2 Getting Started

This chapter provides:

An overview of the RPAS platform
Typical installation scenarios
An overview of the installation contents

RPAS Platform Overview

RPAS 14.1.2 is comprised of many components. In addition, there are solutions that have been developed using the RPAS 14.1 foundation. These solutions must be installed separately. Examples of these solutions include Oracle Retail Merchandise Financial Planning (MFP) and Oracle Retail Advanced Inventory Planning (AIP).

The components of the RPAS software include the following:

RPAS Server and related utilities
RPAS Classic Client
RPAS Fusion Client
RPAS Configuration Tools
Sample configurations (Curve and Grade)
Documentation
Supported Translations

Note:

The use of the RPAS Fusion Client and RPAS Classic Client simultaneously in the same environment is not supported in a production environment.

Installation Process Flow

A typical RPAS Server-based installation is illustrated in Figure 2-1. For instructions on installing on a Windows machine, refer to Chapter 4, "Installing on a Windows Environment".

Figure 2-1 Installation Process Flow

RPAS Environment

Figure 2-1 displays a typical RPAS Server-based installation and provides the following information:

RPAS and the Configuration Tools may also be installed on a single Windows stand-alone machine.
Numbers represent the order in which you must install the RPAS components.
The RPAS Classic Client Installer and RPAS Fusion Client Installer processes have the same number. This indicates that you can choose to install the RPAS Classic Client on the domain user systems or the RPAS Fusion Client on an Oracle WebLogic Server instance.
Before you install an RPAS solution, you must have the RPAS Server and RPAS Clients installed. The RPAS solution installers include the taskflow configuration and online help files that require the RPAS Fusion Client to be already installed.
A domain user can log on to an RPAS domain/solution using the RPAS Classic Client or by logging on to the RPAS Fusion Client through a Web browser.

Downloading and Extracting the RPAS Media Pack

The following procedure provides information about extracting the RPAS Media Pack and its contents.

Create a directory to store the RPAS Media Pack and download the media pack to this location.
Extract the media pack to this location. Once extracted, two folders appear, CDROM and DOCS.

Figure 2-2 Example of CDROM and DOCS Folder Created by Extracting Media Pack ZIP File

The CDROM folder contains the ZIP files listed in Table 2-1.

Table 2-1 ZIP File Contents

File	Contents
FusionClient.zip	The RPAS Fusion Client installer.
RPAS-14.1.2-unix.zip	All the RPAS components to be installed on your UNIX server.
RPAS-14.1.2-windows.zip	The RPAS components that can be installed on a Windows environment. Refer to the chapters, "Installing on UNIX and Linux Environments" and "Installing on a Windows Environment" for information on performing installations.

The DOCS folder has folders within it that contain the RPAS documentation in PDF format.

RDF Packaging

The scripts for Oracle Retail Demand Forecasting (RDF) are packaged within the RPAS/RDF server installation. For more information, refer to the RDF documentation.

The Curve and Grade documentation sets which were previously included in the DOCS folder are now combined with the RDF documentation. This documentation is available within the RDF package and on the following Web site:

http://www.oracle.com/technology/documentation/oracle_retail.html