Building Maps For Oracle Business Intelligence Analyses and Dashboards

10/7/2015
BuildingMapsforOracleBusinessIntelligenceAnalysesandDashboards
Overview
Purpose
ThistutorialcoversusingOracleMapBuilderandOracleMapViewertobuildandembedmapsforuseinOracleBusinessIntelligenceanalysesanddashboards.
TimetoComplete
Approximately90minutes
Introduction
InthisOraclebyExample(OBE)tutorialyoulearnhowtouseOracleMapBuildertobuildamap,useOracleMapViewertobringthemaponlineforintegrationwith
OracleBusinessIntelligence(OBI),andthenembedthemapintoaMapviewinanOBIanalysis.Pleasenotethatthistutorialprovidesonlyabasicintroductionto
OracleMapBuilderandOracleMapViewerforthepurposesofbuildingamapandthenintegratingthemapintoOBI.FormoredetailedinformationaboutMap
BuilderandMapViewer,pleaserefertotheResourcessectionattheendofthisOBE.
Prerequisites
Thistutorialusesasamplemapdataschema,aprebuiltOBIschema,andaprebuiltOBIrepository.Allinstructionsforaccessingandimportingtheschemasare
providedinthistutorial.ThistutorialdoesnotprovideinstructionsforuploadingtheprebuiltOBIrepository.ItisassumedthatyouknowhowuseEnterpriseManager
11gFusionMiddlewareControltouploadanOBIrepository.PleasenotethatthistutorialwasbuiltusingaWindowsenvironmentwithallrequiredcomponents
installedonasinglemachine.Asaresultyoumayneedtomodifysomestepsinthistutorialtomatchyourenvironment.Beforestartingthistutorial,youshould:
HaveaccesstoorhaveInstalledOracleBusinessIntelligence11g.
UseEnterpriseManager11gFusionMiddlewareControltouploadtheOBIEEMAPrepository(obieemap.rpd)locatedhere.Therepositorypasswordis
welcome1.PleasenotethatthisrepositorywillnotbereadyforbuildinganalysesinOBIPresentationServicesuntilafteryoucompletethefirsttopicinthis
OBE:ImportingSchemastoYourDatabase.
ImportingSchemastoYourDatabase
ToimporttherequiredschemasforthisOBEintoyourOracledatabase,performthefollowingsteps.InthistutorialyouuseaMapViewerdemoschema,mvdemo,
andanOBIschema,ob ieemap.Allinstructionsforaccessingandimportingtheseschemasareprovidedinthistutorial.
1. SignintoSQL*Plusasasystemuserandcreateadatabaseusernamedmvdemo.Usethefollowingscriptforreference:
http://www.oracle.com/webfolder/technetwork/tutorials/obe/fmw/bi/bi1116/obiee_maps/obiee_maps.html
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1. SignintoSQL*Plusasasystemuserandcreateadatabaseusernamedmvdemo.Usethefollowingscriptforreference:
CREATEUSERmvdemoIDENTIFIEDBYmvdemoDEFAULTTABLESPACEUSERS
2. Grantprivilegestothemvdemouser.Usethefollowingscriptforreference:
GRANTCONNECT,RESOURCE,CREATEVIEWTOmvdemoIDENTIFIEDBYmvdemo
3. Copymvdemo.dmptoalocationonyourmachine.Inthisexamplemvdemo.dmpiscopiedtoD:\mvdemo\mvdemo11R1.Thisisadatabasedumpfile
exportedfromanOracledatabase.YoucanimportitintoanOracle10gor11gdatabase.
4. Openacommandwindow,changethedirectorytothelocationofmvdemo.dmp,andusethefollowingcommandtoimportthedataintousermvdemo:
impmvdemo/mvdemofile=mvdemo.dmpfull=yignore=y
Iftheabovecommandfailsduetocharactersetrelatedissues(suchasIMP00016imp:charsetconversionerror),youmayneedtosettheNLS_LANG
environmentvariabletoAmerican_America.WE8ISO8859P1temporarily.Forinstance,onWindowsyoucantypethefollowingintheDOSwindowbefore
issuingtheaboveimpcommandagain:
setNLS_LANG=American_America.WE8ISO8859P1
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setNLS_LANG=American_America.WE8ISO8859P1
Youcanignoreallotherwarningsfromtheimpcommand,includingonethatsays"Unexpectedendofexportfileencountered".Theimporteddataisready
tobeused.
