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Oracle® Business Intelligence Suite Enterprise Edition Release Notes
Release 10.1.3.4.2
Part Number E10404-34
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Contents
Title and Copyright Information
Preface
Audience
Documentation Accessibility
Conventions
1
General Release Notes
1.1
How to Use These Release Notes
1.2
Upgrading to This Release
1.3
Installing or Uninstalling Oracle BI in Silent Mode Under UNIX
1.3.1
Creating a Response Text File
1.3.2
Using the Response Text File
1.3.3
Installing or Uninstalling Oracle BI Silently on More Than One Computer
1.3.4
Installing or Uninstalling from a Target Computer
1.3.5
Installing or Uninstalling from a Network-Accessible Computer
1.4
General Issues and Workarounds
1.4.1
New Features in Oracle BI Enterprise Edition Version 10.1.3.3
1.4.2
New Features in Oracle BI Enterprise Edition Version 10.1.3.3.1
1.4.3
New Features in Oracle BI Enterprise Edition Version 10.1.3.3.2
1.4.4
New Features in Oracle BI Enterprise Edition Version 10.1.3.3.3
1.4.5
New Features in Oracle BI Enterprise Edition Version 10.1.3.4
1.4.6
New Features for Oracle BI Enterprise Edition Version 10.1.3.4.1
1.4.7
New Features for Oracle BI Enterprise Edition Version 10.1.3.4.2
1.4.8
Certification Information
1.4.9
Installation and Upgrade
1.4.9.1
Warning Messages Are Displayed Despite Successful Upgrade
1.4.9.2
Essbase API Reference Is Not Added to nqsconfig.ini During Upgrade
1.4.9.3
Microsoft .NET Installation Dialog Is Displayed
1.4.9.4
Cosmetic Issues to Ignore During Installation
1.4.9.5
Host Name Errors After Installation on UNIX Platforms
1.4.9.6
Issue Starting Javahost Service on Solaris Platforms
1.4.9.7
Oracle BI Presentation Services Plug-In Deployed with All Custom Installations
1.4.9.8
Oracle BI Presentation Services Does Not Start After Windows Installation
1.4.9.9
Error Message About Service Not Starting After Rebooting After Windows Installation
1.4.9.10
Issue Starting Oracle BI Scheduler After Installing Paint Repository
1.4.9.11
Oracle 11g Not in the Picker List for Scheduler Configuration DB Type
1.4.9.12
Windows File Reg.exe Must Be Installed on Windows 2000 as a Prerequisite for Oracle BI Installation
1.4.9.13
Install/Uninstall Log Is Encoded with ASCII
1.4.9.14
OC4J Fails to Start After Upgrade from Oracle BI EE Version 10.1.3.2.1 to Version 10.1.3.3 or Later
1.4.9.15
Installer Indicates a Successful Installation Though Installation Fails
1.4.9.16
Installer Requires the OC4J Instance to Be Named "Home" and Enabled - Advanced Option
1.4.9.17
Oracle BI Folders Remain After Uninstall on Windows Server 2008
1.4.9.18
Preload 64-Bit Stream Library for HP-UX IA64
1.4.9.19
Japanese Fonts Do Not Display Correctly in Installer and Help Windows on SUSE Linux
1.4.9.20
Asian Languages Do Not Display Correctly with Java 5.0
1.4.9.21
Cannot Perform an Advanced Installation If SSO Is Already Configured
1.4.9.22
Automatic Restart of OC4J on Linux or UNIX
1.4.9.23
Installing Oracle BI EE with Microsoft IIS 7
1.4.9.24
Installing Oracle BI EE on IBM AIX Platform
1.4.10
Browser Limitations
1.4.11
Catalog Manager Enhancements
1.4.12
Documentation Corrections
1.4.12.1
Corrections for
Oracle Business Intelligence Infrastructure Installation and Configuration Guide
1.4.12.2
Corrections for
