots 7. ClicktheInsertselecteditembuttontomovetheRankfunctiontotherightpane.
8. Click<<numExpr>>intheexpression.
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ViewingScreenshots 9. IntheleftpaneselectLogicalTables>F1RevenueandthendoubleclickRevenuetoaddittotheexpression.
10. ClickOKtocloseExpressionBuilder.NoticethattheformulaisaddedtotheLogicalColumndialogbox.
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11. ClickOKtoclosetheLogicalColumndialogbox.TheRevenueRankcalculatedmeasureisaddedtothebusiness
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12. DragRevenueRankfromtheBMMlayertotheBaseFactspresentationtableinthePresentationlayer.
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1. ReturntoFusionMiddlewareControlEnterpriseManager,whichshouldstillbeopen.Ifnot,openabrowserand
Purpose enterthefollowingURLtonavigatetoFusionMiddlewareControlEnterpriseManager:
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Prerequisites InthistutorialtheURLishttp://localhost:7001/em

ofaRepository
BuildingthePresentationLayerofaRepository 2. Ifnecessary,loginasanadministrativeuser.Typicallyyouusetheadministrativeusernameandpassword
TestingandValidatingaRepository providedduringtheOracleBIinstallation.Inthisexampletheusernameisweblogic.
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CreatingTimeSeriesMeasures 3. Intheleftnavigationpane,expandBusinessIntelligenceandclickoncoreapplication.
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4. ClicktheDeploymenttab.
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BuildingthePhysicalLayerofaRepository 7. ClickClosewhenyoureceivetheconfirmationmessageLockandEditConfigurationCompletedSuccessfully.
ofaRepository
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SkippedLevelHierarchies 8. ClickBrowseandnavigatetothedirectorywiththeBISAMPLErepository.
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hide)thescreenshotassociatedwiththatstep. 9. SelecttheBISAMPLE.rpdfileandclickOpen.
10. EnterBISAMPLEastherepositorypasswordandconfirmthepassword.
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BuildingtheBusinessModelandMappingLayer 11. ClickApply.
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12. ConfirmthatthedefaultRPDisnowBISAMPLEwithanextension.Inthisexamplethefilenameis
BISAMPLE_BI0025.
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18. Allowtheprocessingtocomplete.
19. ClickClosewhenyoureceivethemessageRestartAllCompletedSuccessfully.
1. ReturntoOracleBI,whichshouldstillbeopen.Ifnot,openabrowserorbrowsertabandenterthefollowingURL
tonavigatetoOracleBusinessIntelligence:
InthistutorialtheURLishttp://localhost:9704/analytics.
2. Ifnecessary,loginasanadministrativeuser.Typicallyyouusetheadministrativeusernameandpassword
providedduringtheOracleBIinstallation.Inthisexampletheusernameisweblogic.
3. Intheleftnavigationpane,underCreate...AnalysisandInteractiveReporting,selectAnalysis.Hint:Ifyoursession
hasnottimedout,youcancreateanewanalysisbyselectingNew>Analysis.
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5. Intheleftnavigationpane,expandtheBaseFactsfolderandconfirmthattheActualUnitPriceandRevenue
Purpose Rankcolumnsarevisible.
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6. CreatethefollowinganalysisbydoubleclickingcolumnnamesintheSubjectAreaspane:
SkippedLevelHierarchies Products.Product
UsingAggregates BaseFacts.Revenue
UsingInitializationBlocksandVariables BaseFacts.RevenueRank
BaseFacts.Units
CreatingTimeSeriesMeasures BaseFacts.ActualUnitPrice
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7. SortRevenueRankinascendingorder.
8. ClickResultstoviewtheanalysisresults.
PleasenotethattheActualUnitPricecalculationiscorrect,althoughitdoesnotmakesensefromabusiness
perspective.Forexample,theunitpriceforanLCDHDTelevisionwouldnotbe9dollars.Thisisaresultofthe
underlyingsampledata.
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AdministrationTool 1. ReturntoFusionMiddlewareControlEnterpriseManager,whichshouldstillbeopen,andcheckthequerylog.If
youneedhelp,clickheretoreviewstepsfromearlierinthistutorial.

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CreatingLogicalDimensionswithRaggedand NotethatthedivisionofRevenuebyUnitsiscalculatedintheouterqueryblock(D1.c2/nullif(D1.c1,0)asc3in
SkippedLevelHierarchies thisexample).BecauseyoudefinedtheActualUnitPricecalculationusinglogicalcolumns,theSUMaggregation
UsingAggregates ruleisappliedtotheRevenueandUnitscolumnsfirstandthenthedivisioniscalculated.
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3. LeaveEnterpriseManageropen.
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CreatingLogicalDimensionswithLevelBasedHierarchies
Inthissetofstepsyouaddlogicaldimensionhierarchiestothebusinessmodel.Alogicaldimension
representsahierarchicalorganizationoflogicalcolumnsbelongingtoasinglelogicaldimensiontable.
Note:Alternatively,youcanclickanindividualicon LogicaldimensionscanexistintheBusinessModelandMappinglayerandinthePresentationLayer.Adding
(orimage)associatedwitheachsteptoview(or logicaldimensionstothePresentationlayerexposesthemtousers,whichenablesuserstocreatehierarchy
hide)thescreenshotassociatedwiththatstep. basedqueries.YouimplementfourlogicaldimensionsforABC:Time,Product,Office,andCustomer.Creating
logicaldimensionswithhierarchiesallowsyoutobuildlevelbasedmeasures,defineaggregationrulesthat
varybydimension,providedrilldownonchartsandtablesinanalysesanddashboards,anddefinethe
contentofaggregatesources.Tocreatelogicaldimensionswithlevelbasedhierarchies,youperformthe
followingsteps:
CreateaLogicalDimensionforProduct
CreateLogicalLevels
AssociateLogicalColumnswithLogicalLevels
SetLogicalLevelKeys
CreateaLogicalDimensionforTime
AssociateTimeLogicalColumnswithLogicalLevels
CreateaLogicalDimensionforCustomer
SetAggregationContentforLogicalTableSources
TestYourWork
memory.
4. EnterBISAMPLEastherepositorypasswordandclickOKtoopentherepository.
CreateaLogicalDimensionforProduct
PrintPreview 1. IntheBMMlayer,rightclicktheSampleSalesbusinessmodelandselectNewObject>LogicalDimension>
DimensionwithLevelBasedHierarchytoopentheLogicalDimensiondialogbox.

