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Organization of Topic Areas for Installation and Configuration

Use the roadmap and process topics in the "Preparing ..." and "Installing ..." chapters to guide you through the installation process. These topics provide a checklist of the steps required to complete an installation, in the order you must perform them. Each step includes a link to a topic that explains how to complete the step. The remaining chapters of the Oracle Business Intelligence Infrastructure Installation and Configuration Guide are organized according to the major components of the installation.

NOTE:  Topics in the chapters may not follow the order you perform them during the installation.

The order of topics in a chapter is as follows:

• A list of all the topics in the chapter.
• Roadmap topic. A roadmap is a numbered list of processes.

  For example, Roadmap for Configuring Oracle BI Infrastructure Components is a list of the processes required to install Oracle Business Intelligence, numbered in the order in which each process should occur.

• Process topics. A process topic consists of a number of tasks with a common result.

  For example, Process of Installing the Complete Oracle BI Infrastructure lists the tasks required to install Oracle Business Intelligence. Sometimes, not all tasks are necessary for a particular deployment. These topic headings frequently (but not always) begin with "Process of...".

• Task topics. Task topics explain how to do each step in an installation or configuration process, and typically include a procedure.

  Task topics begin with a gerund. For example, Configuring HTTP Web Servers.

• Concept topics. For an overview of how each part of the installation works, or for background material, read the concept topics.

  These topic headings usually begin with "About...". For example, Scripts for Korn, Bourne, or Bash Shells. Concept topic headings do not begin with a gerund, "Process of," or "Roadmap for."