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EPM11.1.2.4workspaceintegrationwithOBIEE

2016(17)

InthepastIhavecoveredindetailworkspaceintegrationwithOBIEEsotodayIamnotgoingtogooveroldgroundand
onlyprovideanupdatewithintegrationinEPM11.1.2.4

2015(21)
December(2)
November(2)

IsuspectbecauseOBIEEisstillat11.1.1.7.xandtherenotbeentoomanychangesrelatingtoconfigurationwithEPM
11.1.2.4thattheprocessshouldstillbethesamebutIfeelitisworthtestingouttobesure.
Theblogsoutliningthestepsinmoredetailareavailableat:

October(1)
September(1)
August(2)
July(1)

OBIEE11.1.1.7integrationwithEPM11.1.2.2
OBIEE11.1.1.7integrationwithEPM11.1.2.3
IssueswithOBIEE/WorkspaceintegrationwhenusingSQLServer
Ifyouarenewtotheprocessthenitisdefinitelyworthreadingthroughthemtogetagoodunderstandingonwhatis
required.
FortodayIamgoingtobeusingOBIEE11.1.1.7.150120withanewlybuiltEPM11.1.2.4environmentandusingOracleasthe
databaserepository.
Hereisahighlevelsummaryofthestepsthatarebeingcarriedout,foradetailedbreakdownofthestepspleasevisitthe
blogsmentionedabove:

June(3)
May(1)
April(2)
EPM11.1.2.xoutof
placemaintenance
release
EPM11.1.2.4workspace
integrationwith
OBIEE
March(1)
February(3)
January(2)
2014(18)

ConfiguresameMSADconfigurationinEPMSharedServicesandOBIEEWebLogicAdminServer

2013(26)
2012(23)

ExtractregSyncUtil_OBIEETOEPM.zip
Updatereg.propertieswithversionfromEPMenvironment

2011(26)
2010(19)
2009(29)

RunutilitytoshareencryptionkeybetweenEPMandOBIEE

2008(28)

RemoveapplicationIDfromOBIEEEPMregistry

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Copycss.jar,interopsdk.jarandregistryapi.jarfrom11.1.2.4EPMenvironmenttoequivalentOBIEE
environmentlocations
RegisterOBIEEinworkspacebyupdatingregistration.propertiesandrunningHSSRegistrationtool
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ReconfigureEPMwebservertoaddinOBIEEproxyinformation
EnableSSOauthenticationusingfusionmiddlewarecontrol
Updateinstanceconfig.xmltoaddtheHyperionCSSauthenticationschema
Updatebridgeconfig.propertiestoenableHyperionCSSauthentication

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RestartEPMandOBIEE
Test
TheprocessisexactlythesameasIcarriedoutwith11.1.2.3andIdidnthitanynewissues.
ThegoodnewsisthatoncetheconfigurationwascompleteandrestartedtheOBIEEroleswereavailableinSharedServices.

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AfterprovisioninganADuserwithOBIEErolesinSharedServicestheOBIEEwasavailablefortheuserinWorkspace.

SelectingoneoftheOBIEEmenuoptionsinworkspacecorrectlypassedacrosstheSSOtokenandloggedintoOBIEE
analyticswithoutanyissues.

ThisisfineisyouareaccessingOBIEEreportsthatarenotusingEssbaseorHFMasadatasource,ifyouarethereareafew
additionalstepsthatarerequiredtoallowthefullSSOwhichIhavenotcoveredpreviously.
ToenableSSOeachEssbase/HFMconnectionpoolrequirestobeupdatedusingtheBIadmintool.

Theavailableoptionsaretouseafixedusernametoopenreportsorbyusingthevariablerouteof:USERand:PASSWORD
whichwillpasstheusername/passwordoftheuserthatiscurrentlyloggedintoanalyticstoEssbase/HFMbutthisisnot
reallyatrueSSO.
TousethesameSSOtokenwhichhasbeenusedintheworkspaceintegrationthentheSSOoptionshouldbeselectedand
saved.
Ifyouthentryandopenareportwhichhasanessbasedatasourceyouwillbeconfrontedwithanunfriendlyerrormessage.

Takingalookattheessbaselogyoucanseethatitispassinginincorrectcredentials

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Local/ESSBASE0///6972/Error(1051293)
Loginfailsduetoinvalidlogincredentials
Local/ESSBASE0///6972/Warning(1051003)
Error1051293processingrequest[LoginEx]disconnecting
Thisdoesntreallyprovidemuchinformationbutifyouincreasethelogginglevelsforessbasethenthesharedservicesclient
securitylogprovidesfurtherinfo.
[EPMCSS99999][oracle.EPMCSS.CSS][tid:26][ecid:disabled,0][SRC_CLASS:
com.hyperion.css.facade.impl.CSSAbstractAuthenticator][SRC_METHOD:getUserDetails]EXITINGin[0]ms.
RETURNING[essuser,,ldap://orclguid=11cf57e5e5b443378fc36b792d5974b2?USER,,essuser,,
1428403297072,,
null|11cf57e5e5b443378fc36b792d5974b2|null|null|null|null|0|null|null|null|,|.|false|null|false|null,
BnwdiigC51bzqFwG9zm41VcKutlDmFLun65iUpEpDxk=,
ECID:1.fbb32e89d31ed03e:76dffa80:14c936ca095:800000000000000000b8kXiClpjg1vC].
AsyouseeitistryingtologinusingtheorclguidattributewhichisthedefaultforOracleInternetDirectory,forMicrosoftit
shouldbeobjectGUID.
ThereisasimplesolutionwhichisactuallydocumentedbutIwantedtogothroughtheerrorfirst.
IntheOBIEEweblogicdomainanadditionaljavasystempropertyshouldbeaddedtothesetDomainEnvscript.
Doracle.epm.css.identity.type=fusion

IfyouareonwindowsandusingawindowsservicetostartupOBIEEthenyouwillalsoneedtoaddthepropertyintothe
registry.
OnceaddedandOBIEEmanagedserversrestartedthenfullSSOshouldbeavailablefromworkspace.

ThereisalsoanalternativewayofachievingthesameresultandthatisbyaddinganewpropertytotheOBIEEEPMregistry.

Iwouldprobablystickwiththefirstmethodthoughunlessyouareusingadifferentloginattributetoanexternaldirectory.
WiththelongoverduedemiseofproductslikeWebAnalysisandInteractivereporting,OBIEEisnowbecomingmoreofthe
normfordashboardtypereportingwithEPManditisdefinitelyworthconsideringintegratingwithworkspace.
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