Chapter 4. Reviewing the Features of the Reporting Repository

So far, we have given you an overview of the Oracle OBIEE 12c components and discussed how those objects relate to each other. We have also shown you various configuration options. As we discuss in more detail as the book progresses, you will have installed all the software, readied the requisite database, set up your users, and have a BI server repository ready to go. Then you will be ready to use the reporting part of the system--the Presentation Catalog. The Presentation Catalog is controlled by the Presentation service, which now has a bigger role in managing the Presentation Catalog and the applications that form OBIEE 12c.

This chapter will introduce the new interface of the catalog and the tools that are integrated into the Presentation services. We will also explore the various aspects of the catalog administration. The Oracle 12c BI system has such a large number of features that we need to examine what they...