Sample Sales Reengineering in OBIEE 11g

This is one of our documents from OBIEE for Beginners series. The document shows how to rebuild the sample sales rpd, reports and dashboard shipped with OBIEE10g. The Sample Sales RPD, Reports and Dashboard is designed such a way that it covers all the import features of OBIEE. The document contents the BEST technique to learn OBIEE Repository Building. Join our professional training program to learn OBIEE from the experts.

History: Version 0.1 0.1 Description Change Initial Draft 1st Review Author Hitesh Mankar Amit Sharma Publish Date 10th Jan 2011 10th Jan 2011

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Table of Contents
1. Understanding the Data Model

Dimension and Fact Tables details Relationship Diagram

2. Building Physical Layer

Importing Metadata from Sources Creating Alias Tables Creating Physical Model

3. Building BMM layer Creating Logical Dimension Table Creating Logical Table Sources (Multiple) Creating Dimension Hierarchies Creating Simple Measures Creating Repository Variables Creating Time series Measures Creating Rolling Measures Creating Level Based Measures Creating Derived Measures Creating Business Model Diagram

4. Building Presentation Layer Creating Presentation Catalogues Creating Presentation Tables Creating Presentation Columns

5. Testing and Validating Repository Configuring RPD Creating Request View Logical Query

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1. Understanding the Data Model Here Samplsales is a relational database exists into SQL Server 2005 database, Comes with Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition 10.1.3.4.1 as one of the sample schemas in xml format. Below are the details of databases with their dimension tables, fact tables and relationship diagram at source level.

Samplesales relationship diagram1

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Samplesales relationship diagram2

Samplesales2 relationship diagram 1

2.Building Physical Layer

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Importing Metadata from Sources 1. Create a New Repository go to Start Programs Oracle Business Intelligence BI Administration. Click yes if you want to import metadata now or select No to create a blank repository. Enter password for this repository.

2. Now got to File Import Metadata, Import samplesales1 schema from data source. Select Connection Type, DSN for the database, enter username and password of the database or source.

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3. Select the Metadata types you want to import

4. Select tables from the database which you want to import.

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5. Verify the imported tables into physical layer.

7. Now similarly using the above steps import the another schema samplesales2, using samplesales2 DSN and verify into physical layer. Select tables to import.

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7. Again verify the new imported schema into physical layer.

8. Creating Alias Tables Select a table Right Click New Object Alias. Give a name for this new alias table and save it.

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9. Follow below details to create Alias tables, using original tables from data source and define keys for each Alias table as shown in screen shot.

10. Create join relationship between tables to Build Physical Diagram for both schemas. Right click on the schema and select Physical Diagram Objects and All joins. Use Create New Join button to join tables.

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11. Go to Manage select Join. Select Physical to review all the relationships into physical layer.

12. See the first tab Alias Physical Layer of samplesales metadata details excel sheets for more details about alias tables, keys and joins.

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