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Installing the Oracle Business Intelligence Suite Enterprise Edition on Windows

This OBE provides installation instructions for a stand-alone installation of the following Oracle

BI EE components:

Oracle Business Intelligence Server (BI Server), including the Administration Tool

Oracle Business Intelligence Interactive Dashboards (Interactive Dashboards)

Oracle Business Intelligence Answers (Answers)

Installing Oracle BI EE

This topic describes the process of downloading and running the installation wizard for the

Oracle BI EE platform components.

For this installation, a single instance of Oracle Database 10 g is deployed locally.

1. For this installation you need to download the software from OTN. Navigate to the directory

where the files were unzipped, and double-click the setup.exe file located in the

Windows\Server\Oracle_Business_Intelligence subdirectory.



2. The InstallShield Wizard appears and prepares your Java Virtual Machine, enabling you to easily

perform your Oracle BI EE installation using the wizard.

3. If you are running Windows 2003 or Windows XP, follow the instructions to disable DEP (Data

Execution Protection) if DEP is presently running on your machine; otherwise, click Next.



4. In this step you choose both a product directory and a data directory. The Basic installation type

deploys components in stand-alone Oracle ApplicationContainers for J2EE (OC4J) or inMicrosoft IIS. If you are using Oracle Server 10.1.3.1.0 or later, select Advanced.

This installation assumes that OC4J is used. Accept the default names for both directories and

accept the Basic installation type. Click Next.

Note: If you are running Oracle Application Server 10.1.3.1.0 or later and you have selected the

Advanced option, you will be asked to choose: the Installation Type (Compete, Client Tools, andso forth), the application server running Presentation Services (Oracle Application Sever or

Microsoft IIS), and the location for the server.

If you want to perform a custom installation, select the Advanced option and click Next. Selectthe Custom option button and click Next. Choose the components that you want to install and

click Next.



5. Click the Complete option button to perform a full installation for this setup. This installs the

following components: Oracle BI Server, Oracle BI Presentation Services, Oracle BI ClientTools, Oracle BI Disconnected Client, and Oracle BI Publisher. Note: ODBC and JDBC drivers

will be installed as well.

Click Next.

6. Next you choose the application server that runs Presentation Services and Presentation Services

Plug-Ins. Click the option button for Oracle Containers for J2EE (OC4J) and click Next.



7. Now browse to locate your JDK location (JAVA_HOME environment variable). Note: As

mentioned in the Prerequisite section, you must be running Java SDK version 1.5.0 or later.

Specify a password for the oc4jadmin password text box. This password is used for future oc4j

maintenance. Click Next.

Note: If you selected the Advanced option in step 4, you need to identify the location of theOracle Application Server.



8. Whether your server participates in a cluster or not, you need to choose how to start the services.

If you choose Automatic, machine boot time will increase. Click Next.

9. Accept the default error message language and click Next.



10. A summary of your installation appears. Click Next.

11. The InstallShield proceeds with the installation.



12. A confirmation window appears after the installation has completed successfully. Click Next.

13. A second summary window appears, providing you with useful information about OC4J. Click

Next



14. Click Finish to restart your machine.



You will need to restart the Oracle BI Server service to load the new repository into memory.Select Start > All Programs > Administrative Tools > Services.

Select Oracle BI Server, right-click, and select Restart from the shortcut menu.



4. The Oracle ODBC Driver Configuration window appears. The Data Source Name must be the

same as the instance name, in this case, orcl SH.



The TNS Service Name can be the service name name or the tnsnames entry name recorded inthe tnsnames.ora file. For this installation, it is orcl.

Note: If you run your setup on a different instance, your tnsnames.ora file may contain adifferent TNS Service Name. If this is the case, you must use this TNS Service Name.

The User ID (sh) must match that within the connection pool. The connection pool is an object in

the Physical layer of the repository that describes access to the data source. It containsinformation about the connection between the Oracle BI Server and that data source. It should be

noted that the Data Source Name field for the connection pool within the Administration Toolmust match the entry in your tnsnames.ora file.

Note: When you create the Physical layer by importing a schema for a data source, the

connection pool is created automatically.

For additional information about creating the Physical layer and setting up connection pools anddata sources, refer to the Oracle Business Intelligence Server Administration Guide.

5.

Click Test Connection. Enter the Service Name, User Name, and Password that correspond tothe appropriate items in step 4, and click OK .



The ODBC Driver Configuration tests successfully. Click OK twice to close the Oracle ODBCDriver Configuration window.



Testing Your Basic Installation

Now that you have successfully completed the installation and have created the data sourceconnection, you need to verify that you can actually connect to your data source. You verify your

data source connections by using the Administration Tool.

1. You begin by ensuring that your services have been started correctly. Select Start > All

Programs > Administrative Tools > Services.

