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Monthly Archives: February 2010

Using Non-Indexed Prompts while Utilizing Indexed Values

I’ve often been asked by a client to us a specific value in a prompt, but pass something else in the SQL to aid in performance. For example, prompting on “City Name – Zip” and just passing the indexed Zip. This can simply and quickly be done in OBIEE without resorting to complicated RPD changes. [...]

Installing OBIEE 10.1.3.4.1 on Windows 7 x64

I am not going to dig very deep into this subject, as the 32-Bit install been covered in depth on quite a few occasions. I just wanted to quickly share with you the few items that I found needed to be changed in order to get it up and running quickly. Turn off Aero. OBIEE [...]

OBIEE Variables

(Image courtesy of Siebel Essentials via @nephentur) OBIEE Variables are often one of the stumbling blocks that new users to the software have to understand, and that being said, since there are a few different types of these variables, coming to an understanding of what each one is and where it resides is the first [...]

Abstract: Catch All Business Intelligence.NET (a.k.a. Cabi.net)

Abstract: Any career in the IT field is defined by an ever changing landscape of hardware and software. Innovation is changing the face of our industry almost yearly. In this rapidly changing environment, as developers, we’re often faced with challenges that aren’t immediately correctable, and in these cases we’re forced to research and develop new [...]