Art of BI: Add Comments on Oracle BI Mobile
Christian Screen | | May 6, 2014

- Download BITeamwork 2.8 (or above), Oracle Collaborative BI, and install it on your Oracle BI instance(s)
- Login to your OBIEE Portal and open the portal page which you wish allow commenting
- Add a Text Dashboard Object to the dashboard page
- Check the checkbox for Contains HTML Markup and insert the following JavaScript snippet,
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<div id="bitwAddCommentBtnOnDash01"></div> <script type="text/javascript"> /* * * CONFIGURATION VARIABLES: EDIT BEFORE PASTING INTO YOUR DASHBOARD PAGE * * */ var tw_obiserversTLD = "http://localhost"; var tw_setAccount = "29894849"; var tw_idToAddButtonTo="bitwAddCommentBtnOnDash01"; var tw_titleForButton="Add a Comment"; var tw_embeddedBIDebug=false; /* * * DON'T EDIT BELOW THIS LINE * * * */ (function() { var dsq = document.createElement('script'); dsq.type = 'text/javascript'; dsq.async = true; dsq.src = tw_obiserversTLD + '/bitw/js/embedded/dashCommentButton.js'; (document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0] || document.getElementsByTagName('body')[0]).appendChild(dsq); })(); </script>
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- Click OK to close the Text Properties dialog box
- Save and run the dashboard page.
- Open your Oracle BI Mobile HD application on your tablet and navigate to the dashboard in question.
- Click the Add a Comment button when the dashboard appears.
- Enter a comment in the dialog window and submit.
- This comment is now stored for this dashboard page and is retrievable via RPD or immediately visible to other users in the Oracle BI portal.
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