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Before you can use Oracle Data Miner, you must install Oracle Database, download SQL Developer, and install the Oracle Data Miner Repository:
Install Oracle Database. Data Miner requires Oracle Database 11g Release 2 (11.2.0.1) Enterprise Edition or higher.
Download SQL Developer. Data Miner requires Oracle SQL Developer 3.0 or higher.
Install the Oracle Data Miner Repository.
Oracle Data Miner uses a repository to store metadata.
There is one Oracle Data Miner repository per database; this repository is used by all users of Data Miner using the database.
You can install the repository either by using the GUI or by running scripts:
By default, Sample Data is installed. You can deselect loading these tables and views.
You can Drop the Data Miner Repository Using the GUI or Drop the Data Miner Repository using scripts if necessary. If you install using scripts, see Load or Drop Sample Data for a descriptions of the scripts that load data and remove sample data. (Sample data is required to use Cue Cards and Oracle By Example tutorials.)