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DBLinkwithOracleBIApplications
ByJustinHydeonJan22,2015
Authors:SimonMiller,DirectorOBIA,OracleCustomerEngineeringandAdvocacyLab(CEALteam)
andPatrickBlock,Principal,OBIADevelopment
Inanearlierblogpost3ModesforMovingDatatotheBIApplicationsDWfromaSourceApplication
Databasetheavailableoptionsforsettingupdatasourceconnectionswasprovidedindetail,alongwith
screenshots.ItshouldbenotedthisinformationwrittenforOBIA11.1.1.7.1isstillapplicablefor11.1.1.8.1.
WhilenotallcustomerswilldeploytheSDS(SourceDependentStorewithGoldenGate),mostcustomers
shouldconsiderusingtheDBlinkoption.TheDBLinkallowsfordirectOracledatabasetoOracledatabase
communication,andthedatawontneedtoflowthroughyourODIAgent/WLS.Theobjectiveofthisblogisto
elaborateontheabovementionedpostandaddtipsandtroubleshootingguidance.
Firstly,thenamingconventionsrequiredcanbeabittricky,andwhileitlooksodd,itdoeswork.Whenyour
DBLinkissetup,youcantestitlikethis:
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Intheaboveexample,310istheDSNnumberdefinedintheBIACMandEBS11510istheDSNName.
ThisDBLinkwassetupwiththefollowingsyntax:
CREATEDATABASELINK"EBS11510.WORLD@DSN_310"
CONNECTTO"SDS_EBS11510_FULL"IDENTIFIEDBYVALUES
'054339818D629B44BA4880F2536FBAB4C0223F5FAC15FE03350F952A3FB376523F'
USING'(DESCRIPTION=
(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=tcp)(HOST=slcae159.us.oracle.com)(PORT=1581))
(CONNECT_DATA=(SID=dev159a)))'
IfyougetanerrorwhentryingtocreatethedblinkthenchecktoseeifyourGLOBAL_NAMESinitialization
parameterissettoTRUE.Thisrequiresthedatabaselinknametomatchtheremotedatabase'sglobalname.
WhenFALSEyoucannamethedatabaselinkwhateveryouwant(whatyoullrequire),see:
OracleDatabase12.1documentation,NamesforDatabaseLinks
Youcanfindthe<DATASERVER_NAME>and<DSN_ID>fromtheBIACMorODIStudioClient.Inthe
BIACMthedataservernameiscalledOracleDataIntegratorServerNameandDSNIDiscalledDataSource
Number.
Thereareacoupleofothergotchasyoushouldbeawareoftoavoidothercommonlyseenerrors.Weare
ultimatelylookingforaDBLinkwhosenamecorrespondstotheRemoteObjectMaskbelowwhere
%SCHEMAcorrespondstothe'Instance/dblink'property,%OBJECTisthehardcodedvalue'WORLD'and
%DSERVERisderivedbasedonthedatasourcenumid.ThescreenshotsbelowareforanEBSR12.1.3source
withDSNnameEBSR1213_DEFAULTandDSNID335.MakesuretheInstance/dblink(DataServer)
propertymatchestheNameproperty.TheNamecorrespondstotheOracleDataIntegratorDataServer
NamepropertyasseenintheBIACMwheneditingyoursource.
Whilethisshouldbesetautomaticallywhendefiningyourdatasources,youshouldverifythedefault
checkboxischeckedinthephysicalschema(inODIStudioClient)andtheLocalObjectMaskandRemote
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ObjectMaskareconfiguredcorrectly.
Finally,pleasecontinuetorefertothe3ModesforMovingDatatotheBIApplicationsDWfromaSource
ApplicationDatabasepost,whichexplainshowtolettheBIACMknowtousetheDBLink.
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Comments:
OBIA11Team,
Nicetoseeapostafterlongtime
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1.IfIgowith'JDBCmode',insteadof'DatabaseLinkmode',asmyDBAnormallydon'tallowDBLinkstobe
created,
WhatarethehighlevelstepstoidentifyELTbottlenecks?
2.DoesthisODIAgentworkinasynchronousmode,withreader,transformationandwriterthreadsworking
simultaneouslyeachprocessingabatchofrecords,justlikeInforamticaISthreads?
3.IncaseODIagentdoesn'tworklikeInfaISthreads,whatwouldhappenwhilereadingdatafromhugesource
tables(ex:payrollfromEBS/PSFT)via'JDBCmode'?ODIagentwaituntilithasallsourcerecordsbeforeit
writestoTEMPtable?
4.Alsoisn'tI$_W_PAYROLL_FSanextrainserttodoeverytimeItrytoloadW_PAYROLL_FS?Onemore
insertI$_W_PAYROLL_FforW_PAYROLL_F?Isn'tthisELTapproachlengthierthanETLapproach?
5.Basedontheproblemsreportedfromcustomers,whatarethemostcommonperformanceissuesinloading
OBAWstarschemasusingODI,particularlywhencustomersaredealingwithhugeamountofdata?
Thanksinadvance
Venkat
PostedbyVenkatonJanuary23,2015at07:46AMPST#
HelloOBIA11Team,
ArethereanyknownissuesandworkaroundstomakeOBIARel8workonExadata?Especiallyaround
1.settingupODI,BICMetcrpdonExadata
2.ETLIndexdropandcreationduringbatchloads
3.OBIEEqueryperformanceduetoExadataindex
PlanningtosetupprojectanalyticsforPSFT
Thanks
VenkatGali
PostedbyVenkatGalionJanuary27,2015at09:23AMPST#
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