OBIEE 12C

New Features and Changes for Oracle BI EE

12c (12.2.1)

"Invoking WLST From a Single Location"

(UNIX) ORACLE_HOME/oracle_common/common/bin/wlst.sh
(Windows) ORACLE_HOME\oracle_common\common\bin\wlst.cmd

"Oracle Home Location Redefined and No Middleware Home"

"OPMN is No Longer Used in Fusion Middleware"

"Oracle Web Cache Not Part of Fusion Middleware"

"Moving From Test To Production is Carried Out in a Different Way"

"New Commands For Process Control"

"Managing Metadata In Business Intelligence Archive Files"

"Single Enterprise Install"

"Changes to Scaling Out"

"Simplified Configuration"

"Managing System Component Instances Using Commands"

"Collecting Diagnostic Bundles"

System Administrator's Guide:

http://docs.oracle.com/middleware/1221/biee/BIESG/toc.htm
Migration Guide : http://docs.oracle.com/middleware/1221/core/BIMIG.pdf
System Administrator's Guide:
https://docs.oracle.com/middleware/1221/biee/BIESG.pdf

File locations and meanings

he file locations in OBIEE12c are very different from previous versions. I'll update this page when I find
something I consider interesting.

First few naming conventions:

I installed OBIEE and Weblogic under d:\MWHOME12.
ORACLE_HOME would be the installation Directory. (In my case d:\MWHOME12\).
BI_DOMAIN, sometimes called DOMAIN_HOME is ORACLE_HOME/user_projects/domains/bi (in my
case it is D:\MWHOME12\user_projects\domains\bi).

SDD (Singelton Data Directory) is DOMAIN_HOME/bidata (for one host installation). (In my case it is
D:\MWHOME12\user_projects\domains\bi\bidata).

The catalog is located by default at SDD/service_instances/ssi/metadata/content/catalog

(In my case it is
D:\MWHOME12\user_projects\domains\bi\bidata\service_instances\ssi\metadata\content\catalog).
The Repository is (sort of) in SDD/service_instances\ssi\metadata\datamodel\customizations (In my case
it is
D:\MWHOME12\user_projects\domains\bi\bidata\service_instances\ssi\metadata\datamodel\customizatio
ns).
The entire handling of Repository and Catalog is different in 12c and is handled via BAR files. More about
it later.

Configuration files are located under BI_DOMAIN/config/fmwconfig/biconfig

(In my case D:\MWHOME12\user_projects\domains\bi\config\fmwconfig\biconfig)
Each in it's folder. For example:
instaceconfig.xml is in BI_DOMAIN/config/fmwconfig/biconfig/OBIPS
NQSConfig.ini

in BI_DOMAIN/config/fmwconfig/biconfig/OBIS

LOGS: Are in BI_DOMAIN/servers, each in his folder. For example sawlog.log is under
BI_DOMAIN/servers/obips1/logs. All the logs are located in the same place, including Adminserver logs.
Not only the logs are here. You will found tmp, cache and other folders as well.

Most executable scripts are located in BI_DOMAIN/bitools/bin

(D:\MWHOME12\user_projects\domains\bi\bitools\bin, in my case).

The start and stop scripts are here and also the script that collects diagnostic for Oracle Support
(diagnostic_dump.cmd for Windows and diagnostic_dump.sh for Linux).
WebLogic Scripting tool (wlst.cmd / wlst.sh) is located in Oracle_Home/oracle_common/common/bin
(D:\MWHOME12\oracle_common\common\bin in my case.)

2) http://deliverbi.blogspot.co.at/
12c is using a local TNS in Online Mode and Offline Mode and not using the TNS_ADMIN on a windows
machine.
However you can view the data in the tables within the RPD( Weird huh) as it using the network
tnsnames.ora

Anyway goto the OBIEE Administration tool installation location and paste a tnsnames.ora file.
Steps: goto the OBIEE Administration tool installation location
[OBIEE Installation Directory]\Oracle_Home\network
Create a Directory called admin
Then within that paste a valid tnsnames.ora file.
Restart the BI Administration tool and everything works as it should ie creating tables from DB.

3) http://docs.oracle.com/middleware/1221/core/BIMIG.pdf

1. Open the repository in offline mode.

a. Change to the following directory on the 12c system: DOMAIN_HOME/bitools/bin/
Replace the DOMAIN_HOME with the actual Domain home on your 12c system.
b. Run the following command:
sh data-model-cmd.sh downloadrpd u uname p pwd o downloaded.rpd w
rpd_password -SI ssi

Where,
-o is the output RPD
-w rpd_password is the RPD password, say Admin123
c. Open the downloaded repository offline in the BI Administration Tool, which you
installed with the client installer.
2. Complete the following steps:
a. From the Manage menu in the BI Administration Tool, select Variables.
b. In the Variable Manager dialog, from the Action menu, select Session, then
Initialization Blocks.
c. In the Variable Initialization Block dialog, locate DYNAMIC_OLAP_LOGIN.
d. Open the DYNAMIC_OLAP_LOGIN properties, and uncheck the Required for
Authentication checkbox. e. Click Apply and save the repository.
3. Open the repository in online mode using the uploadrpd command.
DOMAIN_HOME/bitools/bin/data-model-cmd.sh uploadrpd u uname p pwd i
downloaded.rpd w rpd_password

