What's New in This Release


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Oracle BI Infrastructure Installation and Configuration Topic Areas

Scope of Topic Areas for Oracle BI Installation and Configuration

Organization of Topic Areas for Installation and Configuration

About File Path and Command Conventions

Accessing Related Oracle Business Intelligence Documentation


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Oracle BI Infrastructure Installation Options

Oracle BI Component Installation Options

Additional Oracle BI Components

About Re-Installing Oracle BI Components

Basic and Advanced Types of Oracle BI Installation

Deployment on Web Application Servers

Deploying Oracle BI on Oracle Application Server

Deploying Oracle BI on All Other Web Servers


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Preparing to Install Oracle Business Intelligence

Process of Planning the Installation

Roadmap for Installing Oracle BI Infrastructure Components

Roadmap for Configuring Oracle BI Infrastructure Components

Diagram of Oracle BI Infrastructure Deployment

Oracle BI Installation Requirements

Obtaining Appropriate Permissions

Installing Third-Party Products

Installation Requirements for Windows

Java Platform Version

Changing the DEP Setting

Installing the Microsoft Data Access Components for Windows

Installation Requirements for Linux


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Installing Oracle BI EE Infrastructure

Process of Installing the Complete Oracle BI Infrastructure

Choosing Oracle BI Installer Options

Running the Oracle BI Installer Under Windows and Linux

Oracle BI Installer Screens and Prompts

Screens and Prompts for a Complete Installation (Windows) in Graphics Mode

Prompts for a Complete Oracle BI Installation (Linux) in Console Mode

Prompts for a Complete Oracle BI Installation (Windows) in Console Mode

Installing Oracle BI Components on Different Machines

Initializing the Oracle Business Intelligence Installation

Initializing Oracle BI Under Windows

Starting Oracle BI Under Linux

Postinstallation Tests of Oracle BI Client and Server

Testing the Oracle BI Server Installation

Testing the Oracle BI Client Installation

Installing Oracle BI in Unattended or Silent Mode

Installing in Silent Mode Under Windows

Installing in Silent Mode Under Linux


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Installing Individual Oracle BI Components

Installing Additional Oracle BI Components

Installing and Configuring Disconnected Client

Additional Oracle BI Server Requirements for Disconnected Client

Installing the Disconnected Client

Setting Up Disconnected Client to Run in Silent Mode

Installing Oracle BI Ancillary Client Programs

Installing Briefing Book Reader

Restoring Permissions in Briefing Books

Installing Oracle BI Office Plug-In

Installing Oracle BI Open Intelligence Interface

Open Intelligence Interface Installer Screens and Prompts

Installing Oracle BI Ancillary Server Programs

Installing Oracle BI Publisher Desktop

Starting Oracle BI Publisher Desktop

Uninstalling Oracle BI Components

Backing Up Business Intelligence Folders and Files

Uninstalling Oracle BI Under Windows

Uninstalling Oracle BI Under Linux and UNIX


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Configuring Oracle BI Servers

Working with Oracle BI Servers

Starting, Stopping, or Restarting Oracle BI Servers

Stopping Oracle BI Servers

Starting or Restarting Oracle BI Servers

Scripts for Korn, Bourne, or Bash Shells

Using the OC4J Command Script

Starting the OC4J Process

Stopping the OC4J Process

Restarting the OC4J Process

Updating Server Configuration Settings

Updating the instanceconfig.xml File for Oracle BI Servers

Editing the instanceconfig.xml File

Updating Configuration Settings Using Oracle Application Server Control or JConsole

Enabling Oracle Application Server Control

Modifying Configuration Files Using Oracle Application Server Control

Modifying Configuration Files Using JConsole

About Localizing Oracle BI Server

About Security in the Demonstration Oracle BI Repository


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Configuring the Data Sources for Oracle Business Intelligence

