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Overview

Purpose
ThistutorialcoversusingOracleMapBuilderandOracleMapViewertobuildandembedmapsforuseinOracleBusinessIntelligenceanalysesanddashboards.

TimetoComplete
Approximately90minutes

Introduction
InthisOraclebyExample(OBE)tutorialyoulearnhowtouseOracleMapBuildertobuildamap,useOracleMapViewertobringthemaponlineforintegrationwith
OracleBusinessIntelligence(OBI),andthenembedthemapintoaMapviewinanOBIanalysis.Pleasenotethatthistutorialprovidesonlyabasicintroductionto
OracleMapBuilderandOracleMapViewerforthepurposesofbuildingamapandthenintegratingthemapintoOBI.FormoredetailedinformationaboutMap
BuilderandMapViewer,pleaserefertotheResourcessectionattheendofthisOBE.

Prerequisites
Thistutorialusesasamplemapdataschema,aprebuiltOBIschema,andaprebuiltOBIrepository.Allinstructionsforaccessingandimportingtheschemasare
providedinthistutorial.ThistutorialdoesnotprovideinstructionsforuploadingtheprebuiltOBIrepository.ItisassumedthatyouknowhowuseEnterpriseManager
11gFusionMiddlewareControltouploadanOBIrepository.PleasenotethatthistutorialwasbuiltusingaWindowsenvironmentwithallrequiredcomponents
installedonasinglemachine.Asaresultyoumayneedtomodifysomestepsinthistutorialtomatchyourenvironment.Beforestartingthistutorial,youshould:
HaveaccesstoorhaveInstalledOracleBusinessIntelligence11g.
UseEnterpriseManager11gFusionMiddlewareControltouploadtheOBIEEMAPrepository(obieemap.rpd)locatedhere.Therepositorypasswordis
welcome1.PleasenotethatthisrepositorywillnotbereadyforbuildinganalysesinOBIPresentationServicesuntilafteryoucompletethefirsttopicinthis
OBE:ImportingSchemastoYourDatabase.

ImportingSchemastoYourDatabase

ToimporttherequiredschemasforthisOBEintoyourOracledatabase,performthefollowingsteps.InthistutorialyouuseaMapViewerdemoschema,mvdemo,
andanOBIschema,ob ieemap.Allinstructionsforaccessingandimportingtheseschemasareprovidedinthistutorial.
1. SignintoSQL*Plusasasystemuserandcreateadatabaseusernamedmvdemo.Usethefollowingscriptforreference:

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1. SignintoSQL*Plusasasystemuserandcreateadatabaseusernamedmvdemo.Usethefollowingscriptforreference:
CREATEUSERmvdemoIDENTIFIEDBYmvdemoDEFAULTTABLESPACEUSERS

2. Grantprivilegestothemvdemouser.Usethefollowingscriptforreference:
GRANTCONNECT,RESOURCE,CREATEVIEWTOmvdemoIDENTIFIEDBYmvdemo

3. Copymvdemo.dmptoalocationonyourmachine.Inthisexamplemvdemo.dmpiscopiedtoD:\mvdemo\mvdemo11R1.Thisisadatabasedumpfile
exportedfromanOracledatabase.YoucanimportitintoanOracle10gor11gdatabase.

4. Openacommandwindow,changethedirectorytothelocationofmvdemo.dmp,andusethefollowingcommandtoimportthedataintousermvdemo:
impmvdemo/mvdemofile=mvdemo.dmpfull=yignore=y

Iftheabovecommandfailsduetocharactersetrelatedissues(suchasIMP00016imp:charsetconversionerror),youmayneedtosettheNLS_LANG
environmentvariabletoAmerican_America.WE8ISO8859P1temporarily.Forinstance,onWindowsyoucantypethefollowingintheDOSwindowbefore
issuingtheaboveimpcommandagain:
setNLS_LANG=American_America.WE8ISO8859P1

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setNLS_LANG=American_America.WE8ISO8859P1
Youcanignoreallotherwarningsfromtheimpcommand,includingonethatsays"Unexpectedendofexportfileencountered".Theimporteddataisready
tobeused.
5. Verifytheimport.Connectasmvdemoandusethefollowingscriptasareference:
selecttable_namefromuser_tables