5. Verifytheimport.Connectasmvdemoandusethefollowingscriptasareference:
selecttable_namefromuser_tables
6. Verifyifthescriptmcsdefinition.sqlhasbeenruninyourdatabase.Ifnot,runthescriptmcsdefinition.sql.
Explanation:Ifyourdatabasehasneverrunthisscriptbefore,youwillneedtorunitasDBArole.Toverifyifthisscripthasbeenrun,youcanlogintothe
database(asanyuser),andexecutethefollowingquery:
selectnamefromuser_sdo_cached_maps
Ifthequeryproducesanerrorthatsays"tableorviewdoesnotexist"thenthisscripthasneverbeenrunonthedatabase.Ifitdoesnotreturnsuchanerror
(evenifnorowswereselectedasshowninthescreenshot),thenyoudonotneedtorunthescriptmcsdefinition.sql.
Ifyoudoneedtorunthisscript,simplylogonasaDBA,andexecutethescript.ItwillcreatetheviewUSER_SDO_CACHED_MAPSforallusers.Thisview
isusedtoholdthemaptilelayerdefinitionsandisrequiredbyMapViewer.
7. Unzipmvdemosql.7zandthencopymvdemo.sqltoalocationonyourmachine.Inthisexamplemvdemo.sqliscopiedtoD:\mvdemo\mvdemo11R1.Run
mvdemo.sql.Thisscriptpopulatesallthenecessaryspatialmetadata,copiesthepredefinedstyles,themes,andbasemapsintotheproperuserviews,
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mvdemo.sql.Thisscriptpopulatesallthenecessaryspatialmetadata,copiesthepredefinedstyles,themes,andbasemapsintotheproperuserviews,
andcreatesspatialindexesfortheimportedtables.Italsocreatesseveral(cached)maptilelayerdefinitionsintheviewUSER_SDO_CACHED_MAPSso
thatalltheOracleMapstutorialswillwork.HereishowtorunthescriptfromaSQL*Plussessionwhileloggedinasusermvdemo:
SQL>@D:/mvdemo/mvdemo11R1/mvdemo.sql
8. Toverifythatthescripthasrunsuccessfully,runtheSQLcommandselectcount(*)fromuser_sdo_mapsandconfirmthatfourrowsarereturned.
9. SignintoSQL*Plusasasystemuserandcreateadatabaseusernamedobieemap.Usethefollowingscriptforreference:
CREATEUSERobieemapIDENTIFIEDBYobieemapDEFAULTTABLESPACEUSERS
10. Grantprivilegestotheobieemapuser.Usethefollowingscriptforreference:
GRANTCONNECT,RESOURCE,CREATEVIEWTOobieemapIDENTIFIEDBYobieemap
11. Copyobieemap.dmptoalocationonyourmachine.Inthisexampleobieemap.dmpiscopiedtoD:\obieemap.ThisisadatabasedumpfilewithOBIdata
exportedfromanOracledatabase.YoucanimportitintoanOracle10gor11gdatabase.
12. Openacommandwindow,changethedirectorytothelocationofobieemap.dmp,andusethefollowingcommandtoimporttheOBIdataintouser
obieemap:
impobieemap/obieemapfile=obieemap.dmpfull=yignore=y
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13. Verifytheimport.Connectasobieemapwithpasswordobieemapandusethefollowingscriptasareference:
selecttable_namefromuser_tables
CreatingaMapView erDataSource
TocreateaMapViewerdatasource,makesureyourOracledatabaseisupandthenperformthefollowingsteps.
1. OpenabrowserandenterthefollowingURLtoconnecttoMapViewer:http://host:port/mapviewer.Forexample:
http://localhost:7001/mapviewer.
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2. ClicktheAdminlinkintheupperrightcornertoopentheLoginscreen.
3. OntheLoginscreen,enteryourOBIEEadministrativeusernameandpassword.Inthisexampletheusernameisweblogic.
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4. ClickLogIntoopentheMapViewerAdministrationscreen.
5. SelectManagement>ConfigurationtoopentheMapViewerXMLconfigurationfileinsideatextarea.
6. ScrollallthewaydowntotheendofthefiletofindthesampleMapViewerdatasourcedefinition:map_data_sourcename=.
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7. Bydefaultmap_data_sourcename=shouldpointto"mvdemo".Ifnot,changeittomap_data_sourcename="mvdemo".Uncommentthedatasource
definitionbyremovingtheXMLcommenttags,andthenmodifythedatabaseconnectionandlogininformationtoreflectyourmvdemoschema.Usethe
screenshotasareference.Makesureyouhaveanexclamationpoint!infrontofthesuppliedloginpasswordvalue.ThennexttimeyourestartMap
Vieweritwillautomaticallyobfuscatethispassword.
8. ClickontheSave&Restartbuttonunderneaththetextarea.MapViewerwillrestart,reloadthisconfigurationfile,andthemvdemodatasourcewillbe
created(makesurethedatabaseanditslistenerarebothup!).
9. Atthetopofthepage,intheInformationsection,verifythatmapViewerConfig.xmlhasbeensavedandMapViewerhasbeenrestarted.
10. SelectDatasources.InthetoppanelunderExistingDataSourcesitshouldlistthemvdemodatasource.
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InstallingandConfiguringMapBuilder
ToinstallandconfigureMapBuilder,performthefollowingsteps:
1. Copymapbuilder.jartoalocationonyourmachine.InthistutorialthefileiscopiedtoD:\MapBuilder.
2. Doubleclickmapbuilder.jartoopentheOracleMapBuilderuserinterface.
3. ExpandtheConnectiondropdownlistandselectLoad/Add/RemovetoopentheLoad/Add/RemoveDatabaseConnectionsdialogbox.
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4. ClickAddintheLoad/Add/RemoveDatabaseConnectionsdialogboxtoopentheAddConnectiondialogbox.
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5. Entertheconnectioninformationforyourenvironment.Usethescreenshotforreference.Fortheenvironmentusedtobuildthistutorial,theinformationis:
ConnectionName:mvdemo
User:mvdemo
Password:mvdemo
Host:localhost
Post:1521
SID:orcl
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6. ClickTestConnection.Youshouldreceivethemessage"Connectionmvdemoisvalid".
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7. ClickOKtoclosetheInformationmessage.
8. ClickOKtoclosetheAddConnectiondialogbox.YoushouldreceivethefollowingmessageintheMapBuilderMessagespane:
CreatingaColorStyle
InthissetofstepsyouuseMapBuildertocreateacolorstyleforrenderingtheStatestable.Stylesareusedtorenderandlabelspatialfeatures.Colorstylescanbe
usedtorenderarea,linearandpointfeatures.
1. ExpandStyles>ColorsintheMetadataNavigatortree.NoticethatOracleMapBuilderisnowpopulatedwiththemvdemometadata.Althoughyoucould
usethisprebuiltmetadatatobuildyourmap,intheremainderofthisOBEyoucreatenewmetadatatobecomefamiliarwithusingOracleMapBuilder.
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2. RightclicktheColorsnodeandselectCreateColorStyletoopenaneditorpanelforColorStyleontheright.
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3. SelecttheFilloptionunderStyleOptions.Thefillattributedefineshowthegeometrywillbefilled.
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4. Definethefillcolorbyclickingonthecoloricontoopenadialogwithcolors,orbyenteringthehexadecimalvalue.Inthisexampleweenterthe
hexadecimalvalue#F2EFE9,whichisalightgraycolor.
5. SelecttheStrokeoption.Thestrokedefineshowtheoutline(border)willberendered.Inthisexampleenter#0033FFintheHexboxtosetthestrokecolor
toBlue.
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6. ClickthePreviewbuttontodisplaythecurrentcolorstylerepresentation.
7. EnterC.STATESintheNametextfield.Leavetheoptionaldescriptiontextfieldasitis.
8. ClicktheSaveiconontheapplicationtoolbartostorethecolorstyledefinitionontheUSER_SDO_STYLESdatabaseview.
9. ExpandtheColorsnodeintheMetadataNavigationtreeandconfirmthatthetreeisupdatedwiththisnewC.STATEScolorstyle.
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CreatingaMarkerStyle
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InthissetofstepsyouuseOracleMapBuildertocreateamarkerstyleforrenderingcities.Markerstylescanbeusedtorenderpointfeatures,andtolabellinearand
pointfeatures.Thebasemarkercanbeassociatedwithanimage,withavectorrepresentation,orwithatruetypefont.
