Managing Load Plans in OTBI Enterprise for HCM Cloud Service

Objective After completing this lesson, you should be able to use Configuration Manager to create, generate, execute, and monitor a load plan. The goal of this training is to enable implementers to configure and deploy Oracle Transactional Business Intelligence Enterprise for Human Capital Management Cloud Service. An implementer is responsible for performing the initial setup and configuration of Oracle Transactional Business Intelligence Enterprise for Human Capital Management Cloud Service. This may be done by the customer or by an implementation partner. Copyright 2014, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. 2

Prerequisite Before completing this topic and the associated practice, please complete the following topics and associated practices: Performing Initial Configuration of OTBI Enterprise for HCM Cloud Service Performing Functional Configuration of OTBI Enterprise for HCM Cloud Service Copyright 2014, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. 3

Load Plans A load plan is: An executable object that comprises and organizes the child objects (referred to as steps) that move data from the source to OTBI Enterprise for HCM Cloud Service Defined in Configuration Manager Generated to build it as an object in the ODI repository Executed to move data A load plan is an executable object that comprises and organizes the child objects (referred to as steps) that move data from the source to OTBI Enterprise for HCM Cloud Service. A load plan is made up of a sequence of several types of steps. Each step can contain several child steps. Depending on the step type, the steps can be executed conditionally, in parallel or sequentially. You define a load plan in Configuration Manager by selecting a data source and one or more fact groups. This selection determines which steps need to be performed during the process. Each fact group belongs to a specific functional area or areas that are associated with one or more offerings, which, in turn, are related to a data server. A transactional data source is associated with one or more data servers. After you define the load plan, you then generate it to build it in the ODI repository. You then execute the load plan to move data. Copyright 2014, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. 4

Overview of a Load Plan Life Cycle A load plan life cycle comprises the following phases: Phase 1: Define Load Plan Phase 2: Generate Load Plan Phase 3: Execute Load Plan Phase 4: Monitor Load Plan A load plan life cycle comprises the following phases: Phase 1: Define load plan. In this phase, you define load plan properties in Configuration Manager. You select a data source and one or more fact groups, and this selection determines the steps to be performed during the process. Phase 2: Generate load plan. In this phase, you launch a generation process from Configuration Manager that propagates the load plan properties to the ODI repository, where the load plan is built. Phase 3: Execute load plan. In this phase, you start a load plan run from Configuration Manager, which executes the steps of the load plan. Executing a load plan creates a load plan instance and a first load plan run. If a run is restarted, a new load plan run is created under this load plan instance. Each execution attempt of the load plan instance is preserved as a different load plan run in the log. Phase 4: Monitor load plan. In this phase, you monitor the load plan run on the Load Plan Details page of Configuration Manager. The Load Plan Details page provides a view of the ODI repository through Oracle Data Integrator Console. Copyright 2014, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. 5

Defining a Load Plan Click Add on the Manage Load Plans page. 1 2 Specify the load plan name, description, type, and source. 3 Select fact groups to include in the load plan definition. 4 Save the load plan to display it in the master list. Perform the following steps to define a load plan in Configuration Manager: In the Tasks pane of Configuration Manager, select Manage Load Plans, which appears under the Load Plans Administration heading. The Manage Load Plans page is displayed. On the Load Plans toolbar, click the Add icon. The Create Load Plan page is displayed. On the first page of the Create Load Plan series, specify the load plan name, description, type, and source. Always start the load plan name with 'OTBIE' so that it can be monitored in EMCC by Oracle Cloud Ops. Load plan types include: Source Extract (SDE) - Includes only those tasks that extract from the source and loads data into staging tables. Source Extract and Load (SDE, SIL, and PLP) - Includes all tasks to extract from the source and load the target tables. Warehouse Load (SIL and PLP) - Includes only those tasks that extract from the staging tables and load the target tables. Domain-Only - Includes all tasks required to extract domain-related records from the source and load the data into the domain-related tables in OTBI Enterprise for HCM Cloud Service. On the second page of the Create Load Plan series, select the fact groups that you want to include in the load plan definition. Note that fact groups may belong to a hierarchy of fact groups. You can select only the top-level parent fact group and not a child fact group. A load plan must contain at least one fact group, and multiple fact groups may be selected from one or more data sources. Save the load plan definition to display it in the Load Plans master list. Copyright 2014, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. 6

