Downloading and Running the Smart View Installer

To download and run the Oracle Smart View for Office installer:

  1. Start Narrative Reporting in a web browser, and log in with your user name and password.
  2. In the upper-right corner of the Narrative Reporting web interface, select the arrow next to your user name to display the user menu.
  3. From the user menu, select Downloads.

    The user menu in the web interface, showing the Downloads option.
  4. In Downloads, under Smart View, click Download From Oracle Technology Network.

    The Downloads window showing the Download From Oracle Technology Network button for downloading the Smart View installer zip file.
  5. On the Smart View information page on Oracle Technology Network, click Download Latest Version.
  6. On the Smart View download page, click Accept License Agreement, and then click Download Now.

    If the Oracle sign-in page is displayed, then sign in with your Oracle user name (usually your email address) and password.

  7. Follow the steps for your browser to download the ZIP file, and save it to a folder on your computer; for example, you can save it in the Downloads folder or in a different folder of your choice.
  8. Navigate to the folder that you used in step 7, and then double-click SmartView.exe to start the installation wizard.
  9. Select a destination folder for Smart View, and then click OK.

    For new installations, Smart View is installed by default in:

    C:/Oracle/SmartView

    Note:

    If you are upgrading an installation of Smart View, then the installer defaults to the folder where you previously installed Smart View.

  10. When installation is complete, click OK.

The tab for the Smart View ribbon is displayed the next time you open Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, or Word.

Continue the setup process with Creating Connections to Narrative Reporting.