Part I
Preparing Your Environment

Part I contains overview information about the Oracle9iAS Reports Services environment and provides practical information about preparing that environment for running reports. This includes starting and stopping Oracle9iAS Reports Services, configuring Reports-related Oracle9iAS components, securing your environment through Oracle9iAS Portal, clustering multiple Reports Servers, and setting up data source single sign-on.

Part I includes the following chapters:

• Chapter 1, "Oracle9iAS Reports Services Architecture"

• Chapter 2, "Starting and Stopping Oracle9iAS Reports Services"

• Chapter 3, "Configuring Oracle9iAS Reports Services"

• Chapter 4, "Configuring Destinations for Oracle9iAS Reports Services"

• Chapter 5, "Controlling User Access"

• Chapter 6, "Reports Server Clusters"

• Chapter 7, "Data Source Single Sign-On"