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2. NamethelogicaldimensionH2Product.
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hide)thescreenshotassociatedwiththatstep. 3. ClickOK.ThelogicaldimensionisaddedtotheSampleSalesbusinessmodel.
CreateLogicalLevels
1. RightclickH2ProductandselectNewObject>LogicalLevel.
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2. NamethelogicallevelProductTotal.
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3. Becausethislevelrepresentsthegrandtotalforproducts,selecttheGrandtotallevelcheckbox.Notethatwhen
youdothis,theSupportsrolluptohigherlevelofaggregationfieldisgrayedoutandprotected.
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4. ClickOKtoclosetheLogicalLeveldialogbox.TheProductTotallevelisaddedtotheH2Productlogical
Clickicontohideallscreenshots dimension.
5. RightclickProductTotalandselectNewObject>ChildLeveltoopentheLogicalLeveldialogbox.
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7. ClickOKtoclosetheLogicalLeveldialogbox.TheProductBrandlevelisaddedtothelogicaldimension.
8. Repeatthestepstoaddthefollowingchildlevels:
ProductLOBasachildofProductBrand
ProductTypeasachildofProductLOB
ProductDetailasachildofProductType
Usethescreenshotasaguide:
AssociateLogicalColumnswithLogicalLevels
1. ExpandtheD2Productlogicaltable.
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UsingInitializationBlocksandVariables 2. DragtheBrandcolumnfromD2ProducttotheProductBrandlevelinH2Product.
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3. ContinuedragginglogicalcolumnsfromtheD2ProductlogicaltabletotheircorrespondinglevelsintheH2
Productlogicaldimension:
LogicalColumn LogicalLevel
Lob ProductLOB
Type ProductType
Product ProductDetail
ProdKey ProductDetail
Yourresultsshouldlooksimilartothescreenshot:
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SetLogicalLevelKeys
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Clickicontohideallscreenshots 1. DoubleclicktheProductBrandlogicalleveltoopentheLogicalLeveldialogbox.OntheGeneraltab,noticethat
theProductLOBchildlevelisdisplayed.
2. ClicktheKeystab.
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3. EnterBrandforKeyName.
4. IntheColumnsfield,usethedropdownlisttoselectD2Product.Brand.
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5. CheckUseforDisplay.Whenthisisselected,userscandrilldowntothiscolumnfromahigherlevel.
6. SetBrandasthePrimarykey.
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7. ClickOKtoclosetheLogicalLeveldialogbox.TheiconchangesforBrandtoshowthatitisthekeyfortheProduct
Clickicontohideallscreenshots Brandlevel.
8. Useadifferenttechniquetocreatealogicallevelkey:RightclickLobfortheProductLOBlevelandselectNew
LogicalLevelKeytoopentheLogicalLevelKeydialogbox.
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9. IntheLogicalLevelKeydialogbox,acceptthedefaultsandclickOK.
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10. TheiconchangesforLobtoshowthatitisthekeyfortheProductLOBlevel.
11. UseeithermethodtosettheremainingkeysfortheH2Productlogicaldimension:
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ProductType Type Yes
ProductDetail Product Yes
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Hierarchies
CreatingLevelBasedMeasures PleasenotethattheDetaillevel(lowestlevelofthehierarchy)musthavethecolumnthatisthelogicalkeyofthe
CreatingLogicalDimensionswithParentChild dimensiontableassociatedwithitanditmustbethekeyforthatlevel:ProdKeyinthisexample.
Hierarchies

UsingAggregates 12. SetProdKeyastheprimarykeyfortheProductDetaillevel.Hint:DoubleclickthelevelandselecttheKeys
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CreateaLogicalDimensionforTime
1. UseadifferenttechniquetocreatealogicaldimensionforTime.RightclicktheD1Timelogicaltableandselect
CreateLogicalDimension>DimensionwithLevelBasedHierarchy.
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Summary 2. Anewlogicaldimension,D1TimeDiminthisexample,isautomaticallyaddedtothebusinessmodel.
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3. RenameD1TimeDimtoH1Time.
4. ExpandH1Time.Noticethattwolevelwerecreatedautomatically:D1TimeTotalandD1TimeDetail.D1Time
DetailispopulatedwithallofthecolumnsfromtheD1Timelogicaltable.
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5. RenameD1TimeTotaltoTimeTotal,andrenameD1TimeDetailtoTimeDetail.
6. RightclickTimeDetailandselectNewObject>ParentLeveltoopentheLogicalLeveldialogbox.
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8. ClickOKtoclosetheLogicalLeveldialogbox.TheWeeklevelisaddedtotheH1Timelogicaldimension.
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CreatingaRepositoryUsingthe MonthasaparentofWeek
QuarterasaparentofMonth
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AdministrationTool YearasaparentofHalf
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AssociateTimeLogicalColumnswithLogicalLevels
Note:Alternatively,youcanclickanindividualicon 1. Useadifferenttechniquetoassociatelogicalcolumnswithlogicallevels.DragthelogicalcolumnsfromtheTime
(orimage)associatedwitheachsteptoview(or Detaillogicallevel(notfromtheD1Timelogicaltable)totheircorrespondinglevelsintheH1Timelogical
hide)thescreenshotassociatedwiththatstep. dimension.Thisisaconvenienttechniquewhenlogicalcolumnsareburieddeepinthebusinessmodel.
LogicalColumn LogicalLevel
PerNameYear Year
PerNameHalf Half
PerNameQtr Quarter
PerNameMonth Month
PerNameWeek Week
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2. DeleteallremainingcolumnsfromtheTimeDetaillevelexceptforCalendarDatesothatonlyCalendarDate
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fromthelogicaltableinthebusinessmodel.
3. SetthelogicalkeysfortheH1Timelogicaldimensionaccordingtothefollowingtable:
LogicalLevel LevelKey UseforDisplay

Year PerNameYear Yes
Half PerNameHalf Yes
Quarter PerNameQtr Yes
Month PerNameMonth Yes
Week PerNameWeek Yes
Day CalendarDate Yes
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CreateaLogicalDimensionforCustomer
CreatingLogicalDimensionswithParentChild 1. UseeithertechniquetocreatealevelbasedlogicaldimensionnamedH3CustomerfortheD3Customerlogical
Hierarchies tablewiththefollowinglevels,columns,andkeys:
Level Column Key UseforDisplay
UsingAggregates CustomerTotal <none> <none> <none>
UsingInitializationBlocksandVariables CustomerRegion Region Region Yes
CreatingTimeSeriesMeasures CustomerArea Area Area Yes
Summary CustomerCountry CountryName CountryName Yes
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CustomerState StateProvince StateProvince Yes
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CustomerPostalCode PostalCode PostalCode Yes
CustomerName CustomerName Yes
CustomerDetail
Note:Alternatively,youcanclickanindividualicon CustomerNumber CustomerNumber No
SetCustomerTotalasthegrandtotallevel.
SetCustomerNumberastheprimarykeyfortheCustomerDetaillevel.
SetAggregationContentforLogicalTableSources
1. ExpandD1Time>Sources.
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BuildingthePhysicalLayerofaRepository 2. DoubleclicktheLTS1TimelogicaltablesourcetoopentheLogicalTableSourcedialogbox.
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3. ClicktheContenttab.
4. ConfirmthatAggregationcontent,groupbyissettoLogicalLevelandthelogicallevelissettoTimeDetail
H1Timelogicaldimension.
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(orimage)associatedwitheachsteptoview(or 6. Repeattoverifyorsetcontentsettingsfortheremaininglogicaltablesourcesusingthetableandscreenshotsasa
hide)thescreenshotassociatedwiththatstep. guide:
LogicalTableSource LogicalDimension LogicalLevel

LTS1Product H2Product ProductDetail
LTS1Customer H3Customer CustomerDetail
LTS2CustomerAddress H3Customer CustomerDetail
H1Time TimeDetail
LTS1Revenue H2Product ProductDetail
H3Customer CustomerDetail
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7. Savetherepositoryandcheckglobalconsistency.Fixanyerrorsorwarningsbeforeproceeding.Noticethatyou
didnothavetomakeanychangestothePresentationlayer.
TestYourWork
PrintPreview 1. ReturntoFusionMiddlewareControlEnterpriseManagerandloadtheBISAMPLErepository.Ifyouneedhelp,
clickheretoreviewstepsfromearlierinthistutorial.

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2. ReturntoOracleBI,whichshouldstillbeopen,andsigninifnecessary.

