Contents

Title and Copyright Information

Preface

• Audience
• Documentation Accessibility
• Related Documents
• Conventions

1 Installation and Configuration Overview

• 1.1 Oracle Forms and Reports Components
• 1.2 Secure Oracle Forms and Reports With Identity Management
• 1.3 Installation and Configuration Roadmap for Oracle Forms and Reports
• 1.4 Installation and Configuration Roadmap for Standalone Form Builder

2 Installing and Configuring Oracle Forms and Reports

• 2.1 Preparing to Install
  • 2.1.1 Reviewing Certification, System, and Interoperability Requirements
  • 2.1.2 Understand Oracle Fusion Middleware Concepts
  • 2.1.3 Obtaining the Oracle Fusion Middleware Software
  • 2.1.4 Installing Oracle Forms and Oracle Reports on Separate Servers
  • 2.1.5 Installing Oracle Forms and Reports in a New Oracle home
  • 2.1.6 Installing Oracle Forms and Reports as a Non-Default User
  • 2.1.7 Overview of Installation and Configuration Steps
• 2.2 Installing Oracle WebLogic Server (FMW Infrastructure)
• 2.3 Installing Oracle Identity and Access Management
• 2.4 Installing and Configuring Oracle Forms and Reports
  • 2.4.1 Starting the Oracle Forms and Reports Installer
  • 2.4.2 View the Installation Log Files
  • 2.4.3 Configuring Your Oracle Inventory (UNIX)
  • 2.4.4 Installing Using Oracle Universal Installer
  • 2.4.5 Using the Repository Creation Utility
  • 2.4.6 Configuring Forms Using the Configuration Wizard
  • 2.4.7 Configuring Reports Using the Configuration Wizard
    • 2.4.7.1 Creating Reports Tool Components
    • 2.4.7.2 Resolving Report Server access error
    • 2.4.7.3 Provisioning a Machine
    • 2.4.7.4 Configure Reports Builder as Run to web
  • 2.4.8 Configuring Form Builder Standalone 12c Using the Configuration Wizard
  • 2.4.9 Verifying the Installation and Configuration
    • 2.4.9.1 Reviewing the Installation Logs
    • 2.4.9.2 Reviewing the Domain Server Logs
    • 2.4.9.3 Checking the Installed Products and Product Versions
    • 2.4.9.4 Checking Browser URLs
    • 2.4.9.5 Performing Basic Administration Tasks
• 2.5 Installing Oracle Forms and Reports in Silent Mode
• 2.6 Oracle Forms and Reports Accessibility Information

3 Deinstalling Oracle Forms and Reports

• 3.1 Preparing to Deinstall Oracle Forms and Reports
• 3.2 Dropping the Associated Repository
• 3.3 Deinstalling the Software
  • 3.3.1 Starting the Deinstallation Program
  • 3.3.2 Navigating the Deinstallation Screens
• 3.4 Removing the Oracle Home Directory Manually
• 3.5 Removing the Program Shortcuts on Windows Operating Systems
• 3.6 Removing the Domain and Application Data
• 3.7 Reinstalling the Software

4 Upgrading Oracle Forms and Reports

• 4.1 Planning an Upgrade of Oracle Forms
• 4.2 Preparing to Upgrade Oracle Forms from 11g
• 4.3 Create Copy of Oracle Forms Template Files
• 4.4 Upgrading Oracle Forms from 11g to 12c
  • 4.4.1 Reconfiguring the 11g Domain using the WLS Reconfiguration Wizard
  • 4.4.2 Using the Upgrade Assistant
• 4.5 Upgrading Oracle Forms from a Previous 12c Release
  • 4.5.1 Upgrading to Oracle Forms 12c (12.2.1.3.0) from 12c (12.2.1)
    • 4.5.1.1 Running the Upgrade Assistant to upgrade the Domain Schema
    • 4.5.1.2 Reconfiguring the 12.2.1 Domain using the WLS Reconfiguration Wizard
    • 4.5.1.3 Running the Upgrade Assistant to upgrade the Forms installation
  • 4.5.2 Upgrading to Oracle Forms 12c (12.2.1.3.0) from 12c (12.2.1.1.0)
    • 4.5.2.1 Running the Upgrade Assistant to upgrade the Domain Schema
    • 4.5.2.2 Reconfiguring the 12.2.1.1.0 Domain using the WLS Reconfiguration Wizard
    • 4.5.2.3 Running the Upgrade Assistant to upgrade the Forms installation
  • 4.5.3 Upgrading to Oracle Forms 12c (12.2.1.3.0) from 12c (12.2.1.2.0)
    • 4.5.3.1 Running the Upgrade Assistant to upgrade the Domain Schema
    • 4.5.3.2 Reconfiguring the 12.2.1.2.0 Domain using the WLS Reconfiguration Wizard
    • 4.5.3.3 Running the Upgrade Assistant to upgrade the Forms installation
• 4.6 Post-Upgrade Steps after Upgrading Oracle Forms
• 4.7 Planning an Upgrade of Oracle Reports
• 4.8 Preparing to Upgrade Oracle Reports
• 4.9 Upgrading Oracle Reports
  • 4.9.1 Re-Configuring the 11g Domain Using the WLS Reconfiguration Wizard
  • 4.9.2 Using the Upgrade Assistant to Perform an Upgrade
• 4.10 Post-Upgrade Steps after Upgrading Oracle Reports
• 4.11 Upgrading Forms and Reports Together from 11g to 12c

A Integrating Oracle Internet Directory with Oracle Access Manager

• A.1 Installing and Setting Up Required Components
• A.2 Defining Authentication in Oracle Access Manager for Oracle Internet Directory
• A.3 Managing Oracle Access Manager Policies that rely on your LDAP Store
• A.4 Validating Authentication and Access

B Troubleshooting

• B.1 General Troubleshooting Tips
• B.2 Installation and Configuration Log Files
  • B.2.1 Installation Log Files
  • B.2.2 Configuration Log Files
• B.3 Verify Environment Variable Lengths for Oracle Reports (Windows Only)