enhanced usage tracking Enhanced Usage Tracking for OBIEE - Now Available as Open Source! Introduction OBIEE provides Usage Tracking as part of the core product functionality. It writes directly to a database table every Logical Query that hits the BI Server, including details of who ran it, when, and information about how it executed including for how long, how many rows, and so on.
obiee Common OBIEE Implementation Mistakes That Impact Performance I've recently performed several assessments to help our clients diagnose and fix their OBIEE performance problems. They often share similar design or implementation issues, and I thought it would be useful to present them here as a handy reference: No software monitoring Randomly changing configuration settings Data transformation at query
Technical Driving OBIEE User Engagement with Enhanced Usage Tracking for OBIEE Measuring and monitoring user interactions and behaviour with OBIEE is a key part of Rittman Mead’s User Engagement Service. By understanding and proving how users are engaging the system we can improve the experience for the user, driving up usage and ensuring maximum value for your OBIEE investment. To
Technical OBIEE BI Server Cache Management Strategies The OBIEE BI Server cache can be one of the most effective ways of improving response times of OBIEE dashboards. By using data already in the cache it reduces load on the database, the network, and the BI Server. Should you be using it? I always describe it as the
Technical What's New in OBIEE 11.1.1.9 for Systems Administrators and Developers After over two years since the last major release of OBIEE, Oracle released version 11.1.1.9 in May 2015. You can find the installers here and documentation here. 11.1.1.9 is termed the “terminal release” of the 11g line, and the 12c version is already out
Oracle BI Suite EE Collecting Usage Tracking Data with Metric Extensions in EM12c In my previous post I demonstrated how OBIEE’s Usage Tracking data could be monitored by EM12c through a Service Test. It was pointed out to me that an alternative for collecting the same data would be the use of EM12c’s Metric Extensions. A Metric Extension is a metric
Oracle BI Suite EE Building alerts in EM12c with OBIEE Usage Tracking data Introduction Enterprise Manager 12c is the latest and greatest incarnation of Oracle’s toolset for Enterprise Management (the clue’s in the name), of which Cloud Control (neé Grid Control) is one of the key tools. It can be used for a unified overview of disparate services including servers, databases,
Technical OBIEE performance tuning myth : BI Server logging One of the frequent recommendations around performance in OBIEE that one hears is a blanket insistence on disabling the BI Server log. It is a line that is repeated by Oracle support, propogated in "Best Practice" guides, and repeated throughout blog posts on the subject. Antony Heljula did a talk
