Oracle Business Intelligence Sources > Create catalog sources in Metadata Command Center > Step 1. Register a catalog source
  

Step 1. Register a catalog source

When you register a catalog source, provide general information and connection values.
    1Log in to Intelligent Data Management Cloud.
    The My Services page appears.
    2Click Metadata Command Center.
    The Metadata Command Center box appears on the My Services page.
    The screenshot shows the Informatica Intelligent Cloud Services selelction screen with the Metadata Command Center highlighted.
    The Metadata Command Center home page appears.
    3Click New.
    4Select Catalog Source from the list of asset types.
    5Select Oracle Business Intelligence from the list of catalog source types.
    The following image shows the Oracle Business Intelligence catalog source:
    The image shows the list of catalog sources with the Oracle Business Intelligence catalog source selected and an option to create a new catalog source.
    6Click Create.
    The New Catalog Source page opens.
    7In the General Information section, enter a name and an optional description for the catalog source.
    Note:
    You can rename a catalog source after you create it, but to apply the change to all associated objects you must rerun the metadata extraction job.
    After you save the catalog source, you can update the description in and . The update appears only in the service in which you update it.
    8In the Connection Information area, enter the Oracle Business Intelligence connection information.
    The following table describes the properties to configure:
    Property
    Description
    Version
    Select the version of the Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition Presentation Server from where you want to import metadata.
    Select one of the following options to specify the version:
    • - Auto Detect. Select this option to let Metadata Command Center detect the version of Oracle Business Intelligence.
    • - OBIEE 10.x. Select this option if you use the Oracle Business Intelligence 10.x version.
    • - OBIEE 11.x. Select this option if you use the Oracle Business Intelligence 11.x or 12.x versions.
    Server URL
    The URL to connect to the Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition Presentation Server. Format is: http://<host name>:<port number>/analytics/saw.dll
    If you use SSL, ensure that Metadata Command Center trusts the server certificate of the Oracle Business Intelligence Presentation Server.
    Note:
    If single sign-on is enabled for the user, replace analytics with analytics-ws in the server URL.
    Format is: http://<host name>:<port number>/analytics-ws/saw.dll
    Login User
    The user name to access the Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition Presentation Server. Ensure that the user name you use has the necessary permissions to import metadata.
    Login Password
    The password associated with the user name.
    Metadata File
    The absolute path to the XML or UDML metadata file located on the Secure Agent machine.
    Note:
    • - For Oracle Business Intelligence version 10.x, you must convert the RPD file to a Universal Database Markup Language (UDML) file.
    • - For Oracle Business Intelligence versions 11.x and 12.x, you must convert the RPD file to XML format. Metadata Command Center doesn't support the UDML file format for Oracle Business Intelligence 11.x and 12.x versions.
    For information on how to convert RPD files to XML and UDML files, see .
    9Click Next.
The Configuration page appears.