6. Verifyifthescriptmcsdefinition.sqlhasbeenruninyourdatabase.Ifnot,runthescriptmcsdefinition.sql.
Explanation:Ifyourdatabasehasneverrunthisscriptbefore,youwillneedtorunitasDBArole.Toverifyifthisscripthasbeenrun,youcanlogintothe
database(asanyuser),andexecutethefollowingquery:
selectnamefromuser_sdo_cached_maps

Ifthequeryproducesanerrorthatsays"tableorviewdoesnotexist"thenthisscripthasneverbeenrunonthedatabase.Ifitdoesnotreturnsuchanerror
(evenifnorowswereselectedasshowninthescreenshot),thenyoudonotneedtorunthescriptmcsdefinition.sql.
Ifyoudoneedtorunthisscript,simplylogonasaDBA,andexecutethescript.ItwillcreatetheviewUSER_SDO_CACHED_MAPSforallusers.Thisview
isusedtoholdthemaptilelayerdefinitionsandisrequiredbyMapViewer.
7. Unzipmvdemosql.7zandthencopymvdemo.sqltoalocationonyourmachine.Inthisexamplemvdemo.sqliscopiedtoD:\mvdemo\mvdemo11R1.Run
mvdemo.sql.Thisscriptpopulatesallthenecessaryspatialmetadata,copiesthepredefinedstyles,themes,andbasemapsintotheproperuserviews,

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mvdemo.sql.Thisscriptpopulatesallthenecessaryspatialmetadata,copiesthepredefinedstyles,themes,andbasemapsintotheproperuserviews,
andcreatesspatialindexesfortheimportedtables.Italsocreatesseveral(cached)maptilelayerdefinitionsintheviewUSER_SDO_CACHED_MAPSso
thatalltheOracleMapstutorialswillwork.HereishowtorunthescriptfromaSQL*Plussessionwhileloggedinasusermvdemo:
SQL>@D:/mvdemo/mvdemo11R1/mvdemo.sql

8. Toverifythatthescripthasrunsuccessfully,runtheSQLcommandselectcount(*)fromuser_sdo_mapsandconfirmthatfourrowsarereturned.

9. SignintoSQL*Plusasasystemuserandcreateadatabaseusernamedobieemap.Usethefollowingscriptforreference:
CREATEUSERobieemapIDENTIFIEDBYobieemapDEFAULTTABLESPACEUSERS

10. Grantprivilegestotheobieemapuser.Usethefollowingscriptforreference:
GRANTCONNECT,RESOURCE,CREATEVIEWTOobieemapIDENTIFIEDBYobieemap

11. Copyobieemap.dmptoalocationonyourmachine.Inthisexampleobieemap.dmpiscopiedtoD:\obieemap.ThisisadatabasedumpfilewithOBIdata
exportedfromanOracledatabase.YoucanimportitintoanOracle10gor11gdatabase.

12. Openacommandwindow,changethedirectorytothelocationofobieemap.dmp,andusethefollowingcommandtoimporttheOBIdataintouser
obieemap:
impobieemap/obieemapfile=obieemap.dmpfull=yignore=y
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13. Verifytheimport.Connectasobieemapwithpasswordobieemapandusethefollowingscriptasareference:
selecttable_namefromuser_tables

CreatingaMapView erDataSource

TocreateaMapViewerdatasource,makesureyourOracledatabaseisupandthenperformthefollowingsteps.
1. OpenabrowserandenterthefollowingURLtoconnecttoMapViewer:http://host:port/mapviewer.Forexample:
http://localhost:7001/mapviewer.

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2. ClicktheAdminlinkintheupperrightcornertoopentheLoginscreen.

3. OntheLoginscreen,enteryourOBIEEadministrativeusernameandpassword.Inthisexampletheusernameisweblogic.

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4. ClickLogIntoopentheMapViewerAdministrationscreen.

5. SelectManagement>ConfigurationtoopentheMapViewerXMLconfigurationfileinsideatextarea.

6. ScrollallthewaydowntotheendofthefiletofindthesampleMapViewerdatasourcedefinition:map_data_sourcename=.

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7. Bydefaultmap_data_sourcename=shouldpointto"mvdemo".Ifnot,changeittomap_data_sourcename="mvdemo".Uncommentthedatasource
definitionbyremovingtheXMLcommenttags,andthenmodifythedatabaseconnectionandlogininformationtoreflectyourmvdemoschema.Usethe
screenshotasareference.Makesureyouhaveanexclamationpoint!infrontofthesuppliedloginpasswordvalue.ThennexttimeyourestartMap
Vieweritwillautomaticallyobfuscatethispassword.

