Important directory for OBIEE 11g for system component and java component

OBIEE has changed a lot with the 11g version. Many directory of the prior version we have get used to has been moved to the new  location. And here ‘s some important directory for the new OBIEE 11g (11.1.1.6/11.1.1.7) version.

With the new OBIEE 11g, all of the OBIEE background processes has been divided into two major category:

System component

system component compose of  the traditional OBIEE server process :

• Presentation Service
• BI Server
• Java host
• Cluster controler

system component is deployed under instance directory which is defined as INSTANCE_HOME

And these components is controled using Oracle OPMN

The most important files for OBIEE is stored in the bifoundation sub directory under INSTANCE_HOME

Here we could find the RPD files

And we can also create catalog file here

For system components problems troubleshooting, we will have to look at log files  for each component which ic located at the following directory

Java component

Since Weblogic has become the default running platform of OBIEE, Some of OBIEE’s server process is deployed into weblogic server and run as a standard J2EE application.

• BI Office plugin
• BI Publisher
• RTD
• …

Java component is deployed into weblogic managed server and is control using the weblogic command:

And java component could be managed using the traditional  weblogic console and FMW control  at