Using an already installed Express Connection Editor

If you already have the Express Connection Editor installed, then you can simply use that version to create an XCF file with which you can connect to Express Server. You might not have to create any XCF files, if the appropriate ones have already been created. Use the following procedure to use the already installed Express Connection Editor with Oracle Reports.

To use an existing Express Connection Editor installation:

  1. Navigate to the /olap subdirectory in the ORACLE_HOME directory in which Oracle Reports is installed.
  2. In the /olap subdirectory, create a subdirectory called ecf901.
  3. To the newly created ecf901 subdirectory, copy the xconnect.ini file from the installation directory of the Express Connection Editor.
  4. Open the xconnect.ini from the ecf901 subdirectory in a text editor. Ensure that the ConnectionPath setting points to whatever directory or directories hold the connection files that you plan to use for connecting to Express Server from Oracle Reports Developer. Use these files or use the Express Connection Editor to create other connection files.

Tip: Use semicolons to separate multiple directory specifications for ConnectionPath, if you want to store connection files in multiple locations.

See also

Using the Express data source

About configuring the Express data source

Preparing for Express connections