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:

• 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.

• 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.

• Ensure that cdrconfig.xml has the correct directory path for the Oracle BI Administration tool.

• In the Oracle BI Administration Tool, set up connectivity with the Oracle LSH database. See Set Up Database Connectivity for information.

• Add and set the following environment variables on the PC through advanced system properties:

  • 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
    

  • 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
    

  • ORACLE_BI_APPLICATION You must enter the following value exactly:

    coreapplication

• Set Up Database Connectivity