August 31, 2010
OBIEE 11g : New Features
Much awaited requirement :
Now create analysis (requests) from multiple subject areas which are related to each other.
August 29, 2010
Are We Going Back?
Flat File Vs XML
Those who worked in COBOL language, DBase or any other language to store the data in a DAT file, will know about that, the file can be opened from its location and the data can be views(unlike the data stored in a database). This DAT file will have an heading as the first row and the other rows are the data corresponding to each column.
If the same file is compared with and XML file, the data will be stored in the same column style but with in tags.
So, it can be compared with a flat DAT file with the data being enclosed in TAGs.
Dumb Terminals Vs Thin Client
Similarly, in old days, the server was a powerful system and dumb terminals (clients) were connected to the server from diff locations. The clients will send every request/operation to the server and the Sever will send the results back which was effecting the network traffic.
Later, in place of the dumb terminals, a smart client was introduced which can do the processing at the client place itself if the process/request does not require any server interaction or any information from the server. So the client, intelligently, decides whether it can server the request or not there by reducing the network traffic.
Now, the concept of Thin Client came in, where the clever client is replaced by a thin client whose price is very less compared to the smart client. Again its a trade-off between the network traffic and the price of the client. But the point here is, they have gone back to the old style of dumb client/terminal.
August 27, 2010
Dhee 4 : Finals : Who Will Be The Winner?
Again, the Dhee team showed the Power of Power by not declaring the winner. They simply want to drag the show.
But, we think they are forgetting one thing. In the busy and mechanical world, we don’t think people kept in suspense for such results. We are sure, they might have forgot about this show till the next time. When the next episode starts, then only they will be interested in the results. Till that time, we are sure 99.99% of the people will not be thinking about the results.
Any how, the performance by Bhavya and Anusha were excellent. We are sure, Sai Pallavi may perform like that, with the heavy and mass movements.
Now what we think is, Bhavya may emerge as the winner or it could be TIE between Bhavya and Anusha
OBIEE 11g : New Feature : Archive – Unarchive : A Powerful Way To Export And Import The Objects
I am sure, in Answers/Dashboards, most othe OBIEE 10g requests developers would have faced a common issue of copying all their objects from one folder to another folder, one environment to another environment (in the developing stage) etc.
If you got the access to the system in which the Catalog is stored then, these action are very easy. But how to do it in Dashboard catalog.
OBIEE 11g came up with a solution for this problem. Archive and Unarchive. In Archive you can archive (export)a folder with diff objects to the local file system. The the archived file can be unarchived (imported) into another folder. So simple… isn’t it?
Archiving
First, select the folder which needs to be archived. For ex, we want to archive Sample Lite folder.
Now, click on the Archive link, which will open a dialog box with some options for the archiving. These options will be discussed in the coming posts.
After clicking OK button, a dialog box will appear asking where the catalog to be saved. Select the desired location and save the file.
Unarchiving
Select the folder into which the archived (exported) filed needs to be unarchived (imported). In our example, we are going to unarchive the Sample Lite folder into a Test folder. Then click on the Unarchive link.
The Unarchive dialog box will appear which allows us to select the file which needs to be unarchived into the currently selected folder ( in our example, its Test).
Select the appropriate archive file name and click on OK (The other available options will be discussed in the coming posts).
OBIEE will unarchive the file into the selected folder.
See, how easily the folders can be copied from one folder to another folder with going into the file system.
OBIEE 11g : Home Page Option
OBIEE 11g came up with a new option called “Home” which is like one page to create new object (like dashboard, analysis, reports), see the recently visited or most populate objects etc.
OBIEE 11g : First Look
Have the first look at OBIEE 11g in Dashboard and Catalog (previously Answers)
Login Screen
Once, you are logged in, you will be taken to your “My Dashboard” which will be empty in the beginning.
Click on the “Edit” link to create the dashboard in the dashboard editor.
Dhee 4 : Finals : 25-Aug-2010 : Sai Pallavi Eliminated: Bhavya and Anusha are in Grand Finale
Here is the shocker. Sai Pallavi eliminated. Well, no doubt that, she is a good dancer but, in a competition you need to perform constantly otherwise you will be out of the competition. The same thing happened with Sai.
Now it will be Bhavya and Anusha who will be competing for the 1kg gold in the Grand Finale. Both are also good dancers. Let the best win the title.
All the best to the finalists.
August 24, 2010
Viswanathan Anand Insulted
Grand master Vishwanathan Anand insulted in Hyderabad. Hyderabad Central University wanted to award the doctorate degree to the grand master and the proposal was sent to the HRD ministry. But the HRD ministry objected the award as there was some conflict over the Anand’s as Anand also got the Citizenship from Sweden.
The University told Anand that, next week he will get the award. However, its heard that, Anand rejected their offer after the insult.
August 23, 2010
OBIEE 11g : First Look at (Catalog) Answers
At last, I got a chance to log into OBIEE 11g dashboards and here is the first look at the Catalog (previously Answers)
Itsourteamwork : More 'WE' Less 'I' 