Administration page

Use this page to administer Oracle BI Presentation Services. You perform administration tasks such as managing privileges and metadata for maps.

The functions of the Administration page are described in System Administrator's Guide for Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition and in Security Guide for Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition.

Components

Product Information

Use this collapsible section to see the following information about your installation of Oracle BI EE:

• Product Version — Specifies the version number for Oracle BI EE.

• Catalog Path — Specifies the complete directory name for the Oracle BI Presentation Catalog.

• Oracle BI Server Data Source — Specifies the name of the data source that is specified in the Oracle BI Server.

• Available Paging Memory (MB) — Specifies the amount of physical memory that is available plus any paging memory that is available. If this value is very low, then Oracle BI Presentation Services might run out of memory. Available for Windows systems only.

• Available Virtual Address Space (MB) — Specifies the amount of virtual address space remaining to process. If this value is very low, then Oracle BI Presentation Services might run out of memory. Available for Windows systems only.

• Replication — Indicates whether replication of the Oracle BI Presentation Catalog is enabled or disabled.

• Maintenance Mode — Indicates whether Maintenance Mode is turned on or off. You modify this setting using the Toggle Maintenance Mode link on this page.

  When you put Presentation Services into Maintenance Mode, you make the catalog read-only so that users cannot modify its contents. Users can continue to perform tasks that do not involve writing to the catalog such as viewing existing objects (for example, dashboards and analyses). Tasks such as updating a user's "most recently used" list are not available.

  When Presentation Services is in Maintenance Mode, a lock file that is named root_maintenancemode.lck is created in the directory for the catalog. (On UNIX systems, that file is a link to a file that has a name such as root_maintenancemode_number.lck, meaning both files make up the lock file.) If you create a zip file for the catalog when Presentation Services is in Maintenance Mode, then the zip file includes the lock file. If you extract the contents of the zip file and open the catalog, then Presentation Services is placed in Maintenance Mode.

  Unlike previous releases, if you put Presentation Services into Maintenance Mode and Presentation Services is restarted, then Presentation Services starts with Maintenance Mode still turned on.

  As the administrator, you can perform maintenance tasks such as backing up and patching the catalog after you open the catalog in offline mode. For information, see "Offline Mode" in System Administrator's Guide for Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition.

Manage Catalog Groups

Use this link to display the "Administration: Manage Catalog Groups page" in which you manage Catalog groups.

Manage Privileges

Use this link to display the "Administration: Manage Privileges page" in which you view and administer privileges that are associated with various components. Privileges are actions that users have the right to perform.

Manage Sessions

Use this link to display the "Administration: Manage Sessions page" in which you view information about active sessions and about the cache for each analysis.

Manage Agent Sessions

Use this link to display the "Administration: Manage Agent Sessions page" in which you view information about currently active agent sessions that are triggered by Oracle BI Scheduler.

Manage Device Types

Use this link to display the "Administration: Manage Device Types page" in which you create, edit, view or delete device types for use with agents.

Toggle Maintenance Mode

Use this link to turn Maintenance Mode on or off. You can see the setting of the mode in the Product Information area. When Maintenance Mode is on, users cannot write to the Oracle BI Presentation Catalog.

Reload Files and Metadata

Use this link to reload XML message files, refresh metadata from the Oracle BI Server, and clear caches.

Reload Log Configuration

From the list of values, select the log level to use for messages for Presentation Services. After selecting the log level, click the link to have the change take effect without restarting Presentation Services.

Issue SQL

Use this link to display the "Administration: Issue SQL page" in which you enter a SQL statement to run against the Oracle BI Server.

Scan and Update Catalog Objects That Require Updates

Use this link to display the Scan and Update Catalog Objects That Require Updates page in which you can upgrade objects in the catalog that might be affecting performance. See "Updating Catalog Objects" in System Administrator's Guide for Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition for information.

Manage Map Data

Use this link to display the "Administration: Manage Map Data page" in which you manage layers, background maps, and images.

Manage Marketing Jobs

Use this link to display the Marketing Job Management page in which you manage background jobs and the database cache.

Manage Marketing Defaults

Use this link to display the Manage Marketing Defaults and Contact Planning Rules pages, in which you select the default Campaign Load File Format, the default Global Audience segment and the Profile Dashboard for each Target Level.

Manage BI Publisher

Use this link to display the Administration page for BI Publisher where you can manage BI Publisher users, permissions, jobs, and files and folders.

For information, see Oracle Fusion Middleware Administrator's Guide for Oracle Business Intelligence Publisher.