1. Copycities_8X8.pngtoalocationonyourmachine.InthistutorialthefileiscopiedtoD:\mvdemo\images.
2. ExpandStyles>MarkersintheMetadataNavigatortree.
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3. RightclicktheMarkersnodeandselectCreateMarkerStyletoopenaneditorpanelforMarkerStyleontheright.
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4. UnderStyleOptions,selecttheMarkerTypeoptionandclickontheImageradiobutton.
5. ClickLoadImage,navigatetothedirectorywherefilecities_8x8.pngislocated,andselectit.InthisOBEimagefileislocatedinD:\mvdemo\images.
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6. ClickthePreviewbuttontodisplaythecurrentmarkerstylerepresentation.
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7. EnterM.CITIESintheNametextfield.Leavetheoptionaldescriptiontextfieldasitis.
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8. ClicktheSaveiconontheapplicationtoolbartostorethemarkerstyledefinitionontheUSER_SDO_STYLESdatabaseview.
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9. ExpandtheMarkersnodeintheMetadataNavigationtreeandconfirmthatthetreeisupdatedwiththisnewM.CITIESmarkerstyle.
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CreatingaTextStyle
InthissetofstepsyouuseOracleMapBuildertocreatetwotextstyles,onefordisplayingcitynamesandtheotherforstateabbreviations.
1. ExpandStyles>TextsintheMetadataNavigatortree.
2. RightclicktheTextsnodeandselectCreateTextStyletoopenaneditorpanelforTextStyleontheright.
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3. UnderStyleOptions,selecttheTextstyleoption.
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4. ChangethefonttoDialog,fontsizeto12,andstyletoBold.
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5. SelecttheColortabandchangethefillcolorto#0000FF(RGB:0,0,255,blue).LeaveBackgroundcolorunchecked.
6. ClickontheHalooptionandsetwidthto2andColorto#FFFFFF(white).
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7. ClickthePreviewbuttontoseethecurrenttextstylerepresentation.
8. EnterT.STATE_ABBRVintheNametextfield.
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9. ClicktheSaveiconontheapplicationtoolbartostorethetextstyledefinitioninUSER_SDO_STYLESdatabaseview.
10. RepeatthestepstocreateandsaveatextstylenamedT.CITIES.SetthefonttoDialog,size11,andcolorto#000000(black).SelecttheHalooptionand
setwidthto2andcolorto#FFFFFF(white).
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CreatingaStatesTheme
InthissetofstepsyouuseOracleMapBuildertocreateageometrythemebasedontheSTATEStable.Athemeisavisualrepresentationofaparticulardatalayer.
Typically,athemeisassociatedwithaspatialgeometrylayer,thatis,withacolumnoftypeSDO_GEOMETRYinatableorview.Inthisexample,ageometrytheme
namedTHEME_STATESisassociatedwithaspatialcolumnnamedGEOMintheSTATEStableinthemvdemoschema.
1. Ifnecessary,clicktheShowDatabuttonatthebottomofthescreentodisplaytheDataNavigator.
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2. ClicktheTablestab.
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3. ExpandSpatialTables>GeometryTables>MVDEMO.
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4. RightclicktheSTATESnodeandselectCreateGeometryThemetoopentheDefineaGeometryThemewizard.ClickNexttocontinue.
5. NoticethattheThemeParameterspageisalreadypopulatedwithinformationobtainedfromtheSTATEStable.Definethethemenameas
THEME_STATESandkeeptheotherfieldvalues.PressNexttocontinue.
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6. OntheFeatureStylepage,keepthestyletypeasColor,andtypeC.STATESintherenderstylefieldorclicktheSelectbuttontochoosetheC.STATESstyle.
RecallthatyoucreatedtheC.STATESstyleearlierinthisOBE.ClickNexttocontinue.
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7. IntheStylePickerDialog,youdefinethelabelparameters.ChecktheLabelStyleboxtoenablethefields.DefineT.STATE_ABBRVasthetextstyleand
selectSTATE_ABRVasthelabelcolumn.ClickNexttocontinue.
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8. Definequeryconditionstobeapplied.Inthiscase,leaveitblank,whichmeansthatallfeatureswithinthecurrentmapextentwillbeselected.PressNext
tocontinue.
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9. ThislastpagecontainsthesummaryinformationforthethemethatwillbestoredinUSER_SDO_THEMESdatabaseview.
