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Overview

Oracle9iAS Personalization (OP) permits Web applications to collect and store customer data in an Oracle database, build models, and make recommendations on the basis of the models.

This manual provides the generic instructions for installing Oracle9iAS Personalization using Oracle Universal Installer (OUI). Platform-specific information is in the README.htm file for each platform.

This manual is organized as follows:

• Overview (Chapter 1)

• Requirements (Chapter 2)

• Installing the Oracle9i database and Oracle9i Application Server (Chapter 3)

• Installing Oracle Workflow (Chapter 4)

• Installing OP (Chapter 5)

• Security (Chapter 6)

• Configuring OP (Chapter 7)

• OP Schemas (Chapter 8)

• Initial data collection (Chapter 9)

Installation Overview

These are the major steps required to install OP; perform them in this order:

1. Make sure that your operating system satisfies the requirements described in the README.htm file on the OP CD. Verify that your Web site will support OP.

2. Install and configure the Oracle9i database and Oracle9i Application Server.

3. Install the Workflow component of Oracle Management and Integration.

4. Install OP and its components, and initialize required tables.