8. ClickontheSave&Restartbuttonunderneaththetextarea.MapViewerwillrestart,reloadthisconfigurationfile,andthemvdemodatasourcewillbe
created(makesurethedatabaseanditslistenerarebothup!).

9. Atthetopofthepage,intheInformationsection,verifythatmapViewerConfig.xmlhasbeensavedandMapViewerhasbeenrestarted.

10. SelectDatasources.InthetoppanelunderExistingDataSourcesitshouldlistthemvdemodatasource.

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InstallingandConfiguringMapBuilder

ToinstallandconfigureMapBuilder,performthefollowingsteps:
1. Copymapbuilder.jartoalocationonyourmachine.InthistutorialthefileiscopiedtoD:\MapBuilder.

2. Doubleclickmapbuilder.jartoopentheOracleMapBuilderuserinterface.

3. ExpandtheConnectiondropdownlistandselectLoad/Add/RemovetoopentheLoad/Add/RemoveDatabaseConnectionsdialogbox.

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4. ClickAddintheLoad/Add/RemoveDatabaseConnectionsdialogboxtoopentheAddConnectiondialogbox.

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5. Entertheconnectioninformationforyourenvironment.Usethescreenshotforreference.Fortheenvironmentusedtobuildthistutorial,theinformationis:
ConnectionName:mvdemo
User:mvdemo
Password:mvdemo
Host:localhost
Post:1521
SID:orcl
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6. ClickTestConnection.Youshouldreceivethemessage"Connectionmvdemoisvalid".

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7. ClickOKtoclosetheInformationmessage.
8. ClickOKtoclosetheAddConnectiondialogbox.YoushouldreceivethefollowingmessageintheMapBuilderMessagespane:

CreatingaColorStyle

InthissetofstepsyouuseMapBuildertocreateacolorstyleforrenderingtheStatestable.Stylesareusedtorenderandlabelspatialfeatures.Colorstylescanbe
usedtorenderarea,linearandpointfeatures.
1. ExpandStyles>ColorsintheMetadataNavigatortree.NoticethatOracleMapBuilderisnowpopulatedwiththemvdemometadata.Althoughyoucould
usethisprebuiltmetadatatobuildyourmap,intheremainderofthisOBEyoucreatenewmetadatatobecomefamiliarwithusingOracleMapBuilder.

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2. RightclicktheColorsnodeandselectCreateColorStyletoopenaneditorpanelforColorStyleontheright.

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3. SelecttheFilloptionunderStyleOptions.Thefillattributedefineshowthegeometrywillbefilled.

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4. Definethefillcolorbyclickingonthecoloricontoopenadialogwithcolors,orbyenteringthehexadecimalvalue.Inthisexampleweenterthe
hexadecimalvalue#F2EFE9,whichisalightgraycolor.

5. SelecttheStrokeoption.Thestrokedefineshowtheoutline(border)willberendered.Inthisexampleenter#0033FFintheHexboxtosetthestrokecolor
toBlue.

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6. ClickthePreviewbuttontodisplaythecurrentcolorstylerepresentation.

7. EnterC.STATESintheNametextfield.Leavetheoptionaldescriptiontextfieldasitis.

8. ClicktheSaveiconontheapplicationtoolbartostorethecolorstyledefinitionontheUSER_SDO_STYLESdatabaseview.

9. ExpandtheColorsnodeintheMetadataNavigationtreeandconfirmthatthetreeisupdatedwiththisnewC.STATEScolorstyle.

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CreatingaMarkerStyle
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InthissetofstepsyouuseOracleMapBuildertocreateamarkerstyleforrenderingcities.Markerstylescanbeusedtorenderpointfeatures,andtolabellinearand
pointfeatures.Thebasemarkercanbeassociatedwithanimage,withavectorrepresentation,orwithatruetypefont.
1. Copycities_8X8.pngtoalocationonyourmachine.InthistutorialthefileiscopiedtoD:\mvdemo\images.

