Tuesday, September 6, 2011

OBIEE Adding documentation files to the Catalog

Did you know that you can upload your documentation files to your catalog?
First go to the catalog manager in browser: image
expand your shared folders:
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Click on new > Folder
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Give it a meaningful name:
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Select the folder:
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Press Upload:
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Select a file:
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Now your documentation is accessible from the catalog:
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Put it for instances as a link on your dashboard:
The path is a bit tricky to get used to:
http://<<SERVER_NAME>>: <<port>>/analytics/saw.dll?downloadFile&path=%2FShared%2FDocumentation%2Fdocumentname.ext
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Now this might not be the easiest way to publish your documents, but the great advantage is that you can use the OBIEE security model to control access:
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Till Next Time

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

That's cool and exact that what I'm looking for. : -)
Are there other possibilities?
"downloadFile"
e.g."OpenFile"

Regards,
stefan.hess@trivadis.com