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Oracle Business Intelligence (OBI) Publisher Data Model (XDMZ file) - Beta - Import

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Bridge Specifications

Vendor Oracle
Tool Name Oracle Business Intelligence (OBI) Publisher Data Model (XDMZ file)
Tool Version 11.0 to 12c
Tool Web Site http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/middleware/bi-foundation/overview/index.html
Supported Methodology [Business Intelligence] BI Design (RDBMS Source, Dimensional Target, Transformation Lineage, Expression Parsing) via XDMZ File
Data Profiling
Incremental Harvesting
Multi-Model Harvesting
Remote Repository Browsing for Model Selection

SPECIFICATIONS
Tool: Oracle / Oracle Business Intelligence (OBI) Publisher Data Model (XDMZ file) version 11.0 to 12c via XDMZ File
See http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/middleware/bi-foundation/overview/index.html
Metadata: [Business Intelligence] BI Design (RDBMS Source, Dimensional Target, Transformation Lineage, Expression Parsing)
Component: OracleBIPublisherDataModel version 11.2.0

OVERVIEW
Imports an Oracle Business Intelligence Publisher data model.

REQUIREMENTS
n/a

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
n/a

LIMITATIONS
Refer to the current general known limitations at MIMB Known Limitations or bundled in Documentation/ReadMe/MIMBKnownLimitations.html

SUPPORT
Provide a troubleshooting package with debug log. Debug log can be set in the UI or in conf/conf.properties with MIR_LOG_LEVEL=6


Bridge Parameters

Parameter Name Description Type Values Default Scope
Data Model file Specify the Oracle BI Publisher data model to import with .XDMZ or .XDM extension.
The .XDMZ file is a zip archive and contains all related data model files (XDM, ...)

You can use the BI Publisher web UI to download such .XDMZ file, for example:
* connect with a web browser to URL like: http://hostname:9502/xmlpserver/
* navigate through the catalog folders and select a datamodel
* the UI offers a download action for the datamodel in XDMZ format

You can also use the BI Publisher catalog command line utility (BIPCatalogUtil) to download such .XDMZ file, for example:
* The BI Publisher catalog utility installation location depends on your version.
For version 11.x it may be in ORACLE_HOME/clients/bipublisher/BIPCatalogUtil/bin
For version 12.x it may be in ORACLE_HOME/clients/bip/bin
* You may need to edit the following XML configuration file with a text editor: config/xmlp-client-config.xml
Specify the URL to connect to the Publisher server, e.g. http://hostname:9502/xmlpserver/
Specify the username and password to connect
* start a command prompt window (CMD)
* run the BIPCatalogUtil command line utility with such parameters:
BIPCatalogUtil.cmd -export catalogpath=/path/TheDataModel.xdm target=/path/TheDataModel.xdmz extract=false

Please refer to Oracle documentation for details:
https://docs.oracle.com/en/middleware/bi/analytics-server/administer-publisher-oas/overview.html
FILE
*.xdmz
*.xdm
  Mandatory
Data Sources file Specify the datasources.xml file which defines Oracle BI Publisher data source connections.
This file is stored in your Oracle BI Publisher installation directory at: /Admin/DataSource/datasources.xml
The exact location of the file depends on your version and configuration, see examples below.

For versions 10.x, it may be at:
Oracle_Home/xmlpserver/Admin/DataSource/datasources.xml
Oracle_Home/xmlp/XMLP/Admin/DataSource/datasources.xml

For versions 11.x, it may be at:
Oracle_Home/user_projects/domains/bifoundation_domain/config/bipublisher/repository/Admin/DataSource/datasources.xml

For versions 12.x, it may be at:
Oracle_Home/user_projects/domains/bi/bidata/components/bipublisher/repository/Admin/DataSource/datasources.xml
Oracle_Home/user_projects/domains/bi/config/fmwconfig/biconfig/bipublisher/Admin/DataSource/datasources.xml
FILE *.xml    
Miscellaneous Specify miscellaneous options identified with a -letter and, if applicable, a value.
-r to remove the report pages and their graphical structure

STRING      

 

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