In addition to the Complete installation of components described in Installing Oracle BI EE Infrastructure you can install one or more individual components without installing the entire suite. For example, you can have Oracle BI Server only installed, or you might also be installing different components on separate machines. (See also the topic Installing Oracle BI Components on Different Machines.)

• Table 3 shows the Oracle Business Intelligence components that are installed with each installation option.
• See also the topic Additional Oracle BI Components, which describes the ancillary programs that maybe useful in your deployment of Oracle Business Intelligence.

This topic area discusses partial or incremental component installations, including the following topics:

• Installing Oracle BI Open Intelligence Interface covers the distribution of client connectivity to remote clients that cannot otherwise access Oracle Business Intelligence.

  If you use third-party analytical tools such as spreadsheets and databases, you must install the Oracle BI Open Intelligence Interface to enable connectivity to the Oracle BI Server.

• Installing and Configuring Disconnected Client covers adding the Oracle BI Disconnected Client to several laptop machines.
• Installing Oracle BI Ancillary Client Programs covers the installation of Windows-based helper programs:
  • Installing Briefing Book Reader
  • Installing Oracle BI Office Plug-In
  • Installing Oracle BI Open Intelligence Interface
• Installing Oracle BI Ancillary Server Programs
  • Installing Oracle BI Publisher Desktop