Click OK. Configuring E-Mail and Agents

Configuring Connections to External Systems 11-5 2. Install Oracle BI EE. For information, see Oracle Fusion Middleware Installation Guide for Oracle Business Intelligence. 3. Configure a connection to Oracle BI EE using the Smart View Data Source Manager in the Smart View client. For information, see the chapter on connecting to data sources in the Oracle Smart View for Office, Fusion Edition. 4. Open the instanceconfig.xml file for editing, as described in Section 3.4, Using a Text Editor to Update Configuration Settings. 5. Update the SmartViewInstallerURL element with the URL of the location from which users can download the Smart View Client installation file, as shown in the following example: WebConfig ServerInstance SmartViewInstallerURLhttp:URL to download SmartView clientSmartViewInstallerURL ServerInstance WebConfig 6. Ensure that the appropriate users have the Access to Oracle BI for Microsoft Office privilege specified on the Privilege Administration page. This privilege controls access to downloads for both Oracle Business Intelligence Add-in for Microsoft Office and Smart View. For more information, see Managing Presentation Services Privileges in Oracle Fusion Middleware Security Guide for Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition. 7. Restart Oracle BI Presentation Services to see the download option for Smart View. Note: There is no separate administration tool for configuring data sources for use with Smart View. Administrators can install Smart View using the standalone installer, if they want to set up connections before enabling the Smart View download for users. The assumption is that the Oracle BI EE installation has been completed and the services run along with the Provider Services. 11-6 System Administrators Guide for Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition 12 Configuring Presentation Setting Defaults 12-1 12 Configuring Presentation Setting Defaults You use Fusion Middleware Control to change default presentation settings that administrators commonly change. Advanced configuration settings are described in Section 18.4, Manually Changing Presentation Settings.

12.1 Using Fusion Middleware Control to Change Presentation Setting Defaults

Before you begin this procedure, ensure that you are familiar with the information in Section 3.2, Using Fusion Middleware Control to Update Oracle Business Intelligence Configuration Settings. To use Fusion Middleware Control to change presentation setting defaults: 1. Go to the Business Intelligence Overview page, as described in Section 2.2.2, Using Fusion Middleware Control to Manage Oracle Business Intelligence System Components. 2. Display the Presentation tab of the Deployment page.

3. Click Lock and Edit Configuration to enable changes to be made.

4. Complete the elements using the descriptions in the Help topic for the page. Click the Help button on the page to access the page-level help for the following options: ■ Show page tabs option ■ Show section headings option ■ Allow dashboard sections to be collapsible option ■ Pivot Tables show auto-preview option

5. Click Apply, then click Activate Changes.

6. Return to the Business Intelligence Overview page and click Restart.

See Chapter 18, Configuring and Managing Analyses and Dashboards for information about advanced configuring settings for analyses and dashboards. For information about using methods in the Oracle BI Systems Management API to change configuration settings, see Chapter 22, Introducing the Oracle BI Systems Management API.