Thursday, June 28, 2012

OBIEE 11.1.1.6 - Edit Analysis in Criteria/Results tab

OBIEE 11.1.1.6 brought a new feature that allows users to choose an option to edit analysis in Criteria tab or Results tab. However, in 11.1.1.5 version the report would open in Results tab when clicked on edit analysis as default.

To add this new feature;
Go to My Account-> Preferences-> Analysis Editor-> choose an option and then click OK.





OBIEE 11.1.1.6 - Dashboard prompt show "Null" value in drop-down list



In the dashboard prompt, "NULL" value was added as a choice in every prompt after applying the patch OBIEE 11.1.1.6.

In the above example, to filter the NULL value in prompt

1) Edit the prompt definition for this column, select 'SQL Results' from 'Choice List Values' selection.
2) Add the condition WHERE <Column_Name> IS NOT IN ('(Null)') to your SQL statement and click OK to preview the result. This will display all non-null values in the prompt drop-down as below.