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10. PressFinishtoendthewizard.Thethemeeditorpageopenontherightsideoftheapplication.
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11. ClickAdvancedunderThemeOptionstoopentheAdvancedParametersscreenontheright.
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12. ClicktheEditbutton(pencilicon)toopentheEditInfoColumnsdialog.YoumayneedtoscrolldowntoseetheEditbutton.
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13. ClicktheAddanewrowbutton(greenplussign)toaddanewtablerow.
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14. IntheColumnfield,selectSTATE_ABRVandthenenterSTATE_ABRVintheNamefield.Thecolumnmustbeexact,butthenameisarbitraryandcanbe
anyvalue.
15. ClickOKtoclosetheEditInfoColumnsdialog.Thecolumn/namepairisaddedtotheTHEME_STATESgeometrytheme.Thisisthemostcriticalstepfor
OBIintegration.Youdefinedtheuniquekeycolumninthemapdata(STATE_ABRV)thatwillalignwithanOBIpresentationattribute.LaterinthisOBEyou
completethisintegrationusingtheOBIPresentationServicesAdministrationpage.
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16. SelectthePreviewtabatthebottomofthepageandclickthegreenarrowtodisplaydataforthistheme.Yourresultsshouldlooksimilartothe
screenshot.Ifdesired,usezoomcontrolstoadjustthepreview.
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17. ClicktheSavebuttontosaveTHEME_STATES.
CreatingaCitiesTheme
InthissetofstepsyouuseOracleMapBuildertocreateageometrythemebasedontheCITIEStable.
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InthissetofstepsyouuseOracleMapBuildertocreateageometrythemebasedontheCITIEStable.
1. Ifnecessary,clicktheShowDatabuttonatthebottomofthescreentodisplaytheDataNavigator.
2. ClicktheTablestab.
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3. ExpandSpatialTables>GeometryTables>MVDEMO.
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4. RightclicktheCITIESnodeandselectCreateGeometryThemetoopentheDefineaGeometryThemewizard.ClickNexttocontinue.
5. NoticethatthisThemeParameterspageisalreadypopulatedwithinformationobtainedfromtheCITIEStable.DefinethethemenameasTHEME_CITIES
andkeeptheotherfieldvalues.PressNexttocontinue.
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6. OntheFeatureStylepage,setthestyletypeasMarkerandM.CITIESastherenderstyle.RecallthatyoucreatedtheM.CITIESstyleearlierinthisOBE.
ClickNexttocontinue.
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7. IntheStyledialog,checktheLabelStyleboxtoenablethefields.DefineT.CITIESasthetextstyleandleavetheattributeasCITY.ClickNext.
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8. IntheQueryConditiondialogboxleavethequeryconditionblankandclickNexttocontinue.
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9. ThislastpagecontainsthesummaryinformationforthethemethatwillbestoredinUSER_SDO_THEMESdatabaseview.ReviewtheXMLdefinitionof
thethemesofar.
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10. PressFinishtoendthewizard.Thethemeeditorpageopenontherightsideoftheapplication.
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11. ClickAdvancedunderThemeOptions.
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12. ClicktheEditInfoColumnsbutton(pencilicon)toopentheEditInfoColumnsdialog.
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13. ClicktheAddanewrowbutton(greenplussign)toaddanewrow.
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14. IntheColumnfield,selectCITYandthenenterCityintheNamefield.
15. ClickOKtoclosetheEditInfoColumnsdialog.Thecolumn/namepairisaddedtotheTHEME_CITIESgeometrytheme.Again,thisisthemostcriticalstep
forOBIintegration.Youdefinedtheuniquekeycolumninthemapdata(CITY)thatwillalignwithanOBIpresentationattribute.LaterinthisOBEyou
completethisintegrationusingtheOBIPresentationServicesAdministrationpage.
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16. SelectthePreviewtab(atthebottom)andclickthegreenarrowtorenderthecitieswithlabels.Yourresultsshouldlooksimilartothescreenshot.If
desired,usezoomcontrolstoadjustthepreview.
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17. ClicktheSavebuttonontheToolbartosavethethemedefinition.
CreatingaBaseMap
InthissetofstepsyouuseOracleMapBuildertocreateabasemap.BasemapdefinitionsarestoredinUSER_SDO_MAPSandconsistofoneormorethemesto
beusedinrenderingamap.YouuseawizardtocreatebasemapsinMapBuilder.
