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Starting the Server from Windows Services

This procedure requires your user ID to be a member of the Windows Administrators group on the local machine on which the Oracle BI Server is installed.

To start the Oracle BI Server

1. On the machine in which the server is installed, choose Start > Settings > Control Panel > Services.

   You might need to open the Administrative Tools submenu.

2. Select the Oracle BI Server service and click Start.

   A message appears indicating that the service is starting. It might take a few minutes for the server to start while it loads the repository in the Repositories section of the NQSConfig.INI file.

   When startup is complete, the startup message goes away and the status of the service changes to Started. The following information is logged to the NQServer.log file, located in the Log subdirectory of the Oracle BI installation folder:

   • Startup time
   • Any business models that are loaded
   • Any errors that occurred

     If startup does not complete, check to make sure that there are no errors in the NQSConfig.INI file, such as the incorrect spelling of the repository filename. If you receive an informational message stating the server has not yet started, refresh the status periodically until the status changes to Started.