About uninstalling software components

This section describes how to uninstall the core Oracle InForm software, the Cognos Analytics software, and the customizations for Cognos Reporting. For information about removing the reporting elements and an Oracle InForm study, see the Study and Reporting Setup Guide.

Uninstall the Oracle InForm and Cognos Analytics software in the following order:

  1. The Cognos Customization for Oracle InForm wizard, the Cognos Gateway Customization for Oracle InForm wizard, and the Oracle InForm Reporting Database scripts.
  2. The Cognos software.
  3. The Oracle Directory Server.
  4. The Oracle InForm software.

If any errors occur during the Oracle InForm software uninstallation, the default location where error logs are saved is C:\Program Files (x86)\Oracle HS \InForm <release version>\InForm <release version><build_number>\InstallLogs. The file name for the error logs is Install_yyyy-mm-dd_hh-mm-ss.log.