Generating a Load Plan Select the load plan that you want to generate. Click the Generate icon to start the process. Use the Generation Status field to monitor progress. Click the Refresh icon to refresh the display. The Succeeded icon indicates that generation completed successfully. Possible generation statuses: Starting In Progress Succeeded Failed When you generate a load plan, the load plan is built in the ODI repository. A load plan must be generated successfully before it can be executed. Note: Load plans must be generated serially or the process will fail. Do not launch a second load plan generation if one is already underway. You must wait until the first generation process completes before you launch the next generation process. To generate a load plan: In the Load Plans master list, select the load plan that you want to generate. In the Load Plans toolbar, click the Generate icon. Use the Generation Status field to monitor progress. Click the Refresh icon to refresh the display. When the generation process completes, the Succeeded icon is displayed in the Generation Status field. You can execute a load plan or schedule it for execution after it has been successfully generated. Copyright 2014, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. 7

Executing a Load Plan Select the load plan that you want to execute. Click the Execute icon to display the Execute Load Plan dialog box. Specify the context, logical agent, and ODI Work Repository. Use the Execution Status field to monitor progress. Possible execution statuses: Starting In Progress Succeeded Failed Not executed You can only execute a load plan if it was successfully generated. You can have separate load plans for each source, but load plans should not run in parallel. To execute a load plan: In the Load Plans list, select the load plan that you want to execute. On the Load Plans toolbar, click the Execute icon to display the load plan dialog box. Specify the following information in the load plan dialog box: Context: The ODI context to be used when the load plan is run (Note that Global is the only supported context.) Local Agent: The ODI local agent to be used when the load plan is run. ODI Work Repository: The name of the ODI Work Repository Use the Execution Status field to monitor execution progress. Copyright 2014, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. 8

Monitoring a Load Plan Select the load plan that you want to monitor. Click the Show Execution Status Details icon to open ODI Console. ODI Console navigation pane Load plan execution details Execution status You can monitor a load plan run by viewing the execution status information on the Load Plan Execution Details page of Configuration Manager. To view load plan execution details: In the Load Plans master list, select the load plan whose run you want to view. On the Load Plans toolbar, click the Show Execution Status Details icon. The Oracle Data Integrator Console login screen is displayed (not shown in the slide). Log in to Oracle Data Integrator Console by entering an appropriate user ID and password. ODI Console is displayed. Within ODI Console, the navigation pane is displayed in the left pane and the Load Plan Execution page for the selected load plan is displayed in the right pane. The Load Plan Execution page displays the load plan execution name and load plan details. You can use the Load Plan Execution page to view detailed information about the definition and execution status of the load plan. Copyright 2014, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. 9

Copying a Load Plan Copying a load plan enables you to define a new load plan with the same fact groups as the selected load plan definition, but with a different name and identifier. Select the desired load plan and click Copy. Modify the load plan information. The same fact groups are selected. In Configuration Manager, in the Load Plans list, select the load plan that you want to copy. On the Load Plans toolbar, click the Copy icon to display the Copy Load Plan page. On the first page of the Copy Load Plan series, modify the load plan information. On the second page of the Copy Load Plan series, verify that the same fact groups are selected. Save the copied load plan. Copyright 2014, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. 10

Stopping a Load Plan You can stop a load plan run in ODI Console. Browse to executed load plan. Right-click executed load plan and select Stop. Click Show Execution Status Details on the toolbar in Configuration Manager to display the ODI Console sign in page in a new tab or window (depending on your browser). Then sign in to ODI Console using the same credentials you used to sign in to Configuration Manager. In the left pane of ODI Console, browse to Load Plan Executions, locate your execution, right-click and select Stop. Copyright 2014, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. 11

Managing Load Plans: Fact Groups Tab Use this tab in Configuration Manager to view the fact groups associated with a load plan selected in the Load Plans list. Use this tab to view the fact groups associated with a load plan selected in the Load Plans list. The fact groups displayed may belong to a hierarchy of fact groups. You can expand the fact group node to view the hierarchy. If a fact group is a child of another fact group in a hierarchy, it appears twice in the tree table, because it is associated with both the functional area and the parent fact group. Copyright 2014, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. 12

