Creating a new database connection file in Brio Explorer

This document will lead you through a step-by-step process showing you how to set up a new
database connection (OCE) file in Brio.

Step 1: Open Brio. The dialog box below should appear. Click on A New Database Connection
File and then OK.



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Step 2: The box below will appear

For What connection software do you want to use? Click on the drop down list and choose
SQL*Net for Windows NT

For What type of database do you want to connect to? Click on the drop down list and choose
Oracle 8/9

Also check off Show Meta Connection Wizard and Show advanced options as shown below.
Click on Next.



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Step 3: Connect to the data source. Follow the prompts:
User Name = Harvard ID #
Password = Password *
Host = yedwprod.harvard.edu (example host name)


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Step 4: Click on Next



Click Next again

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If you do not know your password please contact the helpdesk @ 496-2001. You should have
been assigned a default password, that is, the first four digits of your last name, the two digits of
your birthday and the four digits of your birth year. For example, the password for Chris Jones
born October 4, 1969 would be jone041969.





Click Next again




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Step 5: On this next screen the radio button for Retrieve data as Binary should be highlighted as
shown. You also need to check Use Quoted Identifiers.



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Step 6: Change the Oracle Buffer Size to 18000, and check the box next to Disable
asynchronous processing
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and click Next




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This is important because users who have not checked this box will frequently receive an integer overflow error
message when trying to process their queries, which then dont complete. Some users have also received a message
displaying the text The query is currently processing after clicking on the Process button when the query is not actually
processing.

However, there is a downside to disabling asynchronous processing. When asynchronous processing is disabled, a user
can only cancel your query by completely shutting down Brio through the task manager (ctr/alt/del). For this reason (and
for so many others) it is always important to save your queries before processing.
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Step 7: Click on Finish



Step 8: Save your OCE

You will be prompted to save your OCE. Save your OCE with a unique and easily identifiable name
(e.g.,YEDWPROD, HDWPROD) to facilitate retrieval.



Now you will have a newly created OCE file to access the data you want.
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