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BuildingthePhysicalLayerofaRepository BaseFacts.Revenue
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4. ClickResults.
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UsingAggregates
UsingInitializationBlocksandVariables 5. ClickontheBizTechbrandandverifythatyoucandrilldownthroughthehierarchytoseerevenuedataateach
CreatingTimeSeriesMeasures level.
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6. SelectNew>Analysis>SampleSales.
7. ClickOKtoconfirmthatyouwanttonavigateawayfromthispage.
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BuildingtheBusinessModelandMappingLayer 8. Createthefollowinganalysis:
ofaRepository
Time.PerNameYear
BuildingthePresentationLayerofaRepository BaseFacts.Revenue
Hierarchies
CreatingLogicalDimensionswithParentChild 9. ClickResultsandverifythatyoucandrilldownthroughtheTimehierarchy.
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ViewingScreenshots 10. RepeatthestepsandcreatethefollowinganalysistotesttheCustomershierarchy:

CustomerRegions.Region
Clickicontohideallscreenshots BaseFacts.Revenue

11. ClickResultsandverifythatyoucandrilldownthroughtheCustomershierarchy.
12. SignoutofOracleBI.ClickOKwhenpromptedaboutnavigatingawayfromthispage.LeavetheOracleBIbrowser
pageopen.
InthissetofstepsyoucreatelevelbasedmeasuresthatcalculatetotaldollarsatvariouslevelsintheProduct
hierarchy,andthenusealevelbasedmeasuretocreateasharemeasure.
Tocreatelevelbasedmeasuresandasharemeasure,youperformthefollowingsteps:
CreateLevelBasedMeasures
CreateaShareMeasure
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CreatingCalculationMeasures CreateLevelBasedMeasures
Hierarchies
1. IntheBusinessModelandMappinglayer,rightclicktheF1RevenuetableandselectNewObject>Logical
CreatingLevelBasedMeasures ColumntoopentheLogicalColumndialogbox.
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2. OntheGeneraltab,enterProductTotalRevenueintheNamefield.
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5. OpentheExpressionBuilder.
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6. IntheExpressionBuilder,addLogicalTables>F1Revenue>Revenuetotheexpression.Recallthatthe
RevenuecolumnalreadyhasadefaultaggregationruleofSum.
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ViewingScreenshots 7. ClickOKtocloseExpressionBuilder.
Note:Alternatively,youcanclickanindividualicon 8. ClicktheLevelstab.
9. FortheH2Productlogicaldimension,selectProductTotalfromtheLogicalLeveldropdownlisttospecifythat
thismeasureshouldbecalculatedatthegrandtotallevelintheproducthierarchy.
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10. ClickOKtoclosetheLogicalColumndialogbox.TheProductTotalRevenuemeasureappearsintheProduct
ViewingScreenshots TotalleveloftheH2ProductlogicaldimensionandtheF1Revenuelogicalfacttable.
11. Repeatthestepstocreateasecondlevelbasedmeasure:
Name LogicalDimension LogicalLevel

ProductTypeRevenue H2Product ProductType
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12. ExposethenewcolumnstousersbydraggingProductTotalRevenueandProductTypeRevenuetothe
FactspresentationtableintheSampleSalessubjectareainthePresentationlayer.Youcandragthecolumns
ViewingScreenshots fromtheH2ProductlogicaldimensionortheF1Revenuelogicaltable.
CreateaShareMeasure
1. IntheBusinessModelandMappinglayer,rightclicktheF1RevenuetableandselectNewObject>Logical
ColumntoopentheLogicalColumndialogbox.
2. OntheGeneraltab,namethelogicalcolumnProductShare.
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3. OntheColumnSourcetab,select"Derivedfromexistingcolumnsusinganexpression."
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5. IntheExpressionBuilder,SelectFunctions>MathematicFunctions>Round.
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ViewingScreenshots 7. ClickSourceNumberintheformula.
8. Enter100*followedbyaspace.
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ViewingScreenshots 9. InsertLogicalTables>F1Revenue>Revenue.
10. Usingthetoolbar,clicktheDivisionbutton.Anothersetofanglebracketsappears,<<expr>>.
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ViewingScreenshots 11. Click<<expr>>.
12. InsertLogicalTables>F1Revenue>ProductTotalRevenue.Recallthatthisisthetotalmeasureforthe
hierarchy.
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13. Clickbetweenthelastsetofanglebrackets,<<Digits>>,andenter1.Thisrepresentsthenumberofdigitsof
UsingInitializationBlocksandVariables precisionwithwhichtoroundtheinteger.
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14. Checkyourwork:

Round(100*"SampleSales"."F1Revenue"."Revenue"/"SampleSales"."F1Revenue"."Product
TotalRevenue",1)
Thissharemeasurewillallowyoutorunananalysisthatshowshowrevenueofaspecificproductcomparesto
totalrevenueforallproducts.
15. ClickOKtoclosetheExpressionBuilder.TheformulaisvisibleintheLogicalColumndialogbox.
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16. ClickOKtoclosetheLogicalColumndialogbox.TheProductSharelogicalcolumnisaddedtothebusiness
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17. AddtheProductSharemeasuretotheBaseFactspresentationtable.
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ofaRepository 19. Closetherepository.

CreatingCalculationMeasures TestYourWork
Hierarchies
1. ReturntoFusionMiddlewareControlEnterpriseManagerandloadtheBISAMPLErepository.Ifyouneedhelp,
CreatingLevelBasedMeasures clickheretoreviewstepsfromearlierinthistutorial.
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SkippedLevelHierarchies 2. ReturntoOracleBI,whichshouldstillbeopen,andsignin.
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Summary 3. Createthefollowinganalysistotestthelevelbasedandsharemeasures.
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Products.Product
BaseFacts.Revenue
BaseFacts.ProductTypeRevenue
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4. FortheProductSharecolumn,selectColumnProperties.
5. OntheDataFormattab,selectOverrideDefaultDataFormat.
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6. ChangeTreatNumbersAstoPercentageandsetDecimalPlacesto2.
7. ClickOKtoclosetheColumnPropertiesdialogbox.
8. SortProductShareindescendingorder.
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BuildingtheBusinessModelandMappingLayer 9. ClickResults.NoticethatProductTypeRevenuereturnsdollarsgroupedbyTypeeventhoughthequeryisata
ofaRepository differentlevelthanTypeProductinthisexample.ProductShareshowsthepercentoftotalrevenueforeach
productsortedindescendingorder.
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10. SignoutofOracleBI.
11. ClickOKwhenyoureceivethemessage:Areyousureyouwanttonavigateawayfromthispage?
CreatingLogicalDimensionswithParentChildHierarchies
Aparentchildhierarchyisahierarchyofmembersthatallhavethesametype.Thiscontrastswithlevelbased
hierarchies,wheremembersofthesametypeoccuronlyatasinglelevelofthehierarchy.Themostcommon
reallifeoccurrenceofaparentchildhierarchyisanorganizationalreportinghierarchychart,wherethe
followingallapply:
Eachindividualintheorganizationisanemployee.
Eachemployee,apartfromthetoplevelmanagers,reportstoasinglemanager.
Thereportinghierarchyhasmanylevels.
Inrelationaltables,therelationshipsbetweendifferentmembersinaparentchildhierarchyareimplicitly
definedbytheidentifierkeyvaluesintheassociatedbasetable.However,foreachOracleBIServerparent
childhierarchydefinedonarelationaltable,youmustalsoexplicitlydefinetheintermemberrelationshipsina
separateparentchildrelationshiptable.
Tocreatealogicaldimensionwithaparentchildhierarchy,performthefollowingsteps:
ImportMetadataandDefinePhysicalLayerObjects
CreateLogicalTableandLogicalColumns
CreateaLogicalJoin
CreateaParentChildLogicalDimension
DefineParentChildSettings
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BuildingthePresentationLayerofaRepository 1. InthePhysicallayer,expandorcl.
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CreatingLogicalDimensionswithRaggedand 2. RightclickConnectionPoolandselectImportMetadatatoopentheImportWizard.
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forimport:
SAMP_EMPL_D_VH
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SAMP_EMPL_POSTN_D
5. ClicktheImportSelectedbuttontomovethetablestotheRepositoryView.
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ViewingScreenshots 7. ConfirmthatthethreetablesarevisibleinthePhysicallayeroftherepository.
8. RightclickSAMP_EMPL_PARENT_CHILD_MAPandselectViewData.
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Thisisanexampleofaparentchildrelationshiptablewithrowsthatdefinetheintermemberrelationshipsofan
employeehierarchy.ItincludesaMemberKeycolumn,whichidentifiesthemember(employee)anAncestorKey,
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childhierarchylevelsfromthemembertotheancestorandaLeafcolumn,whichindicatesifthememberisaleaf
Clickicontohideallscreenshots member.