2. ExpandStyles>MarkersintheMetadataNavigatortree.

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3. RightclicktheMarkersnodeandselectCreateMarkerStyletoopenaneditorpanelforMarkerStyleontheright.

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4. UnderStyleOptions,selecttheMarkerTypeoptionandclickontheImageradiobutton.

5. ClickLoadImage,navigatetothedirectorywherefilecities_8x8.pngislocated,andselectit.InthisOBEimagefileislocatedinD:\mvdemo\images.

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6. ClickthePreviewbuttontodisplaythecurrentmarkerstylerepresentation.

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7. EnterM.CITIESintheNametextfield.Leavetheoptionaldescriptiontextfieldasitis.

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8. ClicktheSaveiconontheapplicationtoolbartostorethemarkerstyledefinitionontheUSER_SDO_STYLESdatabaseview.

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9. ExpandtheMarkersnodeintheMetadataNavigationtreeandconfirmthatthetreeisupdatedwiththisnewM.CITIESmarkerstyle.

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CreatingaTextStyle

InthissetofstepsyouuseOracleMapBuildertocreatetwotextstyles,onefordisplayingcitynamesandtheotherforstateabbreviations.
1. ExpandStyles>TextsintheMetadataNavigatortree.

2. RightclicktheTextsnodeandselectCreateTextStyletoopenaneditorpanelforTextStyleontheright.

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3. UnderStyleOptions,selecttheTextstyleoption.

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4. ChangethefonttoDialog,fontsizeto12,andstyletoBold.

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5. SelecttheColortabandchangethefillcolorto#0000FF(RGB:0,0,255,blue).LeaveBackgroundcolorunchecked.

6. ClickontheHalooptionandsetwidthto2andColorto#FFFFFF(white).
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7. ClickthePreviewbuttontoseethecurrenttextstylerepresentation.

8. EnterT.STATE_ABBRVintheNametextfield.

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9. ClicktheSaveiconontheapplicationtoolbartostorethetextstyledefinitioninUSER_SDO_STYLESdatabaseview.

10. RepeatthestepstocreateandsaveatextstylenamedT.CITIES.SetthefonttoDialog,size11,andcolorto#000000(black).SelecttheHalooptionand
setwidthto2andcolorto#FFFFFF(white).

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CreatingaStatesTheme

InthissetofstepsyouuseOracleMapBuildertocreateageometrythemebasedontheSTATEStable.Athemeisavisualrepresentationofaparticulardatalayer.
Typically,athemeisassociatedwithaspatialgeometrylayer,thatis,withacolumnoftypeSDO_GEOMETRYinatableorview.Inthisexample,ageometrytheme
namedTHEME_STATESisassociatedwithaspatialcolumnnamedGEOMintheSTATEStableinthemvdemoschema.
1. Ifnecessary,clicktheShowDatabuttonatthebottomofthescreentodisplaytheDataNavigator.

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2. ClicktheTablestab.

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3. ExpandSpatialTables>GeometryTables>MVDEMO.

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4. RightclicktheSTATESnodeandselectCreateGeometryThemetoopentheDefineaGeometryThemewizard.ClickNexttocontinue.

5. NoticethattheThemeParameterspageisalreadypopulatedwithinformationobtainedfromtheSTATEStable.Definethethemenameas
THEME_STATESandkeeptheotherfieldvalues.PressNexttocontinue.

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6. OntheFeatureStylepage,keepthestyletypeasColor,andtypeC.STATESintherenderstylefieldorclicktheSelectbuttontochoosetheC.STATESstyle.
RecallthatyoucreatedtheC.STATESstyleearlierinthisOBE.ClickNexttocontinue.

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7. IntheStylePickerDialog,youdefinethelabelparameters.ChecktheLabelStyleboxtoenablethefields.DefineT.STATE_ABBRVasthetextstyleand
selectSTATE_ABRVasthelabelcolumn.ClickNexttocontinue.

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8. Definequeryconditionstobeapplied.Inthiscase,leaveitblank,whichmeansthatallfeatureswithinthecurrentmapextentwillbeselected.PressNext
tocontinue.

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9. ThislastpagecontainsthesummaryinformationforthethemethatwillbestoredinUSER_SDO_THEMESdatabaseview.

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10. PressFinishtoendthewizard.Thethemeeditorpageopenontherightsideoftheapplication.

