Downloading and Running the Smart View Installer

To download and run the Oracle Smart View for Office installer:

  1. Start Oracle Enterprise Performance Reporting Cloud in a web browser, and log in with your user name and password.
  2. In the upper-right corner of the Oracle Enterprise Performance Reporting Cloud web interface, select the arrow next to your user name to display the user menu.
  3. From the user menu, select Install, and then select Smart View.

    The user menu in the web interface, showing the Install, then Smart View option as selected
  4. On the Smart View download page on Oracle Technology Network, click Accept License Agreement, and then click Download Now.

    If the Oracle sign-in page is displayed, then sign in with your Oracle user name (usually your email address) and password.

  5. Follow the steps for your browser to download the ZIP file, and save it to a folder on your computer; for example, you can save it in the Downloads folder or in a different folder of your choice.
  6. Navigate to the folder that you used in step 5, and then double-click SmartView.exe to start the installation wizard.
  7. Select a destination folder for Smart View, and then click OK.

    For new installations, Smart View is installed by default in:

    C:/Oracle/SmartView
    

    Note:

    If you are upgrading an installation of Smart View, then the installer defaults to the folder where you previously installed Smart View.

  8. When installation is complete, click OK.

The tab for the Smart View ribbon is displayed the next time you open Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, or Word.

Continue the setup process with Creating Data Source Connections to Enterprise Performance Reporting.