9. Createthefollowingaliasesforthetables:
Table Alias
SAMP_EMPL_D_VH D50SalesRep
SAMP_EMPL_PARENT_CHILD_MAP D51SalesRepParentChild
SAMP_EMPL_POSTN_D D52SalesRepPosition
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10. UsethePhysicalDiagramtocreatethefollowingphysicaljoinsforthealiastables:
(orimage)associatedwitheachsteptoview(or "orcl".""."BISAMPLE"."D52SalesRepPosition"."POSTN_KEY"="orcl".""."BISAMPLE"."D50
hide)thescreenshotassociatedwiththatstep. SalesRep"."POSTN_KEY"
"orcl".""."BISAMPLE"."D50SalesRep"."EMPLOYEE_KEY"="orcl".""."BISAMPLE"."D51Sales
RepParentChild"."ANCESTOR_KEY"
"orcl".""."BISAMPLE"."D51SalesRepParentChild"."MEMBER_KEY"=
"orcl".""."BISAMPLE"."F1Revenue"."EMPL_KEY"
1. IntheBMMlayer,rightclicktheSampleSalesbusinessmodelandselectNewObject>LogicalTabletoopenthe
LogicalTabledialogbox.
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CreatingTimeSeriesMeasures 2. OntheGeneraltab,namethelogicaltableD5SalesRep.
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3. ClickOKtoaddthelogicaltabletothebusinessmodel.
NoticethattheD5SalesRepiconhasa#sign.Thisisbecauseyouhavenotyetdefinedthelogicaljoin
relationship.Whenyoudefinethelogicaljoinlaterinthistutorial,theiconwillchangeaccordingly.
4. DragallsixcolumnsfromD50SalesRepinthePhysicallayertoD5SalesRepintheBMMlayer.Thisaction
createslogicalcolumnsandaddsaD50SalesReplogicaltablesourcetoD5SalesRep.
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5. RenametheD50SalesReplogicaltablesourcetoLTS1SalesRep.
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6. InthePhysicallayer,expandD52SalesRepPosition.
7. DragPOSTN_DESCandPOSTN_LEVELfromD52SalesRepPositiontoLTS1SalesRep.Notethatyouare
draggingthecolumnstothelogicaltablesource,notthelogicaltable.Draggingtothelogicaltablewouldcreatea
secondlogicaltablesource.
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UsingAggregates 8. DragDISTANCEfromD51SalesRepParentChildtoLTS1SalesRep.Again,youdragthecolumntothelogical
UsingInitializationBlocksandVariables tablesource,notthelogicaltable.
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9. Renamethelogicalcolumns:
OldName NewName
POSTN_KEY PositionKey
TYPE SalesRepType
EMPL_NAME SalesRepName
EMPLOYEE_KEY SalesRepNumber
HIRE_DT HireDate
MGR_ID ManagerNumber
POSTN_DESC Position
POSTN_LEVEL PositionLevel
DISTANCE ClosureDistance
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UsingInitializationBlocksandVariables 1. IntheBMMlayer,selectD5SalesRepandF1Revenue.
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2. RightclickeitherhighlightedtableandselectBusinessModelDiagram>SelectedTablesOnlytoopenthe
BusinessModelDiagram.
3. CreatealogicaljoinbetweenD5SalesRepandF1Revenue.
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1. RightclicktheD5SalesReplogicaltableandselectCreateLogicalDimension>DimensionwithParentChild
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2. IntheLogicalDimensiondialogbox,ontheGeneraltab,namethelogicaldimensionH5SalesRep.
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3. ClickBrowsenexttoMemberKey.TheBrowsewindowshowsthephysicaltableanditscorrespondingkey.
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6. ClickOKtoclosetheBrowsewindow.
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8. SelectManagerNumberastheparentcolumnfortheparentchildhierarchy.
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ViewingScreenshots 9. ClickOKtoclosetheBrowsewindow,butdonotclosetheLogicalDimensiondialogbox.

Note:Alternatively,youcanclickanindividualicon DefineParentChildSettings
1. ClickParentChildSettingstodisplaytheParentChildRelationshipTableSettingsdialogbox.Notethatatthis
pointtheParentChildRelationshipTableisnotdefined.
Foreachparentchildhierarchydefinedonarelationaltable,youmustexplicitlydefinetheintermember
relationshipsinaseparateparentchildrelationshiptable.Intheprocessofcreatingtheparentchildrelationship
table,youmaychooseoneofthefollowingoptions:1.Selectapreviouslycreatedparentchildrelationshiptable.
2.Useawizardthatwillgeneratescriptstocreateandpopulatetheparentchildrelationshiptable.Inthenextset
ofstepsyouselectapreviouslycreatedandpopulatedparentchildrelationshiptable.
Foryourinformationonly:TostartthewizardyouwouldclicktheCreateParentChildRelationshipTablebutton.
ThewizardcreatestheappropriaterepositorymetadataobjectsandgeneratesSQLscriptsforcreatingand
populatingtheparentchildrelationshiptable.Attheendofthewizard,OracleBIServerstoresthescriptsinto
directorieschosenduringthewizardsession.Thescriptscanthenberunagainstthedatabasetocreateand
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3. IntheSelectPhysicalTabledialogbox,selecttheD51SalesRepParentChildaliasyoucreated.
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4. TheD51SalesRepParentChildaliasisnowdisplayedintheParentChildRelationshipTablecolumn.
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Thistutorialcontainsthefollowingsections: ParentKey ANCESTOR_KEY
RelationshipDistance DISTANCE
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Explanation:
Note:Alternatively,youcanclickanindividualicon MemberKeyidentifiesthemember.
(orimage)associatedwitheachsteptoview(or ParentKeyidentifiesanancestorofthemember,Theancestormaybetheparentofthemember,orahigherlevel
hide)thescreenshotassociatedwiththatstep. ancestor.
RelationshipDistancespecifiesthenumberofparentchildhierarchicallevelsfromthemembertotheancestor.
LeafNodeIdentifierindicatesifthememberisaleafmember(1=Yes,0=No).
6. ClickOKtoclosetheParentChildRelationshipTableSettingsdialogbox.
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7. ClickOKtoclosetheLogicalDimensiondialogbox.
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8. RightclickH5SalesRepandselectExpandAll.Notethataparentchildlogicaldimensionhasonlytwolevels.
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9. DeleteallcolumnsfromtheDetaillevelexceptforSalesRepNameandSalesRepNumber.
10. DoubleclicktheDetailleveltoopentheLogicalLeveldialogbox.
11. OntheKeystab,createanewkeynamedDisplayKeythatmapstotheSalesRepNamecolumn.
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12. DeselectUseforDisplayfortheSalesRepNumbercolumnandselectUseforDisplayfortheSalesRepName
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13. MakesurethatMemberKeyisstillsettoD50SalesRep_Key.
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14. ClickOKtoclosetheLogicalLeveldialogbox.
15. ExpandF1Revenue>SourcesanddoubleclickLTS1RevenuetoopentheLogicalTableSourcedialogbox.
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16. OntheContenttab,setthelogicalleveltoDetailfortheH5SalesReplogicaldimension.
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CreatingTimeSeriesMeasures CreatePresentationLayerObjects
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layer.
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2. RenametheD5SalesReppresentationtabletoSalesReps.
3. MovetheSalesRepspresentationtableabovetheBaseFactstable.
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4. ExpandtheSalesRepspresentationtableandnoticethattheH5SalesRepparentchildlogicaldimensionis
UsingInitializationBlocksandVariables automaticallyincludedasapresentationhierarchy.
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5. DoubleclicktheH5SalesReppresentationhierarchytoopenthePresentationHierarchydialogbox.
6. OntheDisplayColumnstab,confirmthatSalesRepNameissetasthedisplaycolumn.
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7. ClickOKtoclosethePresentationHierarchydialogbox.
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hide)thescreenshotassociatedwiththatstep. TestYourWork
2. ReturntoOracleBI,whichshouldstillbeopen,andsignin.
3. Createthefollowinganalysistotesttheparentchildlogicaldimension.
SalesReps.H5SalesReps
SalesReps.Position
BaseFacts.Revenue
4. ClickResults.
5. Expandthepivottabletoviewdataatdifferentlevelsofthehierarchy.NoticethattheRevenuemeasurerollsup
througheachlevel.
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CreatingLogicalDimensionswithRaggedand CreatingLogicalDimensionswithRaggedandSkippedLevelHierarchies
UsingAggregates Tocreatelogicaldimensionswithraggedandskippedlevelhierarchies,youperformthefollowingsteps:
CreatingTimeSeriesMeasures CreateLogicalTableandLogicalColumns
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ViewingScreenshots ImportMetadataandDefinePhysicalLayerObjects
Clickicontohideallscreenshots 1. OpentheBISAMPLErepositoryinofflinemode.

