OBIEE how to enable Metadata Dictionary in Presentation Layer

Step-1: Open the rpd in offline mode. Go to utilities --> Generate Metadata Dictionary.

Save the folders in a path.

Step-2: Copy the directory created in step-1 and pastes it in the application server folders. In the below path,

D:\product\10.1.3.2.0\OracleAS_1\j2ee\home\applications\analytics\analytics

Step-3: Update your instanceconfig.xml file with below given syntax.

D:\OracleBIData\web\config

Step-4: Restart presentation services.

Once above steps are done, you will see new ‘glasses’ icon starts appearing whenever you hover over a column.

By clicking this icon you will see the metadata detail about logical source column, expression and much more …