Top 20 obiee interview

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Job interview checklist:

- Pick out proper clothes.

- Research the company.
- Speak to past and present
employees.
- Run through questions
you may be asked.
- Practice with a friend or
family member.

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Tell me about yourself?

This is probably the most asked

question in obiee interview. It breaks
the ice and gets you to talk about
something you should be fairly
comfortable with. Have something
prepared that doesn't sound rehearsed.
It's not about you telling your life
story and quite frankly, the
interviewer just isn't interested.
Unless asked to do so, stick to your
education, career and current
situation. Work through it
chronologically from the furthest back
to the present.

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How to get sql from obiee for reports?
There are many ways to get the sql
a. Modify the request and click
Advanced in that you get xml code
and also the actual sql.
b. In the catalog Manager click
Tools –>Create Report .In the
Create Report Window –> Click
Request SQL and save the sql to the
physical path in your PC.
c. Enable Loglevel to 2 in the
OBIEE Admin Tool from Mange->
Security and enable the log level to
2 by clicking properties for the user,
then go to the NQQuery.log in
BI_HOME/OracleBI/Server/Logs.Y

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 ou will find the SQL for that User.
d. By clcking Administration-
>Manage sessions-> view sql.

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What Can You Do for Us That Other Candidates Can't?
What makes you unique?
This will take an
assessment of your
experiences, skills and
traits. Summarize
concisely: "I have a unique
combination of strong
technical skills, and the
ability to build strong
customer relationships.
This allows me to use my
knowledge and break down
information to be more
user-friendly."

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Explain the Architecture of OBIEE and what each
components do?

OBIEE Consists of Presentation

Services(Web),Oracle BI
(Analytics Engine) Server
The client (Answers) constructs
sql and passes it to the Analytic
Engine and then the Oracle BI
(Analytic Engine) parses the
physical sql to the Datasources
and retrieve the data back to the
Engine and presents to the
presentation Services .

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What are the different types of variables in OBIEE?
Explain
There are two types of
variables in obiee.
a.Repository variable.
This variable is for the whole
repository.
b.session variable . session
variable can be system
variable and non system
variable. system variable uses
NQ_SESSION. —- (system
reserved variable). examples
of non system variables are
user defined filters etc.

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How will you enable or disable caching in the system level
and table level?
In the NQSConfig.ini file use
ENABLE under CACHE Section
for System Level
for tables .If you want to enable the
cache at table level , open the
repository in offline mode(not the
current working repository). this
should be different from the current
repository and click enable or
disable the cache . right click the
table and properties and click the
cache or deselect the cache. then
merge the repository with the
current working one.

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What is Level Based Metrics.How will you create it?
Leval-base matrics means, having a
measure pinned at a certain level of
the dimension. Monthly Total Sales or
Quarterly Sales are the examples.
To create a level based measure,
create a new logical column based on
the original measure (like Sales in the
example above). Drag and drop the
new logical column to the appropriate
level in the Dimension hierarchy (in
the above example you will drag and
drop it to Month in Time Dimension.

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How we are going to decide which schema we are going
to implement in the data warehouse?
One way is what is mentioned in
Question above.
If one ask you to blindly create
schemas for the warehouse
without knowing any
requirements,
You can simply first divide the
schemas on the basis of
functional areas of an
Organization which are similar to
the modules in an ERP like sales,
finance, purchase, inventory,
production, HR etc.
You have to broadly describe the
expected analysis an organization

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 would like to do in every module.
This way you would be able to
complete at least 40-50 % of the
requirements. To move ahead,
study the data and business and
you can create few more
schemas.

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What are the Challenges You Faced while making of
Reports?
Making of an report has never
been a difficult task. But
problem comes when users are
reluctant to adopt a new system.
Many developers have
experienced that if they are not
able to create the report in
exactly the way they used to
see, they will keep asking for
the changes. Developers
approach should be to first show
them what they want to see and
then add more information in
the report.

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What you will do when your Report is not Fetching Right
Data?
This is the biggest problem in report
creation and verification. There
could be two reasons for report not
fetching the right data.
1. Mostly clients do not have correct
data in their database and on top of
that to correct the results they make
some changes at the report level to
bring the desired result which you
may not e aware of while creating
the reports. Clients try to match the
data with their existing reports and
you never get the correct results. you
try to discover the things and at later
stage come to know of all these

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 problems and you are held
responsible for this delay. Hence
always consult the SPOC(Single
Point of Contact) and try to
understand the logic they have used
to generate their reports.
2. If the database values are correct,
there there could be a problem with
the joins and relations in the schema.
You need to discover that analyzing
and digging deep into the matter.

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How analytics Process Your Request When you Create your
Requests?
Oracle BI server converts the logical
SQL submitted by the client into
optimised physical SQL which is then
sent to the backend database. Also in
between it performs various tasks like
converting the user operations like
user selections to form a logical SQL,
checking and verifying credentials,
breaking the request into threads(as
Oracle BI is a multi threaded server),
processes the requests, manages the
cached results, again converting the
results received from the database into
user presentable form etc.