2. InthePhysicallayer,expandorcl.
3. RightclickConnectionPoolandselectImportMetadatatoopentheImportWizard.
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5. IntheSelectMetadataObjectsscreen,inthedatasourceview,expandBISAMPLE.
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6. Inthedatasourceview,selectthefollowingtablesforimport:
SAMP_PRODUCTS_DR
7. ClicktheImportSelectedbuttontomovethetabletotheRepositoryView.
8. ExpandBISAMPLEintheRepositoryViewandconfirmthattheSAMP_PRODUCT_DRtableisvisible.
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UsingInitializationBlocksandVariables 9. ClickFinishtoclosetheImportWizard.
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10. ConfirmthattheSAMP_PRODUCT_DRtableisvisibleinthePhysicallayeroftherepository.
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11. Createthefollowingaliasforthetable:D20Product
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12. UsethePhysicalDiagramtocreatethefollowingphysicaljoinforthealiastable:
"orcl".""."BISAMPLE"."D20Product"."PROD_KEY"="orcl".""."BISAMPLE"."F1Revenue"."PROD_KEY"
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13. RightclickD20ProductandselectViewData.
Noticethereareskippedlevelsinthehierarchy.Forexample,brandABrand2hasaNULLvalueforLOBforthe
productDProduct8.
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Productlogicaltable.ThelogicaljointoF1RevenueiscreatedautomaticallybasedonthejoininthePhysical
Prerequisites layer.
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(orimage)associatedwitheachsteptoview(or 2. RenametheD20Productlogicalcolumns:
OldName NewName
BRAND Brand
LOB LOB
PROD_DSC Product
PROD_KEY ProductNumber
Type ProductType
3. RenametheD20ProductlogicaltablesourcetoLTS1Product(Ragged)
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1. RightclicktheD20ProductlogicaltableandselectCreateLogicalDimension>DimensionwithLevelBased
UsingAggregates HierarchytoautomaticallycreatealogicaldimensionnamedD20ProductDim.
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CreatingLogicalDimensionswithLevelBased 3. DoubleclicktheH20ProductlogicaldimensiontoopentheLogicalDimensiondialogbox.
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4. OntheGeneraltab,selectbothRaggedandSkippedLevels.
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7. Createthefollowinghierarchy:
CreatingTimeSeriesMeasures Level Column Key UseforDisplay
Summary ProductTotal <none> <none> <none>
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ProductBrand Brand Brand Yes
ProductLOB LOB LOB Yes
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Clickicontohideallscreenshots Product Product Product Yes
ProductDetail ProductNumber ProductNumber No


1. DragtheD20ProductlogicaltabletotheSampleSalessubjectareainthePresentationlayer.
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ManagingLogicalTableSources 2. InthePresentationlayer,renameD20ProducttoProducts(Ragged)andmoveProducts(Ragged)toappear
afterProducts.
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3. ExpandProducts(Ragged)andnoticethattheH20Productlogicaldimensionisautomaticallyaddedtothe
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4. Savetherepositoryandcheckconsistency.Fixanderrorsorwarningsbeforeproceeding.
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3. Createthefollowinganalysistotesttheragged/skippedlevelhierarchy:
Products(Ragged).Brand
Products(Ragged).LOB
Products(Ragged).ProductType
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BaseFacts.Revenue
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Theresultsdisplaycorrectlyeventhoughthereareskippedlevels(levelswithNULLvalues)andraggedlevels
(leaveswithvaryingdepth).
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Inthissetofstepsyousetupanduseaggregatetablestoimprovequeryperformance.Aggregatetablesstore
precomputedresults,whicharemeasuresthathavebeenaggregated(typicallysummed)overasetof
dimensionalattributes.Usingaggregatetablesisapopulartechniqueforspeedingupqueryresponsetimes
indecisionsupportsystems.Thiseliminatestheneedforruntimecalculationsanddeliversfasterresultsto
users.Thecalculationsaredoneaheadoftimeandtheresultsarestoredinthetables.Aggregatetables
typicallyhavemanyfewerrowsthanthenonaggregatetablesand,therefore,processingisfaster.
Tosetupanduseaggregatetables,performthefollowingsteps:
ImportMetadata
CreateNewLogicalTableSources
SetAggregateContent
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ImportMetadata
1. ReturntotheAdministrationToolandopentheBISAMPLErepositoryinofflinemode.
1. InthePhysicallayer,expandorcl.
2. RightclickConnectionPoolandselectImportMetadatatoopentheImportWizard.
3. IntheSelectMetadataTypesscreen,selectViewsandclickNext.
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Resources 4. IntheSelectMetadataObjectsscreen,inthedatasourceview,expandBISAMPLE.

