2 Introduction to Oracle Communications Data Model Installation

Types of Installations Provided for Oracle Communications Data Model

Using the Oracle Universal Installer you can perform two types of Oracle Communications Data Model installation:

• Installation of the Oracle Communications Data Model component, itself. You must install this component to create an Oracle Communications Data Model data warehouse.

• Installation of reports (and schemas) that you can use for ideas about how to design your own reports. Installing the reports is optional.

• Installation of the Oracle Communications Data Model Application Adapters.

Different items are installed depending on whether you install the database objects, the reports and schemas, or the adapters.

Communications Data Model Installation

When you perform a Communications Data Model installation of Oracle Communications Data Model, the Oracle Universal Installer installs the Oracle Communications Data Model component without data. Specifically, the installer creates the following schemas in the target database:

• ocdm_sys which is the main schema for Oracle Communications Data Model. This schema contains all the relational and OLAP components of Oracle Communications Data Model, including the Oracle Communications Data Model data mining results tables.

• ocdm_mining which is the data mining schema of Oracle Communications Data Model. This schema contains all the mining components of Oracle Communications Data Model except the data mining results tables.

There is no data in these two schemas. You need to populate data into the schema.

Sample Reports Installation

When you perform a Sample Reports installation of the Oracle Communications Data Model, the installer creates the Oracle Communications Data Model sample schema in the target database. Specifically, the installer installs:

• The following files that provide the data for the reports:

  • ocdm_sample.dmp.zip which is a dump file of the schemas that contain the sample data for the relational and data mining components of Oracle Communications Data Model.

    Tip:

    The default user name for the schema is ocdm_sample_sys.

  • ocdm_sample.eif which is a dump file containing sample data for the Oracle Communications Data Model analytic workspace (that is, the OLAP cubes).

• The following files that define and create the sample reports:

  • ocdm.rpd

  • ocdmwebcat.zip

Application Adapters Installation

When you perform an Application Adapters installation, the installer creates the adapter schema in the target database and adds the adapter related files to Oracle Communications Data Model home directory.

The NCC Adapter that is installed with the Application Adapters type installation feeds pre-paid billing data from the Oracle Communications Network Charging and Control application to the Oracle Communications Data Model. The NCC Adapter includes an option to feed data in real-time using Oracle GoldenGate to the Oracle Communications Data Model staging layer, or to extract, load and transform the data in batch mode.

Specifically, the installer creates and installs:

• adapters directory and files which contains the Application Adapters files required for Oracle Communications Network Charging and Control Adapter for Oracle Communications Data Model.

Oracle Communications Data Model Home Directory Structure

The installation image contains the following directories under ORACLE_HOME/ocdm:

• adapters: which contains the Application Adapters files required for Oracle Communications Network Charging and Control Adapter for Oracle Communications Data Model installation (placed in the ncc directory).

• report: which contains the sample report files required for Oracle Communications Data Model installation.

• pdm: which contains the physical schema dump, creation script, and lookup value population as listed in the following table.

Overview of the Installation Process

Installation of Oracle Communications Data Model requires the following tasks:

1. Read Oracle Communications Data Model Release Notes to identify any last minute changes.

2. Verify that your system is one of the supported platforms and that it satisfies the hardware and software requirements as described in Chapter 1, "Hardware and Software Requirements."

3. Identify and perform any necessary pre-installation tasks, as described in "Pre-installation Tasks".

4. Install the Oracle Communications Data Model component, the Oracle Communications Data Model reports, or Application Adapters as described in "Installer Execution".

   Tip:

   you can also perform a silent installation, see "Silent Installation" for more information.

5. Identify and perform any necessary post-installation tasks, as described in "Post-Installation Tasks".

6. Install the additional components that you need to create an Oracle Communications Data Model data warehouse or run the reports, as described in Chapter 4, "Installation of Additional Components."