Oracle Business Intelligence Infrastructure Quick Installation Guide
1.4.12.3
Corrections for
Oracle Business Intelligence Infrastructure Upgrade Guide
1.4.12.4
Corrections for
Oracle Business Intelligence Presentation Services Administration Guide
1.4.12.5
Corrections for Oracle Business Intelligence Administration Tool Help
1.4.12.6
Corrections for
Oracle Business Intelligence Server Administration Guide
1.4.12.7
Corrections for Oracle Business Intelligence Delivers Help
1.4.12.8
Corrections for
Oracle Business Intelligence Scheduler Guide
1.4.12.9
Corrections for
Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition Deployment Guide
1.4.12.10
Corrections for
Oracle Business Intelligence Publisher Administrator's and Developer's Guide
1.4.12.11
Corrections for
Oracle Business Intelligence Publisher User's Guide
1.4.12.12
Corrections for Oracle Business Intelligence Publisher Help
1.4.12.13
Corrections for
Oracle Business Intelligence Disconnected Administration Guide
1.4.13
Authenticating an RSS Feed Using SSO
1.4.14
New Privilege Further Secures XSS Vulnerability
1.4.15
Cannot View PDF in Internet Explorer 6 and 7 over SSL
1.4.16
SQLEXTENDEDFETCH with Oracle Retail Predictive Application Server (RPAS)
1.4.17
Issues with Discoverer Metadata Migration Utility
1.4.18
Configuring Oracle BI EE Using an EAR File
1.4.19
New Books for Oracle BI Suite Enterprise Edition Version 10.1.3.4.2
2
Oracle BI EE Release Notes
2.1
Oracle Business Intelligence Server
2.1.1
Drag and Drop for XMLA Data Sources
2.1.2
Issues with Full Outer Join and WITH Clause on Oracle Database 10
g
2.1.3
Certain Combinations of Ago() Columns with Level-Based Measures Generate Oracle Database Errors
2.1.4
Column Dropped When Using a Report as a Filter for Another Report
2.1.5
INTERVAL Data Type Is Imported as LONGVARBINARY
2.1.6
Check Boxes in Consistency Check Window Do Not Reflect the Settings in the Options Tab
2.1.7
Misleading Error Messages During Import
2.1.8
Error Message About Oracle BI Server Not Running
2.1.9
Misleading Error Message for Timed-Out SAP/BW Connection
2.1.10
Potential Oracle BI Server Failure When Editing Repository in Online Mode
2.1.11
TIMESTAMPDIFF Function Causes Incorrect Values for IBM DB2 on OS/390 and AS/400
2.1.12
In HPUX Environment the Oracle BI Server Stops (or Fails to Start) if ODBC Library Name for Netezza Is Incorrect in odbc (odbc.ini) File
2.2
Oracle Business Intelligence Presentation Services
2.2.1
Advanced Search Fields Might Appear Missing in Catalog Manager
2.2.2
Changing the Report Path for a Portlet Might Not Update the New Path Correctly
2.2.3
Device Numbers for iBots Require Standard Strings
2.2.4
Issue Opening Reports with Non-ASCII Names on Windows 2000 Computers
2.2.5
Performance Issues with Multiple Portlets
2.2.6
How to Deploy BI EE Portlets into WebCenter Suite
2.2.7
Bookmark Link Error on Windows with FAT32
2.2.8
Oracle Business Intelligence Catalog Manager Unable to Open Presentation Catalog in Online Mode on Arabic Windows OS
2.2.9
Issue Handling Captions in Presentation Services
2.2.9.1
Handling Duplicate Exported Text Strings
2.2.10
Merge Option No Longer Available in Catalog Manager
2.2.11
Issue Handling Case-Sensitivity in Presentation Services for Tasks Such as Searching
2.2.12
Including BI Publisher Reports on a Dashboard
