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.
617 articles from this blog
A technical guide on applying the OBIEE 11.1.1.6.2 BP1 patch bundle using opatch on a Linux environment.
A guide to downloading OBIEE patches from Oracle Support using the wget command line tool on Linux servers.
Guide to running Oracle BI Repository Creation Utility (RCU) from the command line for silent, unattended installations.
Troubleshooting OBIEE Admin Tool's Import Metadata issue where schemas don't appear due to missing Oracle Client libraries.
Debunks the myth that disabling OBIEE BI Server logging is a universal performance fix, arguing it's essential for diagnostics.
A guide to using GNU screen for managing persistent Linux terminal sessions, with examples relevant to OBIEE and Exalytics setup.
Guide to configuring OBI 11g to listen on the default HTTP port 80 on Linux, including WebLogic Server settings and privilege considerations.
Automating OBIEE 11g startup/shutdown on Linux using an improved Ant-based script from Oracle's Windows version.
Explains how to use Event Triggers in BI Publisher 11g to call PL/SQL functions for auditing data refreshes.
Guide on using JDeveloper to create a Web Service Proxy for accessing BI Publisher 11g Web Services from Java applications.
A technical guide on integrating BI Publisher 11g web services into a BPEL process within Oracle's SOA Suite.
Overview of new web services in BI Publisher 11g, including their uses, implementation, and WSDL details.
Explains how to instrument OBIEE database connections for improved performance diagnostics and user session tracking.
Fixing OBIEE 11g UPGAST-00055 error by creating the missing Oracle Universal Installer inventory file after a local installation.
Fixing Oracle tnsping error 'Message 3513 not found' on Windows by adjusting the PATH variable order after installing a new Oracle version.
A guide to advanced formatting options for posting source code in WordPress blogs, including syntax highlighting and line control.
Explains the ambiguous GATHER AUTO option in Oracle's DBMS_STATS for gathering database statistics, clarifying its behavior compared to STALE and EMPTY.
Troubleshooting guide for Fedora 14 to 15 upgrade errors, focusing on proxy configuration and post-reboot issues.
A guide to properly labeling time-based axes in Excel by understanding how Excel stores time as fractions of a day.
Oracle's Product Assurance team launches a new technical blog focused on OBIEE configuration, tuning, and detailed implementation guidance.
