Preface

What this manual is about

The Oracle Financial Analyzer Installation and Upgrade Guide provides the information that you need to install Oracle^® Financial Analyzer (hereinafter referred to as "Financial Analyzer") on an NT or Unix server and on client PCs.

Intended audience

This manual is intended for individuals who will install Financial Analyzer.

Financial Analyzer documentation set

This manual is part of a set of documentation, which also includes the following documents:

• Oracle Financial Analyzer User's Guide -- Describes the Financial Analyzer user environment and provides detailed information about how to perform database maintenance and document customization tasks.

• Online Help -- Provides essential procedural and reference information for both system administrators and users. You can access Help in the following ways:
  • By choosing an option from the Help menu.

  • By pressing F1.

  • By choosing a Help command button.

• Release Notes -- Highlight information for this version of Financial Analyzer, including release history, new features, product-specific functions, and known problems.

Structure of this document

The Oracle Financial Analyzer Installation and Upgrade Guide is structured as follows:

• Chapter 1 describes the requirements for both server and client installations and lists additional software that you can install for use with Financial Analyzer. Read this chapter before you begin installing.

• Chapter 2 provides procedures for server and client installations and lists the directory structures and files that are installed for each workstation type. This chapter also provides procedures for configuring Financial Analyzer Web Publishing and for configuring the Task Processor to run in the background.

• Chapter 3 describes how to upgrade Financial Analyzer from previous versions.

• Chapter 4 provides information about the configuration files that are installed and details the settings that must be specified for each workstation type.

• Chapter 5 explains how to manually install Administrator and Super administrator workstations as thick clients and as thin clients that are part of a cluster configuration.

• Appendix A describes how to troubleshoot errors that may occur during initial startup of a workstation.

• Appendix B explains how to rename or change the location of a shared database.

• Appendix C describes how to reduce the number of code databases on a single server.