2.2.13
Issue Registering Oracle BI EE on UNIX Computers with EPM Workspace
2.2.14
Unable to Navigate from BI Answers to Interactive Dashboards in EPM Workspace
2.2.15
Incorrect Layout in Tables and Pivot Tables in PDF Files and PowerPoint Presentations When Locale for BI Server Is Arabic or Hebrew
2.3
Oracle Business Intelligence Answers
2.3.1
Refreshing Before Downloading in Compound Layout View
2.3.2
Defining an Aggregation Rule for a Set Operation
2.3.3
Error When Defining a Measure
2.3.4
Issue Replacing Columns in Formula Editor
2.3.5
Issue with Report-Based Total Option
2.3.6
Session Times Out When Publishing Oracle BI Content to OracleAS Portal
2.3.7
"Resource Not Found" Error Message When Publishing Oracle BI Publisher Content
2.3.8
Chart Display Errors in MHTML
2.3.9
Documentation Correction for Format Mask
2.3.10
Enhancement to Display of Columns in Tables and Pivot Tables
2.3.11
Support For Bidirectional Language Charts
2.3.12
Layout When Request is Downloaded to PowerPoint is Left-to-Right When the Oracle BI Server Locale is Arabic
2.3.13
Digit Glyph Displayed as Arabic Characters in PowerPoint When the Oracle BI Server Locale is Arabic
2.3.14
Error When Opening PowerPoint 2003 (MHTML) Output from Oracle BI EE in PowerPoint 2010
2.3.15
Users Must Log In to Oracle BI Publisher from Answers
2.3.16
Error in Totals
2.3.17
Issue with Totals and Value Suppression in Pivot Tables
2.3.18
Font Size Does Not Change When Modifying Cascading Style Files in Linux
2.3.19
Performance Issue When Many Users Concurrently Export to PDF
2.4
Oracle Business Intelligence Interactive Dashboards
2.4.1
Portions of Dashboard Dialogs Obscured by Oracle BI Publisher Reports
2.4.2
Failure to Print a Dashboard Page with a Header or Footer
2.4.3
Existing Dashboard Prompts Based on Columns Renamed in the Business Model Do Not Work
2.4.4
Internationalization Support Issues in Oracle Briefing Book Reader
2.4.5
Join Catalog Group Link and Quit Link Display Erroneously in My Account Page
2.4.6
Enhancements for Compressing Margins and Wrapping Column Text
2.5
Oracle Business Intelligence Delivers
2.5.1
iBot Headlines Cannot Contain Backslash Characters
2.5.2
iBot Recipient Gets ODBC Error Message
2.5.3
Issue When Setting Values for iBot Prompts
2.5.4
Issue with Conditional iBots, Unions, and Filters
2.5.5
Issue with Non-Personalized Chained iBots
2.6
Oracle Business Intelligence Disconnected Analytics
2.6.1
Path Not Found Error Message on Mozilla Browser
2.6.2
Incremental Preprocessed Synchronization Issues on Linux System
2.6.3
Missing Languages in Oracle BI Disconnected Client
2.6.4
Using Windows Authentication and Single Sign-On with Disconnected Analytics
2.7
Oracle Business Intelligence Scheduler
2.7.1
Setting Up the Java Scheduler Extensions in a Standalone Installation
2.7.2
Setting Up the Java Scheduler Extensions in a Clustered Installation
2.8
Oracle Business Intelligence Administration Tool
2.8.1
Specifying XML Data Sources
2.8.2
New Connection Scripts Functionality in Connection Pool Object
2.8.3
Unable to Import UTF-8 Table/Column Names Through OCI
2.8.4
Issues with Essbase
2.8.4.1
Inconsistent Essbase Query Results
2.8.4.2
Resolving an Issue with Custom Groups for Essbase Databases
2.8.4.3
Error Message on Exceeding Tuples
2.8.4.4