Managing Load Plans: Data Load Parameters Tab Use this tab in Configuration Manager to view and edit the data load parameters associated with a load plan selected in the Load Plans list. Use this tab to view and edit the data load parameters associated with a load plan selected in the Load Plans list. The Data Load Parameters list includes both application-specific and global parameters. Application-specific parameters are associated with one or more fact groups included in the load plan definition. Global parameters apply to all applications and can also be associated with specific fact groups. Key points to note about the Data Load Parameters tab: If a listed parameter requires a value but a value has not been assigned, the respective row in the table is tagged with an error icon. Parameters that do not require a value (value can be null) are not tagged even if no value has been assigned. You can filter the list of parameters to display only the data load parameters that have no value by using the Show drop-down list in the toolbar. You can export and save content displayed in the table to a Microsoft Excel formatted file by clicking the Export icon on the toolbar. You can change a parameter value by selecting the parameter in the list, and then clicking the Edit icon on the toolbar. The Edit Parameter Value dialog box is displayed. To change a parameter value, the user must have been assigned a role that has the appropriate privilege. Copyright 2014, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. 13

Managing Load Plans: Domains and Mappings Tab Use the Domains and Mappings tab in Configuration Manager to view and edit domains and mappings related to a load plan selected in the Load Plan list. Use the Domains and Mappings tab to view and edit domains and mappings related to a load plan selected in the Load Plan list. The domains and mappings are associated with the fact group included in the load plan definition. Key points to note about the Domains and Mappings tab: If a source domain in the list contains members that have not been mapped to an appropriate domain member, the row in the table is tagged with an error icon. Some source domain members are not applicable, and, therefore, are not tagged even if they are unmapped. You can filter the list of mappings to display only the domains that have unmapped source members using the Show drop-down list in the toolbar. You can export and save content displayed in the table to a Microsoft Excel formatted file by clicking the Export icon on the toolbar. You can change a domain mapping by selecting the mapping in the list and then clicking the Edit icon on the toolbar. The Edit Domain Member Mappings dialog box is displayed. To change a domain member mapping, the user must have been assigned a role that has the appropriate privilege. Copyright 2014, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. 14

Managing Load Plans: Schedules Tab Use the Schedules tab in Configuration Manager to view, create, edit, and delete schedules for the execution of a load plan. Use the Schedules tab to view, create, edit, and delete schedules for the execution of a load plan. A load plan schedule includes the following required properties: Context: The ODI context to be used when the load plan is run (Note that Global is the only supported context.) Logical Agent: The ODI Agent to be used when the load plan is run Recurrence: The frequency of occurrence Status: The status of the schedule Scheduled Time: The date and time the load plan is to be executed. Work with Oracle Cloud Ops to determine a date and time that will not conflict with back-up and patching schedules of the POD. Copyright 2014, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. 15

Troubleshooting Load Plans Submit an SR when a load plan generation or execution fails (stops with an error or does not complete execution after a long period of time). Examples of circumstances and reasons for load plan failure include: Problem with access either to the source or target database due to network failure or expired or otherwise incorrect usernames and passwords Failure of the ODI agent Problem with space or storage Problem with data Incorrect credentials Follow the instructions on the next slide to submit an SR. If you do experience a load plan failure, please double-check that you are using the correct username and password, and that you have the rights to perform load plan tasks. You will need to enter SR to help triage the issue that caused a load plan failure, because you will not be able to check network failure, failure of the ODI agent, issues with space, and problems with data. See the next slide for information about submitting an SR. Copyright 2014, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. 16

Submit an SR to Troubleshoot a Failed Load Plan Execution Select the following Service Type, Problem Type, and Sub Problem Type: Service Type = Oracle Transactional Business Intelligence Enterprise for HCM Cloud Service Problem Type = Hosting Services - Application Sub Problem Type = Load Plan Failure Provide the following details: Load plan name and instance ID Load plan status Error message details from log in ODI Console Oracle Confidential Internal/Restricted/Highly Restricted 17 If a load plan fails and you receive an error message, work with Oracle Support to monitor, troubleshoot, diagnose, and fix load plan issues. Copyright 2014, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. 17

