OBIEE 11g important paths / locations

Here is a list of important OBIEE file paths.

component	path	example
middleware home MW_HOME	the root installation directory of OBIEE	D:\OBIEE11g
oracle home (bi) ORACLE_HOME	$MW_HOME\Oracle_BI1	D:\OBIEE11g\Oracle_BI1
instance home INSTANCE_HOME	$MW_HOME\instances\instance1	D:\OBIEE11g\instances\instance1
domain home DOMAIN_HOME	$MW_HOME\user_projects\domains\bifoundation_domain	D:\OBIEE11g\user_projects\domains\bifoundation_domain
weblogic home WEBLOGIC_HOME	$MW_HOME\wlserver_10.3	D:\OBIEE11g\wlserver_10.3

rpd location:

$INSTANCE_HOME\bifoundation\OracleBIServerComponent\coreapplication_obis1\repository

Catalog location:

$INSTANCE_HOME\bifoundation\OracleBIPresentationServicesComponent\coreapplication_obips1\catalog

custom message XML files to be stored in : $ORACLE_HOME\bifoundation\web\msgdb\messages

BI Admin tool environment initialization script location:  $INSTANCE_HOME\bifoundation\OracleBIApplication\coreapplication\setup\bi-init.cmd

BI Admin tool executable location : $ORACLE_HOME\bifoundation\server\bin\admintool.exe

Script to specify tnsnames.ora file for connecting to Oracle data sources : $INSTANCE_HOME\bifoundation\OracleBIApplication\coreapplication\setup\user.cmd

Configuration file locations: $INSTANCE_HOME\config ( Here you will find individual directories for each component).

Script to start/stop OPMN services : $INSTANCE_HOME\bin\opmnctl.bat

Scripts to start/stop Admin and Managed Servers (Weblogic) : $DOMAIN_HOME\bin

Script to Manually start/stop NodeManager (installed as a service in Windows / needs to be manually run in Linux) :  $WEBLOGIC_HOME\server\bin\startNodeManager.cmd

Log file locations:

component	path	log file
OBIEE Installation	C:\Program Files\Oracle\Inventory\logs	install[datetime].log
Admin Server	$DOMAIN_HOME\servers\AdminServer\logs	AdminServer.log, AdminServer-diagnostic.log
Managed Server(s)	$DOMAIN_HOME\servers\bi_server1\logs	bi_server1.log, bi_server1-diagnostic.log
OPMN	$INSTANCE_HOME\diagnostics\logs\OPMN\opmn	opmn.log
Presentation Server	$INSTANCE_HOME\diagnostics\logs\OracleBIPresentationServicesComponent\coreapplication_obips1	sawlog0.log
BI Server	$INSTANCE_HOME\diagnostics\logs\OracleBIServerComponent\coreapplication_obis1	nqserver.log, nqquery.logs
BI Scheduler	$INSTANCE_HOME\diagnostics\logs\OracleBISchedulerComponent\coreapplication_obisch1	nqscheduler.log

Cache Paths:

BIServer: $INSTANCE_HOME\bifoundation\OracleBIServerComponent\coreapplication_obis1\cache

Presentation Server: $INSTANCE_HOME\tmp\OracleBIPresentationServicesComponent\coreapplication_obips1\obis_temp

Did I miss anything? Please feel free to email me your comments.