Difference between OBIEE 11G & 12C

S.N0	OBIEE 11G	OBIEE 12C
1	There is no testing and validation tool available after updating 11g	Validation tool provided by oracle after upgrading  to 12c
2	Unable to build using external content from the front end	Report can be build by using external source as well
3	Heat matrix view is not present	Heat matrix view is present
4	Sorting for graphs/pivot table are not Present	Sorting added
5	Have to open the view to edit the Properties	Able to open properties of view from Compound layout only
6	Upload RPD through  User Interface	No more deployment  from Enterprise Manager
7	OPMNP process control is present	OPMN is removed
8	Security GUID’s used	Security GUID’s removed
9	Complicated Security Socket Layer (SSL) configuration	Simplified Security Socket Layer (SSL) configuration
10	RPD, Catalog, roles are scattered	BAR Archive Process used in 12c

OBIEE 12C CLIENT INSTALLATION

There is no direct way of accessing the RPD once OBIEE12C is installed.No Administration tool is available by default.

We have to download and install client tool, and using this client tool we can able to work on RPD, catalog manager, job manager.

Download the Client tool from the location

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/middleware/bi-enterprise-edition/downloads/business-intelligence-2717951.html

and extract the OBIEE 12C Client tool and run the setup file

Click Next

Provide a path where you want to install (It is better to provide a path outside the OBIEE 12C installation folder).

Click Next

Click Install

Wait for the Process to complete.

Click Finish once completed.

Once the installation is completed you can find a new start menu entry created from where you can able to access rpd,catlog manager and job manager.

Now, you can open, create RPD using the installed client tool.