1) Metadata Layer: Repository,RPD:interface with Warehouse /OLAP or sometime OLT

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2) UI: Webcat:reports,dashboard,ibots,filets,prompts
SOurce/Legacy Systems/OLTP---->Warehouse/OLAP system-------->OBIEE repository(me
tadata layer)--------->UI(Webcat)
A) Repository:-
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1) interface with metadata
2) create a ODBC connection or TNS entry for that data source..through RPD use t
hat ODBC or tns entry to access metadata or warehouse
3) 3 Layers: Physcial,Business and Model,Presentation
PHysical: Import the metadata,create connection pool(contain connection details
of the data source),create phycial joins between dim and fact tables,Alias
BMM: insert business logics and create logical dimension and fact tables,logical
or complex joins,dimensional hierarchy
Presentation: you design the tables and columns and create presentation catalog
B)UI(Webcat):-
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Subject Area=Presentation Catalog of presentation layer
Answers: You create reports here
Subject Area: Each business process should have a subject area and its a combina
tion of tables and columns.And name and structure of the
subject area is exactly same like prersenataion layer catalog
Dashboard: container of reports
Filters: to filter out data in reports
Prompts: TO enable users provide the query criteria
ibots: schedule the jobs
C) Servers:-
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Oracle BI Server: Takes care of the repository/metadata/rpd layer
Oracle BI Presentation Services: UI
Oracle BI Scheduler server: Ibots
Oracle BI CLuster Services:Cluster Architecture
Application Server: Oc4j:oracle container for Java-->Webshepehre or Tomcat Apach
e for this

D) Folder Structures:-
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Oracle BI: WHich is having all the componenets of Repository/RPD/Meatdata layer:
Oracle BI server
Oracle BI data Folder: which takes care of all the UI/webcatalog/webcat objects:
Oracle Bi Presentation Services
E) BI Publisher: Pixel Perfect Reporting
Repository Online and Offline:-
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repository are nothing but files and you can create multiple repositories.But at
a time only one repository can be online.
Online mode: you can see the content of the repository in UI
Conditions:-
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1) Oracle Bi server must be running

2) Repository should be inside c:/oracle BI/server/repository folder

3) The name should be mentioned in NQSconfig.INI file

Offline Mode: 1) Oracle Bi server is not running

2) Particular repository name is not mentioned in NQSconfig.ini