Using the LIKE Function for Essbase Databases
3
Oracle BI Publisher Release Notes
3.1
Oracle Business Intelligence Publisher
3.1.1
JDK 5.0 Bug Affects Oracle BI Publisher Performance
3.1.2
Shuttle Icons Might Appear as Text Strings in HP-UX PA-RISC (32-Bit) Installation
3.1.3
Scroll Bars Appear Clipped
3.1.4
PDF Form Processor Lacks Support for Landscape Template for Repeatable Fields
3.1.5
Flash Report PDF Output Might Not Render with Adobe Reader 7.0.x
3.1.6
PDF Encryption Is Limited to RC4
3.1.7
Alternate Table Rows Formatting Not Working in HTML, RTF, and Excel Outputs
3.1.8
Date Formats Might Display Incorrectly in Microsoft Excel Output
3.1.9
Header and Footer Margin from Edge Not Preserved in RTF Output
3.1.10
Rounding Issue When Adding Decimal Numbers
3.1.11
CUPS Server Does Not Appear as a Delivery Destination in Clustered Environment
3.1.12
Charts Might Not Appear in Excel Output
3.1.13
Concatenated Data Sources Do Not Load Properly to the Template Builder
3.1.14
Template Builder Add-in for Microsoft Word Does Not Allow Insertion of a Repeating Group Around an Existing Chart
3.1.15
Template Builder for Microsoft Word Add-in Help Includes Incorrect Description of Font Size Option
3.1.16
Schedules Tab and Buttons Disabled Until the Oracle BI Scheduler is Properly Configured
3.1.17
Scheduler Database Type Might Reset to Different Version
3.1.18
Images Do Not Generate Correctly Without X Server
3.1.19
Reports with Multibyte Character File Names Do Not Download Properly
3.1.20
Multibyte Character File Names Not Supported at Runtime
3.1.21
Column-Level Time Zone Formatting in Oracle BI Answers Not Supported in Oracle BI Publisher
3.1.22
Enabling SSL Is Recommended for Web Service Communication
3.1.23
Using a SSL-Enabled Web Services as a Data Source
3.1.24
When Using SSO, Updates to mod_osso.conf File Required for Communication Between Oracle BI Publisher and Client Components
3.1.25
Oracle BI Publisher Web Client Might Enter Stale State
3.1.26
When Working in Multiple Languages, Client OS Regional Settings Must Match the Target Language
3.1.27
Proxy Configuration Might Be Required for Accessing Data Sources Over the Internet
3.1.28
Internal Server Error 500 and 501 When Using Discoverer Worksheet as a Data Source
3.1.29
Oracle BI Publisher Updates Not Documented in the
Oracle Business Intelligence New Features Guide
3.1.30
Oracle BI Publisher Report Editor Panel Fails to Display Correctly When Using Internet Explorer 6.0 in SSO-Enabled Environments
3.1.31
Oracle BI Publisher Analyzer for Excel Cannot Be Installed After the Add-In for Microsoft Office
3.1.32
The Oracle BI Publisher Analyzer for Excel Fails to Install to Client from Sun Java System Web Server Deployments
3.1.33
Issue with Multibyte Character User Names and LDAP Server
3.1.34
Analyzer Templates with Multibyte Character Names Cause Error When Autorun in View Mode
3.1.35
Template Builder Throws "Microsoft Visual Basic, Compile Error in Hidden Module Module-Starter" Error After Windows Security Update
3.1.36
Admin Tab Might Not Display When Oracle BI Publisher Is Integrated with Oracle E-Business Suite
3.1.37
Fixes for Section 508 Accessibility Standards
3.1.38
Extended ASCII Characters Are Not Correctly Created in XML Data
3.1.39
Processing Indicator Not Displaying
3.1.40
Function
<?xdofx:chr(n)?
