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Step 1: Creating and Testing Silent Installation for Oracle BI Disconnected Analytics

You can choose to create a file to install Oracle BI Disconnected Analytics silently on each user's machine, or you can allow users to run the installation wizard themselves. To create a silent installation, you perform an installation exactly as a disconnected user would perform one, capturing all of the responses in a BAT (response) file. You use the BAT file to launch the silent installation so that users can map to a shared network drive, access the CD image, and execute the response file from the command line. You can add a message to the response file that notifies disconnected users that a silent installation is taking place. The Oracle BI Disconnected Analytics Application Manager is installed when Oracle BI Disconnected Analytics is installed on each disconnected machine.

The silent install does not force a restart and, most of the time, one is not needed. However, on many Windows 2000 international operating systems, a restart is required.

To create and test a response file for a silent installation of Oracle BI Disconnected Analytics

1. Type the following command line to generate a response file:

   setup.exe -options-record [complete path, including response file name, to shared directory]

2. Perform a complete installation, so that all responses will be captured in the specified file.

   Ensure that you choose the installation directory where you want the disconnected users to install the files.

3. To create a notification message for a silent installation, add the following lines to the BAT file:

   @ECHO OFF

   CLS

   echo Oracle BI Analytics Disconnected Client is being installed. Please wait...

   setup.exe -options [complete path to response file] -silent

   echo Oracle BI Business Analytics Disconnected Client was successfully installed.

4. Test the response file on a machine that is similar to that used by most disconnected users and ensure that the installation succeeds.

For complete information on installation, see Oracle Business Intelligence Infrastructure Installation and Configuration Guide.