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Scope of Topic Areas for Oracle BI Installation and Configuration

The following general processes are described in this book:

• Setting up your operating system for deploying Oracle Business Intelligence.

  See the topic Process of Planning the Installation, especially the subtopic Oracle BI Installation Requirements.

• Running the Oracle Business Intelligence installation wizard. See the following topic areas:
  • Roadmap for Installing Oracle BI Infrastructure Components
  • Process of Installing the Complete Oracle BI Infrastructure
• Configuring the various Oracle Business Intelligence servers for your specific deployment. See the following topics or topic areas:
  • Roadmap for Configuring Oracle BI Infrastructure Components
  • Configuring Oracle BI Servers
  • Configuring the Data Sources for Oracle Business Intelligence
  • Configuring Oracle BI Presentation Services
  • Configuring Oracle Business Intelligence Scheduler
• Optional platform configuration topics, such as special installations, reporting, and localization.

  See the following topic areas:

  • Installing Individual Oracle BI Components
  • Configuring BI Publisher Reporting Tool
  • Localizing Oracle Business Intelligence Deployments

Out of Scope for the Oracle Business Intelligence Infrastructure Installation and Configuration Guide

The following processes are not described in this book:

• Deploying Oracle Business Intelligence across a network using clustering, across a firewall.

  See the Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition Deployment Guide.

• Configuring the Oracle Business Intelligence repository

  See the Oracle Business Intelligence Server Administration Guide.

• Oracle Business Intelligence Presentation Services Web catalog.

  See the Oracle Business Intelligence Presentation Services Administration Guide.

• Configuring and administering the Data Warehouse, including security settings.

  See the Oracle Business Intelligence Applications Installation and Administration Guide.

• Configuring Oracle Business Intelligence to work with Oracle's Siebel Customer Relationship Management applications, including security settings.

  See the Oracle Business Intelligence Applications Installation and Administration Guide.

• Upgrading Business Intelligence platform components.

  See the Oracle Business Intelligence Infrastructure Upgrade Guide.

TIP:   A list of all the books you may need for a full enterprise installation is shown in Accessing Related Oracle Business Intelligence Documentation.