1. RightclicktheBaseMapsnodeintheMetadataNavigatorandthenselectCreateBaseMaptoopentheDefineaBaseMapWizard.ClickNextto
continue.
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2. EnterOBIEE_BASE_MAPasthebasemapname.ClickNexttocontinue.
3. IntheBaseMapThemesdialog,usetheAddbuttontoselectTHEME_CITIESandTHEME_STATESfromthetabletoaddthemtothebasemap.
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4. Enterthefollowingscalerangesforthethemes:
THEME_CITIES:MinScale:75,000,000MaxScale:0
THEME_STATES:MinScale:150,000,000MaxScale:0
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5. ClickNexttoopentheSummarypage.
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6. ClickFinishtostoretheBaseMapdefinitionanddisplaytheeditorpage.
7. SelectthePreviewtabandclickthegreenbuttontodisplaythemap.NoteatthebottomofMapBuilderapplicationthescalevaluesforcurrent
visualization.Theresultingmapshouldcontainjustthethemesthatareinthescalerange.Playwiththezoominandzoomoutoptionstoseethemap
results.ThescreenshotshowsthemapzoomedintoCalifornia.
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CreatingaTileLayer
InthissetofstepsyouuseOracleMapBuildertocreateatilelayer.AtilelayerisamapdefinitiontobeusedinanOracleMapsapplication.Eachtilelayeris
associatedwithabasemap.PleasenotethatthestepsforcreatingatilelayercanalsobeperformedusingtheMapViewerAdmininterface.However,thatmethod
isnotpresentedinthistutorial.
1. RightclicktheTileLayersnodeintheMetadataNavigatorandthenselectCreateMapTileLayertoopentheSelectBaseMapdialog.
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2. SelectOBIEE_BASE_MAPasthebasemap.
3. ClickOKtoopentheDefineaMapCacheInstancewizard.ThewizardhelpsyoucreateanewtiledlayertobeusedinOracleMaps.
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4. ClickNexttoopentheTileLayerDefinitiondialog.
5. NamethetilelayerOBIEE_TILE_LAYER.
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6. ClickNexttoopentheTileLayerBoundaryandZoomLevelsdialog.
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7. Clickthegreenarrowtopreviewthemap.
8. Usethezoombuttonstozoominonthemapuntilitlookssimilartothescreenshot:
9. TheBoundstabshouldbeselectedbydefault.Ifnot,selectit.ClicktheUpdatefromMapbuttontoimporttilelayerboundsfromOBIEE_BASE_MAPasit
appearsinthePreviewpane.Yourresultswillvary,buttheyshouldlooksimilartothescreenshot.
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10. ClicktheZoomLevelstab.
11. ClicktheFromMapbuttonforMinimumScaletoimportthetilelayerzoomlevelfromOBIEE_BASE_MAPasitappearsinthePreviewpane.
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12. Usethezoombuttonstozoominonthepreviewmaptothedesiredmaximumscale.Usethescreenshotasareference.
13. ClicktheFromMapbuttonforMaximumScaletoimportthetilelayerzoomlevelfromOBIEE_BASE_MAPasitappearsinthePreviewpane.
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14. Leave#ZoomLevelssettothedefault(10)andclicktheGeneratebuttontogeneratethezoomlevels.
15. ClickNexttoopentheTilePropertiesdialog.
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16. LeavethedefaultpropertiesastheyareandclickNexttoopentheTileRenderingHintsdialog.
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17. LeavethedefaultpropertiesastheyareandclickNexttoopentheSummarypage.
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18. ClickFinishtoopentheTileLayerDefinitionpage.
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19. ClickOKtoclosetheTileLayerDefinitionpage.TheOBIEE_TILE_LAYERobjectisaddedtothenavigator.
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IntegratingaMapw ithOBIEE
InthissetofstepsyouintegratethemapyoucreatedinMapBuilderwithOracleBusinessIntelligence,sothatyoucandisplayamapvisualizationwithinanOBI
analysis.BeforebeginningthistopicmakesureyouhaveuploadedtheOBIEEMAPrepositoryasdescribedinthePrerequisitessection.
1. ReturntoMapViewer,whichshouldstillbeopen.IfMapViewerisnotopen,openabrowserandenterthefollowingURLtoconnecttoMapViewer:
http://host:port/mapviewer.Forexample,enterhttp://localhost:7001/mapviewer.ClicktheAdminlinkandsignin.
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2. ClickManageMapTileLayers>Manage.
3. SelectOBIEE_TILE_LAYERandclickBringonlinetoexposethismaptotheMapViewerapplicationandmakethemapavailableforconsumptionthrough
OracleBI.
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4. Youshouldreceivethefollowingmessage:
Maptilelayerb roughtonlinesuccessfully[MVDEMO,OBIEE_TILE_LAYER].
5. SignintoOracleBIPresentationServicesasanadministrativeuser.
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6. ClicktheAdministrationlink.
7. OntheAdministrationpage,clickManageMapData.
8. OntheManageMapDatapageselecttheLayerstab.
9. ClicktheImportLayersicontoopentheImportLayersdialog.
10. UseCRTL+ClicktoselecttheTHEME_CITIESandTHEME_STATESthemesyoucreatedinMapBuilder.SelectOBIEE_TILE_LAYERinthePreviewMap
dropdownlist.
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11. ClickOKtoimportthelayers.
12. SelecttheTHEME_STATESlayerandclicktheEditLayersbuttontoopentheEditLayerdialog.
13. IntheEditLayerdialog,underBIAssociations,noticethatthelayerkeyissettoSTATE_ABRV,whichisthecolumnattributeyousetearlierwhenyou
createdthethemeinMapBuilder.ClicktheBIKeyColumnsicon(greenplussign).
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createdthethemeinMapBuilder.ClicktheBIKeyColumnsicon(greenplussign).
14. SelecttheOBIEEMAPsubjectarea.
15. IntheSelectBIKeyColumnsdialog,expandGeoandselectStateasthecorrespondingkeycolumnfromtheBIrepository.
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16. ClickOKtoclosetheSelectBIKeyColumnsdialog.ConfirmthatSampleDataisvisiblefortheSTATE_ABRVLayerKey.Thereneednotbeanydirect
relationbetweenthecolumnusedinthespatialschemaandthecolumnmappedinOracleBI.Youjustneedtoensurethattheattributesmatch.Inthis
case,theStatecolumncomesfromtheOBIEEMAPschemaandtheSTATE_ABRVcolumn(layerkey)comesfromSTATEStableinthemvdemoschema.
17. ConfirmthatGeometryTypeissettoPolygon.
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18. ClickSampleDatafor"State"andconfirmthatsampledataisreturned.
19. ClickOKtoclosetheEditLayerdialog.
20. SelecttheTHEME_CITIESlayerandclicktheEditLayersbuttontoopentheEditLayerdialog.NoticethatthelayerkeyissettoCITY,whichisthecolumn
attributeyousetearlierwhenyoucreatedthethemeinMapBuilder.ConfirmthatSampleDataisvisiblefortheLayerKey.
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21. SetGeometryTypetoPoint.
22. ClicktheBIKeyColumnsiconandselecttheOBIEEMAPsubjectarea.
23. ExpandGeoandmoveCitytotheSelectedpane.
24. ClickOKtoclosetheSelectBIKeyColumnsdialog.
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24. ClickOKtoclosetheSelectBIKeyColumnsdialog.
25. ClickSampleDatafor"City"andconfirmthatsampledataisreturned.
26. ClickOKtoclosetheEditLayerdialog.
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27. ClicktheBackgroundMapstab.
28. ClickImportBackgroundMapstoopentheImportBackgroundMapsdialog.
29. SelectOBIEE_TILE_LAYERintheImportBackgroundMapsdialog.
30. ClickOKtoimporttheOBIEE_TILE_LAYERbackgroundmap.
31. SelectOBIEE_TILE_LAYERandclicktheEditBackgroundMapicon.
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32. IntheEditBackgroundMapdialog,arrangethelayersfromtoptobottom:THEME_CITIES,THEME_STATES,andselectthezoomlevelsatwhicheachlayer
canbedisplayed.Yourresultsshouldlooksimilartothescreenshot.
33. ClickOKtoclosetheEditBackgroundMapdialog.Confirmthattheexpectedsubjectareaisassociatedwiththebackgroundmap.Inthisexamplethe
OBIEEMAPsubjectareaisassociatedwiththeOBIEE_TILE_LAYERbackgroundmap.
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CreatinganOracleBIAnalysisw ithaMapView
InthissetofstepsyoucreateanOracleBIanalysiswithamapview.
