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OBIEE11g / WLST Adding Users to a Group
Posted this one on my WLST blog:
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# Adding Users to a Group using WLST (online)
# John Minkjan Ciber Netherlands
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print 'lookup DefaultAuthenticator'
atnr=cmo.getSecurityConfiguration().getDefaultRealm().lookupAuthenticationProvider('DefaultAuthenticator')
groups = ['companya','BIConsumers','BIAuthors']
for group in groups:
users = ['user1','user2']
for user in users:
print 'working user: ',user, ' group:', group
try:
atnr.addMemberToGroup(group,user)
except:
print 'user: ', user , ' can not be placed in group: ', group
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OBIEE11g / WLST Adding Users to a Group
Posted this one on my WLST blog:
#
# Adding Users to a Group using WLST (online)
# John Minkjan Ciber Netherlands
#
print 'lookup DefaultAuthenticator'
atnr=cmo.getSecurityConfiguration().getDefaultRealm().lookupAuthenticationProvider('DefaultAuthenticator')
groups = ['companya','BIConsumers','BIAuthors']
for group in groups:
users = ['user1','user2']
for user in users:
print 'working user: ',user, ' group:', group
try:
atnr.addMemberToGroup(group,user)
except:
print 'user: ', user , ' can not be placed in group: ', group
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OBIEE11g Multi Skin and Style Deployment
Before you read any further, start with reading the Oracle white paper :
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/middleware/bi/customizing-oracle-biee-11g-176387.pdf
I don’t like doing any customisation within the weblogic server. First of all the paths are always long: d:\obiee11g\instances\instance1\bifoundation\OracleBIPresentationServicesComponent\coreapplication_obips1. Second, it’s very easy to loose you work when doing a reinstall….
Let’s start with create a new folder called OBIEE_LAF (OBIEE Look and Feel).
In this example i’m going to make 3 different Skins and Styles for 3 different companies (A, B and C). I made a copy from the original S_ & SK_blafp:
Keep the name lower case and without spaces!!
Next we have to tell the server that it is a application directory. Copy the WEB-INF folder from <<OBIEE_HOME>>\instances\instancen\bifoundation\OracleBIPresentationServicesComponent\coreapplication_obips1\analyticsRes to your LAF Folder:
Log in to the console > deployments and press the lock & edit button
Next press the install button:
Select the LAF folder:
Select install this deployment as a library
Deploy it to a bi server
Check I will make the deployment accessible from the following location:
Press Finish
Press activate changes
Check if it’s started:
Let’s check if it is reachable:
companya
companyb
companyc
Let’s tell the INSTANCECONFIG.XML what to do:
<!-- My Custom Stuff -->
<URL>
<CustomerResourcePhysicalPath>D:\OBIEE_LAF</CustomerResourcePhysicalPath>
<!-- CustomerResourcePhysicalPath is a tag that specifies the actual target directory name -->
<CustomerResourceVirtualPath>/OBIEE_LAF</CustomerResourceVirtualPath>
<!-- CustomerResourceVirtualPath provides the URLPrefix that will be added for sourcing all the files -->
<!-- If we don’t give this tag, BI EE will automatically add analyticsRes (System target directory) -->
</URL>
<UI>
<DefaultStyle>companya</DefaultStyle>
<!-- Without the S_ -->
<DefaultSkin>companya</DefaultSkin>
<!-- Without the SK_ -->
</UI>
</ServerInstance>
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OBIEE11g Multi Skin and Style Deployment
Before you read any further, start with reading the Oracle white paper :
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/middleware/bi/customizing-oracle-biee-11g-176387.pdf
I don’t like doing any customisation within the weblogic server. First of all the paths are always long: d:\obiee11g\instances\instance1\bifoundation\OracleBIPresentationServicesComponent\coreapplication_obips1. Second, it’s very easy to loose you work when doing a reinstall….
Let’s start with create a new folder called OBIEE_LAF (OBIEE Look and Feel).
In this example i’m going to make 3 different Skins and Styles for 3 different companies (A, B and C). I made a copy from the original S_ & SK_blafp:
Keep the name lower case and without spaces!!
Next we have to tell the server that it is a application directory. Copy the WEB-INF folder from <<OBIEE_HOME>>\instances\instancen\bifoundation\OracleBIPresentationServicesComponent\coreapplication_obips1\analyticsRes to your LAF Folder:
Log in to the console > deployments and press the lock & edit button
Next press the install button:
Select the LAF folder:
Select install this deployment as a library
Deploy it to a bi server
Check I will make the deployment accessible from the following location:
Press Finish
Press activate changes
Check if it’s started:
Let’s check if it is reachable:
companya
companyb
companyc
Let’s tell the INSTANCECONFIG.XML what to do:
<!-- My Custom Stuff -->
<URL>
<CustomerResourcePhysicalPath>D:\OBIEE_LAF</CustomerResourcePhysicalPath>
<!-- CustomerResourcePhysicalPath is a tag that specifies the actual target directory name -->
<CustomerResourceVirtualPath>/OBIEE_LAF</CustomerResourceVirtualPath>
<!-- CustomerResourceVirtualPath provides the URLPrefix that will be added for sourcing all the files -->
<!-- If we don’t give this tag, BI EE will automatically add analyticsRes (System target directory) -->
</URL>
<UI>
<DefaultStyle>companya</DefaultStyle>
<!-- Without the S_ -->
<DefaultSkin>companya</DefaultSkin>
<!-- Without the SK_ -->
</UI>
</ServerInstance>
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OBIEE11g Exposing the Metadata Dictionary
You might have seen a couple of these on the net the last couple of days. So I thought I will give it a shot also. Problem was I couldn’t get it to work, which was driving me nuts….. Thanks to Paul from http://total-bi.com for leading me trough this temporary period of insanity 
Ok here we go:
Start with a new folder on you file system called OBIEE_META:
copy the WEB-INF folder from the analyticsRes into this folder:
open the current active rpd offline in the administration tool: (this is the one ending with the highest _BI00xx number!)
goto tools > utilities
select Generate Metadata Dictionary:
Browse to the OBIEE_META folder
close the administration tool.
Check the OBIEE_META folder
!! sometimes the administration tool adds an .rpd extension to the folder, if so remove it !!
next open your weblogic console:
press the lock & edit button, go to deployments:
select install.
Enter the OBIEE_META folder location, press next
Select Install this deployment as an application, press next
Select the bi_cluster as deployment target, press next
Select I will make the deployment accessible from the following location, press next.
press finish.
press activate changes
go to the deployment screen and locate OBIEE_META.
start the application.
check the status:
open the instanceconfig.xml in an editor, add the following:
<!-- My Custom Stuff Metadata Dictionary—>
<SubjectAreaMetadata>
<DictionaryURLPrefix>http://localhost:9704/OBIEE_META/</DictionaryURLPrefix>
<!-- replace localhost with the actual hostname –>
</SubjectAreaMetadata>
just above the </ServerInstance> tag
Open your enteprise manage en restart the presentation server:
Log in to analytics and create a new request:
don’t panic if the dictionary symbol isn’t enabled, you have to click on the subject area first!
Click on the symbol
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