Figure 12: Selecting the Fact Groups for the Domain Load Plan
Click the Save button and select Save and Generate Load Plan when prompted. This will create a custom load plan in ODI that is a subset of the master load plan based on the load plan type and fact groups we selected. This process will take a few minutes and can be monitored by clicking the blue circular arrows refresh symbol. Once the generation is complete, as indicated in theGeneration Status column by a green checkmark next to the black circular arrows symbol, you may proceed to the next step, which is actually executing the load plan.
To execute the load plan, click the Execute button, signified by a green play button symbol in a white box, and select the following values when the Execute Load Plan dialog is shown:
Context: Global
Logical Agent: OracleDIAgent
Oracle Data Integrator Work Repository: BIAPPS_WORKREP
Then, click the OK button, and the ODI Agent will now execute the domain load plan we created. This process will take several minutes depending on your system and can be monitored by clicking the blue circular arrows refresh symbol. Once the execution is complete, as indicated in the Execution Status column by a large white checkmark in a green circle symbol, you may proceed to the next step.
Configuring a Specific BI Application Offering and Run a Data Load
The first few configurations we made were universal environment configurations, such as the source system. Now it's time to turn our attention to application, or offering-specific configurations. Before we get too far into this step, let's reinforce what we said at the beginning: minimal required configuration to run a load. At this point, we could actually skip this entire section and go straight to a data load, as some key configurations are already seeded with values from our domain load plan and the out-of-the-box content. The data may not be accurate nor will you have the functionality you desire, but you could do it. However, skipping this section would prevent us from highlighting one of the more interesting features of BI Applications 11.1.1.7.1: Functional Setup Manager.
While technically a separate application, Functional Setup Manager operates much like Configuration Manager does for ODI: a faster, simpler way to get to the configuration you need to make. More often than not, Functional Setup Manager opens a window to a specific parameter screen in Configuration Manager that is required for a particular offering you are implementing. Rather than hunt and peck through the many parameters in Configuration Manager, Functional Setup Manager notifies you that a parameter is important and takes you to the right place in Configuration Manager to configure it. So really, it's a helper application to make sure you know exactly what you need to do, and that's an important distinction, because you technically don't have to use it if you know what you're doing. So let's walk through the basics of Functional Setup Manager so you can see how it works.
1. The first step, again performed through your Web browser, is to jump to Functional Setup Manager through Configuration Manager.
Click Perform Functional Configurations in Configuration Manager, and then login to Functional Setup Manager as biadmin/welcome1. Then, click Configure Offerings; here we will enable our licensed offering for implementation.
Check the Enable for Implementation checkbox beside Oracle Supply Chain and Order Management Analytics and press Yes to continue.
Check the Enable for Implementation checkbox besideOracle E-Business Suite-Oracle Supply Chain and Order Management Analytics and every box under it. Then, click Save and Close.