> Fails
3.1.41
Burst PDF Reports Fail to Print
3.1.42
Adobe Acrobat Reader 8.0 Not Supported with PDF Mapping
3.1.43
Privileges Not Being Inherited Properly Throughout LDAP Group Hierarchy
3.1.44
When the Guest Folder Name Is Changed, Users Are Prompted to Log In
3.1.45
Report Editing Panel Fails to Display When SSO is Enabled with Internet Explorer 6.0
3.1.46
Current_Server_URL Does Not Return a Value
3.1.47
Presentation Catalog List Does Not Display in Oracle BI Publisher When OC4J Is Started in Arabic Locale
3.1.48
Reports Using Data Template Fail with Data Not Defined
3.1.49
Oracle BI Publisher Query Builder "Check All" Feature Selects Only the First Twenty Columns
3.1.50
Selecting "Default Data Source" When Creating a List of Values Might Cause an Error
3.1.51
Deleted User Folder Must Be Manually Deleted from the Repository
3.1.52
Multibyte Characters Not Displayed Correctly in Report History for Discoverer-Based Reports
3.1.53
Unable to Access PublicReportServices Web Service WSDL
3.1.54
Changes to Oracle BI Publisher Web Services ScheduleRequest Complex Types
3.1.55
Change to validateLogin Operation
3.1.56
Changes to the ParamNameValue Complex Type
3.1.57
500 Internal Server Error Appears After Choosing Link to Document Only
3.1.58
Installer Creates Configuration Files Without Fully Qualified Host Names
3.1.59
User Is Prompted to Log In When Following the Dashboard Link in Oracle BI Publisher
3.1.60
Reports Named With Multibyte Characters Might Cause Error When Downloading to Excel Analyzer
3.1.61
Support for New Output Types
3.1.62
Document Cache Feature Added
3.1.63
Business Intelligence Server Security in Business Intelligence Publisher Expects Administrator Password in RPD
3.1.64
Integration with Smart Space, Fusion Edition (11.1.1) Requires Update to JVM Parameter
3.1.65
MHTML Output Format Not Supported on Mac OS X Client
3.1.66
"Croatian" Is Not Properly Translated in the Locale Selection List
3.1.67
Parameter Values for Bursting to a Printer Incorrectly Documented
3.1.68
Error When Navigating to BI Publisher from BI Enterprise Edition Menu in Fusion Intelligence
3.1.69
Correct Syntax for Division Function
3.1.70
Procedure for Scheduling a Report Incorrectly States the "Run Monthly" Option Supports Multiple Days of the Month
3.1.71
Date and Time Formatting for Certain Locales Might Differ Between BI Publisher and Oracle RDBMS
3.1.72
Validation of Data Type Added for Parameters Defined in the Data Template
3.1.73
Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Not a Choice in the Add Data Source Page
3.1.74
Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Not a Choice in the Scheduler Configuration Page
3.1.75
Netezza 4.5 Not a Choice in the Add Data Source Page
3.1.76
File Required for BI Publisher Single Sign-On Configuration Not Installed
3.1.77
For BI Publisher Integration with Oracle BI Server Security, the Sample Connection String for an SSL-Enabled Oracle BI Server Instance Is Incorrect
3.1.78
Trusted User Name Created in Discoverer for BI Publisher Integration Must Contain Only ASCII Characters
3.1.79
BI Publisher References Discoverer Worksheets by Name
3.1.80
BI Publisher Report Parameters Support Text Box or List of Values
3.1.81
Superuser Privileges Are Limited to Functions on Admin Page
3.1.82
End on Even or End on Odd Page Feature Only Supported for PDF Output
3.1.83
Analyzer for Excel Cannot Process Very Large Data Files in Native Mode
3.1.84
BI Publisher Deployments to WebLogic 10.3 Require Additional Setting at Startup
3.1.85
WebSphere 6.1: Class Loader Configuration Is Required When "HTTP 500 Internal Server Error" Prevents User Login
3.1.86
Error When Opening BI Publisher PowerPoint (MHTML) Output in PowerPoint 2010
3.1.87
Different BI Publisher Instances Cannot Share Scheduler Schema
3.1.88
Avoid the Use of Soft Returns in RTF Templates
3.1.89
First Day of Week Displayed in the Date Picker Not Correct for Some Locales
3.1.90
Multibyte Characters in Chart Titles May Appear Garbled
3.1.91
Bursting Engine Does Not Support Attributes in XML Data