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11. ClickAdvancedunderThemeOptionstoopentheAdvancedParametersscreenontheright.

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12. ClicktheEditbutton(pencilicon)toopentheEditInfoColumnsdialog.YoumayneedtoscrolldowntoseetheEditbutton.

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13. ClicktheAddanewrowbutton(greenplussign)toaddanewtablerow.

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14. IntheColumnfield,selectSTATE_ABRVandthenenterSTATE_ABRVintheNamefield.Thecolumnmustbeexact,butthenameisarbitraryandcanbe
anyvalue.

15. ClickOKtoclosetheEditInfoColumnsdialog.Thecolumn/namepairisaddedtotheTHEME_STATESgeometrytheme.Thisisthemostcriticalstepfor
OBIintegration.Youdefinedtheuniquekeycolumninthemapdata(STATE_ABRV)thatwillalignwithanOBIpresentationattribute.LaterinthisOBEyou
completethisintegrationusingtheOBIPresentationServicesAdministrationpage.

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16. SelectthePreviewtabatthebottomofthepageandclickthegreenarrowtodisplaydataforthistheme.Yourresultsshouldlooksimilartothe
screenshot.Ifdesired,usezoomcontrolstoadjustthepreview.

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17. ClicktheSavebuttontosaveTHEME_STATES.

CreatingaCitiesTheme

InthissetofstepsyouuseOracleMapBuildertocreateageometrythemebasedontheCITIEStable.

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InthissetofstepsyouuseOracleMapBuildertocreateageometrythemebasedontheCITIEStable.
1. Ifnecessary,clicktheShowDatabuttonatthebottomofthescreentodisplaytheDataNavigator.

2. ClicktheTablestab.

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3. ExpandSpatialTables>GeometryTables>MVDEMO.

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4. RightclicktheCITIESnodeandselectCreateGeometryThemetoopentheDefineaGeometryThemewizard.ClickNexttocontinue.

5. NoticethatthisThemeParameterspageisalreadypopulatedwithinformationobtainedfromtheCITIEStable.DefinethethemenameasTHEME_CITIES
andkeeptheotherfieldvalues.PressNexttocontinue.

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6. OntheFeatureStylepage,setthestyletypeasMarkerandM.CITIESastherenderstyle.RecallthatyoucreatedtheM.CITIESstyleearlierinthisOBE.
ClickNexttocontinue.

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7. IntheStyledialog,checktheLabelStyleboxtoenablethefields.DefineT.CITIESasthetextstyleandleavetheattributeasCITY.ClickNext.

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8. IntheQueryConditiondialogboxleavethequeryconditionblankandclickNexttocontinue.

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9. ThislastpagecontainsthesummaryinformationforthethemethatwillbestoredinUSER_SDO_THEMESdatabaseview.ReviewtheXMLdefinitionof
thethemesofar.

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10. PressFinishtoendthewizard.Thethemeeditorpageopenontherightsideoftheapplication.

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11. ClickAdvancedunderThemeOptions.

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12. ClicktheEditInfoColumnsbutton(pencilicon)toopentheEditInfoColumnsdialog.

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13. ClicktheAddanewrowbutton(greenplussign)toaddanewrow.

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14. IntheColumnfield,selectCITYandthenenterCityintheNamefield.

15. ClickOKtoclosetheEditInfoColumnsdialog.Thecolumn/namepairisaddedtotheTHEME_CITIESgeometrytheme.Again,thisisthemostcriticalstep
forOBIintegration.Youdefinedtheuniquekeycolumninthemapdata(CITY)thatwillalignwithanOBIpresentationattribute.LaterinthisOBEyou
completethisintegrationusingtheOBIPresentationServicesAdministrationpage.

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16. SelectthePreviewtab(atthebottom)andclickthegreenarrowtorenderthecitieswithlabels.Yourresultsshouldlooksimilartothescreenshot.If
desired,usezoomcontrolstoadjustthepreview.

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17. ClicktheSavebuttonontheToolbartosavethethemedefinition.

CreatingaBaseMap

InthissetofstepsyouuseOracleMapBuildertocreateabasemap.BasemapdefinitionsarestoredinUSER_SDO_MAPSandconsistofoneormorethemesto
beusedinrenderingamap.YouuseawizardtocreatebasemapsinMapBuilder.
1. RightclicktheBaseMapsnodeintheMetadataNavigatorandthenselectCreateBaseMaptoopentheDefineaBaseMapWizard.ClickNextto
continue.

