1 Installation Overview

This chapter describes the Oracle Healthcare Translational Research (OHTR) installation requirements. It contains the following topics:

1.1 Supported Platforms

The following platforms are supported.

1.1.1 Database Tier

OHTR supports all platforms supported for the Oracle Healthcare Foundation database, and the OHTR database tier should be installed on the OHF database.

1.1.2 Middle Tier

OHTR supports all platforms supported for the Oracle Healthcare Foundation middle tier.

1.2 Supported Browser

The supported browsers for OHTR is Windows Internet Explorer IE 11or later, Mozilla Firefox v17 or later, and Google Chrome v12 or later.

1.3 Technology Stack

Following is the required technology stack for OHTR:

  • Oracle Healthcare Foundation; for release information see Section 1.4, "Before You Begin".

  • Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition (OBIEE) 12.2.1.2

  • Oracle Application Development Framework (ADF) Runtime 12.2.1.2

  • Oracle WebLogic Server 12.2.1.2

  • Java Development Kit (JDK) 1.8

  • Python 2.X (2.6 or higher). Python 3.X is not compatible.

1.4 Before You Begin

OHTR requires the following pre-installation tasks to be completed:

  1. Install Oracle Healthcare Foundation.

    • For OHTR 3.2, install OHF 7.1.1.

    • For OHTR 3.2.1, install OHF 7.1.2.

    • For any future releases, check the release notes.

    For details, see the Oracle Healthcare Foundation Installation Guide on the Oracle Help Center at

    http://docs.oracle.com/health-sciences/translational-research-32/index.html

  2. Install Oracle Business Intelligence 12.2.1.2 according to Oracle® Fusion Middleware Installation Guide for Oracle Business Intelligence. Create a separate middleware home with WebLogic Server 12.2.1.2 for OBIEE.

  3. Make sure Oracle Fusion Middleware Infrastructure 12.2.1.2 is installed as a part of OHF middle tier (MT) installation.

  4. Make sure oh_domain is created at the WebLogic middleware home domain path location.

    For details, see the Oracle® Healthcare Foundation Installation Guide on the Oracle Help Center.

1.5 Architecture

OHTR consists of the following tiers:

  1. Database tier that includes tables and views (to simplify creating certain patterns of queries), indexes, sequences, and PL/SQL packages. PL/SQL packages are of two types:

    • Utility: For example, supporting integration between Cohort Data Mart (CDM) and Oracle Healthcare Omics (OHO).

    • Data Movement: Processes data loaded into staging tables.

  2. Middle tier consists of a set of ADF-based UIs deployed into WebLogic Server.

Figure 1-1 Data Flow in OHTR

Surrounding text describes Figure 1-1 .