1. Extract
the file structure of a new skin
2. Rename THE SKIN NAME
3. Change the skin files
4. Deploy the shared folder as application in weblogic
5. Modify the instanceconfig.xml file
6. Restart the BI Presentation Service
7. Viewing the Modifications
2. Rename THE SKIN NAME
3. Change the skin files
4. Deploy the shared folder as application in weblogic
5. Modify the instanceconfig.xml file
6. Restart the BI Presentation Service
7. Viewing the Modifications
Extract the file structure of the new skin:
Make a temporary directory at any location on the
server and copy the bicustom-template.ear file to this temp directory
Extract the ear file
Extract the bicustom.war file
Now make a directory with name analyticsRes under
the path $ORACLE_HOME/user_projects/domains/bi/servers/obips1
Move res and WEB-INF folders to newly created
analyticsRes folder
Rename the skin name:
Browse to $ORACLE_HOME/user_projects/domains/bi/servers/obips1/analyticsRes/res
and rename the s_Custom directory to the name you wish
Update this name in filemap.xml file under res
folder
Change the skin files:
Replace the logo
image file you want to display on analytics page with oracle_logo.png under the
location $ORACLE_HOME/user_projects/domains/bi/servers/obips1/analyticsRes/res/s_test/master
with same name
Deploy the shared folder as application in weblogic:
In the weblogic console, go to deployment,
Click on lock and edit
Install the new application
Click on install
Specify the path and select analyticsRes directory
and click on next
Select install this deployment as an application
and click on next
Select bi_cluster as target and click on next
Select I will make the deployment accessible
from following location and click on next
Select yes, take me to the deployment’s
configuration screen and click on Finish
Click on configuration tab and add /analyticsRes to
context Root and click on save
Click ok
Click on activate changes
Now start the newly created application
Click on deployments
Select the analyticsRes checkbox in the deployments
table and click on start and then select Servicing all requests
Click yes
Newly created application was started successfully
Modifying instanceconfig.xml file:
Browse to $ORACLE_HOME/user_projects/domains/bi/config/fmwconfig/biconfig/OBIPS
and modify the UI section and add the URL section in the instanceconfig.xml
file as below
Save and close the file
Changing the title from
Oracle Business Intelligence to CUSTOM NAME you want
Browse to $ORACLE_HOME/bi/bifoundation/web/msgdb/l_en/messages
Open the file productmessages.xml
Rename Oracle Business
Intelligence to Ravi Kumar Lanke
Change the below line from
<WebMessage
name="kmsgHeaderBIBrandName"><TEXT>Oracle Business
Intelligence</TEXT></WebMessage>
to
<WebMessage
name="kmsgHeaderBIBrandName"><TEXT>Ravi Kumar Lanke</TEXT></WebMessage>
Save and close the file
Restart the obiee
components and Login to analytics page and check