Understanding the Installed Client Directories and Files

Thick client component

For a thick client installation, the oracle_home\OLAP\OFA632\thickclient directory contains the following files (in addition to the Financial Analyzer application files):

ofaserve.db

ofatools.db

ofaupgr.db

ofacdcf.db

ofacdcf.cfg

The installed files also include a set of language database files. There is one file for each supported language. The file names use the format ofaxxx.db, where xxx is a three-character identifier for a specific language.

In addition, a thick client installation also includes the following directory:

oracle_home\OLAP\OFA632\thickclient\user

where user is a directory name specified during the installation procedure.

The oracle_home\OLAP\OFA632\thickclient\user directory contains the following files:

personal_database.db

personal_database.cfg

ofasyscf.db

ofasyscf.cfg

ofa.ini

Thin client component

In a thin client installation, the following directory is created:

oracle_home\OLAP\OFA632\thinclient\user

where user is the name of the directory on the PC for the application initialization file (ofa.ini), as specified during the installation procedure.

Thinner client component

In a thinner client installation, the following directory is created:

oracle_home\OLAP\OFA632\thinnerclient\user

where user is the name of the directory on the PC for the application initialization file (ofa.ini), as specified during the installation procedure.

Additional client component information

The Financial Analyzer client installation process will also install SNAPI (Structured N-Dimensional API) in the following directory:

oracle_home/OLAP/OSN6321/

This directory contains SNAPI files, which provide the application programming interface between the Financial Analyzer client component and the personal database using Express Server or Personal Express.