Troubleshooting Tasks After submitting an SR, Oracle Support may recommend that you complete one or more of the following troubleshooting tasks using ODI Console and Configuration Manager: Restart the failed load plan Restart a failed session in the load plan Use Mark as Complete to manually skip a load plan step Reset the data warehouse Each of these tasks is described in detail on the slides that follow. Oracle Confidential Internal/Restricted/Highly Restricted 18 Copyright 2014, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. 18

Overview of Restarting a Load Plan When you run a load plan in Configuration Manager, you may need to restart the load plan after a failure. A load plan failure is indicated by a red icon with a white X in the Execution Status field. To avoid restarting the entire load plan after a failure, which would require inefficient re-runs of all load plan steps, you restart the load from the same point in its execution once the cause of failure has been diagnosed and resolved. Failed load plan Copyright 2014, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. 19

Understanding Restartability Grain When you restart a load plan after a failure, you may not be able to restart from the exact point of failure. To maintain data integrity in the case of restart, the grain will vary depending on: The location in the step hierarchy of the failed step The Restart setting for the step Restart setting for steps Parallel step Serial step Scenario step When you restart a load plan after a failure, you may not be able to restart from the exact point of failure, depending on where it occurred and on dependencies between load plan steps. The goal of restartability is that the result of the load plan execution is the same regardless of any load plan failure. To maintain data integrity in the case of restart, the grain varies depending on the location in the step hierarchy of the failed step and on the restart setting for the step. Within the Steps Hierarchy, you can view the restart setting of a step in the Restart column. The default settings for different steps in the hierarchy support data integrity in restarts: Root steps are set to Restart from Failure if serial and Restart from failed Children if parallel. Substeps are set to Restart from Failure if serial and Restart from failed Children if parallel. Scenario steps are set to Restart from Failed Step. Copyright 2014, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. 20

Load Plan Step Types Serial Load Plan Step Serial steps are represented by a vertical icon in the load plan steps hierarchy and, by default, have a restart setting of Restart from Failure. Parallel Load Plan Step Parallel steps are represented by a horizontal icon in the load plan steps hierarchy and, by default, have a restart setting of Restart from Failed Children. Scenario Step Scenario steps are at the lowest order in any load plan. While the parent steps, whether serial or parallel, are used to set the dependencies, the scenario steps are those that load the tables Serial steps are represented by a vertical icon in the load plan steps hierarchy and, by default, have a restart setting of Restart from Failure. In a case where the load plan fails when running such a step to load a dimension group with multiple serial substeps loading individual dimensions, the load plan, on restart, starts from the individual substep that failed. Any successfully completed serial substeps are not run again. Parallel steps are represented by a horizontal icon in the load plan steps hierarchy and, by default, have a restart setting of Restart from Failed Children. In a typical run, a parallel step with five parallel substeps under it has all five substeps executed in parallel, subject to free sessions being available. If two of those five steps complete and then the load plan fails, all the steps that did not complete or failed would be started again when the load plan is restarted. At the lowest order in any load plan are the scenario steps. While the parent steps, whether serial or parallel, are used to set the dependencies, the scenario steps are those that load the tables. A scenario step in turn may have one or more substeps, corresponding to the number of steps inside the package. In the case of a scenario-step failure during execution, the scenario step may have multiple steps, all under the same session in the operator log, but identified with different step numbers: 0, 1, 2, and so on. If the plan is restarted, the scenario executes from the failed parent scenario step, re-running all substeps. Copyright 2014, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. 21

Restarting a Load Plan Select the failed load plan and click Restart. Monitor the restarted instance of the load plan. You use ODI Console to restart a load plan. The slide shows how to restart a load plan using ODI Console. In ODI Console, navigate to Runtime > Sessions/Load Plan Executions and select the load plan execution that has failed. Click the Restart button. The Restart button is displayed only when the selected load plan is the most recent run of the load plan. The restart option is enabled only on the last run for a load plan. A load plan can be restarted any number of times and each time it progresses from the last failure. A new instance of the load plan is generated. Monitor the load plan and confirm that it completes successfully. Copyright 2014, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. 22

