Configuration and Log files in OBIEE

Configuration files:These are the default files for every tool, it will store the default settings of the tool. We can change the settings based on the requirement. Configuration files of OBIEE are

Configuration files of RPD:

NQSconfig.ini: We can configure the RPD into BI server, setting-up the cache parameters, security by-passing, usage-tracking, setting up the time-zone, date, time-format,language and buffer stack size properties.

DBfeatures.ini: We can enable/disable the database features.

NQSCluster.ini: Maintains the servers in the machine(When multiple servers existed on the same machine).By default in disable mode.

Log files of RPD: Log files are Informative files of anything.

NQServer.log: It will give the information about the BI server like when server starts and stops and why server is not started.
NQSQuery.log:Information about the query manger like how much time it will take to execute the query and performance of the query.
NQSAdministration.log:Information about the administration tool like problems with administration tool and all.
NQS Scheduler.log:Information about the schedulers like administration tool and analytics.


Configuation files of Analytics :

Instanceconfig.xml: It will store all the settings of presentation service or Analytics like reports, dashboards and all the elements .

Web-catalog: Web catalog is a folder,it will store the all the settings of a application.Maintains an individual  catalog for application is the best-practice for deploying the application.

In OBIEE 11g,all the configuration settings will be done at enterprise manager. Enterprise manager is a third-party server, here all the settings are manages like configuration of RPD, cache management, users and groups, web catalog settings.

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