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Saturday, June 7, 2008

OBIEE Directing a user to a default dashboard

One of our customers wanted the OBIEE users after login directed to a default dashboard based on the department they work in. First we created a view containing P_USER, DEPARTMENT and PORTALPATH.

In the variable manager we created an initialization block


We connected this to a session variable called PORTALPATH. This is a OBIEE reserved word so will get a warning, just ignore it.

You need to restart the BI-server and the presentationserver!
Let’s try it:
USER1

USER2

USER3

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11 comments:

  1. Turribeach.com.arJune 13, 2008 at 1:26 PM

    How will that work when a user changes it's defaul Dashboard from the "My Account" page?

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  2. John MinkjanJune 13, 2008 at 2:44 PM

    It will work fine, PORTALPATH is dominant over the default setting.

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  3. AnonymousJune 18, 2008 at 9:08 PM

    Actaully user settings take precedence over PORTALPATH.If user changes the default settings then PORTALPATH has no impact.

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  4. AnonymousOctober 1, 2008 at 11:46 PM

    Hey folks, I cannot get the portalpath variable to work..here is the value I have..'/shared/paint+demo/_portal/corporate+finance/'
    is there anything wrong? Appreciate your help
    David

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  5. John MinkjanOctober 2, 2008 at 7:11 AM

    Spaces in a portalpath always give trouble... Try a copy and paste form your Explorer.

    regards
    John

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  6. Sharath ReddyMarch 9, 2009 at 7:20 PM

    Hi John,
    Is there a way to direct a user to a specific page on a specific dashboard?

    Sharath

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  7. John MinkjanMarch 9, 2009 at 8:17 PM

    Try adding &Page:
    %2Fshared%2FSample%20Sales%2F_portal%2F01%20Ranks%20%26%20Toppers&Page=12%20Multi%20Metrics%20TopNs

    regards John

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  8. AnonymousMarch 19, 2009 at 5:56 PM

    It is possible also to specify the page where to go?
    Thanks

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  9. AnonymousMarch 19, 2009 at 5:57 PM

    I've tried the last suggestion but it seems that it doesn't work

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  10. John MinkjanMarch 20, 2009 at 11:26 AM

    An other trick is create a new dashboard page. put a text box on it with:
    {meta HTTP-EQUIV="REFRESH" content="0; url=http://www.yourdomain.com/index.html"} (relace the the {}

    regards

    John

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  11. AnonymousSeptember 8, 2011 at 5:34 PM

    With me, it does not work. It does not understand (': USER'). When I test
    select (':USER')
    it returns me :USER
    and not 'Administrator'

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