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Saturday, August 3, 2013

OBIEE 11g 11.1.1.7.1 New Features and BUNDLE Patch Highlights




OBIEE 11g 11.1.1.7.1  version release and OBIEE BUNDLE PATCH Highlights

The Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition (OBIEE) 11.1.1.7.1 patch set  released last July 2013 . This patch set is available for all customers who are already on  OBIEE 11.1.1.7.0.

As usual it's  available to download from My Oracle Support 

 Patch 16556157: OBIEE BUNDLE PATCH 11.1.1.7.1

This single OBIEE 11.1.1.7.1 patch set download is comprised of the following:

1 of 6 Oracle Business Intelligence Installer (BIINST)
2 of 6 Oracle Business Intelligence Publisher (BIP)
3 of 6 EPM Components Installed from BI Installer 11.1.1.7.0 (BIFNDNEPM))
4 of 6 Oracle Business Intelligence Server (BIS)
5 of 6 Oracle Business Intelligence Presentation Services (BIPS)
6 of 6 Oracle Business Intelligence Platform Client Installers and MapViewer 
Ensure to review the readme file on the Installer download for important installation instructions
The following is also required to be downloaded and applied:

Patch 16569379: Dynamic Monitoring Service patch

Additional important notes are available in  the following document:

Document 1566124.1: OBIEE 11g 11.1.1.7.1 is Available for Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition


OBIEE 11g 11.1.1.7.1 New Features

It features information such as:

  1. Integration Features (OBIEE vs MS Office)
  2. Performance considerations
  3. Export Limitations
  4. Machine Configuration Tips 
  5. Report size estimations


Some screenshots in the PDF of reports outline the difference between various export functions (such as):







All in all, it will allow you to understand your OBIEE better. It guides you to integrate your
 OBIEE with SmartView and Office in ways that you might not have thought of, and alone for that I would consider this a must read for any (new) OBIEE user out there



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