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Prerequisites and usage notes

The Oracle Empirica Signal application requires Google® Chrome or Microsoft® Edge.

Configure Google Chrome

Clear the cache in Chrome
  1. Open the Chrome browser.
  2. From the Customize and control Google Chrome menu (Customize and control Google Chrome menu) on the far right of the browser header, select More tools, then Clear browsing data.
  3. On the Basic tab, select Cached images and files, then click Clear data.
  4. To close the Chrome browser, click the Customize and control Google Chrome menu (Customize and control Google Chrome menu) and select Exit.
Allow pop-ups within Oracle Empirica Signal
  1. Open the Chrome browser.
  2. From the Chrome menu on the right of the browser header, select Settings.
  3. In the left pane, under Privacy and security, select the Site Settings link.
  4. Under Content, select the Pop-ups and redirects link.
  5. Select Add and enter the Oracle Empirica Signal URL.
  6. Select Add and enter [*.]oracle.com.

Note:

If Chrome blocks a pop-up window, it displays an icon to the right of the URL address area (Chrome pop-up blocker icon). If this happens, you can also allow pop-ups for Oracle Empirica Signal by:
  1. Clicking the icon (Chrome pop-up blocker icon).
  2. Selecting the radio button option to Always allow pop-ups and redirects from [your Oracle Empirica Signal site] and [*.]oracle.com.

Configure Microsoft Edge

Clear the cache in Edge
  1. Open the Edge browser.
  2. From the Settings and more menu (Edge Settings menu ) on the far right of the browser header, select Settings.
  3. From the left pane of the Settings tab, select Privacy, search, and services.
  4. From the Clear browsing data section, click Choose what to clear.
  5. Select Cached cached images and files, then click Clear Now.
  6. Close the Settings tab.
Turn off the pop-up blocker
  1. Open the Microsoft Edge browser.
  2. From the Settings and more menu (Edge Settings menu ) on the far right of the browser header, select Settings.
  3. In the left pane, select Cookies and site permissions.
  4. In the right pane, under All permissions, select Pop-ups and redirects.
  5. In the Allow section, select Add and enter the Oracle Empirica Signal URL, then click Add.
  6. Select Add and enter [*.]oracle.com, then click Add.
  7. Close the Settings tab.

Settings that apply to all browsers

The browser's Back button

Because the appearance of many pages presented by the Oracle Empirica Signal application relies on choices made on previous pages, Oracle recommends that you do not use the browser's Back button. Choices made on other pages may not be captured appropriately. To make navigation between pages easier, while providing accurate information on each page, Back links appear on many application pages. It is preferable to use these Back links, and the left navigation pane, to navigate to another page.

Multiple sessions

Do not run more than one session of the application using multiple browser sessions or several tabs in the same browser.

Adobe ® Acrobat ®

For certain features in Oracle Empirica Signal, you can download to a PDF (Portable Document Format) file. To do so, you must install Adobe Acrobat Reader on your computer. Adobe Acrobat Reader is freely distributed software for viewing and printing PDF files, and is available at www.adobe.com.

You also need Adobe Acrobat Reader to view any PDF files that may be provided as links in this help system.

To view PDF attachments embedded in a topic, you must install Adobe Acrobat. You can download the Acrobat Standard software from www.adobe.com.

A PDF file that you create for a topic might include links to open ZIP files that are attached to the topic. Security features in Adobe Acrobat Reader might prevent you from opening a ZIP file from within the PDF file. See the Adobe website for instructions on modifying this behavior.

If you are using Adobe Acrobat Reader 6.x, you might need to set link options correctly to view certain types of attachments from within a topic PDF file.

ZIP file utility
If you create ZIP archive files when downloading data, you must have a ZIP file compression and extraction utility, such as WinZip, installed on your computer. WinZip is available at www.winzip.com. You must also associate the file extension .zip with the ZIP file utility.
Microsoft Excel

If you plan to download data to Microsoft Excel®, make sure that Excel is installed on your computer.

SAS System Viewer

To view files that you create by downloading data to SAS Version 5 transport files (.xpt files), you need the SAS® System Viewer. The SAS® System Viewer is freely distributed software for viewing and printing .xpt files, and is available at www.sas.com.

Base SAS

To use files that you create by downloading data to SAS data step definition files (.sas files), you need Base SAS®. Base SAS® is a third-party application that you can purchase at www.sas.com.

Built-in reports

To run the built-in reports delivered with the Oracle Empirica Signal application, you must set up a data stub, as described in AERS(1q03: S) Configuration Installation Instructions (located in the Data_Stub folder on the installation CD).

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