22 May 2015 New Oracle release: OBIEE 11.1.1.9.0 version

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Oracle released the OBIEE 11.1.1.9.0 version on May 14th.
This should be considered the last minor version before OBIEE 12c is released this fall. The new version adds some new features across the different sub-products. They are summarized in the following post. The most relevant innovations are highlighted.

 

OBIEE

 

New features for OBIEE developers aka Answers (full notes here)

 

  • Key Terminology Changes
  • Enhancements in Oracle Scorecard and Strategy Management
  • Enhancements in Dashboards (custom layouts for printing and exporting Pages through BIP)
  • Enhancements in Managing Accounts
  • Enhancements in Selection Steps (variable override)
  • Enhancements in the Export Functionality (several changes, it is yet to be seen whether HTML export works…)
  • Enhancements in Analyses (save custom formula columns in the catalog for future reuse, yai!)

 

New features for Repository builders (full notes here)

 

  • Whole Rpd Checkout Option Added to Multiuser Menu
  • Improvements to Aggregate Persistence
  • Initialization Block Written in JSON Syntax
  • Translation Keys
  • New Administration Tool Options
  • Script Added to Upgrade DataDirect Drivers
  • Cloudera Impala Supported
  • Access to Hyperion Planning Data Sources
  • Expanded Oracle 12c Database Support

 

New features for Security (full notes here)

 

  • New privileges (EVALUATE_PREDICATE)

 

New features for Integration (web services, full notes here)

 

  • SchedulerService Web Service

 

New features for Administrators (full notes here)

 

  • New Properties for Full-Text Search
  • New or Enhanced Configuration Elements (some of the configuration elements might be useful)
  • New NQSconfig.INI Settings
  • Debugging Agents Using Fusion Middleware Control

 

BI PUBLISHER

 

New features for BI Publisher Model Design (full notes here)

 

  • Oracle Endeca No Longer Supported as a Data Source
  • New Properties Added (interesting query_time_out property that will error a BI publisher report after X seconds)
  • New Custom Metadata Component to Support Oracle WebCenter Content Server
  • Oracle WebCenter Content Server Supported as a Bursting Destination

 

New features for BI Publisher Report Design (full notes here)

 

  • Support for Microsoft Word (.docx)
Antonio R
antonio.rivas@clearpeaks.com