Have you noticed
that Oracle BI disconnected analysis that used to come with OBIEE 10g is
missing? This was the component where users download some of the reports on
their laptop and use it in disconnected / 'offline' mode. It was helpful for
sales guys give real looking demos to their clients.
Well, Oracle has
pulled this product off its stack and this is no longer available from Releases
11.1.1.5 and later. There are no plans to bring it back either. After a little
research I found out that this module posed a data security risk, due to which
it is discontinued. Once the data is downloaded, OBIEE is no longer able to
authenticate the rightful owner of the objects.
Per Oracle, if you
still need to use this product, do not upgrade to 11.1.1.5 or higher versions.
However you will have to find an alternate to disconnected analytics as not
upgrading will eventually make your production version of OBIEE not supported
one day. On the other hand OBIEE Mobile capabilities well serve the same purpose of disconnected analytics in a better way!
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