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5. Inthedatasourceview,selectthefollowingforimport:
SAMP_REVENUE_FA2
Note:Alternatively,youcanclickanindividualicon SAMP_TIME_QTR_D
6. ClicktheImportSelectedbuttontomovetheobjectstotheRepositoryView.
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8. ClickFinishtoclosetheImportWizard.
9. ConfirmthattheobjectsarevisibleinthePhysicallayeroftherepository.
10. Createthefollowingaliases:
Table Alias
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SAMP_TIME_QTR_D D1TimeQuarterGrain
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11. RightclickF2RevenueAggregateandselectViewData.F2RevenueAggregatestoresaggregatedfact
(orimage)associatedwitheachsteptoview(or informationforrevenueandunitsatthequarterandproductgrain.
12. RightclickD1TimeQuarterGrainandselectViewData.D1TimeQuarterGrainstorestimedataatthequarter
grain.ItstoresonerecordforeachquarterbeginningwithQ42006andendingwithQ22011.
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13. UsethePhysicalDiagramtocreatethefollowingphysicaljoins:
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"orcl".""."BISAMPLE"."D2Product"."PROD_KEY"="orcl".""."BISAMPLE"."F2RevenueAggregate"."PROD_KEY"
"orcl".""."BISAMPLE"."D1TimeQuarterGrain"."QTR_KEY"="orcl".""."BISAMPLE"."F2Revenue
Aggregate"."BILL_QTR_KEY"
CreateNewLogicalTableSources
1. InthePhysicallayer,expandD1TimeQuarterGrain.
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CreatingLevelBasedMeasures 2. IntheBMMlayer,expandD1Time.
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3. DragthefollowingcolumnsfromD1TimeQuarterGraintotheircorrespondingcolumnsinD1Time:
D1TimeQuarterGrain D1Time
CAL_HALF CalHalf
CAL_QTR CalQtr
CAL_YEAR CalYear
DAYS_IN_QTR DaysinQtr
JULIAN_QTR_NUM JulianQtrNum
PER_NAME_HALF PerNameHalf
PER_NAME_QTR PerNameQtr
PER_NAME_YEAR PerNameYear
ThisactioncreatesanewlogicaltablesourcenamedD1TimeQuarterGrainforD1Time.
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4. RenametheD1TimeQuarterGrainlogicaltablesourcetoLTS2TimeQuarterGrain.
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5. DoubleclickLTS2TimeQuarterGraintoopentheLogicalTableSourcedialogbox.
6. OntheColumnMappingtabmakesureshowmappedcolumnsisselectedandnotethecolumnmappings.The
logicalcolumnsnowmaptocolumnsintwophysicaltables:D1TimeandD1TimeQuarterGrain.
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8. InthePhysicallayerexpandF2RevenueAggregate.
9. IntheBMMlayerexpandF1Revenue.
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SkippedLevelHierarchies 10. DragthefollowingphysicalcolumnsfromF2RevenueAggregatetotheircorrespondinglogicalcolumnsin
UsingAggregates Revenue:
F2RevenueAggregate F1Revenue
Summary UNITS Units
Resources REVENUE Revenue
ThisactioncreatesanewlogicaltablesourcenamedF2RevenueAggregateforF1Revenue.
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11. RenametheF2RevenueAggregatelogicaltablesourcetoLTS2RevenueAggregate.
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12. DoubleclickLTS2RevenueAggregatetoopentheLogicalTableSourcedialogbox.
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Resources 13. OntheColumnMappingstabmakesureshowmappedcolumnsisselectedandnotethecolumnmappings.The
RevenueandUnitslogicalcolumnsnowmaptocolumnsintwophysicaltables:F1RevenueandF2Revenue
Aggregate.
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14. LeavetheLogicalTableSourceLTS2RevenueAggregatedialogboxopen.
SetAggregateContent
1. ClicktheContenttab.
2. Setthefollowinglogicallevelsforthelogicaldimensions:
LogicalDimension LogicalLevel
H1Time Quarter
H2Product ProductTotal
H20Product ProductTotal
H3Customer CustomerTotal
H5SalesRep Total
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Explanation:Youaresettingaggregationcontentforthefacttabletothecorrespondinglevelsinthedimension
hierarchies.Inasubsequentstep,yousetsimilarlevelsfortheaggregatelogicaltablesourcefortheTime
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Quarter.Theresultis,whenauserqueriesagainstaparticularlevel,OracleBIServerwillknowtoaccessthe
Clickicontohideallscreenshots aggregatetablesinsteadofthedetailtables.
Forexample,ifauserqueriesfortotalsalesbyproductbyquarter,theserverwillaccesstheF2Revenue
Note:Alternatively,youcanclickanindividualicon Aggregatefacttableandthecorrespondingaggregatedimensiontable,D1TimeQuarterGrain.Ifauserqueries
foralevellowerthanthelevelspecifiedhere,forexampleMonthinsteadofQuarter,thentheserverwillaccessthe
detailtables(F1RevenueandD1Time).Ifauserqueriesforhigherlevel(yearinsteadofquarter)theaggregate
tableswillbeused,becausewheneveraqueryisrunagainstalogicallevelorabove,theaggregatetablesare
used.
4. DoubleclicktheLTS2TimeQuarterGrainlogicaltablesourcetoopentheLogicalTableSourcedialogbox.
5. OntheContenttab,setthelogicalleveltoQuarter.
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(orimage)associatedwitheachsteptoview(or 7. Savetherepositoryandcheckglobalconsistency.Fixanyerrorsorwarningsbeforeproceeding.

8. Closetherepository.LeavetheAdministrationToolopen.NotethatyoudidnotneedtochangethePresentation
layer.Youmadechangesinthebusinessmodelthatimpacthowqueriesareprocessedandwhichsourcesare
accessed.However,theuserinterfaceremainsthesame,sothereisnoneedtochangethePresentationlayer.
OracleBIServerwillautomaticallyusetheappropriatesourcesbasedontheuserquery.
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3. Createthefollowinganalysistotesttheaggregatetables.
Time.PerNameQuarter
BaseFacts.Revenue
4. ClickResults.
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TestingandValidatingaRepository 5. LeaveOracleBIopen.

Hierarchies 6. UseFMWControlEnterpriseManagertocheckthequerylog.Ifyouneedhelp,clickheretoreviewstepsfrom
CreatingLevelBasedMeasures earlierinthistutorial.

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SkippedLevelHierarchies 7. Inspectthelog.Noticethatthequeryusestheexpectedtables:D1TimeQuarterGrainandF2RevenueAggregate.
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8. ReturntoOracleBI.
9. ClickNew>Analysis>SampleSales.
10. Createthefollowinganalysistotesttheaggregatetables.
Time.PerNameYear
BaseFacts.Revenue
11. ClickResults.
12. ReturntoFMWControlEnterpriseManagertocheckthequerylog.Hint:ClicktheRefreshbuttontorefreshthelog.
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ThisisbecausePerNameYearisatahigherlevelthanPerNameQuarterinthelogicaldimensionhierarchy,so
theaggregatetablesarestillused.
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UsingAggregates 14. ReturntoOracleBI.

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Resources 15. ClickNew>Analysis>SampleSales.

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16. Createonemoreanalysistotesttheaggregatetables.
Time.PerNameMonth
BaseFacts.Revenue
17. ClickResults.
18. ReturntoFMWControlEnterpriseManagertocheckthequerylog.
PrintPreview 19. Inspectthelog.Noticethatthistimethequeryusesthedetailtables:D1TimeandF1Revenue.Thisisbecausethe

requesteddata(revenuebymonth)isatalowerlevelthanwhatiscontainedintheaggregatetables.The
CreatingaRepositoryUsingthe aggregatetablesdonotcontainthedataand,therefore,thedetailtablesareusedinthequery.Thisaggregate
navigationiscontrolledbytheaggregatecontentlevelsyousetinthelogicaltablesources.
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CreatingLogicalDimensionswithLevelBased 20. SignoutofOracleBI.LeaveFMWEnterpriseManageropen.
Hierarchies

