Search icon CANCEL
Subscription
0
Cart icon
Your Cart (0 item)
Close icon
You have no products in your basket yet
Arrow left icon
Explore Products
Best Sellers
New Releases
Books
Videos
Audiobooks
Learning Hub
Free Learning
Arrow right icon
Arrow up icon
GO TO TOP
Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition 12c

You're reading from   Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition 12c Build your organization's Business Intelligence system

Arrow left icon
Product type Paperback
Published in Apr 2017
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781786464712
Length 578 pages
Edition 2nd Edition
Arrow right icon
Authors (2):
Arrow left icon
Adrian Ward Adrian Ward
Author Profile Icon Adrian Ward
Adrian Ward
Haroun Khan Haroun Khan
Author Profile Icon Haroun Khan
Haroun Khan
Arrow right icon
View More author details
Toc

Table of Contents (18) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Oracle BI 12c Architecture FREE CHAPTER 2. Installing the Prerequisite Software 3. Installing on Windows Server 2012 4. Reviewing the Features of the Reporting Repository 5. Installing and Configuring Client Tools 6. Understanding the Systems Management Tools 7. Developing the BI Server Repository 8. Creating Dashboards and Analyses 9. Agents and Action Framework 10. Developing Reports Using BI Publisher 11. Usage Tracking 12. Improving Performance 13. Using the BI Admin Change Management Utilities 14. Ancillary Installation Options 15. Reporting Databases 16. Customizing the Style of Dashboards 17. Upgrading to 12c

Regression testing

Unlike other IT systems, which tend to have very daily procedural or coded steps, business intelligence systems have an inherent complexity due to the query engines that form a large part of the system. OBIEE is no different, and with an upgrade like this, it is vital that we should test the system before releasing it live to our business users. In addition to the extra validation rules in the consistency check, there are changes to the query engine that can subtly alter queries that have been modeled identically in both 11g and 12c. Also, due to the upgrade and changed functionality in the Web Catalog, upgraded reports may show changed behavior. This can range from missing labels to reporting aggregates, producing results different from those previously expected.

The basic stages of a full regression test are described in the following sections.

Unit testing

Once the upgrade has been completed as mentioned, a global consistency check should be run on the RPD and, if...

lock icon The rest of the chapter is locked
Register for a free Packt account to unlock a world of extra content!
A free Packt account unlocks extra newsletters, articles, discounted offers, and much more. Start advancing your knowledge today.
Unlock this book and the full library FREE for 7 days
Get unlimited access to 7000+ expert-authored eBooks and videos courses covering every tech area you can think of
Renews at $19.99/month. Cancel anytime
Banner background image