Settings to be made in Internet Explorer after Installing EPM 11.1.2.2.0 (Post Installation Steps EPM 11.1.2.2.0)

• After installing Essbase client and planning check whether “Workspace” is opening or not.
• Essbase 11.1.2.2 supports only IE8, IE9. We may get error if we are using IE 10.
• Once after it is sure that the version of IE is compatible then disable the Compatibility view and do modifications in “Internet Options” as shown below.
• Configure browser to check for new version every time user visits a page:

               i. Open Internet Explorer

               ii. Go to Tools->Internet Options-> General

               iii. In “Browsing History” section click on “Settings” button and then select “Every time I visit the webpage” option.

               iv. Click OK, then Apply.

Disable default pop-up blocking.

               i. Open Internet Explorer

               ii. Go to Tools-> Internet options-> Privacy tab

               c. Uncheck the option “Turn on Pop-up Blocker”.

• Add Workspace URL to trusted sites

               i. Open Internet Explorer.

               ii. Go to Tools-> Internet options-> Security tab

               iii. Select “Trusted sites” from “Select a zone to view or change security settings” window, then     click on “Sites” button.

               iv. Type your workspace URL in form http://workspaceserver:portnumber in “Add this website to the zone”.

               v. Uncheck “Required server verification (https:) for all sites in this zone”.

               vi. Click Add, the Close.

               vii. Click OK and Apply.

• Minimize security settings for trusted sites

               i. Open Internet Explorer

               ii. Go to Tools-> Internet options-> Security tab

               iii. Select “Trusted sites” from “Select a zone to view or change security settings” window.

               iv. From “Reset to:” list select “Low”

               v. Click OK.

               vi. Click Apply, then OK

• Customize Security settings

               i. Open Internet Explorer.

               ii. Go to Tools-> Internet Options-> Security Tab.

               iii. Select zone containing your Oracle Hyperion servers and click on “Custom level...” button.

               iv. In “Miscellaneous” section enable options “Access data sources across domains” and “Allow script-initiated windows without size or position constraints”.

               v. In “ActiveX controls and plug-ins” section enable “Run ActiveX controls and plug-ins” and “Script ActiveX controls marked safe for scripting”.

• Enable option “Always allow session cookies”.

               i. Open internet Explorer.

               ii. Go to Tools-> Internet Options-> Privacy Tab-> Advanced. Check the “Override automatic cookie handling”, accept the first and third party cookies and check the “Always allow session”

• Only for SSL enabled environments: Disable option “Do not save Encrypted pages to Disk”.

               i. Open Internet Explorer.

               ii. Go to Tools->Internet options-> Advanced tab. In “Security” section uncheck the option “Do not save Encrypted Pages to Disk”.

• Disable option “Enable Native XMLHTTP”.

              Go to IE->Tools->Internet options-> Advanced Tab. In “Security” section uncheck the option “Enable Native XMLHTTP”.

Disabling Compatibility Mode in Internet Explorer:

• The first main setting is to disable compatibility mode in Internet Explorer. This applies for both IE8 and IE9, though the steps are a slight bit different.
• To make this harder - IE comes with a not well known default setting that automatically enables compatibility mode for intranet sites - where Hyperion typically resides. Looking carefully at the dialog box below see the option by default "Display intranet sites in Compatibility View". This should be unchecked for Hyperion!
• Hyperion will not work in Compatibility Mode.
• Under Internet Explorer:

         Page -> Compatibility View Settings, Uncheck the box "Display intranet sites in Compatibility View”. Here is an additional link to help for IE9 users to get the "Page" menu to display