OBIEE 11g client Installation (Oracle BI Administration Tool Installation)

Before you start to install the OBIEE 11g client, perhaps you want to take a look at the OBIEE 11g architecture.

Also, perhaps you know that the OBIEE 11g client is the same thing as Oracle BI Administration Tool. Generally we speak about the Oracle BI Administration Tool.

Here is an image of the Oracle BI Administration Tool (OBIEE 11g client):

Oracle BI Administration Tool Installation (OBIEE 11g client installation) : client interface

Here are the steps to install the Oracle BI Administration Tool ( OBIEE 11g client ):

First, you have to download the OBIEE client software

    Here is the link used for downloading the OBIEE client software:

    http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/middleware/bi-enterprise-edition/downloads/index.html

   

    Oracle BI Administration Tool Installation (OBIEE 11g client installation) : Oracle Business Intelligence Downloads

From this link I have chosen the 11g version. So, if you want to download it, click on it !

Oracle BI Administration Tool Installation (OBIEE 11g client installation) : Oracle Business Intelligence 11.1.1.x Downloads

From this page you have to download the "Oracle Business Intelligence Developer Client Tools Installer". You you get a zip file named biee_11.1.1.5_client_install.zip .

I will unzip it on my Desktop into OBIEE-client folder. You will get a file named biee_client_install.exe like in the following picture:

Oracle BI Administration Tool Installation (OBIEE 11g client installation) : biee_client_install.exe self-extractor

Double-click on the file.

If you will receive the message "The publisher could not be verified. Are you sure you want to run this software ?" you can click on "Run".

Oracle BI Administration Tool Installation (OBIEE 11g client installation) : Publisher message

This screen will appear:

Oracle BI Administration Tool Installation (OBIEE 11g client installation) : InstallAnywhere

... and after that, the next one:

Oracle BI Administration Tool Installation (OBIEE 11g client installation) : Introduction

Click on "Next". The following screen will appear :

Oracle BI Administration Tool Installation (OBIEE 11g client installation) :  Choose Installation Folder

I will choose the location for the OBIEE 11g installation on D:\obiee-11g-client . Click on "Next".

The following screen will appear :

Oracle BI Administration Tool Installation (OBIEE 11g client installation) : Choose Shortcut Folder

You can let the text as it is "Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition Plus Client" (it's what I will do), or you can give it a better (shorter) name as "OBIEE Plus Client" for instance". Click on "Next". The following screen will appear :

Oracle BI Administration Tool Installation (OBIEE 11g client installation) : Pre-Installation Summary

Click on "Install".

After that you can see how the installation is running:

Oracle BI Administration Tool Installation (OBIEE 11g client installation) : OBIEE 11g client installation progress 1

Oracle BI Administration Tool Installation (OBIEE 11g client installation) : OBIEE 11g client installation progress 2

When the OBIEE 11g client installation is done, you will see the following screen:

Oracle BI Administration Tool Installation (OBIEE 11g client installation) : Install Complete

Click on "Done".

The Oracle Installer will prompt you to configure the Data Source for the OBIEE 11g client. After you configure the Data Source for the OBIEE 11g client you can play with the Oracle BI Administration Tool (OBIEE 11g client). One tine you get the Oracle BI Administration Tool (OBIEE 11g client) working