Ability to send output to FTP server via Private Access Channel (PAC)

Question

In OBIEE BI publisher could FTP output to ftp server to be used by other business processes, however this functionality doesn't appear to work from BI Publisher in OACS when we try to connect to a FTP service using OCI VCN url or IP address even though the OACS via the private access channel.

We have a large global customer, who runs hundreds of reports a day using this process which fails in Analytics cloud.

Sumanth V -Oracle · Accepted Answer

@Melanie' - Welcome to the Oracle Analytics Community!

Currently, connecting to an FTP server via PAC (Private Access Channel) is not supported. An Idea/Enhancement Request has already been created for this functionality:

https://community.oracle.com/products/oracleanalytics/discussion/10429/use-pac-to-reach-all-private-cloud-and-on-premise-services-ftp-smtp-etc

* Kindly upvote the idea and share your business justification so that Product Management can review and consider it in future releases.

* As an alternative to FTP, Oracle Analytics now supports sending Publisher output to OCI Object Storage. You can configure this feature as a workaround for your requirement. For details refer the below document:

https://docs.oracle.com/en/cloud/paas/analytics-cloud/acabi/set-delivery-destinations.html#GUID-255CE481-A1E6-427D-863B-AAD0B2B735EC

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