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Organization of Topic Areas for Platform Installation and Configuration

Analytics License: All licenses.

Operating Systems: All.

Databases: All databases.

Use the roadmap and process topics in the "Preparing ..." and "Installing ..." chapters to guide you through the installation process. These topics provide a checklist of the steps required to complete an installation, in the order you must perform them. Each step includes a link to a topic that explains how to complete the step. The remaining chapters of the Siebel Analytics Platform Installation and Configuration Guide are organized according to the major components of the installation.

NOTE:  Topics in the chapters may not follow the order you perform them during the installation.

The order of topics in a chapter is as follows:

• Roadmap topic. A roadmap is a numbered list of processes.

  For example, Roadmap for Configuring Siebel Analytics Platform is a list of the processes required to install Siebel Analytics, numbered in the order in which each process should occur.

• Process topics. A process topic consists of a number of tasks with a common result.

  For example, Process of Installing the Siebel Analytics Platform lists the tasks required to install Siebel Analytics. Sometimes, not all tasks are necessary for a particular deployment. These topic headings frequently (but not always) begin with "Process of...".

• Task topics. Task topics explain how to do each step in an installation or configuration process, and typically include a procedure.

  Task topics begin with a gerund. For example, Configuring Analytics Web.

• Concept topics. Concept topics explain key concepts required to perform groups of tasks, or background material.

  These topic headings usually begin with "About...". For example, About Updating Row Counts in Native Databases. Concept topic headings do not begin with a gerund, "Process of," or "Roadmap for."