Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition connection
To access your data in Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition, create a connection asset for it.
Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition is an analytics and reporting platform.
Supported versions
- Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition 12.2.1.4
Create a connection to Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition
To create the connection asset, you need the following connection details:
- Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition server URL
- Username and password
- SSL certificate (if required by the database server)
For Credentials and Certificates, you can use secrets if a vault is configured for the platform and the service supports vaults. For information, see Using secrets from vaults in connections.
Choose the method for creating a connection based on where you are in the platform
- In a project
- Click Assets > New asset > Data access tools > Connection. See Adding a connection to a project.
- In a catalog
- Click Add to catalog > Connection. See Adding a connection asset to a catalog.
- In the Platform assets catalog
- Click New connection. See Adding platform connections.
Next step: Add assets from the connection
- To add assets to a catalog, in a project, create and run a metadata import with the Import BI report or the Get BI report lineage goal. See Importing business intelligence reports and Getting lineage for business intelligence reports.
Where you can use this connection
You can use the Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition connection in the following workspaces and tools:
Projects
Metadata import (discovery) and metadata import (lineage) (Watson Knowledge Catalog) Advanced metadata import must be enabled. For lineage imports, a MANTA Automated Data Lineage license key must be installed. See Installing Watson Knowledge Catalog and Enabling lineage import.
Catalogs
- Platform assets catalog
- Other catalogs (Watson Knowledge Catalog) for access to the assets added through metadata import
Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) compliance
The Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition connection cannot be created in a FIPS environment.
Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition setup
Restrictions
You can use this connection only for source data. You cannot write to data or export data with this connection.
Supported file types
The Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition connection supports business intelligence reports.
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Parent topic: Supported connections