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Installing Oracle BI Office Plug-In
Operating System: Windows only. This topic is part of Installing Oracle BI Ancillary Client Programs. Oracle Business Intelligence Office Plug-In is a Windows application that is an optional feature under the Oracle Business Intelligence Presentation Services. The Plug-In provides a way to browse the Analytics catalog, select a report, and then drop that report into Microsoft Word or Excel. This document may be saved and the data refreshed as needed. For information on how to use the Office Plug-In feature, see the Oracle Business Intelligence Answers, Delivers, and Interactive Dashboards User Guide. The installation program for Office Plug-In is located on the Oracle Business Intelligence Windows installation CD-ROM. Before installing this feature, the following programs must be installed on the client machines that run the Office Plug-In: - .NET Framework (the runtime must be running)
- An appropriate version of Microsoft Office, containing Microsoft Word and Excel (see System Requirements and Supported Platforms)
To install the Oracle BI Office Plug-In under Windows
- From the installation CD-ROM folder Oracle_Business_Intelligence_Office_Plug-In, or from the network location that contains the Office Plug-In files, run the program setup.exe.
- The installation wizard Welcome window appears and prompts you through each screen.
To continue to the next screen, click Next. If you need to return to a previous screen, click Back.
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Welcome |
Click Next. |
Installation Directories |
To accept the default installation (C:\Program Files\Oracle Business Intelligence\OracleBI Office Plug-In), click Next. To change the default (recommended), click browse and establish the installation path, then click Next. |
Oracle BI Presentation Services URL |
Oracle BI Office Plug-In requires an Oracle BI Presentation Services URL (that is, a Web location) to retrieve data from. The format should be as in the following example: http://localhost:9704/analytics
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Summary Information |
The directory where the Office Plug-In is to be installed and the installation size are shown. Click Next. |
Installing |
Placeholder screen that appears while the installer installs the Office Plug-In. When done, click Next. |
Summary Information |
Choose whether or not to immediately restart your computer and click Finish. - If you click Yes ..., the computer shuts down and restarts.
- If you click No..., you need to restart the computer before you use Oracle Business Intelligence.
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