OBIEE 11.1.1.6 Released - Short overview

Today Oracle released OBIEE 11.1.1.6. This blog describes the changes in this release

Installation

• Standalone installer also installs Catalog Manager (online mode)

New Features for Oracle Business Intelligence Users

• Auto-Complete Functionality for Prompts
• Optional Apply and Reset Buttons for Prompts
• Miscellaneous Prompts Enhancements
• Favorites
• Customizable Global Header and Get Started …. Section of the Home Page
• Oracle BI Client Installer Option Added to the Home Page
• Integrated Full-Text Search Capabilities
• Ability to Set Accessibility Mode in the Sign In Page
• Enhancement to Oracle Scorecard and Strategy Management
• Oracle Business Intelligence Mobile
• Enhancements to Tables and Pivot Tables
• Enhancements to Map Views
• Enhancements to Selections
• Enhancements to Views
• BI Composer Enhancements

Mobile

• No changes

Oracle BI Metadata Repository Builders

• Ability to Limit and Offset Rows Returned
• Identify Query Candidates with Oracle BI Summary Advisor
• Integrate the Administration Tool with a Third-Party Source Control Management System
• Streamlined MUD Merge Process
• Automated Repository Patching Process
• Support for Aggregate Persistence in a Cluster
• FIRST_PERIOD and LAST_PERIOD Time Series Functions
• Ability to Print the Physical and Business Model Diagrams

System Administrators

• New Configuration Elements for Prompts and Custom Links
• Changes in the Interface for Fusion Middleware Control
• Language for the User Interface of the Administration Tool
• Enhancements for Oracle BI Presentation Catalog
• Enhancements to Full-Text Search
• Configuration Settings for Analyses and Dashboards
• Configuration Settings in NQSConfig.INI

Security

• New privleges

BI-Publisher Report Designers

• Report Designers:
• Improved Create Report Flow
• Enhancements to Parameter Display Options
• Support for HTML Formatting in Data
• Support for PDF/A and PDF/X Output

BI-Publisher Users

• Edit Scheduled Jobs
• Event-Driven Schedules
• Enhancements to Parameter Display Options
• Favorites Region

BI-Publisher Data Model designers

• Schedule Triggers for Event-Driven Schedules
• Enhancements to Parameter Display Options
• Support for HTML Formatting in Data

When installing this release you must also upgrade the repositories to version 11.1.1.6 (new RCU)

The installation on Linux went smooth, in less than a hour the system is up and running.

If you want to configure the prompt to go without the buttons -> open instanceconfig.xml and add:

By default this option is not enabled.

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