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2. EnterOBIEE_BASE_MAPasthebasemapname.ClickNexttocontinue.

3. IntheBaseMapThemesdialog,usetheAddbuttontoselectTHEME_CITIESandTHEME_STATESfromthetabletoaddthemtothebasemap.

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4. Enterthefollowingscalerangesforthethemes:
THEME_CITIES:MinScale:75,000,000MaxScale:0
THEME_STATES:MinScale:150,000,000MaxScale:0

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5. ClickNexttoopentheSummarypage.

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6. ClickFinishtostoretheBaseMapdefinitionanddisplaytheeditorpage.

7. SelectthePreviewtabandclickthegreenbuttontodisplaythemap.NoteatthebottomofMapBuilderapplicationthescalevaluesforcurrent
visualization.Theresultingmapshouldcontainjustthethemesthatareinthescalerange.Playwiththezoominandzoomoutoptionstoseethemap
results.ThescreenshotshowsthemapzoomedintoCalifornia.

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CreatingaTileLayer

InthissetofstepsyouuseOracleMapBuildertocreateatilelayer.AtilelayerisamapdefinitiontobeusedinanOracleMapsapplication.Eachtilelayeris
associatedwithabasemap.PleasenotethatthestepsforcreatingatilelayercanalsobeperformedusingtheMapViewerAdmininterface.However,thatmethod
isnotpresentedinthistutorial.
1. RightclicktheTileLayersnodeintheMetadataNavigatorandthenselectCreateMapTileLayertoopentheSelectBaseMapdialog.

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2. SelectOBIEE_BASE_MAPasthebasemap.

3. ClickOKtoopentheDefineaMapCacheInstancewizard.ThewizardhelpsyoucreateanewtiledlayertobeusedinOracleMaps.

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4. ClickNexttoopentheTileLayerDefinitiondialog.

5. NamethetilelayerOBIEE_TILE_LAYER.

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6. ClickNexttoopentheTileLayerBoundaryandZoomLevelsdialog.

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7. Clickthegreenarrowtopreviewthemap.

8. Usethezoombuttonstozoominonthemapuntilitlookssimilartothescreenshot:

9. TheBoundstabshouldbeselectedbydefault.Ifnot,selectit.ClicktheUpdatefromMapbuttontoimporttilelayerboundsfromOBIEE_BASE_MAPasit
appearsinthePreviewpane.Yourresultswillvary,buttheyshouldlooksimilartothescreenshot.

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10. ClicktheZoomLevelstab.

11. ClicktheFromMapbuttonforMinimumScaletoimportthetilelayerzoomlevelfromOBIEE_BASE_MAPasitappearsinthePreviewpane.

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12. Usethezoombuttonstozoominonthepreviewmaptothedesiredmaximumscale.Usethescreenshotasareference.

13. ClicktheFromMapbuttonforMaximumScaletoimportthetilelayerzoomlevelfromOBIEE_BASE_MAPasitappearsinthePreviewpane.

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14. Leave#ZoomLevelssettothedefault(10)andclicktheGeneratebuttontogeneratethezoomlevels.

15. ClickNexttoopentheTilePropertiesdialog.

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16. LeavethedefaultpropertiesastheyareandclickNexttoopentheTileRenderingHintsdialog.

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17. LeavethedefaultpropertiesastheyareandclickNexttoopentheSummarypage.

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18. ClickFinishtoopentheTileLayerDefinitionpage.

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19. ClickOKtoclosetheTileLayerDefinitionpage.TheOBIEE_TILE_LAYERobjectisaddedtothenavigator.
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IntegratingaMapw ithOBIEE

InthissetofstepsyouintegratethemapyoucreatedinMapBuilderwithOracleBusinessIntelligence,sothatyoucandisplayamapvisualizationwithinanOBI
analysis.BeforebeginningthistopicmakesureyouhaveuploadedtheOBIEEMAPrepositoryasdescribedinthePrerequisitessection.
1. ReturntoMapViewer,whichshouldstillbeopen.IfMapViewerisnotopen,openabrowserandenterthefollowingURLtoconnecttoMapViewer:
http://host:port/mapviewer.Forexample,enterhttp://localhost:7001/mapviewer.ClicktheAdminlinkandsignin.

