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In this section, I have explained OBIEE 12C installation on a Windows Machine. The following bi components will get covered in this section
- Oracle BI Publisher installation
- Oracle BI Analytics installation
- Essbase
Pre-Requisite
- Oracle Enterprise Edition Database installation
- JDK 8 Update 51 Installation
- Fusion Middleware 12.2.1 Installation
Following are the series of steps covered in this section
- Download & Unzip OBIEE 12.2.1
- OBIEE 12.2.1 Installation
- Create BI Schemas using RCU utility
- Set Environment Variable for BI
- Create a BI Domain
- Verify Oracle Business Intelligence URL’s
- Start & Stop BI Server
1). Download & Unzip OBIEE 12.2.1
1.1) Go to Oracle BI download URL, Accept the license, and download the Windows downloads File1 & File2
![Step by Step 2](https://toppopular.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/StepbyStepI2-1.webp)
1.2) Unzip the two zip two files in a folder as shown below
![Step by Step 3](https://toppopular.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/StepbyStepI3.webp)
2). OBIEE 12.2.1 Installation
2.1) Right click on the BI Installer and select Run as Administrator
![Step by Step 4](https://toppopular.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/StepbyStepI4.webp)
2.1) The BI Installer opens on the screen
![Step by Step 5](https://toppopular.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/StepbyStepI5.webp)
2.3) Click the button Next on the installer
![Step by Step 6](https://toppopular.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/StepbyStepI6.webp)
2.4) Input the Oracle support credentials if you have for automatic updates or skip it
![Step by Step 7](https://toppopular.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/StepbyStepI7.webp)
2.5) Input the Middleware home. This is the folder where you installed Fusion Middleware 12.2.1. Look at Fusion Middleware installation on step 7
![Step by Step 8](https://toppopular.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/StepbyStepI8.webp)
2.6) Toggle on BI Platform Distribution with Samples
Note: If you are installing it on a DEV box, I would suggest to install it. It has plenty of samples to refer
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2.7) Click the button Next
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2.8) Click on the button Install
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2.9) Click Next once it went 100%
![Step by Step 12](https://toppopular.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/StepbyStepI12.webp)
2.10) Click Close to complete the setup
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3). Create BI Schemas using RCU utility
3.1) Go to <MW_HOME>\oracle_common\bin and double click on the rcu.bat
![Step by Step 14](https://toppopular.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/StepbyStepI14.webp)
3.2) Click on the button Next
![Step by Step 15](https://toppopular.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/StepbyStepI15.webp)
3.3) Click Create Repository and click Next
![Step by Step 16](https://toppopular.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/StepbyStepI16.webp)
3.4) Select your database and input the SYSDBA credentials
![Step by Step 17](https://toppopular.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/StepbyStepI17.webp)
3.5) Click Ok on the pop-up
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3.6) Input a prefix and enable Oracle Business Intelligence
Note: The prefix in Create New Prefix is important. You need this prefix while creating a BI domain
![Step by Step 19](https://toppopular.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/StepbyStepI19.webp)
3.7) Click Ok on the pop-up
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3.8) Input a password for the BI schema Password
Note: Save this password. You need this while creating BI domain
![Step by Step 21](https://toppopular.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/StepbyStepI21.webp)
3.9) Accept the default or double click on the tablespace to select your database. Click Next
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3.10) Click Ok on Repository Creation Utility – Confirmation pop-up
![Step by Step 23](https://toppopular.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/StepbyStepI23.webp)
3.11) Click Create on Repository Creation Utility
![Step by Step 24](https://toppopular.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/StepbyStepI24.webp)
3.12) Click Ok
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3.13) Click Close once it was done
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4). Set Environment Variable for BI
4.1) Open your control panel >> System >> Advanced System Settings >> Advanced >> Environment Variables >> Add the variable BI_PRODUCT_HOME points to your <MW_HOME>\bi folder
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5). Create a BI Domain
5.1) Go to <MW_HOME>bi\bin folder and run config.cmd
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5.2) The Oracle Business Intelligence 12C Configuration Assistant opens on the screen. Select the option you want
- Essbase => OLAP server
- Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition => BI Analytics
- Business Intelligence Publisher => BI Publisher
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5.3) Click Next
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5.4) Input a BI domain name & WebLogic username and password
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5.3) Select Use existing schema and input your database connection string
Simple Connect String: localhost:1521:orcl (Sample Format)
Prefix: Mentioned in step 3.6
Password: Mentioned in step 3.8
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5.4) Input a port range, so BI will choose port number for WebLogic admin server and BI servers
Port Range Starting Port: Port From
Port Range End Port: Port To
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5.5) Select the Oracle Sample application (SampleAppLite) & click Next
Note: By selecting the SampleAppLite, BI Analytic display predefined dashboard. Useful in DEV server for reference
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5.6) Click Configure
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5.7) The Bi domain configuration will get started. It would take 15-30 minutes depend on your process speed
![Step by Step 36](https://toppopular.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/StepbyStepI36.webp)
5.8) You may receive multiple pop-ups during this process. Click Allow access
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5.9) Click Next once it went 100%
![Step by Step 38](https://toppopular.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/StepbyStepI38.webp)
5.10) Scroll down and look at the port numbers before closing the wizard. Click Finish to exit the setup
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6) Verify Business Intelligence URL’s
6.1) Verify the BI Analytic URL. The URL will be like HTTP://<HOSTNAME>:<PORT>/analytics. Enter your WebLogic credentials and login
Note: The port number is mentioned in step 5.10
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6.2) To see the sampleAppLite dashboard, Select the Dashboard dropdown and select anything under Sample Lite
![Step by Step 41](https://toppopular.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/StepbyStepI41-1536x626-1-1024x417.webp)
6.3) The BI analytics SampleAppLite dashboard
![Step by Step 42](https://toppopular.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/StepbyStepI42-1024x929.webp)
6.4) Open BI Publisher URL with WebLogic credentials. The default URL will look like http://<HOSTNAME>:<PORT>/xmlpserver
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6.5) Open a sample report
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6.6) The sample BI Publisher report
![Step by Step 45](https://toppopular.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/StepbyStepI45-1024x717.webp)
6.7) Go to Visual Analyzer URL and login with your WebLogic username and password
![Step by Step 46](https://toppopular.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/032317_0218_StepbyStepI46.png)
6.8) BI Visual Analyzer dashboard. The default URL will be http://localhost:9502/console
![Step by Step 47](https://toppopular.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/StepbyStepI47.webp)
6.9) Verify the status of the Oracle Essbase application. The URL will be like http://localhost:9502/aps/Essbase
![Step by Step 48](https://toppopular.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/StepbyStepI48.webp)
6.10) Login into WebLogic console with your WebLogic username and password. The default URL is http://localhost:9500
![Step by Step 49](https://toppopular.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/StepbyStepI49.webp)
6.11) Login into WebLogic Enterprise manager with your WebLogic username and password. The default URL is http://localhost:9500/em
![Step by Step 50](https://toppopular.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/StepbyStepI50.webp)
7) Start & Stop BI Server
7.1) Go to <MW_HOME>\user_projects\<DOMAIN_NAME>\bi\bitools\bin and run the command as shown below
Start.cmd => Start BI Server
Stop.cmd => Stop BI Server
Status.cmd => Status
![Step by Step 51](https://toppopular.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/StepbyStepI51.webp)
For Example, Double click on status.cmd will give BI status like below
![Step by Step 52](https://toppopular.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/StepbyStepI52.webp)