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OBIEE 11.1.1.6.9 bundle patch released

Just found that Oracle has released the bundle patch (11.1.1.6.9) for OBIEE. The details of the patch are posted on the Oracle blog and the details are below: Bundled Patch Details (1 of 7) Oracle Business Intelligence Installer. Tracking Bug  16287811 (2 of 7) Oracle Real Time Decisions. Tracking Bug 16287778 (3 of 7) Oracle Business […]

Modeling Microsoft Excel source in OBIEE 11g

Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition (OBIEE) supports many types of file sources as the data source. Some of the compatible file sources with OBIEE are: 1. Microsoft Excel workbooks. 2. Microsoft Access databases. 3. Delimited text files (.csv and .txt). 4. XML data sources. We will be discussing Excel data source in more detail in […]

Healthcare Cost Crises – The Solution is Not Simple

One of the premier topics when discussing healthcare costs is the enormous burden of cost and the related percentage of GDP consumed by the management and treatment of patients. Unfortunately, the complexities of an underlying solution are not limited to a pre-defined methodology that will improve outcomes while diminishing inefficiencies. Rather, the underlying solution is […]

Health Exchanges Need More Emphasis

No one likes to be sick, but it is encouraging that so much information is at our fingertips to help understand our ailments and more importantly how we can prevent becoming ill in the first place. The Internet is not enough though… Last fall, I experienced a circumstance related to the care of my elderly […]

Sample Integration – OBIEE with Portal

Before We Begin Integrating OBIEE and Portal has been tricky due the lack of publicly available OBIEE documentation on the HtmlViewService, therefore, I wanted to write this post to describe the implementation of an OBIEE Chart portlet and provide a sample implementation.   I will cover some of the lessons learned and provide solutions to issues […]

Handy OBIEE Tricks: Making use of the CHOOSE function to cut back on reports

OBIEE’s CHOOSE function is one of the handiest tools to cut back on the overall number of reports needed. Yet for all its handiness it’s not very well known or used despite the fact that there are abundant examples in the vanilla product. Here is not only how to use it, but some tips and […]

Integrating OBIEE with Portal

We are going to be spending some time focusing on integration.  Inevitably people ask, “But can you integrate with product x, y, or z?”  Our answers is almost always yes with a lot of qualification.  Everyone wants out of the box integration that just works but no vendor ever really has a good answer.  Because […]

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