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What are the Major Challenges You Faced While Creating the
RPD?
Every now and then there are
problems with the database
connections but the problem
while creating the repository RPD
files comes with complex
schemas made on OLTP systems
consisting of lot of joins and
checking the results. Th type of
join made need to be checked. By
default it is inner join but
sometimes the requirement
demands other types of joins.
There are lot of problems with the
date formats also.

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What is Guided Navigation?
Guided navigation is a feature of
Oracle BI Interactive Dashboards
that enables the content and layout
of Oracle BI Interactive
Dashboard to change dynamically
based on changes in the
information being analyzed.
Specifically, sections in a
dashboard page can be set up and
only appear when there is
―interesting‖ information in the
data.

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How Online/Offline mode impact Development and
Delpoyment?
Online Mode- You can make
changes in the RPD file and push in
changes which will be immediately
visible to the users who are already
connected. This feature we may use
in production environment.
Offline mode- can be useful in test
or development environment.

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How the users Created Differs From
RPD/Answers/Dashboards Level?
RPD users can do administrator
tasks like adding new data
source, create hirarchies, change
column names where as
Answers users may create new
charts, edit those charts and
Dashboard users may only view
and analyse the dashboard or
can edit dashboard by
adding/removing charts objects.

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What are Global Filter and how thery differ From Column
Filter?
Column filter- Simply a filter
applied on a column which we
can use to restrict our column
values while pulling the data or
in charts to see the related
content.
Global filter- This filter will
have impact on across the
application.

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What is SCD type 1 and 2?
SCD is slow changing
dimensions. in type 1 we replace
the changed dimension with old
dimension. in type 2 we use
surrogate keys and keep both the
records(rows). Advantage of
SCD2 is we keep history of the
old dimensiont.

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What is a bridge table ?
If you want to connect two tables
where there is no relation ship
you can use a thrid bridge table
for connecting them which will
have common columns in both
tables, this is used in BMM
Layer.

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What is Authentication? How many types of
authentication?
Authentication is the process by
which a system verifies, through
the use of a user
a. Operaing system
autentication
b. External table authentication
c. Database authentication
d. LDAP authentication

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Have you created Hierarchy in OBIEE. if so where and
how?
Yes we can create hierarchy in
BMM Layer of OBIEE in
dimensions for the dimension
tables. this can be done by right
clicking the dimension table and
click create dimension and then
we should manually define the
hierarchy and its levels.

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Top 6 tips for job
interview

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Tip 1: Do your homework
You'll likely be asked difficult questions during the interview.
Preparing the list of likely questions in advance will help you easily
transition from question to question.

Spend time researching the company. Look at its site to understand

its mission statement, product offerings, and management team. A
few hours spent researching before your interview can impress the
hiring manager greatly. Read the company's annual report (often
posted on the site), review the employee's LinkedIn profiles, and
search the company on Google News, to see if they've been

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mentioned in the media lately. The more you know about a
company, the more you'll know how you'll fit in to it.

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Tip 2: First impressions

When meeting someone for the first time, we instantaneously make
our minds about various aspects of their personality.
Prepare and plan that first impression long before you walk in the
door. Continue that excellent impression in the days following, and
that job could be yours.
Therefore:

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• Never arrive late.
• Use positive body language and turn on your charm right from
the start.
• Switch off your mobile before you step into the room.
• Look fabulous; dress sharp and make sure you look your best.
• Start the interview with a handshake; give a nice firm press and
then some up and down movement.
• Determine to establish a rapport with the interviewer right from
the start.
• Always let the interviewer finish speaking before giving your
response.
• Express yourself fluently with clarity and precision.

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Tip 3: The “Hidden” Job Market

Many of us don’t recognize that hidden job market is a huge one
and accounts for 2/3 of total job demand from enterprises. This
means that if you know how to exploit a hidden job market, you can
increase your chance of getting the job up to 300%.

In this section, the author shares his experience and useful tips to
exploit hidden job market.

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Here are some sources to get penetrating into a hidden job market:
Friends; Family; Ex-coworkers; Referral; HR communities; Field
communities; Social networks such as Facebook, Twitter…; Last
recruitment ads from recruiters; HR emails of potential recruiters…

Tip 4: Do-It-Yourself Interviewing Practice

There are a number of ways to prepare for an interview at home
without the help of a professional career counselor or coach or a
fee-based service.

You can practice interviews all by yourself or recruit friends and

family to assist you.

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Tip 5: Ask questions

Do not leave the interview without ensuring that you know all that
you want to know about the position. Once the interview is over,
your chance to have important questions answered has ended.
Asking questions also can show that you are interested in the job.
Be specific with your questions. Ask about the company and the
industry. Avoid asking personal questions of the interviewer and
avoid asking questions pertaining to politics, religion and the like.

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Tip 6: Follow up and send a thank-you note

Following up after an interview can help you make a lasting
impression and set you apart from the crowd.
Philip Farina, CPP, a security career expert at Manta Security
Management Recruiters, says: "Send both an email as well as a
hard-copy thank-you note, expressing excitement, qualifications
and further interest in the position. Invite the hiring manager to

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contact you for additional information. This is also an excellent
time to send a strategic follow-up letter of interest."

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