Contents

Title and Copyright Information

Preface

• Audience
• Documentation Accessibility
• Related Documents
• Conventions

1 About the Oracle Business Intelligence Installation

• 1.1 Introduction to Installing a Production Environment
• 1.2 Using the Standard Installation Topology as a Starting Point
  • 1.2.1 About the Business Intelligence Standard Installation Topology
  • 1.2.2 About Elements in the Standard Installation Topology Illustration
• 1.3 Using This Document to Extend an Existing Domain
• 1.4 Using This Document in an Upgrade Scenario

2 Preparing to Install and Configure Oracle Business Intelligence

• 2.1 Roadmap for Installing and Configuring a Standard Installation Topology
• 2.2 Roadmap for Verifying Your System Environment
  • 2.2.1 Verifying Certification, System, and Interoperability Requirements
  • 2.2.2 Selecting an Installation User
    • 2.2.2.1 Understanding User Permissions
    • 2.2.2.2 Understanding Non-Default User Permissions on UNIX Operating Systems
    • 2.2.2.3 Verifying that the Installation User has Administrator Privileges on Windows Operating Systems
  • 2.2.3 Understanding Directories for Installation and Configuration
    • 2.2.3.1 Understanding the Recommended Directory Structure
    • 2.2.3.2 About the Oracle Home Directory
    • 2.2.3.3 About the Domain Home Directory
    • 2.2.3.4 About the Application Home Directory
    • 2.2.3.5 Installing Multiple Products in the Same Domain
    • 2.2.3.6 Preparing for Shared Storage
  • 2.2.4 Understanding JDK Requirements for an Oracle Fusion Middleware Installation
  • 2.2.5 Understanding Database Requirements for an Oracle Fusion Middleware Installation
    • 2.2.5.1 About the Custom Variables Required for the SOA Suite Schemas
      • 2.2.5.1.1 About the Database Profile Custom Variable
      • 2.2.5.1.2 About the Healthcare Integration Custom Variable
• 2.3 Obtaining the Product Distribution
• 2.4 About Product Distributions

3 Installing the Oracle Business Intelligence Software

• 3.1 Verifying the Installation Checklist
• 3.2 Starting the Installation Program
• 3.3 Navigating the Installation Screens
• 3.4 Verifying the Installation
  • 3.4.1 Reviewing the Installation Log Files
  • 3.4.2 Checking the Directory Structure
  • 3.4.3 Viewing the Contents of the Oracle Home
• 3.5 Checking the Directory Structure

4 Configuring Oracle Business Intelligence

• 4.1 About the Oracle Business Intelligence Configuration Assistant
• 4.2 Configuration Assistant Prerequisites
• 4.3 Creating the Database Schemas
  • 4.3.1 Installing and Configuring a Certified Database
  • 4.3.2 Starting the Repository Creation Utility
  • 4.3.3 Navigating the Repository Creation Utility Screens to Create Schemas
    • 4.3.3.1 Introducing the RCU
    • 4.3.3.2 Selecting a Method of Schema Creation
    • 4.3.3.3 Providing Database Connection Details
    • 4.3.3.4 Specifying a Custom Prefix and Selecting Schemas for Oracle B2B and Healthcare
    • 4.3.3.5 Specifying Schema Passwords
    • 4.3.3.6 Specifying Custom Variables
    • 4.3.3.7 Completing Schema Creation
• 4.4 Configuring the BI Domain with the Configuration Assistant
• 4.5 Starting the BI Instance

5 Next Steps After Configuring the Domain

• 5.1 Performing Basic Administrative Tasks
• 5.2 Performing Additional Domain Configuration Tasks
• 5.3 Preparing Your Environment for High Availability

6 Deinstalling or Reinstalling Oracle Business Intelligence

• 6.1 Removing Your Database Schemas
• 6.2 Deinstalling the Software
  • 6.2.1 Starting the Deinstallation Program
  • 6.2.2 Selecting the Product to Deinstall
  • 6.2.3 Navigating the Deinstallation Screens
• 6.3 Removing the Oracle Home Directory Manually
• 6.4 Removing the Program Shortcuts on Windows Operating Systems
• 6.5 Removing the Domain and Application Data
• 6.6 Reinstalling the Software

7 Installing R and Oracle R Enterprise for External Logical SQL Functions

• 7.1 Installing R and R Packages
  • 7.1.1 Before You Begin the Installation
  • 7.1.2 Installing R and R Packages on UNIX Platforms
  • 7.1.3 Installing R and R Packages on Windows
• 7.2 Installing Oracle R Enterprise and Required R Packages on the Oracle Database
  • 7.2.1 Before You Begin the Installation
  • 7.2.2 Installing Oracle R Enterprise and R Packages
  • 7.2.3 Configuring Oracle R Enterprise to Work with Oracle BI EE