1. Installation and Configuration Guide
  2. Installing Smart View
  3. Installing Browser Add-ons

Installing Browser Add-ons

You can use Oracle Smart View for Office to interact with web browser applications, such as Financial Consolidation and Close or Oracle Hyperion Planning, in two ways:

  • Starting in a form or ad hoc grid in Smart View, use drill-through to launch an application web page in a browser

  • Starting in a web application, launch a form or ad hoc grid in Smart View for Excel.

If your default browser is Microsoft Internet Explorer, drill-through and web launch are fully supported and require no additional add-on. However, note that starting with Oracle Enterprise Performance Management System Release 11.2.2 and the Oracle Enterprise Performance Management Cloud 20.09 update, Internet Explorer is no longer supported.

If your default browser is Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, or Microsoft Edge, you'll require a Smart View add-on for drill-through and web launch.

Table 2-2 summarizes the browser add-on requirements.

Table 2-2 Browser Add-on Requirements for Drill-Through and Web Launch

Browser Add-on Required?

Mozilla Firefox

Yes

Google Chrome

Yes

Microsoft Edge

Yes

Microsoft Internet Explorer

No

Note:

Starting with EPM System Release 11.2.2 and the EPM Cloud 20.09 update, Internet Explorer is no longer supported.

For instructions on obtaining and installing the add-on for Firefox, Chrome, and Edge, see:

Mozilla Firefox

To use Smart View 11.1.2.5.810+ with Mozilla Firefox ESR 60+, you must install the Oracle Smart View for Office web extension for Firefox.

You can get the extension by searching on "smartview" on the Firefox Add-ons download site or by going directly to this link:

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/oracle-smart-view-for-office

Click the + Add to Firefox button and follow the prompts to add the extension.

Note:

If you are using earlier versions of Firefox, then no add-on is required.

Google Chrome

EPM Cloud 17.06+ supports interoperability with Google Chrome and Smart View 11.1.2.5.700+.

To use Google Chrome with Smart View, install the Oracle Smart View for Office web extension from the Chrome Web Store. You can get the extension by searching on "smartview" in the Chrome Web Store or by going directly to this link:

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/oracle-smart-view-for-off/cjbpfomjjhkmfkembnjejkhpihjnomne

Click the + Add to Chrome button and follow the prompts to add the extension.

Microsoft Edge

EPM Cloud 20.04+, EPM System 11.2.1+, and EPM System 11.1.2.4.825+ support interoperability with Microsoft Edge based on Chromium 80+ and Smart View 11.1.2.5.910+.

To use Microsoft Edge with Smart View, you must enable Edge to allow extensions from other stores, and then install the Oracle Smart View for Office web extension from the Chrome Web Store.

To enable Edge to allow extensions from other stores:

  1. Install the latest version of Edge from Microsoft.

  2. In the upper right corner of Edge, click " ... ", and then select Extensions.

  3. At the bottom of the left pane, enable Allow extensions from other stores.

  4. At the Allow extensions from other stores prompt, click Allow.

  5. Now go to the Chrome Web Store using this link:

    https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/oracle-smart-view-for-off/cjbpfomjjhkmfkembnjejkhpihjnomne

    You can also get the extension by searching on "smartview" in the Chrome Web Store.

  6. Click the + Add to Chrome button and follow the prompts to add the extension.