Robin Moffatt is a Principal DevEx Engineer and seasoned conference speaker with 15+ years of experience presenting at top events like QCon, Devoxx, Kafka Summit, and Strata. He shares insights on developer experience, distributed systems, and cloud technologies through his blog, YouTube, and public talks.
625 articles from this blog
Guide on managing OBIEE BI Server cache from within ODI 12c using JDBC or Web Services for optimal data freshness.
Strategies for managing and optimizing the OBIEE BI Server cache to improve dashboard performance and data accuracy.
Oracle releases critical security patches for OBIEE, ODI Data Quality, and Exalytics systems, addressing vulnerabilities in specific versions.
Overview of new features in OBIEE 11.1.1.9 for sysadmins and developers, focusing on query instrumentation and logging improvements.
A technical tutorial on using the ELK Stack (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana) to import and analyze open CSV data from DonorsChoose.
Preview of BI Forum 2015 presentations on OBIEE regression testing and data discovery using the ELK stack (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana).
Using Flame Graphs to analyze and visualize performance bottlenecks in Oracle Data Integrator (ODI) load plans and sessions.
Using Linux diagnostic tools to troubleshoot OBIEE internal issues when standard logs are insufficient, focusing on a custom skin deployment problem.
Explores advanced uses of the OBIEE nqcmd command-line tool for BI Server administration, query logging, and performance testing.
Explains how to instrument OBIEE database connections for detailed performance monitoring and diagnostics.
A guide to analyzing Oracle Data Integrator (ODI) runtime performance data using Elasticsearch and Kibana for visualization and trend analysis.
Guide to monitoring OBIEE performance using InfluxDB for time-series data and Grafana for visualization dashboards.
Explores challenges and solutions for concurrent development of OBIEE's RPD metadata model, focusing on source control and DevOps practices.
Guide to monitoring OS metrics across a Linux cluster using colmux and collectl for system administrators.
A guide to using PDSH for executing commands in parallel across a Linux cluster, covering setup and practical examples.
A guide to using SSH keys for password-less authentication and management across a Linux cluster, enabling tools like PDSH and colmux.
Oracle OBIEE SampleApp v406 is now available as a public Amazon EC2 AMI for development and testing in the cloud.
Explains how to audit OBIEE Presentation Catalog activity, like tracking who deleted reports, using custom log filters and Presentation Services logging.
Part 2 of a tutorial on loading data from Hadoop/Hive into Elasticsearch for analysis with Kibana.
Part 3 of a series on visualizing data in Kibana after loading it from Hadoop via Elasticsearch, comparing Kibana 3 and 4.
