Scripting OBIEE with UDML/XML (XUDML Automation?)

After my recent post on the Content Accelerator Framework and preparing for my deeper dive into the tool, I have begun looking at the inner workings of how to automate the tool for daily or weekly maintenance tasks.  This effort got me looking at some possible linkages between CAF and some existing OBIEE executables, nqXUDMLGen.exe and nqXUDMLExec.exe that reside in the ORACLEBI_HOME\Server\bin\ directory.

Andreas from Trivadis has done a spectacular job detailing the usage of XUDML in OBIEE, here.  I have also mirrored it here.

I should be posting my additional CAF findings this month.

Trivadis also has some other cool docs on BI which I have mirrored below:

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Installing Informatica 8.6x on Linux

As a nice side note, I am referrencing a video that I recently found on YouTube for installing Informatica 8.6x on a Linux server.  Later I will post more detailed screenshots from my own installation but for now I figured this is great insight to be shared.

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Informatica PowerCenter 8 Video Tutorial

The below video(s) are from a tutorial on Informatica PowerCenter 8 that we did a few months back.  This is now in its new formatted blog page.

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