Oracle BI Server, Oracle BI Presentation Server, and Oracle BI Java Host should be running.

When verified, you open the Administration Tool. Select Start > All Programs > Oracle

Business Intelligence > Administration.



The Oracle BI Administration Tool appears. You can open a repository for editing in either

online or offline mode. You use online mode to view and modify a repository while it is loadedinto the Oracle BI Server. Online mode allows you to perform tasks such as managing scheduled

jobs, user sessions, and so on.

2. You want to verify that the connection pool parameters for your data source, sh.rpd, are correct.

Select File > Open > Online.



Enter the default Password, automatically set to "Administrator" during installation, and click

Open.

The repository layers appear.



3. Expand the database object, orcl SH. Right-click the Connection Pool object and selectProperties.

Click Yes to enable update capabilities for the repository.

The Connection Pool dialog box appears. Ensure that the following data items are accurate:

Call interface: The call interface is the application program interface (API) that you use to

access the data source. You use OCI for Oracle Database 10 g . Other access methods includenative APIs and a special call interface for XML.

Data source name: The data source name is the name that you configured to connect to the

database. This corresponds to the TNS Service Name.

Shared logon and User name: Select the Shared logon check box if you want all users

whose queries employ the connection pool to access the underlying database using the sameuser name and password. If this option is selected, then all connections to the database that

employ the connection pool will use the user name and password specified in the connection



pool.

You can modify the name of the connection pool that is automatically assigned by the system.

Click OK when you are satisfied with each attribute for the connection pool. When prompted toverify the password, enter sh.

Note: Sh is both the username and password.

4. Next, you should verify that you can actually access the data. Click the plus sign (+) to promote

SH.



Move the cursor over the tables to view the row count for each. Notice that the row count has not

yet been updated. When you request row counts, the Administration Tool retrieves the number of rows from the physical database for all or selected tables and columns (distinct values are

retrieved for columns) and stores those values in the repository. If you successfully retrieve acount, you may surmise that you can access your data.



Right-click PRODUCTS and select Update Row Count.



The "Check out objects" dialog box appears. Click Yes.



5. The Physical layer table is updated. Move the cursor over Products to view the row count.

6. You can also verify that your connection pool is properly set up by checking the actual data.



Once again, right-click PRODUCTS. This time, select View Data.

The View Data from Table window appears and reiterates that you have successfully connectedto your data source.



7. Next, you need to perform a consistency check on your repository. The consistency check

analyzes the repository for certain kinds of errors and inconsistencies.

Repositories in online mode and the business models within them must pass the consistencycheck before you can make them available for queries. When a repository or business model is

inconsistent, a detailed message alerts you to the nature of the inconsistency.

To check the consistency of a repository in the Administration Tool, select File > Check Global

Consistency. The Consistency Check Manager window appears.

Click Check All Ob jects. An informational message alerts you if the repository is consistent.

If the repository is not consistent, a more detailed message will appear that contains information



about the nature of the inconsistency. For example, if you created a business model that does not

have a corresponding Presentation Catalog, a message will alert you and you will be prompted tocreate one.

Click Close.

For further information about the Oracle BI Server Administration Tool and the repository, refer to Creating a Repository Using the Oracle Business Intelligence Administration Tool (Oracle By

Example).

8. Finally, you need to ensure that you are able to create a request and publish the request to a

dashboard.

Note: After installation, the default catalog for Presentation Services is Paint. If you specify aname of your choice instead of Paint as the CatalogPath, you will eliminate this dashboard. You

can change this entry in the CatalogPath by performing the following steps:

A. In Notepad, open the instanceconfig.xml file located in

the<InstallDrive>\OracleBIData\web\config directory.

B. Locate the CatalogPath statement and change it to anything you choose. This is a samplecatalog entry for My Dashboard:

<CatalogPath>C:/OracleBIData/web/catalog/d efault</CatalogPath>

In this example, default is the catalog name.

C. Save the new instanceconfig.xml file.

D. The first time you launch Presentation Services, default will be created automatically for youand an empty My Dashboard will appear.

If Oracle Business Intelligence is not currently open, select Start > All Programs > Oracle

Business Intelligence > Presentation Services, enter Administrator in both the User ID andPassword fields, and click Log In.

The My Dashboard page of Oracle Interactive Dashboards appears.

Click the Answers link.



Select the SH subject area.



The sample request Workspace area is provided below. Click Display Results.



The request completes.



9. Click Save Request , name the request My Request, and save it in My Folders.



Click OK .



10. Now you verify that you can add a request to a dashboard.

Click the Dashboards link.

A blank My Dashboard page appears.



Click the Page Options drop-down list and select Edit Dashboard.

The Dashboard Editor window appears. Drag My Request from the pane on the left to the grayworkspace area on the right. This gray area is actually a "Section" placeholder.



The Dashboard Editor window should look like this:

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