Notes:
I specifies name of the repository.
W specifies the repositorys password.
U specifies a valid users name to be used for Oracle BI EE authentication.
P specifies the password corresponding to the users name that you specified for U.
SI specifies the name of the service instance.
To Stop All Services
Cd C:\FMW122\Middleware\Oracle_Home\user_projects\domains\bi\bitools\bin
C:\FMW122\Middleware\Oracle_Home\user_projects\domains\bi\bitools\bin> stop.cmd -all
To manually starting important services
First set domain environment then start weblogic
Execute setDomainEnv.cmd
Cd C:\FMW122\Middleware\Oracle_Home\user_projects\domains\bi\setDomainEnv.cmd
Execute startWebLogic.cmd
Cd C:\FMW122\Middleware\Oracle_Home\user_projects\domains\bi\ startWebLogic.cmd

WebLogic Console
Fusion Middleware Control
BI Publisher
Visual Analyzer
BI Analytics

http://<your_host>:9500/console
http://<your_host>:9500/em
http://<your_host>:9502/xmlpserver
http://<your_host>:9502/va
ttp://<your_host>:9502/analytics

OBIEE new path to executables and scripts

Start|Stop|Status scripts

[ORACLE_HOME]/user_projects/domains/bi/bitools/bin - stop.sh | start.cmd | start.cmd |status.cmd

[ORACLE_HOME]/bi/lib/bi-bar.jar (CreateBIArchive java executable)

[ORACLE_HOME]/bi/bifoundation/server/bin/
[ORACLE_HOME]/bi/migration-tool/jlib/bi-migration-tool.jar OBI11g to OBIEE12c migration tool.

OBI Server, Scheduler , ClusterController executables

Catalog manager
[ORACLE_HOME]/user_projects/domains/bi/bitools/bin/runcat.sh

Javahost
[ORACLE_HOME]/bi/modules/oracle.bi.cam.obijh/startOBIJH.cmd

Java applications (xmlpserver.ear, analytics.ear etc)

[ORACLE_HOME]/bi/bifoundation/jee/

BI presentation service executable

[ORACLE_HOME]/bi/bifoundation/web/bin/ sawserver

Repository file and web catalog

[ORACLE_HOME]/user_projects/domains/bi/bidata/service_instances/ssi/metadata

Log files

[ORACLE_HOME]/user_projects/domains/bi/servers/obis1/logs/

Weblogic

Administration Server: [ORACLE_HOME]/user_projects/domains/bi/servers

Managed Server: [ORACLE_HOME]/user_projects/domains/bi/servers

System Components

OBI Server: [ORACLE_HOME]/user_projects/domains/bi/servers/obis1/logs Presentation Server:

[ORACLE_HOME]/user_projects/domains/bi/servers/obips1/logs

Catalog Manager:
/ORACLE_HOME]/user_projects/domains/bi/servers/obips1/logs/catalogmanager
Scheduler: [ORACLE_HOME]/user_projects/domains/bi/servers/obisch1/logs

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JavaHost: [ORACLE_HOME]/user_projects/domains/bi/servers/obijh1/logs

ClusterController: [ORACLE_HOME]/user_projects/domains/bi/servers/obiccs1/logs

OBIEE12c Log file locations

OBIEE 12c Presentation services log file location:
C:\FMW122\Middleware\Oracle_Home\user_projects\domains\bi\system_components\OBIPS\obips1\logs
OBIEE 12c Server services log file location:
C:\FMW122\Middleware\Oracle_Home\user_projects\domains\bi\system_components\OBIS\obis1\logs
AdminServer-diagnostic.log
C:\FMW122\Middleware\Oracle_Home\user_projects\domains\bi\servers\AdminServer\logs\AdminServerdiagnostic.log
bi_server1.log
C:\FMW122\Middleware\Oracle_Home\user_projects\domains\bi\servers\bi_server1\logs\bi_server1.log
OBIEE12c Configuration file location:
Root BI Configuration directories exists at
C:\FMW122\Middleware\Oracle_Home\user_projects\domains\bi\config\fmwconfig\biconfig
OBIEE 12c BI Server configuration file location
C:\FMW122\Middleware\Oracle_Home\user_projects\domains\bi\config\fmwconfig\biconfig\OBIS\NQSCo
nfig.ini
OBIEE 12c Presentation services configuration file location:
C:\FMW122\Middleware\Oracle_Home\user_projects\domains\bi\config\fmwconfig\biconfig\OBIPS\instanc
econfig.xml
OBIEE 12c Java services configuration file location:
C:\FMW122\Middleware\Oracle_Home\user_projects\domains\bi\config\fmwconfig\biconfig\OBIJH\config.
xml
OBIEE 12c Scheduler Services configuration file location:

C:\FMW122\Middleware\Oracle_Home\user_projects\domains\bi\config\fmwconfig\biconfig\OBISCH\sche
dulerconfig.xml
OBIEE 12c Cluster Services configuration file location:
C:\FMW122\Middleware\Oracle_Home\user_projects\domains\bi\config\fmwconfig\biconfig\OBICCS\ bicluster-config.xml
OBIEE 12c Metadata configuration file location:
C:\FMW122\Middleware\Oracle_Home\user_projects\domains\bi\config\fmwconfig\biconfig\metadata\conf
ig.xml