Installing and Setting Up Oracle Business Intelligence Administration Tool
To use the Oracle Business Intelligence Administration Tool, you must do the following on your local PC:
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Get the CD-ROM that contains the Oracle LSH files cdrconfig.xml and cdrclient.exe from your system administrator and insert it into your PC. InstallShield automatically runs setup.exe to load cdrconfig.xml and cdrclient.exe to a location you specify on your local computer.
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Install Oracle BI Client Tools on your PC in the location specified by your system administrator. The location must match the directory path specified in cdrconfig.xml.
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Ensure that cdrconfig.xml has the correct directory path for the Oracle BI Administration tool.
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In the Oracle BI Administration Tool, set up connectivity with the Oracle LSH database. See Set Up Database Connectivity for information.
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Add and set the following environment variables on the PC through advanced system properties:
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ORACLE_HOME Enter the absolute path of the Oracle Home on your PC; for example:
Drive:\Program Files\Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition Plus Client\oraclebi\orahome
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ORACLE_INSTANCE Enter the absolute path to Oracle BI orainst1 on your PC; for example:
Drive:\Program Files\Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition Plus Client\oraclebi\orainst
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ORACLE_BI_APPLICATION You must enter the following value exactly:
coreapplication
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