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Roadmap for Implementing Place
1-4 Oracle® Retail Place Installation Guide
Roadmap for Implementing Place
This guide explains how you can install and set up the Place application, along with
the required and optional software.
The instructions in this guide assume knowledge of application servers, databases,
and application installation, and are intended for system administrators and
experienced IT personnel. Before carrying out any of these activities, ensure that you
understand UNIX commands (including shell configuration and scripting), directory
operations, and symlinks.
In order to implement Place for production, you must perform the following tasks in a
sequence:
Table 1–1 Roadmap for Implementing
Place
Task Description
Pre-installation Tasks
1. Plan your environment, based on your business needs. For more information on the
planning process and the supported configurations, see
Chapter 2, "Planning Your
Installation" .
2. Set up your application database. For more information, see Chapter 3, "Setting Up the
Database" .
3. Set up your application server. For more information, see Chapter 4, "Setting Up Your
Application Server" .
Installation Task
4. Access the Place installation software, set up the install.properties file, and run the
Oracle installer. For more information, see
Chapter 5, "Installing Place" .
Additionally, you can also install the Place application to work along with an existing
installation of Plan. For more information, see
Chapter 6, "Installing Place Over Plan" .
Post-installation Tasks
5. Configure your business rules and user accounts. For more information, see the Place
Configuration Guide.
6. Modify the Place user interface to accommodate your business needs, as described in
the Place Configuration Guide. Concurrent with this activity, complete the remaining
steps in this roadmap. You can continue refining the user interface iteratively, as needed
(optional).
7. Set up user accounts and introduce the end users to the application.
8. Perform and schedule the necessary data loads, as described in the Place Operations
Guide.