While we must have been used to creating DRAG and DROP reports using OTBI we might have missed the option of
‘Create Direct Database Query’ . In this article let’s try to explore the same.
Navigation:
Login to Fusion Applications -> Click on Reports and Analytics -> Click on BI Catalog ( Book Icon) and you reach on this page
Click on Create Direct Database Query
Step 2 :
Provide following details :
select papf.person_number as PersonNumber
from per_all_people_f papf
where rownum < 10
order by papf.person_number desc
Click on Results Tab as shown
Click on ‘Archive’ option as shown.
Click Save. And save the file in a specific location. ( Desktop in this example).
Save in Desktop
Login to Target Instance and Navigate to
Navigator->Reports and Analytics -> BI Catalog -> Shared Folders-> Custom -> <Your Specific Folder where you want to keep this analysis, for this example
Screenshot Before Unarchiving the CATALOG File
Then Click on Unarchive Option as shown.
A Popup window appears as shown below
Locate your file and Click Ok
You can import the file by clicking on DirectDatabaseOTBIQuery