Hierarchies UsingInitializationBlocksandVariables
SkippedLevelHierarchies Youcanusevariablesinarepositorytostreamlineadministrativetasksandmodifymetadatacontent
dynamicallytoadjusttoachangingdataenvironment.Avariablehasasinglevalueatanypointintime.
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VariablescanbeusedinsteadofliteralsorconstantsintheExpressionBuilderintheAdministrationToolorin
UsingInitializationBlocksandVariables enduseranalyses.Atruntime,OracleBIServersubstitutesthevalueofthevariable.
Inthissetofstepsyoucreateanewinitializationblock,CurrentPeriods,andthreenewdynamicrepository
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variablesCurrentYear,CurrentMonth,andCurrentDay.Youthenusethevariablesascolumnfiltersinan
Resources OracleBIanalysis.YouusetheVariableManagerintheAdministrationTooltodefinevariablesand
initializationblocks.
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CreateanInitializationBlock
Clickicontohideallscreenshots CreateVariables
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(orimage)associatedwitheachsteptoview(or CreateanInitializationBlock
1. OpentheBISAMPLErepositoryinofflinemode.
2. SelectManage>VariablestoopentheVariableManager.
3. SelectAction>New>Repository>InitializationBlock.
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4. NametheinitializationblockCurrentPeriods.
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5. ClicktheEditDataSourcebuttontoopentheRepositoryVariableInitializationBlockDataSourcedialogbox.
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6. ClicktheBrowsebuttontoopentheSelectConnectionPooldialogbox.
PrintPreview 7. DoubleclicktheConnectionPoolobjecttoselectit.
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UsingInitializationBlocksandVariables Theconnectionpoolisadded.
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8. EnterthefollowingSQLtodeterminethevalueofthecurrentday,month,andyearbyfindingthemaximumvalueof
theperiodkey(BILL_DAY_DT)inthefacttable:
SELECTCALENDAR_DATE,PER_NAME_MONTH,PER_NAME_YEARFROMBISAMPLE.SAMP_TIME_DAY_DWHERE
CALENDAR_DATE=(SELECTMAX(BILL_DAY_DT)FROMBISAMPLE.SAMP_REVENUE_F)
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UsingAggregates 9. ClickTestandconfirmtheexpectedresultsarereturned.
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10. ClosetheResultswindow.
11. ClickOKtoclosetheRepositoryVariableInitializationBlockDataSourcedialogbox.Checkyourwork:
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CreateVariables
1. ClickEditDataTargettoopentheRepositoryVariableInitializationBlockVariableTargetdialogbox.
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2. UsetheNewbuttontocreatethreenewvariables:CurrentDay,CurrentMonth,CurrentYear.Theorderis
CreatingaRepositoryUsingthe important.ThevaluereturnedfromthefirstcolumnintheinitializationblockSQL,CALENDAR_DATE,isassigned
totheCurrentDayvariable.Thevalueofthesecondcolumn,PER_NAME_MONTH,isassignedtoCurrentMonth
OracleBusinessIntelligence (thesecondvariable),andthevalueofthethirdcolumn,PER_NAME_YEAR,isassignedtoCurrentYear(thethird
AdministrationTool variable).Ifnecessary,usetheUpandDownbuttonstoarrangethevariables.
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Clickicontohideallscreenshots 3. ClickOKtoclosetheRepositoryVariableInitializationBlockVariableTargetdialogbox.

4. Leavethedefaultrefreshintervalsettoeveryhour.Thismeansthatthevariableswillbereinitializedeveryhour.
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5. ClicktheTestbuttonandchecktheresults:
Inthisexample,theresultsaredeterminedbythedatainthesampledatabaseusedforthistutorial,whichholds
datathroughDecember2010.
6. ClosetheResultswindow.
7. ClickOKtoclosetheRepositoryVariableInitializationBlockdialogbox.
8. CheckyourworkintheVariableManager:
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9. ClosetheVariableManager.
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(orimage)associatedwitheachsteptoview(or 11. Closetherepository.LeavetheAdministrationToolopen.

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2. ReturntoOracleBIandsignin.
3. Createthefollowinganalysistotestthevariables.
Time.PerNameYear
Time.PerNameMonth
Time.CalendarDate
BaseFacts.Revenue
4. ClickFilterforthePerNameYearcolumn.TheNewFilterdialogboxopens.
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CreatingLogicalDimensionswithRaggedand 6. IntheRepositoryVariablefield,enterCurrentYeartocreateafilterforthePerNameYearcolumnusingthe
SkippedLevelHierarchies CurrentYearrepositoryvariable.
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7. ClickOKtoclosetheNewFilterdialogbox.ThefilterisaddedtotheFilterspane.
8. RepeatthestepstoaddtheCurrentMonthandCurrentDayrepositoryvariablesasfiltersforPerNameMonth
andCalendarDatecolumns,respectively.
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9. ClickResultsandconfirmthatdataonlyforthecurrentyear,month,anddayisreturned(basedonthesampledata
set).
InthistopicyoucreatetimeseriescalculationmeasuresusingOracleBItimeseriesfunctions.
TimeseriesfunctionsincludeAGO,TODATE,andPERIODROLLING.ThesefunctionsletyouuseExpression
Buildertocallalogicalfunctiontoperformtimeseriescalculationsinsteadofcreatingaliasesforphysical
tablesandmodelinglogically.ThetimeseriesfunctionscalculateAGO,TODATE,andPERIODROLLING
functionsbasedonthecalendartablesinyourdatawarehouse,notonstandardSQLdatemanipulation
functions.
Tocreatetimeseriesmeasures,youperformthefollowingsteps:
IdentifyaLogicalDimensionasaTimeDimension
IdentifyLevelKeysasChronologicalKeys
CreateaMeasureUsingtheAGOFunction
CreateaMeasureUsingtheTODATEFunction
CreateaMeasureUsingthePERIODROLLINGFunction
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PrintPreview IdentifyaLogicalDimensionasaTimeDimension

OracleBusinessIntelligence 1. ReturntotheAdministrationToolandopentheBISAMPLErepositoryinofflinemode.
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2. IntheBMMlayer,doubleclicktheH1TimelogicaldimensiontoopentheLogicalDimensiondialogbox.
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3. IntheStructuresection,selectTime.
Timeseriesfunctionsoperateontimeorienteddimensions.Tousethesefunctionsonaparticulardimension,you
mustdesignatethedimensionasaTimedimension.
IdentifyLevelKeysasChronologicalKeys

1. ExpandtheH1TimelogicaldimensionanddoubleclicktheTimeDetailleveltoopentheLogicalLeveldialog
box.
2. ClicktheKeystab.
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3. SelecttheChronologicalKeycheckboxforCalendarDate.
4. ClickOKtoclosetheLogicalLeveldialogbox.
5. Repeatandsetchronologicalkeysforthefollowinglevels:
LogicalLevel ChronologicalKey
Year PerNameYear
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Quarter PerNameQtr
Month PerNameMonth
Week PerNameWeek
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Thistutorialcontainsthefollowingsections: Itisbestpracticetodesignateachronologicalkeyforeverylevelofatimelogicaldimension.
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1. RightclicktheF1RevenuelogicaltableandselectNewObject>LogicalColumn.
ofaRepository
2. OntheGeneraltab,namethecolumnMonthAgoRevenue.
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5. SelectFunctions>TimeSeriesFunctions>Ago.
6. ClickInsertselecteditemtoaddtheAgofunctiontotheExpressionBuilder.
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Clickicontohideallscreenshots 7. Click<<Measure>>intheexpression.
8. SelectLogicalTables>F1RevenueandthendoubleclickRevenuetoaddittotheexpression.
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CreatingTimeSeriesMeasures 9. Click<<Level>>intheexpression.
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10. SelectTimeDimensions>H1TimeandthendoubleclickMonthtoaddittotheexpression.
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CreatingTimeSeriesMeasures 11. Click<<NumberofPeriods>>andenter1.TheAgofunctionwillcalculatetheRevenuevalueonemonthbefore
thecurrentmonth.
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12. ClickOKtoclosetheExpressionBuilder.CheckyourworkintheLogicalColumndialogbox:
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13. ClickOKtoclosetheLogicalColumndialogbox.TheMonthAgoRevenuetimeseriesmeasureisaddedtotheF1
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14. DragtheMonthAgoRevenuelogicalcolumntotheBaseFactspresentationfolder.
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UsingAggregates CreateaMeasureUsingtheTODATEFunction
CreatingTimeSeriesMeasures 1. RightclicktheF1RevenuelogicaltableandselectNewObject>LogicalColumn.
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2. OntheGeneraltab,namethenewlogicalcolumnYearToDateRevenue.
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5. SelectFunctions>TimeSeriesFunctionsanddoubleclickToDatetoinserttheexpression.
6. Click<<Measure>>intheexpression.
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Clickicontohideallscreenshots 7. SelectLogicalTables>F1RevenueandthendoubleclickRevenuetoaddittotheexpression.
8. Click<<Level>>intheexpression.
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Clickicontohideallscreenshots 9. SelectTimeDimensions>H1TimeandthendoubleclickYeartoaddittotheexpression.
10. ClickOKtoclosetheExpressionBuilder.
11. CheckyourworkintheLogicalColumndialogbox:
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12. ClickOKtoclosetheLogicalColumndialogbox.
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13. DragtheYearToDateRevenuelogicalcolumntotheBaseFactspresentationfolder.
CreateaMeasureUsingthePERIODROLLINGFunction

