Module 1. Repository Basics
- Exploring Oracle BI architecture components
- Exploring a repository's structure, features, and functions
- Using the Oracle BI Administration Tool
- Creating a repository
- Loading a repository into Oracle BI Server
- Installing the BI Client software
Module 2. Building the Physical Layer of a Repository
- Importing data sources
- Setting up Connection Pool properties
- Defining keys and joins
- Examining physical layer object properties
- Creating alias tables
- Printing the physical layer diagram
Module 3. Building the Business Model and Mapping Layer of a Repository
- Building a business model
- Building logical tables, columns, and sources
- Defining logical joins
- Building measures
- Examining business model object properties
- Printing the business model and mapping layer diagram
Module 4. Building the Presentation Layer of a Repository
- Exploring presentation layer objects
- Creating presentation layer objects
- Modifying presentation layer objects
- Examining presentation layer object properties
- Nesting presentation tables
- Controlling presentation layer object visibility
Module 5. Testing and Validating a Repository
- Checking repository consistency
- Turning on logging
- Uploading the repository through Enterprise Manager
- Executing analyses to test the repository
- Inspecting the query log
Module 6. Managing Logical Table Sources
- Adding multiple logical table sources to a logical table
- Specifying logical content
Module 7. Adding Calculations to a Fact
- Creating new calculation measures based on logical columns
- Creating new calculation measures based on physical columns
- Creating new calculation measures using the Calculation Wizard
- Creating measures using functions
Module 8. Working with Logical Dimensions
- Creating logical dimension hierarchies
- Creating level-based measures
- Creating share measures
- Creating dimension-specific aggregation rules
- Creating presentation hierarchies
- Creating parent-child hierarchies
- Creating ragged and skipped-level hierarchies
Module 9. Enabling Usage Tracking
- Creating the usage tracking tables
- Setting up the sample usage tracking repository
- Tracking and storing Oracle BI Server usage at the detailed query level
- Using usage tracking statistics to optimize query performance and aggregation strategies
Module 10. Using Model Checker and Aggregates
- Using Model Check Manager
- Modelling aggregate tables to improve query performance
- Using the Aggregate Persistence Wizard
- Testing aggregate navigation
- Setting the number of elements in a hierarchy
Module 11. Using Partitions and Fragments
- Exploring partition types
- Modelling partitions in an Oracle BI repository
Module 12. Using Repository & Session Variables
- Creating session variables
- Creating repository variables
- Creating initialization blocks
- Using the Variable Manager
- Using dynamic repository variables as filters
Module 13. Modeling Time Series Data
- Using time comparisons in business analysis
- Using Oracle BI time series functions to model time series data
Module 14. Modeling Many-to-Many Relationships
- Using bridge tables to resolve many-to-many relationships between dimension tables & fact tables
Module 15. Setting an Implicit Fact Column
- Ensuring the correct results for dimension-only queries
- Selecting a predetermined fact table source
- Specifying a default join path between dimension tables
Module 16. Security
- Exploring Oracle BI default security settings
- Creating users and groups
- Creating application roles
- Setting up object permissions
- Setting row-level security (data filters)
- Setting query limits and timing restrictions
Module 17. Cache Management
- Restricting tables as non-cacheable
- Using Cache Manager
- Inspecting cache reports
- Purging cache entries
- Modifying cache parameters and options
- Seeding the cache
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