Administrator Guide - Noetix Technical Support

When regenerating, you must start with a successful Noetix views generation (that is,the last time you ran Stages 1 through 4 of the generation process, they must have allcompleted successfully). If your generation was not successful, use the steps describedin Option 1: Generate Using NoetixViews Administrator and Option 2: GenerateUsing Scripts in “Generation of Views” to complete your generation, or call NoetixTechnical Support. Attempting a regeneration when the initial generation was notsuccessful may fail and cause you to lose important generation settings.NOTE: After regenerating the views, to provide Noetix query users the latest views withappropriate security through query tools, you may need to update the query tool meta-layersand take additional steps. For information, refer to the documentation of the query tools.Choose a RegenerationMethodNoetix views can be regenerated with the use of the NoetixViews for Oracle E-BusinessSuite Administrator (NoetixViews Administrator) or scripts. In addition, regenerationscan be scheduled using a Concurrent Manager job or using a UNIX-based Cron job.You will need to choose the method that will work best for your environment.Consider the following requirements when making your choice:• How familiar are you with Noetix views generations and regenerations? If youdo not have much experience administering your NoetixViews for Oracle E-Business Suite (NoetixViews) environment, you may do best with a wizard-basedregeneration, which provides more information about the prompts asked duringthe process.• What environment or computer do you currently use for administrative tasks? Ifyou use Microsoft Windows, SQL*Plus, Cron (the UNIX scheduling service), orthe Concurrent Manager (the Oracle scheduling service) for other administrativetasks, you may want to use a similar process for regenerating NoetixViews.• Do you need to regenerate outside of business hours? If so, the Cron orConcurrent Manager methods, which can be scheduled, may work best for you.Chapter 7: Regeneration of Views 243