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Oracle® Retail Analytic Parameter Calculator for Regular Price Optimization Installation Guide
Release 14.1.2
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1 Introduction

This document provides instructions on installing Oracle Retail Analytic Parameter Calculator for Regular Price Optimization (APC-RPO). This document does not describe how to create the actual configuration.

Supplemental installation guides are referenced in this document. The Oracle Retail Predictive Application Server Installation Guide and Oracle Retail Predictive Application Server Configuration Tools User Guide must be obtained prior to beginning the installation process. Read these documents in their entirety before beginning the installation.

This chapter provides the hardware and software requirements for APC-RPO. It also provides information on the supported Oracle Retail products and the road map to install the APC-RPO application. It includes the following:

Hardware and Software Requirements

Table 1-1 provides information about the current release.

Table 1-1 Hardware and Software Requirements

Requirement Details

Supported RPAS Version

14.1.2


Oracle Retail Batch Script Architecture (BSA)

14.1.2


Required Software

Java Development Kit (JDK) 1.7u91

Note: There are specific JDK versions needed for each of the supported operating systems for the Oracle Retail Predictive Application Server (RPAS). For the list of JDK versions, see the Oracle Retail Predictive Application Server Installation Guide.

Note: When installing Java, avoid enabling AutoUpdate because it may update the Java version without prompting.



Note:

RPAS applications, such as APC-RPO, run on the Oracle Retail Predictive Application Server (RPAS) platform. For information about the hardware and software requirements for RPAS, see the supported RPAS version of the Oracle Retail Predictive Application Server Installation Guide.

Supported Oracle Retail Products

Table 1-2 provides information about the supported Oracle Retail products.

Table 1-2 Supported Oracle Retail Products

Product Version

Oracle Retail Demand Forecasting (RDF)

14.1.2


Oracle Retail Regular Price Optimization (RPO)

14.1.2



Requesting Infrastructure Software

If you are unable to find the necessary version of the required Oracle infrastructure software (database server, application server, WebLogic, and so on.) on the Oracle Software Delivery Cloud, you should file a non-technical ’Contact Us' Service Request (SR) and request access to the media. For instructions on filing a non-technical SR, see My Oracle Support Note 1071023.1 – Requesting Physical Shipment or Download URL for Software Media.

Road Map for Installing APC-RPO

This guide explains how you can install and set up the APC-RPO application. In order to install APC-RPO for production, you must perform the following tasks in a sequence:

Task Description
Pre-installation Tasks
1. Install and set up the RPAS Infrastructure. For more information, refer to the Oracle Retail Predictive Application Server Installation Guide.
2. Install and set up the RPAS Client. RPAS Release 14.1.2 includes the RPAS Classic Client and RPAS Fusion Client.

For more information, refer to the Oracle Retail Predictive Application Server Installation Guide.

3. Oracle Retail Batch Scripting Architecture (BSA) must be installed prior to installing APC-RPO. For information about installing BSA, see the Oracle Retail Batch Script Architecture Implementation Guide.
Installation Task
4. Access the APC-RPO installation software and install the application. For more information, see Chapter 2, "Full Installation: UNIX Environments".


Note:

Refer to chapter, ”Creating a Multi-solution Taskflow” in the Oracle Retail Predictive Application Server Configuration Tools User Guide for information about the Multi-solution Taskflow.