Till
OBIEE 11g Release 11.1.1.7, it has been very difficult to understand the
current location within OBIEE content and relevant paths which have been used
to navigate Oracle BI content. This is been the long standing requirement from
number of customers. Breadcrumbs have been added as part of OBIEE 11g Release
11.1.1.7 release to address the issue. I believe this offers a significant
improvement in overall navigation experience for BI users.
Breadcrumbs
Breadcrumbs
have been added to help users understand their current location within Oracle
BI content and the path that they have used to navigate Oracle BI content. Breadcrumbs
display at the bottom of the page, and users can click a breadcrumb or the
breadcrumb overflow button to navigate to a specific location on their
breadcrumb trail.
These
are active links which users can click to return to the content location from
which they navigated and to the state of the content when they left it.
A
breadcrumb trail shown below which is always display at the bottom of the page
in Presentation Services , demonstrate how the user navigated from 1.00 New
Features Demo: NewViz (Dashboard) to
1.30 Quickstart:Customers Profile
Breadcrumbs Format
There
are various ways that breadcrumbs could display within trail. Some of the
examples which would explain various formats are included below.
..
(Blue Ellipses) – Breadcrumbs overflow button
Blue
Text – Link to a visited location
Blue
Text in Italics – Link to a visited editor e.g. Analysis editor
Black
Text – Current Location
Black
Text in Italics – Current Location in an Editor
The
Breadcrumbs shows trail only when the user navigated, normal drill down within
the dashboard does not include in the trail.
I
hope you find this information useful.
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