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Installing Siebel Open Intelligence Interface

Analytics License: All licenses.

Operating System: Windows only.

This topic is part of the Process of Installing the Siebel Analytics Platform. It may apply if your deployment includes remote machine connection to Siebel Analytics servers over a network.

Some sites use third-party analytical tools, such as spreadsheets and databases, which require connectivity to the Siebel Analytics Server. Some of these sites have client connections to the corporate network using a modem. The Open Intelligence Interface (ODBC) client connectivity and the client connectivity tools NQCMD.exe and NQClient.exe are a means of distributing client connectivity to these remote clients that cannot otherwise access Siebel Analytics.

Only the Open Intelligence Interface ODBC connectivity client and the NQClient.exe and NQCMD.exe utilities are installed. The latter two utilities are necessary for debugging and technical support issue identification. The installer includes a silent mode option to automatically install the Open Intelligence Interface ODBC client on the remote machine. This installer does not require a license key.

The Open Intelligence Interface installer installs the following components to remote client machines: