Conventions

The following conventions are used in this document.

Typographic conventions

The following table describes the typographic conventions used in this document.

Typeface Meaning
User Interface Elements This formatting is used for graphical user interface elements such as pages, dialog boxes, buttons, and fields.
Code Sample This formatting is used for sample code segments within a paragraph.
Variable This formatting is used for variable values.

For variables within a code sample, the formatting is Variable.

File Path This formatting is used for file names and paths.

Symbol conventions

The following table describes symbol conventions used in this document.

Symbol Description Example Meaning
> The right angle bracket, or greater-than sign, indicates menu item selections in a graphic user interface. File > New > Project From the File menu, choose New, then from the New submenu, choose Project.

Path variable conventions

This table describes the path variable conventions used in this document.

Path variable Meaning
$ORACLE_HOME Indicates the absolute path to your Oracle Middleware home directory, where BDD and WebLogic Server are installed.
$BDD_HOME Indicates the absolute path to your Oracle Big Data Discovery home directory, $ORACLE_HOME/BDD-<version>.
$DOMAIN_HOME Indicates the absolute path to your WebLogic domain home directory. For example, if your domain is named bdd-<version>_domain, then $DOMAIN_HOME is $ORACLE_HOME/user_projects/domains/bdd-<version>_domain.
$DGRAPH_HOME Indicates the absolute path to your Dgraph home directory, $BDD_HOME/dgraph.