Restarting a Session It is also possible to restart a session. To avoid restarting the entire load plan after a failure, which would require inefficient re-runs of all tasks, you can restart the load from the same point in its execution once the cause of failure has been diagnosed and resolved. You can use ODI Console to restart a session. The slide shows how to restart a session using ODI Console. In ODI Console, navigate to Runtime > Sessions/Load Plan Executions and select the session that has failed. Click the Restart button. The Restart button is displayed only when the selected session has failed. Copyright 2014, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. 23

Using Mark as Complete When you mark a load plan step as complete, it ensures that when the load plan is restarted, the marked step is not executed. Right-click a failed step and select Mark as Complete. The step status changes from Error to Done. In most cases, the load plan restart method described earlier is the recommended approach. This approach ensures data integrity and leaves no scope for manual error. However, at times you may want to run a load plan step manually. For example, if a step is inserting duplicate records that are causing failure, rerunning the step would still insert duplicates. In such a case, you may need to manually correct the data outside of the load plan and then skip that step when you restart the load plan. For this kind of situation, you can use the Mark as Complete option. When you mark a load plan step as complete, it ensures that when the load plan is restarted, the marked step is not executed. It is then the responsibility of the person making this setting to ensure that the load for that step is carried out outside the load plan. To mark a step as complete, right-click the step and select Mark as Complete. This can be done at the scenario step or at any step higher than that. Marking a step complete at a higher level in the step hierarchy means that none of the child steps under that parent step is executed upon load plan restart, even if it is otherwise eligible. For this reason, marking a step as complete should be treated as an advanced task and must be done only with a full understanding of its impact. There is no single recommendation that pertains in all cases, so the setting must be done carefully and only on a case-by-case basis. Copyright 2014, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. 24

Resetting the Data Warehouse Resetting the data warehouse truncates the W_ETL_LOAD_DATES table and ensures that the subsequent load will truncate all target tables and do a fresh full load. Select Actions > Execute Reset Data Warehouse Scenario. Set the Context, Logical Agent, ODI Work Repository, and Log Level. Select Actions > Execute Reset Data Warehouse Scenario. This command resets the data warehouse by truncating the W_ETL_LOAD_DATES table. This ensures that the subsequent load will truncate all target tables and do a fresh full load. In the Execute Reset Data Warehouse Scenario dialog box, set the Context, Logical Agent, ODI Work Repository, and Log Level and click OK. Copyright 2014, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. 25

Summary In this lesson, you should have learned how to use Configuration Manager to create, generate, execute, and monitor a load plan. Copyright 2014, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. 26

Defining and Executing a Full Load for OTBI Enterprise for HCM Cloud Service Overview In this practice, you use Configuration Manager to define and execute a Source Extract and Load (SDE, SIL, and PLP) load plan (full load) for OTBI Enterprise for HCM Cloud Service. Assumptions You use Configuration Manager to define and execute a Source Extract and Load (SDE, SIL, and PLP) load plan for OTBI Enterprise for HCM Cloud Service. A Source Extract and Load (SDE, SIL, and PLP) load plan includes all tasks to extract data from the fusion source and load it into OTBI Enterprise for HCM Cloud Service. Time 45 minutes Tasks 1. If you haven t done so already, set the initial extract date. The initial extract date is required when you extract data for a full load. It reduces the volume of data in the initial load. The specified initial extract date is used as a filter on the creation date of OLTP data in the selected full extract mapping. a. Sign in to Configuration Manager using the credentials provided by Oracle Cloud Ops. b. In the Tasks list, under Data Load Parameters Administration, click Manage Data Load Parameters to open the Manage Data Load Parameters page in the work panel on the right. c. In the Parameters Configuration section, verify that your source is selected in the Source Instance field. d. In the Parameters Configuration section, select Code in the Parameter drop-down list. e. In the Parameter search field, enter INITIAL_EXTRACT_DATE. f. Click Search. Copyright 2014, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Page 1 of 9

