- Installation and Configuration Guide
- Installing Smart View
- Installing by Autodeployment in EPM System
- Server Setup
Server Setup
To set up the server environment for autodeployment of Oracle Smart View for Office:
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Enable autodeployment for your data provider as follows.
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Oracle Essbase: Choose a method:
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Use Administration Services Console (if available).
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Connect to the Provider Server, select Edit, then Properties, then Client Deployment.
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Choose either Force Smart View client to upgrade or Warn Smart View client to upgrade.
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Select the Apply Smart View client to upgrade check box, and then click Apply.
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Update
essbase.properties
as follows:-
Navigate to
EPM_ORACLE_INSTANCE\bin\essbase.properties
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Set either or both of these properties to true:
smartview.webservice.autodeploy.force=true smartview.webservice.autodeploy.warn=true
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Oracle Hyperion Planning:
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Select Administration, then Manage Properties, and then System Properties.
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Set these properties:
SMART_VIEW_FORCE_INSTALL=true SMART_VIEW_DISPLAY_WARNING=true
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Oracle Hyperion Financial Management: Autodeployment is enabled by default starting in Financial Management 11.1.2.4. To configure Financial Management to turn off messages about upgrading Smart View, complete the procedure in Oracle Support Document 1993603.1 on My Oracle Support:
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Oracle Hyperion Reporting and Analysis: Autodeployment is automatic.
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Make backup copies of your current
SmartView.exe
andversion.xml
before deploying the replacement files. - Download the Smart View zip file from either OTN or MOS, as described in Installing from My Oracle Support or Oracle Technology Network.
- Unzip the downloaded file to a temporary location.
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Copy
SmartView.exe
andversion.xml
to the location of the Oracle Hyperion Enterprise Performance Management Workspace installation, typically:C:\Oracle\Middleware\EPMSystem11R1\common\epmstatic\wspace\SmartView
This is the epmstatic location specific to Smart View.
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Depending on which version of Smart View your users are upgrading from, perform either
Option A
OR
Option B.
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Option A (Upgrading from 11.1.2.1. x , 11.1.2.2. x , or 11.1.2.3. x )
If your users are upgrading from an installed Smart View version of 11.1.2.1.x, 11.1.2.2.x, or 11.1.2.3.x, open the
version.xml
file in the epmstatic location specific to Smart View (see step 5), and edit the value in theinstallFile
tag to point to the location of the Smart View executable file (step 5) as follows:<installFile> /epmstatic/wspace/SmartView/SmartView.exe </installFile>
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Option B (Upgrading from 11.1.2.5.000 or Later)
If your users are upgrading from an installed Smart View version 11.1.2.5.000 or later, choose only one of the following options and perform the tasks described:
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OTN Option
Do not modify the
version.xml
file in the epmstatic location specific to Smart View (step 5).Your users will automatically be directed to the Smart View page on OTN, where they can download the installation zip file to their own machines, unzip the contents, and run the installer.
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"epmstatic" Option
Open the
version.xml
file in the epmstatic location specific to Smart View (see step 5) and edit the value in theinstallFile
tag to point to the location of the Smart View executable file (step 5) as follows:<installFile> /epmstatic/wspace/SmartView/SmartView.exe </installFile>
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Web App Server Option
Post the
SmartView.exe
file to a web app server in your environment, and then modify theversion.xml
file to point to the fully-qualified URL.-
Copy only the
SmartView.exe
to the web app server where you will be hosting the file. -
Open the
version.xml
file in the epmstatic location specific to Smart View (see step 5), and edit the value in theinstallFile
tag to point to the fully-qualified URL where you are hosting the Smart View executable file (see step a); for example:<installFile> http://webServerHost:webServerPort/pathToSmartViewExe/SmartView.exe </installFile>
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Your Smart View users can now proceed with Client Installation.