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Increasing width of Multiselect in OBIEE 10g
(Vishal Pathak) I was recently involved in a project implementation on OBIEE 10g. The dashboard had a multiselect and the values in the prompt were huge. The standard width of the multiselect was making the user uncomfortable since a large part of the value was hidden due to the small size of the mu
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(Robert Freeman) Oracle Database 11gR2 is moving from Premiere Support to Extended Support in January 2015. What does this mean to you?
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Big Data has become a secondary revenue stream for many businesses, in fact, a primary revenue stream for others. There is a complete eco-system for selling information about your customers, and to those companies who sell information, this is a gold mine. Smart phone apps are some of the best ways to gather information about you. If you leave your […]
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