Starting Financial Analyzer for the First Time

Verifying the installation

A successful client installation creates an Oracle for Windows program group on the PC. To verify the installation, you start up the workstation by running Financial Analyzer from this program group. The Connect to EXPRESS Session dialog box appears, allowing you to connect to an Express Server session to start Financial Analyzer.

Note: When you log in for the first time, you must specify information that enables the user to connect to an Express Server session. This information is retained by the system. Only the password is needed to log into subsequent sessions.

Procedure: Logging into Express Server

Use the following procedure to log into Express Server.

1. Double-click on the Financial Analyzer icon.

2. Complete the fields as follows.
   • Username -- Enter the workstation user's username for the operating system on which Express Server is running.

   • Password -- Enter the user's password for the operating system on which Express Server is running.

   • Domain -- If the user's workstation is connecting into an Express Server instance running on an NT domain server, enter the domain name.

   • Name -- Enter the name of the user's personal database.

     Note: For certain installations, this information appears automatically.

   • Path -- Enter the full path of the user's personal database.

     Important: When running on an NT server, you must use server drive letters rather than UNCs.

   • Server -- Enter the name or IP address of the server where the instance of Express Server to which this workstation will connect is installed.

     Note: If the user's workstation is running as a thick client, you can leave this field blank.

   • EndPoint or UUID -- If the Express Server instance is running on Unix, specify its EndPoint.

     If multiple instances of Express Server are running on an NT server, identify the Express Server instance to which this workstation will connect by entering its unique universal identifier (UUID).

3. Choose OK.

   If you are logging in on any type of workstation other than a Super administrator workstation, the Financial Analyzer main screen now appears.

   If you are logging in on a Super administrator workstation, you must complete these additional steps:

   1. You will be asked to select a language. The language that you select will be the system-wide language for entering object descriptions into Financial Analyzer. Select the desired language, then choose OK.

   2. You will be asked to verify the language that you selected. Make sure that the selected language is the correct one, then choose Yes.

      The Financial Analyzer main screen now appears.