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2. ClickManageMapTileLayers>Manage.

3. SelectOBIEE_TILE_LAYERandclickBringonlinetoexposethismaptotheMapViewerapplicationandmakethemapavailableforconsumptionthrough
OracleBI.

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4. Youshouldreceivethefollowingmessage:
Maptilelayerb roughtonlinesuccessfully[MVDEMO,OBIEE_TILE_LAYER].

5. SignintoOracleBIPresentationServicesasanadministrativeuser.

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6. ClicktheAdministrationlink.

7. OntheAdministrationpage,clickManageMapData.

8. OntheManageMapDatapageselecttheLayerstab.

9. ClicktheImportLayersicontoopentheImportLayersdialog.

10. UseCRTL+ClicktoselecttheTHEME_CITIESandTHEME_STATESthemesyoucreatedinMapBuilder.SelectOBIEE_TILE_LAYERinthePreviewMap
dropdownlist.

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11. ClickOKtoimportthelayers.

12. SelecttheTHEME_STATESlayerandclicktheEditLayersbuttontoopentheEditLayerdialog.

13. IntheEditLayerdialog,underBIAssociations,noticethatthelayerkeyissettoSTATE_ABRV,whichisthecolumnattributeyousetearlierwhenyou
createdthethemeinMapBuilder.ClicktheBIKeyColumnsicon(greenplussign).

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createdthethemeinMapBuilder.ClicktheBIKeyColumnsicon(greenplussign).

14. SelecttheOBIEEMAPsubjectarea.

15. IntheSelectBIKeyColumnsdialog,expandGeoandselectStateasthecorrespondingkeycolumnfromtheBIrepository.

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16. ClickOKtoclosetheSelectBIKeyColumnsdialog.ConfirmthatSampleDataisvisiblefortheSTATE_ABRVLayerKey.Thereneednotbeanydirect
relationbetweenthecolumnusedinthespatialschemaandthecolumnmappedinOracleBI.Youjustneedtoensurethattheattributesmatch.Inthis
case,theStatecolumncomesfromtheOBIEEMAPschemaandtheSTATE_ABRVcolumn(layerkey)comesfromSTATEStableinthemvdemoschema.

17. ConfirmthatGeometryTypeissettoPolygon.

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18. ClickSampleDatafor"State"andconfirmthatsampledataisreturned.

19. ClickOKtoclosetheEditLayerdialog.
20. SelecttheTHEME_CITIESlayerandclicktheEditLayersbuttontoopentheEditLayerdialog.NoticethatthelayerkeyissettoCITY,whichisthecolumn
attributeyousetearlierwhenyoucreatedthethemeinMapBuilder.ConfirmthatSampleDataisvisiblefortheLayerKey.

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21. SetGeometryTypetoPoint.

22. ClicktheBIKeyColumnsiconandselecttheOBIEEMAPsubjectarea.

23. ExpandGeoandmoveCitytotheSelectedpane.

24. ClickOKtoclosetheSelectBIKeyColumnsdialog.
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25. ClickSampleDatafor"City"andconfirmthatsampledataisreturned.

26. ClickOKtoclosetheEditLayerdialog.

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27. ClicktheBackgroundMapstab.

28. ClickImportBackgroundMapstoopentheImportBackgroundMapsdialog.

29. SelectOBIEE_TILE_LAYERintheImportBackgroundMapsdialog.

30. ClickOKtoimporttheOBIEE_TILE_LAYERbackgroundmap.

31. SelectOBIEE_TILE_LAYERandclicktheEditBackgroundMapicon.
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32. IntheEditBackgroundMapdialog,arrangethelayersfromtoptobottom:THEME_CITIES,THEME_STATES,andselectthezoomlevelsatwhicheachlayer
canbedisplayed.Yourresultsshouldlooksimilartothescreenshot.

33. ClickOKtoclosetheEditBackgroundMapdialog.Confirmthattheexpectedsubjectareaisassociatedwiththebackgroundmap.Inthisexamplethe
OBIEEMAPsubjectareaisassociatedwiththeOBIEE_TILE_LAYERbackgroundmap.

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CreatinganOracleBIAnalysisw ithaMapView

InthissetofstepsyoucreateanOracleBIanalysiswithamapview.
1. SelectNew>AnalysisandselecttheOBIEEMAPsubjectarea.