3.1.92
New Features Not Documented in the 10.1.3.4.2 New Features Guide
3.1.92.1
Job Status by Web Service APIs
3.1.92.2
New Attributes to Improve Performance for Oracle BI Server Security Model
3.1.93
Report Runtime Property "Disable External References" May Not Correctly Inherit False Setting from Server
4
Oracle BI Add-In for Microsoft Office Release Notes
4.1
Oracle Business Intelligence Add-in for Microsoft Office
4.1.1
Installation Issues
4.1.1.1
Installing the Add-In on Microsoft Windows Vista
4.1.1.2
Previous Installation of the Add-In Must Be Manually Uninstalled
4.1.1.3
Installation Fails If Windows Script 5.6 Is Not Installed on the Client Computer
4.1.1.4
.Net 2.0 Framework No Longer Ships with the Add-In
4.1.1.5
Install a Language Pack for Non-English Languages
4.1.2
Office Client Unable to Start If OC4J Started with Proxy Parameters
4.1.3
Issue Logging into BI Office with NTLM Enabled in an SSO Environment
4.1.4
Oracle BI Option Disappears from the Excel Menu
4.1.5
Changing a Region to a Range in Microsoft Excel
4.1.6
Cancel Option Does Not Work with Test Connection
4.1.7
Empty Chart Inserted When No Data Is Returned
4.1.8
Using the Customize Option to Remove the Oracle BI Toolbar
4.1.9
New Connections Not Saved When Editing Concurrently in Excel and PowerPoint
4.1.10
Default Title Views or Default Data Formatting Not Imported into Excel and PowerPoint
4.1.11
Data Mismatch Might Occur Between Oracle BI EE and the Same View Imported into Excel or PowerPoint
4.1.12
Inserting a View With a Grand Total Column or Row into Microsoft Office Might Cause Issues
4.1.13
Dimension Level Numeric Data Treated as Measures
4.1.14
Measure Column Labels Might Display Incorrectly when Inserted into Microsoft Excel
4.1.15
Data Using Nondefault Aggregation Incorrect in Excel
4.1.16
Refresh After Clicking Secure Oracle BI Data Changes Page Filter Value
4.1.17
Presentation Catalog Collapses Folder List Under Full Screen Mode in Excel
4.1.18
Flash ActiveX Control Required for Inserting Images as Flash in PowerPoint
4.1.19
Using Oracle BI Publisher Analyzer for Excel if Oracle BI Add-In for Microsoft Office is also Installed
4.1.20
Inappropriate Error Message When Accessing an Unsupported Report
4.1.21
Limitation on the Number of Rows in Excel 2007
4.1.22
Lack of Privileges Causes Inappropriate Error Message When Accessing a Folder
4.1.23
Chart Inserted in PowerPoint 2003 Cannot Be Refreshed in PowerPoint 2007
4.1.24
Charts Might Be Displayed Differently After Insertion into Microsoft Office
4.1.25
Scatter Charts with Lines Display as Default Scatter Charts in Excel and PowerPoint
4.1.26
Stacked Charts Do Not Display Negative Values
4.1.27
Oracle BI Add-in for Microsoft Office Does Not Fully Support Localization
4.1.28
Chart Insertion Does Not Work If C:\Temp Folder Is Not Write-Enabled
4.1.29
Users Can Insert Tables in PowerPoint Larger Than 15x25 Rows/Columns
4.1.30
Time Displayed in Table or Pivot View Title Might Be Incorrect After Insertion
4.1.31
Text Orientation Does Not Change in Right-to-Left Languages
4.1.32
Date and Number Values Incorrectly Display When the Add-In in Languages that Have a Right-to-Left Orientation
4.1.33
Dialog Box Text Appears Incorrectly for Right-to-Left Languages
4.1.34
Presentation Catalog List Is Not Displayed When Oracle BI Server Locale Is Arabic
4.1.35
Refreshing Table Views in Arabic or German Versions of Excel Result in Incorrect Data Values
4.1.36
Line-Bar Chart Is Inserted Incorrectly
4.1.37
Legends in Bubble and Scatter Charts May Display Differently After Insertion into Microsoft Office
4.1.38
Untranslated Pages, Screens, and Menus for the Add-In
4.1.39
Security String Is Incorrect in Excel Sheets
4.1.40
Pasted Static Text View Can Appear with View Name "HTML View"
4.1.41
Number and Date Formatting Issues in Non-English Versions of the Add-In
4.1.42
Cannot See Oracle BI Icon Images in Non-English Versions of PowerPoint 2010 Ribbon
4.1.43
Corrections for Add-In Help
4.1.44
Integration with Smart Space, Fusion Edition (11.1.1) Requires Update to JVM Parameter