OBIEE 11g - Getting the custom links on the OBIEE home page.

Modify the customslinks and instanceconfig files.

In the instanceconfig file modify as follows

<ServerInstance>

<CustomLinks>

<Enabled>true</Enabled>

<filePath>c:/mydir/mysubdir/customlinks.xml</filePath>

</CustomLinks>

</ServerInstance>

Location of customslink.

ORACLE_INSTANCE\bifoundation\OracleBIPresentationServicesComponent\coreapplication_obipsn

Here are sample changes of customslink.

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<link id=”l1″ name=”SampleApp OTN Page” description=”SampleApp Page on OTN” src=”http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/middleware/bi-foundation/obiee-samples-167534.html&#8221; target=”blank” iconSmall=”common/info_ena.png”>

<locations>

<location name=”header” insertBefore=”logout” />

</locations>

</link>

<link id=”l2″ name=”Gmail” description=”Instructions on how to insert a custom URL on OBI EE headers” src=”http://www.gmail.com&#8221; target=”blank” iconSmall=”common/info_ena.png”>

<locations>

<location name=”header” insertBefore=”home”/>

</locations>

</link>

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