1. SelectNew>AnalysisandselecttheOBIEEMAPsubjectarea.
2. Createthefollowinganalysis:
Geo>State
Sales>Dollars
3. ClickResults.
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4. SelectNewView>Map.
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5. ConfirmthataMapviewisaddedtothecompoundlayout.
6. Confirmthattheexpectedtheme,THEME_STATES,isvisibleintheBIDataLayer.NoticethatbydefaulttheDollarsdataisdividedintofourquartiles,which
aredistinguishedasshadesofgrayforuseinthemap.
7. Hoverthemouseoverdifferentstatestoviewadatapopup.ThescreenshotshowsdataforTexas.
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7. Hoverthemouseoverdifferentstatestoviewadatapopup.ThescreenshotshowsdataforTexas.
8. ReturntotheTableviewanddrilldownonCA(California)toviewCitydata.
9. ReturntotheMapviewandnoticethatBIDataLayersnowincludesTHEME_CITIESandtheMapviewhaschangedtodisplayCitydata.
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10. Hoverthemouseoverdifferentcitiestoviewadatapopup.ThescreenshotshowsdataforSanFrancisco.
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11. Saveyouranalysis.
12. UsetheOBIEEMAPsubjectareatocreatethefollowingnewanalysiswithtwomeasures:
Geo>State
Sales>Dollars
Sales>UnitsOrdered
13. ClickResultstodisplayaTableviewinaCompoundLayout.
14. SelectNewView>MapViewtodisplayaMapviewintheCompoundLayout.
15. ClicktheEditViewiconfortheMapviewtoopentheMapeditor.
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16. ClicktheEditiconfortheDollarsmeasuretoopentheColorFilldialog.
17. IntheColorFilldialogselecttheStyledropdowntochangethestylecolor.
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18. ClickOKtoclosetheColorFilldialogandobservethechangestothemapandthelegend.
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19. ClicktheAddnewmapformatsicontoopentheformatsdropdownlist.
20. SelectImagefromthelist.
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21. SelectTHEME_STATEStoopentheImagedialog.
22. IntheImagedialogchangeVaryImageBytoUnitsOrdered.
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23. ClicktheimagefortheFirstThirdlabeltoopentheSelectImagedialog.
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24. IntheSelectImagedialog,selectthesmallredbarimage.
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25. ClickOKtoreturntotheImagedialog.RepeatthestepstoselectthesmallyellowbarfortheSecondThirdlabelandthesmallgreenbarfortheLastThird
label.
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26. ClickOKtoclosetheImagedialog.TheMapViewandlegendnowrendertwomeasures.
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27. ClickDonetoreturntotheCompoundLayoutandverifyyourworkintheMapview.
28. HoverthemouseoveranewbarimageandconfirmthatyouseedatafortheUnitsOrderedmeasure.ThescreenshotshowstheresultsforTexas.
29. NavigatetotheTableviewandclickCA(California)todrilldowntothecitylevel.
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30. ReturntotheMapviewandobservethatbothmeasuresarerenderedatthecitylevel.
31. UncheckDollars(Bubble)underTHEME_CITIEStoviewonlytheUnitsOrderedmeasureonthemap.
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32. Saveyouranalysis.
Summary
ThistutorialshowedyouhowtouseOracleMapBuilderandOracleMapViewertobuildandembedmapsforuseinOracleBusinessIntelligenceanalysesand
dashboards.
Inthistutorial,youhavelearnedhowto:
UseOracleMapBuildertobuildmaps
UseOracleMapViewertobringmapsonlineforintegrationwithOracleBusinessIntelligence
EmbedamapintoaMapviewinanOracleBusinessIntelligenceanalysis
Resources
PleaserefertothefollowingresourcesformoreinformationaboutthetopicscoveredinthisOBE:
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Themvdemodatabaseschema,MapViewerinstaller,andMapBuilderinstallerusedforthisOBE,aswellasadditionalinformationabouttheseproducts,
canbefoundontheOracleFusionMiddlewareMapViewerwebsite.
OraclebyExampleBusinessIntelligenceEnterpriseEdition
OracleBusinessIntelligenceDocumentation
OracleTechnicalNetwork(OTN)OracleBusinessIntelligence
OracleUniversity
OracleLearningLibrary
Credits
LeadCurriculumDeveloper:JimSarokin
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