Integrating  BI  Publisher  with  Enterprise  Manager  Date:  24/10/2012  Author:  Rob  Zoeteweij    http://oemgc.wordpress.com    As  part  of  Enterprise  Manager  12c  a  complete  set  of  default  Reports  deployed  in  BI  Publisher  is  available  after  integrating  BI  Publisher  with  Enterprise  Manager.  The  paper  describes  the  installation  and  integration  of  BI  Publisher  11.1.1.6.0  with  Enterprise  Manager  12.1.0.2  and  it  is  really  as  easy  as  1,2,3…    After  downloading  the  proper  files  from  OTN  and  making  a  backup  of  your  OMS  environment,  you  can  start  with  the  installation  of  BI  Publisher  and  integration  with  EM.    In  this  paper  I  assume  the  presence  of  a  em12c  12.1.0.2  fresh  installed  environment.  Refer  to  the  Oracle  Enterprise  Manager  Advanced  Installation  and  Configuration  Guide  in  all  other  situations.    Disk1/runInstaller  

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Press  [Finish]    When  starting  the  integration  of  bi  Publisher  with  Oracle  Enterprise  Manager  we  will  change  the  domain  configuration.  Therefor  we  will  first  make  a  backup  of  the  current  domain  configuration:    [oracle@em12c domains]$ pwd /u01/app/oracle/product/Middleware/gc_inst/user_projects/domains [oracle@em12c domains]$ zip -r GCDomain.zip GCDomain  Next  you  should  run:  <OMS Home>/bin/configureBIP  The  script  will  ask  you  for  a  SYSDBA  user  and  password  and  for  the  passwords  for  the  Admin  Server  User  and  Node  Manager.      

     

/u01/app/oracle/product/Middleware/oms/bin [oracle@em12c bin]$ ./configureBIP Configuring BI Publisher Version "11.1.1.6.0" to work with Enterprise Manager Logging started at /u01/app/oracle/product/Middleware/oms/cfgtoollogs/bip/bipca_20121024151450.log. It it strongly recommended to backup the domain before configuring BI Publisher. Are you sure you want to continue with BI Publisher configuration [no] ? yes Enter sysdba user name (sys): Enter sysdba user password: Enter Admin Server user password: Enter Node Manager password: Checking for SYSMAN_BIPLATFORM schema... Attempting to create SYSMAN_BIPLATFORM schema... Processing command line .... Repository Creation Utility - Checking Prerequisites Checking Global Prerequisites Repository Creation Utility - Checking Prerequisites Checking Component Prerequisites Repository Creation Utility - Creating Tablespaces Validating and Creating Tablespaces Repository Creation Utility - Create Repository Create in progress. Percent Complete: 0 Percent Complete: 10 Percent Complete: 30 Percent Complete: 50 Percent Complete: 50 Percent Complete: 100 Repository Creation Utility: Create - Completion Summary Database details: Connect Descriptor : (DESCRIPTION=(ADDRESS_LIST=(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=TCP)(HOST=em12c.mycorpdomain.com)(PORT=1521)))(CONNECT_DATA=(SID=emrep))) Connected As : sys Prefix for (prefixable) Schema Owners : SYSMAN RCU Logfile : /u01/app/oracle/product/Middleware/oms/cfgtoollogs/bip/emBIPLATFORM.log Component schemas created: Component Status Logfile Business Intelligence Platform Success /u01/app/oracle/product/Middleware/oms/cfgtoollogs/bip/biplatform.log Repository Creation Utility - Create : Operation Completed Driver: oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleDriver creating logger.. Connection exception in action logger path calculated: /u01/app/oracle/product/Middleware/oms/sysman/log/schemamanager/ action logger path calculated: /u01/app/oracle/product/Middleware/oms/sysman/log/schemamanager/ action logger path calculated finally: /u01/app/oracle/product/Middleware/oms/sysman/log/schemamanager/ no action logger file name from previous session action logger filename after search: emschema.log action logger filename finally: emschema.log filename: /u01/app/oracle/product/Middleware/oms/sysman/log/schemamanager/emschema.log newly created: /u01/app/oracle/product/Middleware/oms/sysman/log/schemamanager/emschema.log jdbcUrl = jdbc:oracle:thin:@(DESCRIPTION=(ADDRESS_LIST=(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=TCP)(HOST=em12c.mycorpdomain.com)(PORT=1521)))(CONNECT_DATA=(SID=emrep))) Successfully created SYSMAN_BIPLATFORM schema... Enter an integer between 9701 and 49152 for the BI Publisher HTTP server port. Enter -1 to disable the port (9701): Enter an integer between 9702 and 49152 for the BI Publisher HTTPS server port. Enter -1 to disable the port (9702): Extending domain with BI Publisher. This may take a few minutes... BI Publisher server running at http://em12c.mycorpdomain.com:9701/xmlpserver. BI Publisher server running at https://em12c.mycorpdomain.com:9702/xmlpserver. Registering BI Publisher with Enterprise Manager and deploying reports... Successfully setup BI Publisher with Enterprise Manager

Verify  the  integration  of  BI  Publisher  with  Enterprise  Manager      

 Connect  to  the  EM  Console  and  navigate  Enterprise    Reports    BI  Publisher  Enterprise  Reports  

 Let’s  try  report  “Targets  of  Specified  Type”    First  you  need  to  enter  the  BI  Publisher  Credentials  (use  the  same  credentials  you  used  for  login  in  to  the  EM  Console)        

   

   As  you  can  see  the  Reports  gets  opened  in  BI  Publisher.  

 Now  you  can  also  benefit  from  additional  features  like:      • Export  • Send  • Schedule  • Etc.