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Customizing Oracle Login Page with new logo and background image in OBIEE 12.2.1.3
Dear Gurus,
I am trying to customize the OBIEE 12.2.1.3 Analytics Login page and Home page.
My Requirements are as below:
Login Page/ Logout Page: New Logo, New Background Image, Custom Message to Users informing about future scheduled changes
Home Page: New Logo, New Branding Message
I am unable to progress due to lack of proper steps and proper defined information.
I have tried to folllow Gianni's document (https://gianniceresa.com/2016/12/obiee-12c-custom-style-ear-file ) and Oracle's DOC ID: 2131220.1 , but I am getting stuck at one place or two.
Post completion of all steps, when I am trying to activate the changes, I am getting error message like:
An error occurred during activation of changes, please see the log for details.
The EAR file 
\OBIEE12cDEVInt\user_projects\domains\bi\bidata\components\OBIPS\bicustom.ear has no META-INF/application.xml and no modules could be found in it
I am not sure where I am missing.
Also, as per document, this will help me change the logo, but I am not sure how to go ahead with Background Change and Custom Message, Branding Message.
Request you GURUS to kindly guide me in the right direction.
Answers
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I don't see how you can get a wrong bicustom.ear as long as you do not destroy it but just replace what you want to replace.
Take the provided sample file, open it and look inside, you find "bicustom.war" and a "META-INF" folder. All you have to do is to edit the "bicustom.war" with what you want and then pack everything back again into bicustom.ear. When I say "pack everything" it means everything: do not forget the META-INF folder, if it was there before your changes it still need to be there after.
For details on how to pack and unpack things you better check Google on how to zip and unzip.
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One of the key reasons why the /analyticsRes approach is a lot better...
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Hello Gianni,
I have followed exactly the same steps that you have specified in your blog.
Also, I double checked and the "application.xml" file was present in the outermost "META-INF" folder. However, the same was missing from the inner "META-INF" (bicustom.war) folder.
I'm not sure if this is the expected one.
Detailed Process I followed:
1. Unzip bicustom.ear file -- "META-INF" and "bicustom.war" files
2. Unzip "bicustom.war" -- "META-INF", "res" and "WEB-INF" folders
3. Update "file-map.xml" and "s_Custom" folder with desired changes (currently, I replaced the oracle-logo.png file only) under "res" folder
4. Zip all 3 folders: "META-INF", "res" and "WEB-INF" together in "bicustom.war"
5. Zip "META-INF" and "bicustom.war" files as "bicustom.ear" file and then start the deployment in CONSOLE
Post packing all the files using 7-Zip File Manager, I checked again and all the files seem contact. I don't think that this is not the correct process.
Please correct me if my process is going out of the way in any step.
@Christian: I'm not sure about the process you stated. Is it possible for you to describe it or guide me in the right direction with some document or links?
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It's the initial way of doing things that came along with 11g in its early days and frankly it beats the ear/war one hands down.
Gianni re-blogged it beginning of this year: https://gianniceresa.com/2017/02/obiee-12c-custom-style-using-shared-folder/
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Well ... the process looks right on the paper, but if Weblogic complains something must be wrong.
Sure it can be Weblogic itself (I kind of try to stay away from Windows installs as I like to avoid issues).
For sure bicustom.ear with 12.2.1.3 works as I deployed one 2 days ago and logo and colors appears as expected based on the custom style.
And yes, if you don't have reasons to need and want to use the EAR file you better go for the shared folder approach.
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Definitely, I will give it a try... I have checked your second blog as well ...
Can you please help me understand how can I customize the login background page as well? I want to keep some images as my login background plus some scheduled-activity message for my users. How can I achieve this?
I tried to modify the "texture.png" image file to change the background, but no luck.
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It mainly depend what is the login page you are using in your 12.2.1.3 (there are 2 login page: the normal one and the lightweight SSO which is enabled by default).
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Hello Gianni,
I am mainly looking for customizing the general login page...
(Though I am not restricted for that only... I can explore other login SSO as well with your kind guidance... )
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"general" isn't really explicit ... "general" as the general login page OBIEE had for the last 5+ years? or "general" as the one you got out of the box when installed the tool?
Post the link of the page or a screenshot to be fixed on which one you want to customize as one is easy, the other one is shitty ...
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Hello Gianni,
I am trying to customize the default login page that comes post installation of OBIEE 12.2.1.3.
Please see below the screenshot of my login page:
Here I want to change the logo "ORACLE" with my customized organization's logo.
Also, I am trying to change the blank background with some images from my organization itself.
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