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New Features for Oracle BI EE 11g Release 1 (11.1.1.7)

This section describes new features for Oracle BI EE 11g Release 1 (11.1.1.7). It contains the following topics:

New Features for 11.1.1.7.16


Note:

Information about Oracle BI EE 11g Release 1 (11.1.1.7.16 and later) is only applicable to Oracle BI EE 11g Release 1 (11.1.1.7) customers using Oracle Fusion Applications 11g Release 9 (11.1.9) and to some Oracle BI EE 11g Release 1 (11.1.1.7) customers using Oracle Fusion Applications 11g Release 8 (11.1.8).


New features in Oracle BI EE 11g Release 1 (11.1.1.7.16) include the addition of the Show Total value for all measures on unrelated dimensions check box in the Analysis editor: Advanced tab to set the ENABLE_DIMENSIONALITY variable. For more information, see "Analysis editor: Advanced tab."

New Features for 11.1.1.7.10


Note:

Information about Oracle BI EE 11g Release 1 (11.1.1.7.10) is only applicable to Oracle BI EE 11g Release 1 (11.1.1.7) customers using Oracle Fusion Applications 11g Release 8 (11.1.8).


New features in Oracle BI EE 11g Release 1 (11.1.1.7.10) include:

Key Terminology Changes

In this release, the following terminology change has been made:

Enhancements to Dashboards

This release provides the following enhancements to dashboards:

Enhancements to Graphs

In this release graphs have been enhanced as follows:

Enhancements to Views

This release includes enhancements to various view types that can assist a content designer in creating more effective analyses faster, including those in the following list:

Enhancement to KPIs and Oracle Scorecard and Strategy Management

This release includes the following enhancement for KPIs and scorecarding:

New My Account dialog: Mobile Preferences tab

In this release, a new tab has been added to the My Account dialog called Mobile Preferences, where users can set their preferences for Oracle BI Mobile. For more information, see "My Account dialog: Mobile Preferences tab."

New Features for 11.1.1.7.0

New features in Oracle BI EE 11g Release 1 (11.1.1.7.0) include:

Recommended Visualizations Feature for Creating Views

In this release, when you create a view, you can choose a recommended view type based on the data in your analysis and, optionally, what you want to use it for (for example, to analyze trends).

You can choose a suggested "Best Visualization" as well as a "Recommended Subtype". Or you can instead choose the "Recommended Visualization" option, for which you specify your intent for the new view. For example, will the view compare values, compare percentages, visualize trends, or something else? From a list of suggested view types that is ordered with the best option at the top, you can then choose your preferred view type. See "What Is the Recommended Visualizations Feature?" for more information.

Breadcrumbs

Breadcrumbs have been added to help users understand their current location within Oracle BI content and the path that they have used to navigate Oracle BI content. Breadcrumbs display at the bottom of the page, and users can click a breadcrumb or the breadcrumb overflow button to navigate to a specific location on their breadcrumb trail. See "Navigating With Breadcrumbs" for more information.

Enhancements to Dashboards

This release provides the following enhancements to dashboards:

Enhancements to Graphs

In this release graphs have been enhanced in various ways.

Enhancements to Views

This release includes enhancements to various view types, including those in the following list:

Enhancements to Prompts

This release includes enhancements to prompts, including those in the following list:

New Menu Options for Exporting Views and Results

This release adds the Excel 2007+ and Powerpoint 2007+ options for exporting views and results.

See "Export Menu Options for Views and Results."

Total Member Placement for Hierarchical Columns

This release includes an enhancement that allows placement of total members on a hierarchy. See "Analysis Properties dialog: Data tab" for additional information.

Browse Catalog Search Results by Object Attributes

This release provides the capability to use full-text search to find catalog objects and then filter the search results by attributes. This search is available when the administrator integrates Oracle BI Enterprise Edition with Oracle Endeca Server. After the full-text search results are returned, the Catalog area displays a list of matching items, and the Search pane displays the search results grouped by attribute (that is, Type, Name, Path, and Created By). See "What Results are Returned from a Full-Text Catalog Search?" for additional information.

Navigate from the Total or Grand Total in a Table or Pivot Table

If an analysis contains a total or grand total and the associated attribute or hierarchical column contains an action link or a conditional action link, the action link (or conditional action link) is applied to both the column and the total or grand total. See "What Are Actions?" for additional information.

New BI Desktop Tools Available for Download

This release adds the following tools to the list of BI desktop tools that are available for download:

See "Downloading BI Desktop Tools" for additional information.

Enhancement to Favorites

This release provides the capability to organize your favorites from the Category Tree area and the Selected Category area in the Manage Favorites dialog. In previous releases, you could organize favorites from the Category Tree area, only. See "Organizing Favorites" for additional information.

Integration of Oracle BI EE with Oracle Enterprise Performance Management System

With this release, Oracle BI EE is integrated with Enterprise Performance Management Workspace. See "Integration of Oracle BI EE with Oracle Enterprise Performance Management System."