2. Createthefollowinganalysis:
Geo>State
Sales>Dollars

3. ClickResults.

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4. SelectNewView>Map.

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5. ConfirmthataMapviewisaddedtothecompoundlayout.

6. Confirmthattheexpectedtheme,THEME_STATES,isvisibleintheBIDataLayer.NoticethatbydefaulttheDollarsdataisdividedintofourquartiles,which
aredistinguishedasshadesofgrayforuseinthemap.

7. Hoverthemouseoverdifferentstatestoviewadatapopup.ThescreenshotshowsdataforTexas.
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7. Hoverthemouseoverdifferentstatestoviewadatapopup.ThescreenshotshowsdataforTexas.

8. ReturntotheTableviewanddrilldownonCA(California)toviewCitydata.

9. ReturntotheMapviewandnoticethatBIDataLayersnowincludesTHEME_CITIESandtheMapviewhaschangedtodisplayCitydata.

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10. Hoverthemouseoverdifferentcitiestoviewadatapopup.ThescreenshotshowsdataforSanFrancisco.

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11. Saveyouranalysis.
12. UsetheOBIEEMAPsubjectareatocreatethefollowingnewanalysiswithtwomeasures:
Geo>State
Sales>Dollars
Sales>UnitsOrdered

13. ClickResultstodisplayaTableviewinaCompoundLayout.

14. SelectNewView>MapViewtodisplayaMapviewintheCompoundLayout.

15. ClicktheEditViewiconfortheMapviewtoopentheMapeditor.
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16. ClicktheEditiconfortheDollarsmeasuretoopentheColorFilldialog.

17. IntheColorFilldialogselecttheStyledropdowntochangethestylecolor.

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18. ClickOKtoclosetheColorFilldialogandobservethechangestothemapandthelegend.

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19. ClicktheAddnewmapformatsicontoopentheformatsdropdownlist.

20. SelectImagefromthelist.

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21. SelectTHEME_STATEStoopentheImagedialog.

22. IntheImagedialogchangeVaryImageBytoUnitsOrdered.

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23. ClicktheimagefortheFirstThirdlabeltoopentheSelectImagedialog.

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24. IntheSelectImagedialog,selectthesmallredbarimage.

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25. ClickOKtoreturntotheImagedialog.RepeatthestepstoselectthesmallyellowbarfortheSecondThirdlabelandthesmallgreenbarfortheLastThird
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26. ClickOKtoclosetheImagedialog.TheMapViewandlegendnowrendertwomeasures.

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27. ClickDonetoreturntotheCompoundLayoutandverifyyourworkintheMapview.

28. HoverthemouseoveranewbarimageandconfirmthatyouseedatafortheUnitsOrderedmeasure.ThescreenshotshowstheresultsforTexas.

29. NavigatetotheTableviewandclickCA(California)todrilldowntothecitylevel.

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30. ReturntotheMapviewandobservethatbothmeasuresarerenderedatthecitylevel.

31. UncheckDollars(Bubble)underTHEME_CITIEStoviewonlytheUnitsOrderedmeasureonthemap.

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32. Saveyouranalysis.

Summary

ThistutorialshowedyouhowtouseOracleMapBuilderandOracleMapViewertobuildandembedmapsforuseinOracleBusinessIntelligenceanalysesand
dashboards.
Inthistutorial,youhavelearnedhowto:
UseOracleMapBuildertobuildmaps
UseOracleMapViewertobringmapsonlineforintegrationwithOracleBusinessIntelligence
EmbedamapintoaMapviewinanOracleBusinessIntelligenceanalysis

Resources
PleaserefertothefollowingresourcesformoreinformationaboutthetopicscoveredinthisOBE:
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Themvdemodatabaseschema,MapViewerinstaller,andMapBuilderinstallerusedforthisOBE,aswellasadditionalinformationabouttheseproducts,
canbefoundontheOracleFusionMiddlewareMapViewerwebsite.
OraclebyExampleBusinessIntelligenceEnterpriseEdition
OracleBusinessIntelligenceDocumentation
OracleTechnicalNetwork(OTN)OracleBusinessIntelligence
OracleUniversity
OracleLearningLibrary

Credits
LeadCurriculumDeveloper:JimSarokin

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