Process of Changing the Oracle BI Database Settings

About Locating the Database Setup Script Under Linux

Changing the Oracle BI Database Type

Changing the Oracle BI Database Connection Pool Settings

About Starting the Application Repository File Default Database Type

About Configuring Initialization Blocks

Configuring Oracle Databases for the Oracle BI Server Under Windows


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Configuring Oracle BI Presentation Services

Configuring HTTP Web Servers

Editing the web.xml File

Creating a WAR File for Oracle BI Presentation Services

Deploying a WAR File

Configuring the ISAPI Plug-In

Testing the Oracle BI Presentation Services

Configuring Oracle BI Presentation Services to Access Multiple Repositories

Configuring the Presentation Catalog for More Than 4000 Users

Configuring BI Publisher for Oracle BI Presentation Services


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Configuring Oracle Business Intelligence Scheduler

Oracle BI Scheduler Components and Functions

About Oracle BI Scheduler Tables

Process of Configuring Oracle BI Scheduler

Creating Oracle BI Scheduler Databases and Tables

Creating Oracle BI Scheduler Database and Tables for Specific Databases

Configuring Databases for the Oracle BI Scheduler

Changing Oracle BI Scheduler Table Names

Setting Oracle BI Scheduler Configuration Options

About the Oracle BI Scheduler Administrator

Configuring Oracle BI Scheduler

Configuring Oracle BI Scheduler Under Windows

Configuring Oracle BI Scheduler Under Linux

Configuring Oracle BI Presentation Services to Communicate With Oracle BI Scheduler

Specifying the Scheduler Host and Port in Presentation Services Configuration File

Adding Scheduler Administrator Credentials to Oracle BI Presentation Services Credential Store

Configuring Oracle BI Presentation Services to Identify the Credential Store


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Configuring BI Publisher Reporting Tool

Roadmap to Configuring BI Publisher

BI Publisher Requirements

BI Publisher Components

Oracle BI Publisher Desktop

Memory Allocation for OC4J

Deploying BI Publisher with Other J2EE Application Servers

Starting and Stopping BI Publisher

Configuring BI Publisher for XMLP Server

Embedding BI Publisher in Oracle BI

Configuring BI Publisher Settings in the Configuration File for Presentation Services

Adding Publisher Administrator Credentials to Oracle BI Presentation Services Credential Store

Configuring Oracle BI Presentation Services to Identify the Credential Store

Configuring BI Publisher for Scheduler

Running the BI Publisher Demo Reports

Configuring the Demo Files

Configuring the Demo Data Source


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NQSConfig.INI File Reference

Location of the Oracle BI Server Configuration Initialization File

Rules for Oracle BI Configuration File Parameters

Changing Oracle BI Configuration File Parameter Entries

Oracle BI Configuration File Parameters and Syntax

Repository Section Parameters in the Configuration File

Query Result Cache Section Parameters in the Configuration File

General Section Parameters in the Configuration File

How the SIZE Parameters Affect Oracle Business Intelligence Performance

Security Section Parameters in the Configuration File

Server Section Parameters in the Configuration File

Dynamic Library Section Parameters in the Configuration File

User Log Section Parameters in the Configuration File

Usage Tracking Section Parameters in the Configuration File

Optimization Flags Section Parameters in the Configuration File

Cube Views Section Parameters in the Configuration File

MDX Member Name Cache Section Parameters in the Configuration File

Oracle Dimension Export Section Parameters in the Configuration File


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Localizing Oracle Business Intelligence Deployments

Localization of Oracle BI Server Components

Configuring Unicode Support for Oracle BI Charts

Converting Chart Fonts

Adding Converted Fonts to the Charting Image Server

Adding a Font to the Chart Template Files

Adding Additional Converted Fonts to the Charting Image Server

About Changing Localization Variables for Oracle BI

About Configuring Oracle BI and the Operational Application to Display the Same Language

Process of Maintaining Translation Tables for Oracle BI

Using the Externalize Strings Utility for Localization

About Translating Web Catalog Strings

About the WEBLANGUAGE Session Variable

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