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Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition 12c - Second Edition

By : Adrian Ward, Christian Screen, Haroun Khan
Book Image

Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition 12c - Second Edition

By: Adrian Ward, Christian Screen, Haroun Khan

Overview of this book

Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition (OBIEE) 12c is packed full of features and has a fresh approach to information presentation, system management, and security. OBIEE can help any organization to understand its data, to make useful information from data, and to ensure decision-making is supported by facts. OBIEE can focus on information that needs action, alerting users when conditions are met. OBIEE can be used for data analysis, form production, dashoarding, and workflow processes. We will introduce you to OBIEE features and provide a step-by-step guide to build a complete system from scratch. With this guide, you will be equipped with a good basic understanding of what the product contains, how to install and configure it, and how to create effective Business Intelligence. This book contains the necessary information for a beginner to create a high-performance OBIEE 12c system. This book is also a guide that explains how to use an existing OBIEE 12c system, and shows end users how to create.
Table of Contents (24 chapters)
Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition 12c - second Edition
Credits
About the Authors
About the Reviewer
www.PacktPub.com
Customer Feedback
Preface

Installation media


We downloaded the required files in the previous chapter. There are three files in our download folder:

  • setup_bi_platform-12.2.1.0.0_win64.exe

  • setup_bi_platform-12.2.1.0.0_win64-2.zip

  • setup_bi_client-12.2.1.0.0-20151015073141-win64.exe

Installing the BI Server software

Here are the steps to install BI Server software:

  1. Double-click on the BI platform setup_bi_platform-12.2.1.0.0_win64.exe execution file:

    You will be presented with the Welcome page, as shown in the following screenshot:

    Tip

    You can also run the command using the DOS cmd Window. This may help you see any responses.

  2. Select Skip Auto Updates and click on Next:

  3. Enter the location to install the software by selecting the Oracle Home path. This will be C: fmw_obiee_Oracle_home:

    Tip

    This is the path we created in Chapter 2 , Installing the Prerequisite Software, in the Installing the WebLogic Server section.

  4. This step allows you to choose whether to install BI Platform Distribution with Samples. In this case,...