Preface

The preface includes the following section:

• Audience

• Documentation accessibility

• Related documents

• Finding prerequisite software for Oracle Health Sciences applications

• Conventions

Audience

This document is intended for database and system administrators who are responsible for installing, upgrading, and configuring the Empirica Signal and Topics software.

Documentation accessibility

For information about Oracle's commitment to accessibility, visit the Oracle Accessibility Program website at http://www.oracle.com/pls/topic/lookup?ctx=acc&id=docacc.

Access to Oracle Support

Oracle customers have access to electronic support through My Oracle Support. For information, visit http://www.oracle.com/pls/topic/lookup?ctx=acc&id=info or visit http://www.oracle.com/pls/topic/lookup?ctx=acc&id=trs if you are hearing impaired.

Related documents

For more information, see the following documents in the Oracle Health Sciences Empirica Signal Release 8.0 documentation set:

• Oracle Health Sciences Empirica Signal and Topics User Guide

• Oracle Health Sciences Empirica Signal Release Notes

• Oracle Health Sciences Empirica Signal Known Issues

• Oracle Health Sciences Empirica Topics Reporting and Oracle Business Intelligence Configuration Guide

• Oracle Health Sciences Empirica Signal Secure Configuration Guide

• Oracle Health Sciences Empirica Signal Third Party Licenses and Notices

• Oracle Health Sciences Empirica Topics API Guide

Finding prerequisite software for Oracle Health Sciences applications

Prerequisite software for Oracle Health Sciences applications is available from the following locations:

• Download the latest major or minor release from the Oracle Software Delivery Cloud (https://edelivery.oracle.com/).

  For information on the credentials that are required for authorized downloads, click FAQs on the main page of the Oracle Software Delivery Cloud portal.

• Download subsequent patch sets and patches from My Oracle Support (https://support.oracle.com).

  To find patch sets or patches, select the Patches & Updates tab.

If a previous version of prerequisite software is no longer available on the Oracle Software Delivery Cloud, log a software media request Service Request (SR). Previous versions of prerequisite software are archived and can usually be downloaded. After you open an SR, you can check its status:

• US customers: Call 1-800-223-1711.

• Outside the US: Check www.oracle.com/us/support/contact/index.html for your local Oracle Support phone number.

For more information on logging a media request SR, go to My Oracle Support for Document 1071023.1: Requesting Physical Shipment or Download URL for Software Media (https://support.oracle.com/epmos/faces/DocumentDisplay?id=1071023.1).

Conventions

The following text conventions are used in this document:

Convention	Meaning
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