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Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition 12c - Second Edition

By : Adrian Ward, Christian Screen, Haroun Khan
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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

Installing the client software


The OBIEE Server software can be installed on Windows- or Linux-/Unix-/AIX- based systems, but the client tools can only be installed on Windows, and you will need to check the Certification Matrix for the versions that are supported. In this book, we have shown it being installed on the same server as the main OBIEE server, but you can install it on any Windows PC that can connect to the server where you installed the software. If you want to install on an Apple Mac, we recommend using VirtualBox from Oracle.

Installation is simple and quick:

  1. First, locate the installation media you downloaded previously:

    This will fire up the Oracle installer:

  2. For step two, enter a folder for the client installation:

  3. Step three is a simple confirmation. Click on the Install button:

    This will fire up the Oracle Installer:

  4. When you see all green ticks, you can click on the Next button; you are presented with a summary:

That's it: like I said, simple and easy! However, we...