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OBIEE - BI report

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  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Rank 2 - Community Beginner

    Thanks @Sherry George - do we call you "Sherry" or "George" by the way, it's always a bit embarassing when replying to someone and the going "Hi LastName"

  • Sherry George
    Sherry George Rank 7 - Analytics Coach

    You can call me Sherry. I already took the liberty to use your first name (with all the respect, just a matter of cultural differences and a little bit of the awkwardness you mentioned)

    Thanks,

    Sherry

  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Rank 2 - Community Beginner

    Cool I'm fine with people using my first name. As you said in terms of culture it's a bit strange for many "western people" (whatever that means) to be called by their last name.

  • user630977
    user630977 Rank 3 - Community Apprentice

    Christian,

    You really need to first read the question and then answer. I did mentioned OBIEE - BI and I am in the OBIEE forum and not BI. This is my 4th topic on this forum. You are always the first one to reply and most of the time, you have no idea what you are talking. Yes, you need to attend some schooling. You might be an Hero in this forum but its quality and not quantity. All the best.  Thanks to Sherry Goerge.

  • user630977
    user630977 Rank 3 - Community Apprentice

    Thank you very much for taking time and replying back to me. Really appreciate your time.

  • user630977
    user630977 Rank 3 - Community Apprentice

    This OBIEE - BI reporting tool has lots of limitation. The BI Publisher has more choices.  I can do the same in analysis which is a part of OBIEE.

  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Rank 2 - Community Beginner 
    user630977 wrote: I did mentioned OBIEE - BI and I am in the OBIEE forum and not BI.

    Wow. Read this again. And then smile like I just did. What do you think "BI" stands for?

    "OBIEE" = Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition

    "BI" = Business Intelligence

    Now "BIP" on the other hand means "Business Intelligence Publisher". So if you are having issues with product names and being precise about it we're also here to help you with that. If on the other hand you just want to be imprecise and rant if you're getting called out on it...that's another issue.

    A BI Publisher "Report" is an object type in the integrated web catalog. An OBIEE "Analysis" is an object type in the integrated web catalog.

    Many people use these terms extremely vague and interchangeably which causes problems in many threads. So yes my response was geared towards clearing things up and only after several posts Sherry himself went "ok, so it looks like you are using BI publisher reporting." Simply because you were not being precise. Simple.

  • Gianni Ceresa
    Gianni Ceresa Mod

    Hi,

    You got the answer to your needs by @Sherry George above but as you seem a bit confused on what tool you are using I guess it's worth replacing pieces correctly in their context (as it will make things easier both for you asking things or others understanding what you ask).

    user630977 wrote:In OBIEE you can design create report using the Analysis(pick up and choose the column from the Presentation Layer)and also you can write SQL statements using JDBC connections. Here you had to attach your own template. Once template and the sql is ready, then you can create hyperlinks. I was having issues if I jump from Summary report to Detail report.

    That's not totally true and bits are missing ...

    So OBIEE is a set of tools in a way: Answers, VA (or DV), BIP

    The all share some pieces like data (the RPD model) and security and then have their own extra bits.

    What you call Analysis is actually Answers, it hasn't a real name as it is what people identify OBIEE with in general.

    As others said you are actually using BIP (BI Publisher), if you look at the pages when you create one of your reports you will see they are just frames pointing to /xmlpserver links which is where BIP is.

    And define BIP as "you can write SQL statements using JDBC connections" is missing quite a lot of what BIP is and can do: MDX against multidimensional sources, use Answers as base for reports etc.

    So definitely worth to review the architecture of the tool you are using to better understand what you actually have in front of view.

    For the comments about Christian's quality or knowledge ... send a mail to Mayor Jay Tibshraeny, he will definitely do something for it (maybe get Christian in to deliver a training about the architecture of the tool?).

    As you said you got your answer can you please close the thread? For now it's still This question is Not Answered.. Mark as required and close it so it can really be useful to other users as with 2 pages nobody will read it completely ...

  • Sherry George
    Sherry George Rank 7 - Analytics Coach

    Was hoping to stay out of this. Completely agree with Christian. People use these terms vaguely and you take guesses because you have seen it before,

    @user630977 Calm down, it may be your fourth post, but that doesn't mean anything. Christian is one of the best, take a tour of the forum and you would see how many people he has helped with his expertise. You should definitely read the community FAQs. Criticisms, take it on the chin and move on and trust me, you would definitely appreciate him and others further down the road.

  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Rank 2 - Community Beginner

    Thank you Sherry. I wish I could "Like" this 1000 times.