obiBuild
- Karl Henselin
- Muthu Sankaralingam
Builds a deployment artifact that contains WebCatalog objects.
All WebCatalog objects are supported for both full and package-based deployments. If package-based deployment is used, for Oracle BI project type (Oracle Business Intelligence project type in pre-5.5.0.1) each of the WebCatalog files will be placed into one of the following types.
Folder
Analysis
Dashboard
DashboardPrompt
DataModel
Filter
KPI
MetaData
Report
StyleTemplate
Other
All files for the Oracle BI 2.0 project type are categorized into a single type:
WebCatalog
In the case of the Datamodel, property replacement on variables and connection pool information is supported via a configuration file that should reside in an SCM repository. For more information on Property Replacement for OBIEE, see OBI WebCatalog - DataModel Configuration File.
Source Control
Full deployment mode - objects are downloaded from a source OBI server.
Package-based deployment mode - objects can be sourced from either a source OBI server or SCM instance.
When sourcing the objects through a Source Control Management system, some additional setup and consistencies are required. See Source Control for the RPD and WebCatalog Objects for details.
Target Properties
Property Name | Property Code | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
OBIEE Server Port |
| Yes | The managed server port number for OBIEE.(e.g. |
OBIEE Server Host |
| Yes | The managed server host name for OBIEE. |
OBIEE Server Use SSL |
| Yes | Check if the connection to the managed server should be made using t3s. Otherwise, it will be made using t3. Defaults to false. |
OBIEE Server User |
| Yes | The user to log into OBIEE. Should have sufficient privileges to move and upload data. |
OBIEE Server Password |
| Yes | The password for the user to login to OBIEE. |
Oracle Middleware Home (MW_HOME) |
| Yes | The oracle middleware home (which has subfolders such as oracle_common, wlserver, coherence*, etc.) (e.g. |
Project Properties
Property Name | Property Code | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
OBIEE WebCat Object Path |
| Yes | The WebCatalog path to be recursively exported. Separate folders with a forward slash (/). The value must be the same during the build and deploy, so after changing the value, please do not deploy any old builds. You probably want to set it to "/shared" or "/system"Â if you are populating the web catalog. |
OBIEE Analytics WSDL Path |
| No | The path to the analytics WSDL. We don’t recommend changing this option unless the OBIEE instance you are using has a different path to the analytics WSDL. Use at your own risk. Default value - /analytics-ws/saw.dll/wsdl/v7 |
Discover Sub-Files |
| No | Select the objects to make their sub-files to be discoverable in the file catalog. |
Project File Includes |
| No | Controls files included from Project Files. Enter expressions separated by ##. Leave empty to select all files. Begin or end the expression with * for simple wildcards. Otherwise, regex is used. (e.g. /Custom/*##*.xdo##*Risk Management*##(.*)Workflow Notifications(.*) @since 8.0.0.5 |
Project File Excludes |
| No | Controls files excluded in Project Files. Enter expressions separated by ##. Leave empty to select all files. Begin or end the expression with * for simple wildcards. Otherwise, regex is used. (e.g. /Custom/*##*.xdo##*Risk Management*##(.*)Workflow Notifications(.*) @since 8.0.0.5 |
Inputs
Input Name | Input Code | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
Copy Object Permissions |
| Yes | Copy object with current permissions. If false, parent folder permissions in deploy environment will be used. |
Keep Timestamps |
| No | Export object with timestamp details. Does not apply when build is done with source code repository. If this option is checked then Last Modified time is exported as well, and deployment will carry over Last Modified time to target server, otherwise Last Modified time will be deployment time. |
Artifacts
This operation produces an archive file of the object specified in the OBIEE WebCatalog Object Path if the project is configured for full deployments.  If the project is configured for package-based deployments, then the artifact will be a zipped directory containing the archive files for each built object. The zip/archive files are suitable for the deploy operation.
Endpoint Selection
This operation delegates endpoint selection to the workflow developer. The workflow editor will default the selection to "All", which selects all available endpoints associated to the Target. Selecting a specific resource will result in selection of endpoints associated to the Target which have that resource defined.
Endpoint Execution
This operation delegates endpoint execution to the workflow developer. The workflow editor will default to "Any", which will execute on any one of the selected endpoints, which will be randomly picked from selected endpoints or a specific endpoint where previous step may have executed. Changing this value to "All" to will result in execution on all selected endpoints.
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