Enable Mobile App Designer in OBIEE 11.1.1.7.1

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Oracle Allow you now to create Report using OBIEE for Mobile/Tablets, But to do this you have to

upgrade OBIEE to 11.1.1.7.1 I already blog about it, you can check the post from here.

After your upgrade your OBIEE successfully you have to follow some steps to enable mobile App, and to

do this you have to download two patches:

1st: 17004920

This patch includes updates to enable support of Oracle BI Mobile App Designer in the Oracle BI

Enterprise Edition web catalog and user interface.

2nd: 17220944

BI Mobile Patch.

The patches available only on http://support.oracle.com

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Step #1:

Stop All OBIEE Services, for AdminServer use stopWeblogic.sh and opmnctl stopall for OBIEE instance.

Step #2:

It’s Better to take backup for OBIEE,PRD and catalog.

Step #3:

Upload the downloaded patches to the server and unzip them.

Step #4:

Set your Environment Variable like the below:

[oracle@SERVER-OBIEE#]export ORACLE_HOME=/u01/app/fmw/Oracle_BI1/ [oracle@SERVER-OBIEE#]export JAVA_HOME=/u01/app/fmw/Oracle_BI1/jdk [oracle@SERVER-OBIEE#]export MY_PATCH=/share/Patch/ [oracle@SERVER-OBIEE#] export PATH=$ORACLE_HOME/OPatch:$JAVA_HOME/bin:$ORACLE_HOME/bin:$PATH

Step #5:

Apply the Patch using the below command:

opatch napply –silent $MY_PATCH –id 17004920, 17220944

The Final Output should be

Optach Finish Successfully.

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Now if you tried to run AdminServer,Managed Server and instance Services mobile App will not be

appearing in OBIEE Dashboard, Follow the below Steps :

Post Installation OBIEE Mobile Patch:

Remember to make sure all the services must be off.

Step #1:

Extend BI Domain to enable mobile app by Deploy BI-MAD.

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Choose where your domain location is:

After this screen you have to choose Extend with Template, the template location located in

<MW-HOME>/Oracle_BI1/common/templates/applications/

Till you reach this location chooses the below:

oracle.bimad_template_11.1.1.jar

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Step #2:

Update Security Configuration for OBIEE, in this step you have to start AdminServer for OBIEE using

startWeblogic.sh.

Security File located : <MW-HOME>/Oracle_BI1/bifoundation/install

For OBIEE Location <MW_HOME>/Oracle_BI1/common/bin/ run wlst.sh

./wlst.sh <MW-HOME>/Oracle_BI1/bifoundation/install/addMADCodeGrants.py

t3://DOMAIN-IP:7001 weblogic

Enter the password after this

Warning: An insecure protocol was used to connect to the server. To ensure on-the-wire security, the SSL port or Admin port should be used instead. Location changed to domainRuntime tree. This is a read-only tree with DomainMBea n as the root. For more help, use help(domainRuntime) Already in Domain Runtime Tree Already in Domain Runtime Tree Already in Domain Runtime Tree Already in Domain Runtime Tree Already in Domain Runtime Tree Already in Domain Runtime Tree Entries for BI Mobile App Designer have been added successfully. Disconnected from weblogic server: AdminServer

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Step #3: Start bi Server using Admin Server Console , and Enter to Analytics by Default and opmnctl startall

http://Domain-Server-ip:9704/Analytics Login to Dashboard using Administrator User. Step #4: Create Apps Library Folder in Catalog.

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Step #5: Create New Folder under Shared Folder Called it “Mobile Apps Library”

And make sure the permission is correct on this folder like the below.

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Step #6: Step-up the Configuration file and to do this:

Open the xmlp-server-config.xml file. It is located under <DOMAIN_HOME>/config/bipublisher/repository/Admin/Configuration.

And the below line

<property name="APPS_LIBRARY_FOLDER_LOCAL" value="/Apps Library"/> Step #7: Restart The BI Server included with Instance.

Congratulation you are done check the below.

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