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
A guide to creating custom Nagios plugins for advanced monitoring of the OBIEE (Oracle Business Intelligence) technology stack.
A technical guide on implementing automated monitoring for OBIEE using the Nagios Core open-source systems management tool.
Overview of automated monitoring strategies for Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition (OBIEE) in production environments.
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Troubleshooting OBIEE authentication failure with Active Directory due to incorrect Base User DN configuration.
Explores undocumented OBIEE Presentation Services settings for testing and development, including SQL output and simulated delays.
Troubleshooting OBIEE/FMW networking issues on DHCP hosts and VMs, focusing on loopback adaptor configuration.
A technical guide on configuring OBIEE and TimesTen connectivity within Oracle Exalytics, covering configuration files and setup scenarios.
Explores the new Logical SQL Diagnostic view in OBIEE 11.1.1.6.2 BP1, a debug feature for analyzing report queries.
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.
