admintool.exe is the Administration tool to manage OBIEE server and have some capabilities to automate some repetitive tasks and principally his embedded tools.
Oracle Business Intelligence Administration Tool is available only for Windows operating systems.
The Administration Tool is a Windows application that allows the BI Server administrator to create and edit repositories.
Repositories can be edited with the administration tool in either OBIEE 10G/11G - Repository (RPD file) or OBIEE 10G/11G - Repository (RPD file) mode.
The Administration Tool also includes a session manager and a cache manager which are available in online mode. The Cache Manager displays what queries have been cached and how frequently they have been accessed. You can also select and delete items in cache
You can start it in two ways :
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The admintool is located in this directory
BI_ORACLE_HOME/server/Bin
You can start it in two ways :
Do NOT open the RPD by simply double clicking on the RPD file or typing Admintool.exe in a command line. The resulting Administration Tool window is not initialized to your Oracle instance, and errors will result later in your session. Ignoring this will lead to creating inconsistencies in the RPD file.
The admintool is located in this directory
BI_ORACLE_HOME/bifoundation/server/bin (\MiddelwareHome\instances\instance1\bifoundation\server\bin
How to automate the creation of the metadata dictionary.
Open repository.rpd AdministratorLogin AdministratorPassword
Hide
GenerateMetadataDictionary {\MetadataDictionaryFolder}
Close
Exit
{OracleBI}\server\Bin>admintool /command /BiServerMetaDataExport.txt
More command : OBIEE 11g: How To Run the Administration Tool and Administer Repositories in Automated Mode from the Command Line
Be sure to have in your bi-init script the path set to the good directory bin of an Oracle Client.
SET PATH=C:\toTheOracleDatabaseHome\BIN;%PATH%