This chapter describes new features, concepts, and terminology for Oracle Business Intelligence 11g Release 1 (11.1.1).
Oracle Business Intelligence 11g Release 1 includes many new features, including those related to installation:
Oracle Business Intelligence 11g Installer is used for installation tasks. Oracle Business Intelligence 11g Installer replaces the installer that was used in previous versions of Oracle Business Intelligence. See Chapter 1, "Installation Overview." Oracle Business Intelligence 11g Installer includes online help for each installation screen.
Oracle Business Intelligence 11g Installer is used to seamlessly install and configure all Oracle Business Intelligence products, such as Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition, Oracle Real-Time Decisions, and Oracle Business Intelligence Publisher.
Oracle Business Intelligence 11g Installer provides the flexibility to perform software installation and configuration steps in the same process or separately in their own processes.
Oracle WebLogic Server replaces Oracle Application Server and Oracle Containers for Java (OC4J), which were used in previous Oracle Business Intelligence releases. WebLogic Server also handles the Java components and provides many of the administrative services formerly provided by Oracle Business Intelligence services in previous releases.
In addition to the Oracle Business Intelligence command-line utilities from earlier releases, this release uses the following command-line utilities:
Oracle WebLogic Server scripting tool (WLST) for managing the Oracle WebLogic Server domain. For more information, see Oracle Fusion Middleware Installation Guide for Oracle WebLogic Server.
OPMN and the opmnctl commands for the Oracle Process Manager and Notification Server. For more information, see Chapter 2, "OPMN: Overview," in Oracle® Fusion Middleware Oracle Process Manager and Notification Server Administrator's Guide.
There are many new concepts in Oracle Business Intelligence 11g Release 1, and other concepts whose meanings have changed since the 10g release. For a detailed description of these concepts, see "Understanding Oracle Fusion Middleware Concepts" in Oracle® Fusion Middleware Administrator's Guide. You may also refer to the "Glossary" in other Oracle Business Intelligence guides, such as in Oracle Fusion Middleware System Administrator's Guide for Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition.
Additional topics may be of interest to those installing and upgrading Oracle Business Intelligence. These topics are covered in other guides and shown in the following list by general topic and titles of books to consult for more information.
Configuring individual Oracle Business Intelligence components
Oracle Fusion Middleware System Administrator's Guide for Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition
Setting up a data warehouse or other data source
Oracle Fusion Middleware Metadata Repository Builder's Guide for Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition
Oracle Fusion Middleware Repository Creation Utility User's Guide
Deployments across a network or enterprise
Oracle Fusion Middleware Enterprise Deployment Guide for Oracle Business Intelligence
Upgrading to Oracle Business Intelligence 11g
Oracle Fusion Middleware Upgrade Guide for Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition
Application development
Oracle Fusion Middleware Developer's Guide for Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition