Monthly Archives: January 2011

Creating a dashboard level column selector in OBIEE

Creating a dashboard level column selector in OBIEE Users of OBIEE Answers are accustomed to the versatility of reports provided with the Column Selector. The column selector setup is very easy and intuitive to configure and use. However, it is … Continue reading

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Naming Conventions In The Data Mart

What you call things matter. It matters to you, and it matters to others who interact with you. When you name things, your project, your children, your children’s stuffed animals, you typically consider two perspectives: what YOU think the name … Continue reading

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Handling the ALL level in Xcelsius selectors

Handling the ALL level in Xcelsius selectors is always a problematic proposition. If you tried using a selector to pass a value to your BusinessInteligence prompt, in order to retrieve filtered data from the database, you must have run into … Continue reading

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Round corners in Xcelsius – Easily add images with transparent background to your dashboard

The Xcelsius image component is the key to creating a professional and good looking dashboard that will appeal to users and make them BI Happy. Creating elaborate graphics with complex software such as adobe or gimp can be time consuming … Continue reading

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