Requirements for the Deployment Environment

Requirements for applications built with BI Beans

Data server -- Oracle9i Enterprise Edition Release 2 (9.2.0.2.x or higher) with the OLAP option and with all required patch sets. For a complete list of required patch sets as well as up-to-date information about which database releases are supported, consult the BI Beans product area on Oracle Technology Network (http://otn.oracle.com).

Metadata -- The DBA must define appropriate metadata in the Oracle database to support business intelligence applications. For information about defining OLAP metadata, see the Oracle9i OLAP Services Concepts and Administration Guide, which is part of the documentation set for Oracle9i, or refer to the Help system for the OLAP management tool in Oracle Enterprise Manager, which is the tool you use to create the metadata. You can also use Oracle Warehouse Builder to create appropriate metadata.

Browser -- In an HTML-client application, the user's browser must support cookies.

Image generation with JDK 1.3 on UNIX platforms -- Image generation for JSP and servlet applications that use JDK 1.3 requires that X server be running on the middle tier. One option is to use X Virtual Frame Buffer (XVFB), which can run in "headless" environments -- that is, on machines that lack frame buffer hardware. For more information about X server and XVFB, see Chapter 20 (Advanced Topics) of the UIX Developer's Guide in the JDeveloper Help system.

You can download XVFB for Sun Solaris from Oracle Technology Network (http://otn.oracle.com). XVFB for other platforms must be downloaded from the platform vendor's web site.

Because JDK 1.4 supports "headless" mode, X Server is not required for applications that use JDK 1.4. However, you must explicitly enable headless mode, as follows:

  1. In the JDeveloper System - Navigator, right-click the project and choose Project Settings from the drop-down list.

  2. Under Development, click Runner.

  3. Add the following Java Option:

  4. -Djava.awt.headless=true.

Requirements for applications that are deployed to Oracle Application Server

BI Beans uses different JAR files from those that ship with Oracle Application Server. If you want to deploy an application built with BI Beans on the same machine as Oracle Application Server, then you must follow the procedure in Setting up a Separate OC4J Instance for a BI Beans Application, which is available on the BI Beans product page on Oracle Technology Network (http://otn.oracle.com/products/bib/content.html).

Requirements for applications that use the BI Beans Catalog

Database -- Oracle9i (Release 1 or Release 2)

Client-side driver --