Getting Started with Oracle® Business Intelligence Beans

Welcome to Oracle® Business Intelligence Beans (hereinafter referred to as "BI Beans"). This topic contains information to help you configure and start using BI Beans. It is divided into two main sections: Before you begin and Learning about BI Beans.

Before you begin

If you have not already done so, you must install Oracle9i with the OLAP option, install the appropriate database patches, and perform important configuration steps. For detailed instructions, consult the Oracle Developer Suite 10g Installation Guide, which also contains the matrix of supported platforms for Oracle Developer Suite. The matrix of database patches is available from the BI Beans product area on Oracle Technology Network (http://otn.oracle.com/products/bib/content.html).

Oracle Corporation recommends that you also install the BI Beans Catalog.

You are now ready to start learning about and using JDeveloper with BI Beans.

Learning about BI Beans

The following resources will help you learn about the beans and begin to develop applications quickly.