g. The parameter Initial Extract Date for ETL should now be visible in the Data Load Parameters section. h. To edit the parameter, click the value or select the parameter in the Data Load Parameters list and click the Edit icon to open the Edit Dialog box. i. When you receive the Warning message, click Yes to continue. j. In the Edit dialog box, enter the desired dated in the Parameter Value field. The default value is 1/1/70. k. Click Save and Close. l. In the Data Load Parameters list, confirm that the Initial Extract Data for ETL parameter is updated. m. Click Done to close the Manage Data Load Parameters page and return to Overview page. 2. Define a Source Extract and Load (SDE, SIL and PLP) load plan. a. In the Tasks pane, select Manage Load Plans to display the Manage Load Plans page. b. In the Load Plans toolbar, click the Add icon to display the Define Load Plan page. c. Enter a name and description for the load plan. Be sure to begin the load plan name with 'OTBIE' so that Oracle Cloud Ops can properly monitor it. d. Select the Source Extract and Load (SDE, SIL and PLP) load plan type. A Source Extract and Load (SDE, SIL, and PLP) load plan includes all tasks to extract data from the source and load it into OTBI Enterprise for HCM Cloud Service. Copyright 2014, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Page 2 of 9

e. Select the source instance from which the fact groups will be selected. f. Click Next to display the second page of the Define Load Plan series. g. In the Available Selections tab, select the fact group(s) to include in the load plan definition. Note that fact groups may belong to a hierarchy of fact groups. You can select only the top-level parent fact group and not a child fact group. A load plan must contain at least one fact group, and multiple fact groups may be selected from one or more data sources. For OTBI Enterprise for HCM Cloud Service release 11.1.1.8.1, only the Absence and Accrual, Payroll, and Workforce Deployment fact groups should be selected. Copyright 2014, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Page 3 of 9

h. Click the Selected Fact Groups tab and confirm that the fact groups are visible. i. Click the Save button in the bottom right corner to save the load plan. After a load plan is saved, it is displayed in the Load Plans master list. 3. Explore the load plan settings. a. Select the Source Extract and Load (SDE, SIL and PLP) load plan in the Load Plans master list. b. Click the Fact Groups sub-tab. c. Expand the source name and confirm that the selected fact groups are associated with the load plan, and the data source number is set as expected. You use this tab to view the fact groups associated with a load plan selected in the Load Plans list. The fact groups displayed may belong to a hierarchy of fact groups. You expand the fact group node to view the hierarchy. d. Click the Data Load Parameters tab. You use this tab to view and edit the data load parameters associated with a load plan selected in the Load Plans list. The Data Load Parameters list includes both application-specific and global parameters. Applicationspecific parameters are associated with one or more fact groups included in the load plan definition. Global parameters apply to all applications and can also be associated Copyright 2014, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Page 4 of 9

with specific fact groups. e. Click the Domains and Mappings tab. You use the Domains and Mappings tab to view and edit domains and mappings related to a load plan selected in the Load Plan list. The domains and mappings are associated with the fact group included in the load plan definition. f. Click the Schedules tab. You use the Schedule tab to view, create, edit, and delete schedules for the execution of a load plan. 4. Reset the data warehouse. a. In the Load Plans toolbar, select Actions > Execute Reset Data Warehouse Scenario. This command resets the data warehouse by truncating the W_ETL_LOAD_DATES table. This ensures that the subsequent load will truncate all target tables and do a fresh full load. b. In the Execute Reset Data Warehouse Scenario dialog box, set the following: Context: Global Logical Agent: OracleDIAgent Oracle Data Integrator Work Repository: BIAPPS_WORKREP Copyright 2014, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Page 5 of 9

Log Level: <Accept Default> c. Click OK to close the Execute Reset Data Warehouse Scenario dialog box. Allow a moment for processing to complete. 5. Generate the load plan. A load plan must be generated successfully before it can be executed. a. In the Load Plans master list, select the Source Extract and Load (SDE, SIL and PLP) load plan. b. Click the Generate icon on the Load Plans toolbar to begin the generation process. c. Use the Generation Status column to monitor the progress of the generation process. Initially the Generation Status column will display the In Progress icon. The process must complete and display the Succeeded icon before you can move on to the next step. Click the Refresh icon on the toolbar to refresh the display. 6. Execute the load plan. a. Select the Source Extract and Load (SDE, SIL and PLP) load plan by clicking inside a field, but do not drill down on the load plan name. b. Execute the load plan by clicking the Execute icon on the toolbar. c. In the Execute Load Plan dialog box, set the following: Context: Global Logical Agent: OracleDIAgent Oracle Data Integrator Work Repository: BIAPPS_WORKREP Copyright 2014, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Page 6 of 9

Log Level: <Accept Default> d. Click OK. Allow a moment for Execute Load Plan dialog box to close and processing to begin. e. Use the Execution Status column to monitor the progress of the execution process. Click the Refresh icon on the Load Plans toolbar to refresh the display. Initially, the Running icon will display in the Execution Status column. Eventually the status icon should turn to Done to indicate that the load plan execution completed successfully. 7. Monitor the load plan. a. In the Load Plans master list, select the load plan. b. On the Load Plans toolbar, click the Show Execution Status Details icon to display the Oracle Data Integrator (ODI) Console sign-in screen. c. Confirm that Work Repository is selected and click Proceed. If requested to sign in, use the same credentials you used for Configuration Manager. d. The ODI Console is displayed in the right pane of Configuration Manager. If desired, click the Collapse Pane arrow to hide the Tasks navigation pane on the left. Copyright 2014, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Page 7 of 9

e. Within the ODI Console, notice that the Load Plan Execution page for the selected load plan is displayed in the right pane. The Load Plan Execution page displays the load plan execution name and load plan details. You can use the Load Plan Execution page to view detailed information about the definition and execution status of the load plan. f. Notice that the top panel in the Load Plan Execution page is Execution. This panel displays information about the load plan run, including the instance ID, load plan execution name, start and end time, execution status, and any error messages. g. Scroll down to the Definition panel. This panel displays information about the load plan definition, such as the parent folder, description, and log details. h. Scroll down to the Relationships panel. This panel displays information about steps included in the load plan, variables associated with the load plan, and sessions included in the load plan, including start and end dates. i. Click the Sessions tab. a. In the Status column, click the Sort Descending arrow. If there are any errors, this will display sessions with Error status at the top of the list. If the load plan fails and you receive an error message, work with Oracle Support to monitor, troubleshoot, diagnose, and fix any load plan issues. You will need to submit an SR. Please refer to the instructions for submitting an SR in the slide deck portion of this topic. Copyright 2014, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Page 8 of 9

Submitting an SR to Provision Users Overview After you successfully run the initial load plan, you need to provision the users who will be accessing OTBI Enterprise for HCM Cloud Service dashboards and reports. Assumptions OTBI Enterprise for HCM Cloud Service is provisioned with fixed set of pre-populated enterprise roles, to which authorization is granted to various bits of functionality within OTBI Enterprise for HCM Cloud Service. To create users, log an SR and upload the add_user.csv and add_users_to_groups.csv files containing the list of users and their membership to the fixed set of enterprise roles. Tasks 1. Submit an SR with the following Service Type, Problem Type, and Sub Problem Type: a. Service Type = Oracle Transactional Business Intelligence Enterprise for HCM Cloud Service b. Problem Type = Hosting Services - Server Issue c. Sub Problem Type = Add users in OTBI Enterprise 2. Attach the add_user.csv and add_users_to_groups.csv files containing the list of users and their membership to the fixed set of enterprise roles. If you do not know where to locate these.csv files, please contact the person in Oracle BI Product Management who has been assigned to assist you with your implementation. a. The add-users.csv file contains the list of users and their attributes such as mail address, first name, last name, display name, etc. In the 11.1.1.8.1 release, the mail attribute is automatically used as the unique login id (uid) for the user. b. The add_users_to_groups.csv file contains the assignment of the users to the predefined list of enterprise roles. In this example, Jan Smith is assigned to two predefined enterprise roles, PER_LINE_MANAGER_ABSTRACT and PAY_PAYROLL_MANAGER_JOB, and therefore appears in two rows in the csv file. c. Please refer to the topic setting Up Security for information about modifying users, deleting users, and resetting passwords. Copyright 2014, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Page 9 of 9