Obtaining more information

Here are some additional resources that can help you be successful with Oracle Endeca Information Discovery.

Documentation set

This guide walked you through a basic scenario and does not account for possible differences that you may have in your real staging environment, such as alternate platforms, additional system requirements, or specific use cases for loading data.

The full documentation set for Oracle Endeca Information Discovery is available from the Documentation tab of its OTN (Oracle Technology Network) page.

Depending on your role in the deployment process, you should consult the following guides to find more specific in-depth information:

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Any user who needs to learn more about terminology related to Studio, Integrator, or Oracle Endeca Server The Oracle Endeca Information Discovery Glossary contains definitions for related modules, concepts, and terms.
An administrator who needs to install Oracle Endeca Information Discovery, or learn about system requirements or platform support The following installation guides contain platform support information and detailed installation instructions for all currently supported installation environments:
  • Oracle Endeca Server Installation Guide
  • Integrator ETL Installation Guide
  • Studio Installation Guide
  • Integrator Acquisition System Installation Guide
  • IKM SQL to Endeca Server Installation and Usage Guide
An administrator who needs to know how to administer and maintain Oracle Endeca Server and Oracle Endeca Information Discovery Studio The Oracle Endeca Server Administrator's Guide provides information about creating and managing data domains hosted by the Endeca Server. (In Studio, Endeca Server data domains are known as Endeca Server connections).

The Studio Administration and Customization Guide provides information about administrative tasks associated with Studio.

The Provisioning Service Administration Guide provides information about administrative tasks associated with the Provisioning Service.

An administrator who needs to secure Oracle Endeca Information Discovery The following guides contain security information:
  • Oracle Endeca Server Security Guide
  • Security Guide for Integrator
  • Studio Security Guide
Important: While security is not required by this sample application, in real-world scenarios, Oracle recommends that you install and run Oracle Endeca Information Discovery securely.
An ETL developer or data architect who needs to load data into Endeca Server The Integrator ETL User's Guide describes how to load data using Integrator ETL.

In addition, the Oracle Endeca Server Data Loading Guide describes the Data Ingest Web Service API used by Integrator.

A developer who needs to know about features of the Endeca Server such as search, refinements, search interfaces, or thesaurus The Oracle Endeca Server Developer's Guide describes the core features of the Oracle Endeca Server that you can access via applications built with Studio.

It covers basic concepts, working with records and attributes, and search configuration.

A data architect who needs to manage available sources of data for applications The Studio Administration and Customization Guide describes how to create Endeca Server connections and manage data sources from Oracle BI Server and JDBC connections.
A user who needs to create and configure Studio applications The Studio User's Guide describes how to create Studio applications and manage the application data.
A developer who needs to know about the APIs for the Oracle Endeca Server The Oracle Endeca Server Developer's Guide describes the Oracle Endeca Server Web Services used by Studio.

In addition, see the API Reference for information about Web services and schemas, which are packaged with the Oracle Endeca Server. The API Reference is the documentation generated from the Endeca Server interfaces. It is located in the EndecaServer<version>/apis/doc/endeca-server directory of the Oracle Endeca Server installation.

A developer who needs to know how to extend Studio The Studio Administration and Customization Guide provides information on how to extend Studio.

For additional information about extending Studio, see the Studio Javadoc, which is packaged with the rest of the Studio documentation.

OTN product page

In addition to the sample applications and the documentation set, the OTN page for Oracle Endeca Information Discovery (http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/middleware/endeca/overview) contains other useful content for someone getting up to speed, including videos and best practices.

User forums

The Oracle forums include an Information Discovery forum. You can use this forum to post questions and view information from other users and experts.

Education and training

Oracle offers training courses on configuring and using Oracle Endeca Information Discovery.

For information on available courses, see the Oracle University site.