Setting Up OBIEE Metadata Dictionary

1.Open the RPD>Tools>Utilities>Generate Metadata Dictionary>Execute.

2.Browse to a location where you would like to save the
metadata dictionary.

3.You will see a message informing you that the metadata
dictionary has been succesfully created .

4.Now we need to tell the presentation server where to find the
dictionary. Navigate to OracleBIData\Web\Config and open the
file 'instanceconfig.xml'
Add


5.Navigate to C:\OracleBI\oc4j_bi\j2ee\home\applications\analytics\analytics and
create a folder 'dictionary' and copy and paste the metadata dictionary folder 'OracleBIAnalyticsApps' inside this folder.

6.Restart the following
Oracle BI Server
Oracle BI Presentation Services
Oracle BI Java Host
7. When you scroll by any column you should be able to see the
definition of the column. You can also click on the green icon to
see futher details specific to that column.