Metadata Dictionary in OBIEE 10.1.3.4.1
I wanted to try out the new feature ‘Metadata Dictionary ’and expose them in Answers. This could be a real useful entity for Power Users of OBIEE who could trace down a Presentation Column in Answers till the Database Column.
Steps:
- Logon to the RPD in Offline mode and generate the metadata using Tools->Utilities->Generate Metadata Dictionary. Specify a directory when Prompted to store the dictionary. A folder named ‘dictionary’ will be created in the specified location. The ‘dictionary’ folder will contain a sub-folder with name =
- Go to your Analytics Virtual Directory and place the ‘dictionary’ folder generated in step 1 inside it. If you are using OC4J, the virtual Directory would be C:\OracleBI\oc4j_bi\j2ee\home\applications\analytics\analytics\res
- Restart your Servers and Go to Answers. You will see a new Icon to the right of every Subject Area. The same Icon will also appear besides each folder.
- Click on the Icon and a new window will open displaying the metadata. The URL should look like
http://localhost:9704/analytics/res/dictionary/OracleBIAnalyticsApps/PresentationCatalog/PRCAT_Loyalty___Financials0313.xml