1. RightclicktheF1RevenuelogicaltableandselectNewObject>LogicalColumn.
2. OntheGeneraltab,namethenewlogicalcolumnRevenue3PeriodRollingSum.
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5. SelectFunctions>TimeSeriesFunctionsanddoubleclickPeriodRollingtoinserttheexpression.
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CreatingTimeSeriesMeasures 6. Click<<Measure>>intheexpression.
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7. SelectLogicalTables>F1RevenueandthendoubleclickRevenuetoaddittotheexpression.
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CreatingTimeSeriesMeasures 8. Click<<StartingPeriodOffset>>intheexpression.
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9. Enter2.Thisidentifiesthefirstperiodintherollingaggregation.
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CreatingTimeSeriesMeasures 10. Click<<EndingPeriodOffset>>.
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11. Enter0.Thisidentifiesthelastperiodintherollingaggregation.
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Theseintegersaretherelativenumberofperiodsfromadisplayedperiod.Inthisexample,ifthequerygrainis
UsingAggregates month,the3monthrollingsumstartstwomonthsinthepast(2)andincludesthecurrentmonth(0).
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13. CheckyourworkintheLogicalColumndialogbox:
14. ClickOKtoclosetheLogicalColumndialogbox.
15. DragtheRevenue3PeriodRollingSumlogicalcolumntotheBaseFactspresentationfolder.
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16. Savetherepositoryandcheckconsistency.Fixanyerrorsorwarningsbeforeyouproceed.
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2. ReturntoOracleBIandsignin.
3. CreatethefollowinganalysistotestAGOandTODATEfunctions:
Time.PerNameMonth
Time.PerNameYear
BaseFacts.Revenue
BaseFacts.MonthAgoRevenue
BaseFacts.YeartoDateRevenue
4. Setthefollowingfilterfortheanalysis:
PerNameYearisequalto/isin2008.
5. ForthePerNameYearcolumn,selectColumnProperties>ColumnFormat>Hide.ThiswillpreventPerName
Yearfromdisplayingintheanalysisresults.
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6. SortPerNameMonthinascendingorder.
7. ClickResults.
MonthAgoRevenuedisplaysrevenuefromthepreviousmonth.YearToDateRevenuecalculatesarunningsum
ofrevenuefortheyearonamonthlybasis.
8. CreatethefollowingnewanalysisandfiltertotestthePERIODROLLINGfunctionatthemonthgrain:
Time.PerNameMonth
Time.PerNameYear
BaseFacts.Revenue
BaseFacts.Revenue3PeriodRollingSum
PerNameYearisequalto/isin2008
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9. ForthePerNameYearcolumn,selectColumnProperties>ColumnFormat>Hide.ThiswillpreventPerName
OracleBusinessIntelligence Yearfromdisplayingintheanalysisresults.
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Overview
Prerequisites
ofaRepository
Hierarchies
Hierarchies
UsingAggregates
Summary
Resources
ViewingScreenshots
10. SortPerNameMonthinascendingorder.
11. ClickResults.
Revenue3PeriodRollingSumiscalculatedbasedonthemonthgrain.
12. CreatethefollowingnewanalysisandfiltertotestthePERIODROLLINGfunctionattheyeargrain:
Time.PerNameYear
BaseFacts.Revenue
BaseFacts.Revenue3PeriodRollingSum
PrintPreview 13. SortPerNameYearinascendingorder.
AdministrationTool

Purpose 14. ClickResults.

TimetoComplete
Overview
Prerequisites
ofaRepository
BuildingthePresentationLayerofaRepository Revenue3PeriodRollingSumiscalculatedbasedontheyeargrain.AmeasurewiththePERIODROLLING
functioncalculatesresultsbasedonthequerygrain.
Hierarchies Summary
CreatingLevelBasedMeasures InthistutorialyoulearnedhowtobuildanOracleBImetadatarepositoryusingtheOracleBIAdministration
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UsingAggregates
UsingInitializationBlocksandVariables BuildthethreelayersofaOracleBIrepository
TestandvalidateanOracleBIrepository
Managelogicaltablesources
Summary Createsimplemeasuresandcalculationmeasures
Resources Createlogicaldimensionswithlevelbasedhierarchies
Createlevelbasedmeasures
Createlogicaldimensionswithparentchildhierarchies
ViewingScreenshots Createlogicaldimensionswithraggedandskippedlevelhierarchies
Useaggregatestoimprovequeryperformance
Useinitializationblocksandvariables
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ViewingScreenshots 11. ClicktheRestorePanebutton.Throughoutthistutorial,youreturntothisviewtocheckthequerylog.

Note:Alternatively,youcanclickanindividualicon 12. LeaveEnterpriseManageropen.

PrintPreview 11. Youshouldreceivethemessage:BISAMPLE.rpdalreadyexists.Doyouwanttoreplaceit?

ViewingScreenshots 11. ClickOKtocloseExpressionBuilder.NoticethattheformulaisaddedtotheLogicalColumndialogbox.

PrintPreview 14. Closetherepository.LeavetheAdminToolopen.

PrintPreview 13. ClickActivateChanges.

PrintPreview LogicalLevel LogicalLevelKey UseforDisplay

LogicalLevel LevelKey UseforDisplay

ViewingScreenshots CustomerCity City City Yes

LogicalTableSource LogicalDimension LogicalLevel

LTS1Revenue H2Product ProductDetail

ViewingScreenshots 10. RepeatthestepsandcreatethefollowinganalysistotesttheCustomershierarchy:

Name LogicalDimension LogicalLevel

ViewingScreenshots 11. Click<<expr>>.

PrintPreview 18. Savetherepository.Checkconsistency.Youshouldreceivethefollowingmessage.

Clickicontohideallscreenshots Product Product Product Yes

ProductDetail ProductNumber ProductNumber No

PrintPreview SAMP_REVENUE_FA2 F2RevenueAggregate

PrintPreview 19. Inspectthelog.Noticethatthistimethequeryusesthedetailtables:D1TimeandF1Revenue.Thisisbecausethe

PrintPreview Half PerNameHalf

PrintPreview 13. SortPerNameYearinascendingorder.

Purpose 14. ClickResults.

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